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VTMONEY94 VTMONEY94 OP
May 30, 2026 at 07:53 PM ET
I understand not throwing your ace in the ACC tourney especially
If you are feeling comfortable about being in the tourney. But, it is dumbfounding as to why you don’t want to put your best out there to be in the winners bracket. Not saying we would have won yesterday with Renfro but you have to put it all out there to make your bracket more manageable. I have to remind myself that this is VT after all that would make such an idiotic decision.

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js93
2mo
This is outstanding hindsight bias. You manage your team to win the thing
If team wins game 1 and has ace for a game 2 into the winners bracket, going to look really smart. If say UCLA wins their game 1, you blow your ace game 1 and get hammered by UCLA in game 2, looks less smart.
VTMONEY94 VTMONEY94 OP
2mo
Nope, no hindsight, Just logic which he seemed to lack. It's not that
hard.
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js93
2mo
You've yet to make a logical argument supporting that
VTMONEY94 VTMONEY94 OP
2mo
Are you dense? I most certainly did. You play to win the game with your
best players. He did not do that. Pretty simple. This is a completely stupid discussion.
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js93
2mo
"play good player" is not a nuanced argument. Needs more critical thought
To decide who is best to start and when.
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sideline guy
2mo
I think Renfro was out with a tired arm. In his last 5 starts he
Had thrown at least 100 pitches. I have seen it happen with multiple college pitchers this year. The arm is sore and it doesn’t bounce back after several days off. Unreliable bullpen makes a coach throw his starters longer than he should. A 34 pitch first inning certainly did not help today .
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sideline guy
2mo
More research shows Renfrow threw at least 104 pitches in 5
Of his last 7 appearences including 112 vs Cal and 104 vs Clemson. 4 of those 100 plus pitch games were in a row. VT held him out for two weeks hoping his arm would bounce back . He threw 94 vs Ucla. I am positive he was suffering from a tired arm.
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chagerma
2mo
You need to score more than 2 runs to win. That’s not a pitchers fault.
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HokiePWC
2mo
True, but I’m not sure that’s his point.
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ScottsdaleHokie
2mo
Sfzec is not much of a coach
From what I have seen over the past few years, this pretty much as standard.