No meltdown. I thought they did an excellent job charging back. That could easily have been a win. Not a meltdown; a rally that didn't quite make it all the way back.
Meltdown on Coach Hutch's glucose starved brain for stubbornly trotting a broken Betsa out there AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN when Wagner is absolutely DOMINATING...this was as bad as Beilein benching Trey Burke for the entire 1st half with 2 fouls in a winner take all national championship game. For the Love of Fuck
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He was right to sit him for awhile...when we got the 11 point lead...you gotta cash in the gift and trust your player of the year point guard...point guards don't really worry about fouls
I have zero doubt if Burke came back with 6 minutes left in the 1st half...we would have won that game!!
Spike wasn't running an offense...no one knew where to be...Hancock wouldn't have gotten 4 straight 3's as deep as they were if we were organized with Burke back in.
The vast majority of this board didn't pay attention to softball before this thread...why would those folks have a right to meltdown?
It's one game, one that we were down 3-0 going into the 7th inning. We lost, okay...go win tomorrow and Wednesday. It's not really meltdown worthy.
THIS...is meltdown worthy.
This thread sucks.
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bullying a 18(?) year old on the internet, real cool.
Wait....did you just say 18 years old as if it is a childs age?
That is a grown ass man. He can fight his own battles dude.
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Something....Something....Softball....
Something....Something....Pussies....
Something....Something....Nobody is reading this shit anyway.....
Something....Something....Something....
Something....Something....Something....
Something....Something....
Something....Something....Nobody gives a shit.
Right?
Am I missing something?
Let's just back them with positive energy.........so
Go Blue!
different about this stuff. I have officiated softball for many years. I have actually worked games that involved former Michigan players and greats including Jennie Ritter and Auburn's starter in two of its elimination games. I think this Michigan team is its best ever and the chemistry and grit it possesses is championship material. But just as the 1997 national championship team played from behind in the Rose Bowl the year it won, Michigan must now do tonight and tomorrow or leave wondering about what might have been.
If it is to win, then Romero must rebound from a tactical mistake in baserunning. Michigan was in position to win last night and It has to live with that outcome, more than anyone of us will ever imagine or feel broken up about before we move on. You erase that memory by learning from it and responding to another chance. That's what champions do.
You have to realize that every pitcher at the CWS is throwing in the 60's or with velocity of breaking pitches which make hitting well a difficult prospect. A ball thrown at more than 60 mph in softball is the equivaletnt of the 90's in baseball. With movement, spin and change of eye level, it is remarkable how these femaie athletes perform. And they do it with such great resolve as teammates and performers, toughened by competition but never denying their other qualities as women athletes. Some people appreciate and enjoy this sport, others see only what they want.
I think that Curt Schilling actually put this game of thrones in perspective when he talked about how the kids throw and play in comparison to baseball, which I also umpire and love as a game. He gave them the respect they richly deserve.
Actually, it is not slight at this level when you criticize performance or decision-making because you are treating these players and their team as equals to any other Michigan team you support and root for.
Truth is, this is the most visibly successful team sport on the Michigan campus this season. I am proud of their achievements and disappointed with how they lost last night. I think that is what these threads actually enable us to articulate whether we agree with all the sentiment expressed or not.
I honestly don't get why anyone would belittle the softball team or its efforts. If you're not into softball, no big deal. Don't comment. Why would you need to announce to everyone (that you don't know personally) that you think softball is a waste of time?