re: 2017 UGA Baseball // (25-31, 11-19) // 1 and done in Hoover, season over

Development and the fact that many of these promising freshmen will be passed over for the new freshmen, as is tradition. Notice we started winning some when Stricklin was forced to start guys with experience over injured freshmen like Schunk and Proctor, finally figured out that Locey wasn't a starter and decided that the very reliable Senior in the bullpen being used as a long reliever might be a better starting option than a wide-eyed freshman or sophomore. Maybe he'll take some of these things into next year, maybe he won't.

Next quotes stolen from another board, think it's a good observation:

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Well.... the "mess" that Perno left behind was an incoming class that would have four members eventually drafted in the first 11 rounds of the draft. For all of the hype around the 2017 freshman, do we really think that class will four players ultimately drafted that high? That's why I don't buy the "talented young team" argument. We've seen the progression from a talented signing class before. and it has yet to include a winning season.

The 2015 team alone had 15 players who would go on to play professional baseball (I'm including Keegan McGovern in that as it seems like a safe bet that he will), 12 of whom were signed by Perno (Keegan McGovern and Bo Tucker were originally Perno commits anyway). We've seen what Stricklin can do with a large sophomore and junior class, and it didn't include a winning season.

I said this earlier, but I'm not sure this is a function of anyone "growing up" as much as it is playing some players he skipped over initially. We had four freshman in the lineup this weekend. Mitchell Webb wasn't in the plan to play 3B and LJ Talley had lost his position at 2B. We had Will Campbell is our RF until he got hurt. He was replaced ultimately by Tucker Bradley. Neither of those guys were even in the signing class, and basically fell into our laps when it didn't work out at their original colleges of choice. Now that all those guys are playing, we're playing our best baseball of the season. We went four weeks with Tony Locey in the rotation and Andrew Gist out of it. Is this really supposed to reflect well on Stricklin?

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