The Official Stay Calm Thread
samdrussBLUE called for it, and it's true - we need a stay calm thread here, not a meltdown one. That game was frustrating as hell, and we missed some big chances, there's no denying it. Still, it's a series for a reason, and this team is not done playing. Last time we dropped the first game of a series, we went on to beat Minny 9-4, 9-1 (6 inn.) on the road. Last time we dropped the first game of a WCWS Finals series, we won the whole damn thing. Let's keep it together until this amazing team has battled through the final out. And even if the worst happens, we're going to tip our damn caps to these women who have worked wonders all year, not melt down. They deserve better.
FIRE GERG!!!!
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FIRE BRANDON!!!!!!!
FIRE RICH ROD
FIRE LOCHMANN!
FIRE ADIDAS!!!!!!!!1!!!!
Wait, shit. I think I screwed that up.
Fire in the hole!
making pizzas. . .
I'm sure the parallel has been touched on in this board somewhere. It's not just a coincidence.
They deserve better from their coach who blindly keeps trotting out a faltering pitcher when she has ANOTHER THAT IS DOMINATING!!
Who is consider an ace is decided on a game-by-game basis...Right now Betsa is a HEADCASE...and Wagner is DOMINATING.
I tweeted Hutch, UMsoftball, anyone who would listen to start Wagner and have the extra hitter and ride her DOMINATE BOSS mode.
And You're saying I missed the boat?!?! That's a compliment coming from a loser.
i KNOW right? Fuckin eh?
I'm emailing him my complaints. Apparently Harbaugh is moving to president of the University, Carol Hutchins to football coach and Schlissel to head softball coach. It's called operation monkey rodeo.
Don't forget John Beilein shifting to Dean of Libraries, new head basketball coach Brian Ellerbe, and his recruiting coordinator Chris Webber. We're going full bore here.
and Red Berenson to womens gender studies department chair and lloyd Brady to head hockey coach with Al Assad and facepalm guy being the assistant coaches. Season ticket holders get one hack at the Dave Brandon pinata for halftime entertainment.
Operation Monkey Rodeo you say....
Calmer'n you are.
Just spit coffee on my desk after seeing this. The brilliance of this is completely understated.
I think it's more a result of Michigan sports in general than softball in particular. It's not ideal to be down a game in a three game series, obviously, but these girls have done more than enough to earn my trust. I really do believe that they will win this thing.
You have to believe that our two best players can pick it up. Betsa has been off her game for three straight outings while Romo doesn't seem to have her head in the game. The team is tight, but Hutch knows how to get them back playing loosely. I believe!
Exactly. This was no meltdown. Damn good attempt to rally back. It fell short. I think we are well positioned for the next two games.
should have tied it
far enough down the line to draw a throw and distract Florida from the play at second. However in Sierra's defense that was only the first out. All we needed to do was get the ball to the outfield with one out to score the run. She played it conservative and didn't want to make the first out at home. That's understandable. The play happens fast. She had little time to think it through.
We seemed to play tight and played not to make mistakes instead of taking our game to them. I think that will change in game two.
That Minnesota series feels like forever ago.
Another 28 game win streak following a loss will do!
I'll settle for a two game win streak.
We were destined to lose one game against a powerhouse like Florida. Now that lost game is done, we have only two wins to victory and a championship. Cease with the disbelief, there is a trophy to collect here.
HUTCHINS-baugh!
Hackett clearly needs to go. Borges to AD.
I'm proud to be associated with a university that has an 800 post thread about softball, 10 times longer than any of our competitors. I hadn't watched a game in years until last week, and I have to admit, it's pretty entertaining. I'm rooting for M to win. Part of it stems from the relative weakness of the football team since 2006.
Let's get it done.
and yet people open up threads and complain about the air time given to sports like this that ESPN and local media feel is important enough to cover. The alternative is a ton of OT posts here since recruiting still hasn't done much of anything.
On the other side of the coin, the people who intensely follow non-revenue sports seem mad when other people try to get excited about them. It's not an exclusive club. Just because you're not watching preseason games doesn't mean you don't have a right to watch the WCWS final series.
Pretty sure I never saw anyone who follows softball get mad at anyone for starting to follow it. There's a lot of people like Voltron who hate anything non football related though.
You're missing this performance, then.
http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/official-meltdown-thread#comment-3194241
"The board was a lot more fun for Softball when the marks were busy with the "revenue sports" threads and recruiting.
Sorry to say. I really get a chuckle at the johnny-come-latelys who have watched this team play for one week and think they know it all and probably can't even name every pitcher on the roster.
If that makes me arrogant, then so be it.
Really makes me appreciate our threads during the regular season with the usual Softball crowd on here."
Also see: MGoSoftball's first-name thing, etc.
They're talking about the people calling for Hutch's job after the 1st inning and that one guy who wouldn't shut up about how bad we were throughout the entire thread. I agree with them.
1) Blockquotes. Use them.
2) Thad understood the whole point of the post. 100. You did not.
I don't have any problem with fans who are just Football/Basketball fans. That's probably a good chunk of the Big House crowd. That's most of my family.
Romero vs their best pitcher tomorrow is going to be fun to watch.
We played pretty poorly and barely lost to an extremely good team that's defending their national championship. Loosen up and believe they can win like they did the last two innings and we're in solid shape.
Hopefully Wagner starts and continues to dominate.
Wouldn't you fuckin thing Wagner might start??? You think? But NO, NO, NO !!
OMG what's wrong with you people? SERIOUSLY?! TYPICAL BRAIN DEAD PC IDIOTS!
It's funny how many people you can piss off when you're trying to.
NOW you tell me to stay calm... i just burned a crap ton of maze and blue gear. Oh Shit~~what will my wife have to wear to the Big House this fall????
Yes. Stay calm.
After all, it is only girls softball...
Bro, you're trolling. Hard. Just take a step back.