re: Softball UPDATE- Vann Fired, New Coach Announced

You made some interesting points here. I do think Vann is a good coach. We have had decent success under her but we have not been able (as you noted) to break through to a higher level (upper half of the SEC, win the Tournament, make a SR etc.). With a few exceptions we are competitive almost every series but we seem to lose a lot of close games. I happened to watch our game at UK where we had a 8-3 lead but ended up losing 9-8. A good team just does not blow a 5 run lead.

I am never one to arbitrarily change coaches so I have mixed feelings here. Continuity w/the HC is a good thing but at the same time we may need a fresh start here.

Understanding that we have had 4 different baseball coaches the last 4 years and have maintained great success but IMO that is an anomaly. Hopefully with Lemonis we will have stability there now. We have been very fortunate in baseball that our program did not fall apart last year. Great credit to Coach Henderson for that.