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(SB) Ongoing UF Softball Commentary

Discussion in 'GatorGrowl's Diamond Gators' started by ocalaman, Feb 20, 2022.

  1. rickjs1

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    Beating a dead horse. I'm not giving up. I'm betting that since there are only two days between when the World's end in China and AUSL starts again it wasn't enough time for Rachel to get back and pick a roster as captain. Behold Captain Kendra.
     
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  2. ufgator72sb

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    They talk about this OK Little League team jsut like the OU team. Aggravting lol. Great cf play for Florida.
     
  4. sweetpotato2

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    2026 Florida Gators Softball Commits
     
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  6. scrappygator

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    So who comes in the fall?
     
  7. orangeblue77

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    They do and it’s infuriating. Normally I love Michelle smith but get of ocklahomas ****. It’s little league not college, stop heaping praise on Oklahoma teams and belittling Florida teams. FYI I take little league seriously. I also played baseball for Lake Mary back in the day. The boys are done but the girls are alive. Tight game I’m stressed
     
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  8. rickjs1

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    Leah and Matsuno unless I'm forgetting someone.
     
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  9. orangeblue77

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    Both Lake Mary teams eliminated. Me is sad
     
  10. ufgator72sb

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    You would be right.
     
  11. rickjs1

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    So, I'm starting to try to put together the 2027 recruiting list as Sept. 1 not far away. Hope this works as without Tim on social media I have to rely on Francesca and SVP's lists. Just barely begun but so far I've five kids followed by both of them. Two from Mercado, two from Thunderbolts and one from Tampa Mustangs.
     
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  12. notexgator

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    Trust me when I say that Little league only has a name. The BEST baseball is played by club teams. The top 12 & under teams would smoke any of the LL teams that they played as they are not restricted by area. Back wen I coached and club ball was just really starting in TX, my very average first team played the Dallas area 12 & U LL champion in a practice game. We smoked them by a minimum of 10 runs. They could not hit our pitching and our batters feasted on them. It was like watching D 1 versus D 2 football, Basketball, Baseball, etc.
     
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    Johnstown, PA beats Floyds Knobs Indiana for Little League Softball World Series Championship 1 - 0. And No, the team from OK didn’t make it to the final. They lost to PA 4 - 0 in the semis.
     
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  14. sweetpotato2

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    Grow up. You’ve been boo hooing on here since like march because of whatever reasons you think you have. Maybe the fact you keep getting banned and deleted is a sign you don’t need to be on this platform.
     
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    Must be sad to live such a miserable existence.
     
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    Remember the rules, if you do not, go back and read them. PERSONAL ATTACKS not allowed. Disagreement is allowed and even encouraged.
     
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    My question to the “disgruntled” poster is: Are all men coaches in college sports creepy because they follow and coach young ladies in women’s sports. Then should we only have women coaches in those sports (softball volleyball gymnastics, soccer, tennis etc)? There should be no more coach/player hugs. Just my observation by the underlining issue in the post.
     
  18. GatorBall0720

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    Not a valid comparison. Coaches are a different subject as that is their job. I have stayed out of the fray on purpose. I will make one post and that is all. Mia’s mom was absolutely correct in everything she stated in her rant. The other poster was mostly correct also. It seems we ban people for questioning other posters but not for bashing team members.
    I can point to several times when the purported “expert” was wrong on here. “MIA isn’t leaving”, “Bellaire didn’t commit until November 13”, and many more.
    I will not comment to any kid’s experience except one. Makenna Bellaire was a top recruit nationally. The “expert” knows very little from following some mom’s game changer and grainy GoPro video. I was actually at the tournaments and saw the P4 following. I also saw Walton and Aric at all her tournaments and even some HS games, so yes, they were following closely for 3 years. On Sept. 1 of her junior year she got calls, texts and emails from a ton of schools at midnight. Walton contacted her on the 6th. Several other schools contacted her shortly after the first as well. They don’t want to just get lost in the mix.
    Any intelligent kid will not commit on the first. Makenna wanted to visit several schools. She actually committed to UF on Sept.28th - in the middle of another school’s visit - NOT Nov. 13th as the “expert” stated.
    Further, I read mention that she couldn’t make the grade. Makenna is a full bright futures recipient. ACT score of 31. Comparable SAT score. Trust me, grades are no issue.
    As for her coming early: On Dec. 5 Walton called her to say AK was transferring and he needed Makenna there by Jan.6th. This was more of a demand than a request. Makenna rushed back to school the talk to her guidance counselor to discuss the possibility of completing her final semester in two weeks, finding that it would be difficult but possible. Then Walton called Makenna, my wife and I. He stated that this was the “opportunity of a lifetime” and that he was handing her “a ton of playing time on a silver platter” because he “could not possibly catch Jocey three games a weekend.” All absolute lies. 5 plate appearances is hardly a ton, even though she was 3/5 she never got another opportunity. Jocey caught every game once the SEC season started except 5 outs. As for the opportunity of a lifetime: she gave up Senior Prom, greduating with her class, Gatorade player of the year consideration, PGF All-Americans, Senior Night, advancing all her records, and a ton of other senior memories that she can never recover - all to give up a year of eligibility for NOTHING. Just so Walton could sleep better knowing he had a backup plan if Jocey got hurt. This is why she left. She loved Florida and being a Gator. She couldn’t play for a liar. So if anyone has any more questions about her they can contact me directly.
    A lot of players have left. Top transfers aren’t coming. There is one common denominator. Time to face the facts.
    -Paul Bellaire
     
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  19. ocalaman

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    I hope Makenna does well at Ole Miss.
     
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