Day 4: Road trip
Besides the weekend series the GSU team also plays midweek
games This week’s matchup has GSU matching up against University of South Carolina
Upstate, located in Spartanburg, S.C., a three-hour drive northeast from
Atlanta. The Spartans own a 7-1 record and pitch a 6-10 RHP, who was drafted in
2011, but chose to go to school instead.
The young GSU squad plays sloppy defense and almost beats itself
in a 4-1 defeat. As a coach I look at how the GSU staff handles the poor
performance. The general question is: When do you get criticize, when do you get really loud? Or should
you instead try to focus on the (few) positives? This time the coaching staff is
not happy and Coach Frady lets his players have it after the game.
In a college environment a coach most likely has more
options (than in other environments) to try to receive t a better effort from a player. Every single guy can be
benched because there is always a replacement on the bench looking to
contribute and getting playing time. That second string might not be as good as
the starter, but the gap in ability is definitey smaller than it is in european
teams.
A benching also tells a coach much about the character of a
player. How does he handle not playing? Does the pounce or does he fight back
right away? Does he shift into a higher gear in practice?
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