Time for a change

Discussion in 'Softball' started by car54, Feb 18, 2017.

  1. car54

    car54 1,000+ Posts

    This team is horrid. Its early, but this team looks un-coached. Pitching, fielding, decisions, hitting, everything is bad. Where is the talent ???? It looks like it is time for Clark to retire.
     
  2. Vol Horn 4 Life

    Vol Horn 4 Life Good Bye To All The Rest!

    I completely agree with you. My daughter attended camp last summer and Connie spoke for five minutes never to be seen again all day. There were players from all over the country there. You'd think she would be interested in seeing the talent.

    Players and parents in the select organizations think she is a terrible coach and steers away.

    She consistently gets the least out of players and under performs annually.
     
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  3. HANNAHORN

    HANNAHORN 100+ Posts

    We have been singing this song for a decade now.
     
  4. car54

    car54 1,000+ Posts

    Good enough to beat the average or above average teams, but the more elite teams whip us. SMH...Mediocrity at its finest.
     
  5. car54

    car54 1,000+ Posts

    6 game losing streak......SMH
     
  6. Phil Elliott

    Phil Elliott 2,500+ Posts

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  7. Dionysus

    Dionysus Idoit Admin

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  8. Phil Elliott

    Phil Elliott 2,500+ Posts

    You've been around long enough to know how the wind blows WRT UT women's athletics.
     
  9. Dionysus

    Dionysus Idoit Admin

    No, I’m really not as well acquainted with the winds as others I guess.
     
  10. Phil Elliott

    Phil Elliott 2,500+ Posts

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  11. sbmcruise

    sbmcruise 100+ Posts

    Agree change is due.
     
  12. Vol Horn 4 Life

    Vol Horn 4 Life Good Bye To All The Rest!

    Wow, Connie appears to not want to lose in the first round of playoffs this year..... Because they ain't gonna make the playoffs. This team is possibly the most underachieving UT softball team I've ever seen. Plenty of talent.

    What what will it take to get rid of this cancer of a coach?
     
  13. texexted

    texexted 500+ Posts

    This coach seems to be the only UT coach who isn't required to produce. She fires her assistants as if they're the problem but nothing changes. Talk to former players and parents of current players and every one of them says change at the top is long overdue.

    And now OU comes to town. This will be a blood bath.
     
  14. Phil Elliott

    Phil Elliott 2,500+ Posts

    I think they should fire Connie and replace her with Keith Moreland.
     
  15. sbmcruise

    sbmcruise 100+ Posts

    The downward trend continues.
     
  16. Run Pincher

    Run Pincher 2,500+ Posts

    Swept, at home to our biggest rival. There's some things that just baffle me. Can someone who knows more about softball hitting than me explain all the half swings that end up as easy grounders to the defense? I just don't get it. If you're going to bunt, bunt properly and deaden the ball so it only goes 10-15 ft. If you're going to hit, swing the damn bat so the ball will go to the outfield. What good is a half swing resulting in an easy fielded grounder? Yet we do it over and over and over again like insanity. Since I never see the other team doing it and they have a much better OBP I have to assume something is wrong with our coaching.
     
  17. Vol Horn 4 Life

    Vol Horn 4 Life Good Bye To All The Rest!

    I'm going to guess it's a complete lack of confidence at the plate or coach is asking them to "just put the ball in play" which is really crappy coaching. Making contact is not a strategy, unless it's slap hitting but this ain't that.
     
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  18. Vol Horn 4 Life

    Vol Horn 4 Life Good Bye To All The Rest!

    At least we can win against most of the bad teams.
     
  19. longhorn47

    longhorn47 500+ Posts

    I've had enough. Connie has to go...now! Lost today to the last-place Iowa State Lady Cyclones. 'Horns sit at 24-19, 3-7 in Big 12 play. That's just pathetic. If Chris Plonsky won't pull the trigger then Fenves needs to fire her *** along with Connie's. There is no excuse for the level to which Texas softball has sunk. I don't care if Clark is the founding coach of Texas softball or not, a change is long overdue.
     
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  20. ViperHorn

    ViperHorn 10,000+ Posts

    Both should have occurred years ago. Unfortunately Clark will be there as long as Plonsky is, and she isn't going anywhere.
     
  21. Ellis21d

    Ellis21d JediHorn

    If Texas loses this series against Iowa State Connie Clark should be gone, gone, gone!!! That's equal to Strong losing to Kansas in football last year. It's just depressing that Softball never competes for championships and Plonsky just accepts it. I want to scream!!!
     
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  22. Texex81

    Texex81 500+ Posts

    So we lose 2 out of 3 games to Iowa State. This is the first time in 4 years Iowa State has won a series in the Big 12. Let that sink in, and ask why is this allowed to continue?
     
  23. texexted

    texexted 500+ Posts

    This should seal the deal. Soccer coach also dramatically underperforming. Agree dropping a series to Iowa State is like losing to Kansas in football. The drumbeat of players' parents and former players calling for change is getting louder and louder. This team is poorly coached and appears to lack motivation. Baseball is on the rise while softball is sinking fast.
     
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  24. Run Pincher

    Run Pincher 2,500+ Posts

    Hey Connie our 2 biggest rivals are ranked in the top 10, and Baylor is 13. Tell me where Texas is ranked? Oh yeah, I forgot, no where to be found.
     
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  25. longhorn47

    longhorn47 500+ Posts

    As much as we (I as much as anybody) want to blame Connie Clark, it's Chris Plonsky who's the culprit here. As the Director of Women's Athletics, the buck for under-performing women's teams stops at her desk. I wish Greg Fenves had the guts to show her the door.
     
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  26. utwheels86

    utwheels86 25+ Posts

    That's my frustration as a Texas-Ex! It's one thing to be competing for Championships every year and win one every few years or so. It's another to not even be competitive when we have the resources to attract the best. SMH!
     
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  27. Hornsdaddy

    Hornsdaddy < 25 Posts

     
  28. Hornsdaddy

    Hornsdaddy < 25 Posts

    I believe you can blame her, she doesn't want players she wants robots. She is a dictator, she still coaches the game like when she played. I you question her u get benched and she doesn't let her assistants participate in many decisions. She has ask former players to leave practice for helping pitchers or just disagreeing with her! I'm unfortunately close to the situation for now! She should just go, she doesn't have the respect of the team. Bye Connie!
     
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  29. utempire

    utempire 1,000+ Posts

    She rode Cat's coattails and hasn't done much since. Sort of like Barnes, very stubborn, and can't change play with the talent she has. Barnes kept running the offense like if TJ was still there. Doesn't work.
     
  30. Hornsdaddy

    Hornsdaddy < 25 Posts

    Just FYI, the last time we beat OU Mandy was calling the game. Down hill since! Connie took over!
     

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