Michigan Softball Coach Carol Hutchins To Be Inducted in MSU Hall of Fame
Gross. I mean congratulations.
Here's hoping for an acceptance speech littered with references to Michigan's record against MSU under her reign and how she has upgraded since her playing days. Much to my disappointment, she will probably continue being the wonderful human being she has always been and accept the honor with dignity and grace but I can still hope.
Talk about mixed messages.
I was wondering if it was because she had won so many games on MSU's campus over the years they had to induct her automatically.
Who names their daughter Floor?
someone who doesn't know how to spell "Fleur"?
Her parents, duh.
Congratulations Hutch!
Gag a monkey, though.
Why not? She owns the place
HaHaHaHa. Gonna be a rockin' good time for Carol up in EL. Get to share the Dias with Charles Rogers. Hope she doesn't have to sit next to him, he will be bumming smokes off his neighbors all night. Maybe.
Ummm....Charles Rogers is dead.
Um, you do know that Charles Rogers died a couple years ago in his 30s, right? If so, making fun of a guy who had all the talent in the world, but couldn’t get out of his own way and died way too early is an absolutely trash move.
Ummmmmm, I think that's fairly unlikely to happen. Though I agree with you, I also hope she doesn't have to sit next to him, that would be... something...I don't think Charles has been up to much since 2018.
In other news, pretty sure you meant "dais" - unless "Dias" is some new slang for the wacky tabacky or somesuch
Buenos dais
August 10th, 2021 at 8:34 AM ^
Hey Grampy, did you hear that Keith Jackson is introducing Charles Rogers?
Congrats to Hutch! One of the greatest coaches ever at UM and I think the accolade is well deserved
CONGRATULATIONS HUTCH!!!!
You did so much for sparty!!!!
You taught them how to win....while coaching at Michigan!!!
There should be a huge contingent of Michigan fans in attendance, all dressed in Maize & Blue, that give out a loud rowdy cheer when she is announced. Singing ‘Hail to the Victors’ as she walks off the stage…
Went down the rabbit hole of wikipedia and found that Hutch is second in all time wins for an NCAA softball coach with 1,669, 5 wins behind Arizona's Mike Candrea's 1,674. Candrea just retired, so Hutch should take over first all time this upcoming season. However, Candrea got all his wins at UA. She'd need 29 wins to have the most wins at a single school (1,646 wins at UM).
No other coach is within 200 wins of Hutch and Candrea. Next on the active list is Patty Gasso at 1339 wins at OU. She's "only" been coaching for 27 years, so there is theoretically a chance she could surpass Hutch at some point. But don't hold your breath - it would be AT LEAST a decade away, if not more since Hutch is still coaching.
That's an interesting point with him retiring.
I've been watching and thought he would keep going b/c he coaches in the WARM southwest.
Good for him to retire.
Good for Hutch to regain her lead.
Good for Michigan softball.
Go Blue.
She actually passed him 3-4 years ago and was #1 until COVID I think - P12 played more games and they obvslynhad a great year.
August 10th, 2021 at 1:04 PM ^
Hutchins is a strong reminder that talent is talent wherever it resides. There are many great professionals teaching at Michigan State today who went to Michigan. And there are many great professors teaching at Michigan today who went to Michigan State.