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Battlesuggs
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Praise of the Athlete

I praise the athlete because you are who you are. Trying harder doesnt necessarily make you any better. These kids are trying as hard as they can. And the other teams are trying hard as well. To expect more from the players may not be realistic. To criticize coaching decisions or the AD or the administration for not investing more in softball to take advantage of the big run a few years ago and in a team that continues to win, thats completely fair. I frankly think the Franklin hire was a mistake. One, we arent ever winning a national championship and 2) all the other sports are getting short changed.
Posted: 04/23/2026 at 01:01 AM ET
(In response to this post by pharlap_99)

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Battlesuggs • 04/22/26 11:31 PM ET
I disagree. The last 2 games they have lost the defense has played
Hokie_Forester • 04/23/26 06:56 AM ET
Answer this: How many of our losses have been to teams with more . . .
MidloHokie • 04/23/26 06:31 AM ET
We'll have our answer about just how good we are after the UNC games. **
HokieAvalanche • 04/23/26 12:02 AM ET
UNC is not very good. In fact their pitching borders on bad. Anything . .
MidloHokie • 04/23/26 06:37 AM ET
We’re more talented than 38-9? That’s pretty talented **
hokiepro • 04/24/26 10:02 AM ET
GT is not very good. Liberty is just plain bad. Of course now that they
vatechcowpatty • 04/23/26 07:24 AM ET
I wouldn't call Liberty 'bad'. They are 15-6 in CUSA. They have . .
MidloHokie • 04/23/26 07:30 AM ET
They had a losing record. GT barely had a winning record and a losing ACC
vatechcowpatty • 04/23/26 07:47 AM ET
I'm not excusing the loss to Liberty but they aren't a 'bad' team.
MidloHokie • 04/23/26 05:58 PM ET
I'm very supportive of our Team. But the way they have played lately
HokieAvalanche • 04/23/26 10:35 AM ET
I believe most posters on this board are very supportive of the women in
pharlap_99 • 04/22/26 11:53 PM ET
Praise of the Athlete ◄
Battlesuggs • 04/23/26 01:01 AM ET
Football will be the hand that feeds after it takes...we can be top ten in
U2Hokie • 04/23/26 05:49 AM ET
I agree there is no shame in being a #2 seed in the NCAA. And we do it
nkhooch • 04/22/26 11:37 PM ET
Lemley was an elite pitcher; otherwise she’d not have received an AUSL GOLD
hokiepro • 04/23/26 12:06 AM ET
Nope. Lemley was very good but not what I term 'elite'. VT has only . . .
MidloHokie • 04/23/26 06:27 AM ET
Eberle pretty close - no?**
U2Hokie • 04/23/26 06:11 PM ET
Yes.**
MidloHokie • 04/23/26 06:16 PM ET
AT was generational beyond elite**
TomTurkey • 04/23/26 10:17 AM ET
I'd argue that Keely was not yet elite when she came in as a freshman
RVAHokie05 • 04/23/26 09:52 AM ET
Agree. Her work and the result of it is pretty rare. It would . . .
MidloHokie • 04/23/26 05:56 PM ET
Yeah I remember you saying a pitcher is usually 80% “formed”
RVAHokie05 • 04/23/26 07:12 PM ET
I think elite is defined by the times
hokiepro • 04/23/26 06:47 AM ET
Agree, the pitcher's job is getting tougher. **
MidloHokie • 04/23/26 07:24 AM ET
You are kind of all over the place. We are discussing elite pitchers.
nkhooch • 04/23/26 04:47 AM ET
I don't think either Bree or Mazz are "elite". Bree may have the higher
HokieAvalanche • 04/23/26 02:38 PM ET
I agree with this. A week ago I thought Mazz 26 and Bree 26 were better
vatechcowpatty • 04/23/26 08:15 AM ET
Good points. This is her first year. So, maybe they are being careful
nkhooch • 04/23/26 12:50 PM ET
The missing ingredient with our current team!**
HokieAvalanche • 04/23/26 12:05 AM ET
If we want to be specific. Michelle Chatfield's power numbers are below
VAHokie89 • 04/23/26 08:54 PM ET
It wasn’t missing until this week. We had the lowest team ERA in ACC
hokiepro • 04/23/26 12:08 AM ET
Schedule
Battlesuggs • 04/23/26 12:54 AM ET
Our schedule strength was not much different than TTech’s
hokiepro • 04/23/26 08:01 AM ET
You really can't put Bree and Canady in the same sentence. You put way . .
MidloHokie • 04/23/26 06:19 PM ET
What metric would you use to better compare pitchers? WHIP? Maybe…
hokiepro • 04/24/26 11:54 AM ET
Well Canady's career ERA is 0.94 after pitching . . .
MidloHokie • 04/24/26 12:50 PM ET