Tennessee Softball 2023

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Arkansas beats Bama in 10. Fouts went the distance and threw over 170 pitches again. Fouts is throwing a lot of pitches this year with more to come this weekend. 11 appearances in 20 days in March for Montana Fouts. She’s appeared in 21 of the Tide’s 30 games this season. Entering last night, 89 of 193 innings by Alabama pitchers this season were thrown by Fouts. That’s the difference with Tennessee this year. In the recent past years this was Ashley Rodgers for us. Big difference when Ashley’s been rested this year. She won’t have the stats this year like years past to get the accolades, she deserves to finish a wonderful career.
 
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Majors said:
Beth is one of the good ones in the game. How you see her on tv is how she is off the field too.
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I really like her. I think though still really good she has overloaded on the left handed hitters/slappers with not a lot of power this year. Don't walk them and you can control that lineup especially if you have a top pitcher.
 
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On the other hand watching Bama Murphy has turned heel this year. I don't follow them close but there is internal problems plus the pressure of possibly wasting one of the best pitchers he will ever see may be getting to him.
 
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kregman said:
I really like her. I think though still really good she has overloaded on the left handed hitters/slappers with not a lot of power this year. Don't walk them and you can control that lineup especially if you have a top pitcher.
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Outside of pitching they don’t have the same size we have. Smaller lineup even behind the plate with Maci.
 
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kregman said:
On the other hand watching Bama Murphy has turned heel this year. I don't follow them close but there is internal problems plus the pressure of possibly wasting one of the best pitchers he will ever see may be getting to him.
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Was told the internal issue was a clubhouse divide between Fouts/Shipman and everyone else. Deercreek might have more on that but it’s not a cohesive unit and was a big reason for fallout last season.
 
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Majors said:
Was told the internal issue was a clubhouse divide between Fouts/Shipman and everyone else. Deercreek might have more on that but it’s not a cohesive unit and was a big reason for fallout last season.
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Knowing our luck Ally will play out of her mind this weekend but if she couldn't be happy here being the overwhelming teacher's pet, I can't imagine she will ever be happy anywhere.
 
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Majors said:
Was told the internal issue was a clubhouse divide between Fouts/Shipman and everyone else. Deercreek might have more on that but it’s not a cohesive unit and was a big reason for fallout last season.
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I think the Third and First Basemen were in the problem clique last year, too. Seemed to me that the older players did a very poor leadership job and alienated the younger players.

When they went up to Western Kentucky and lost, the problems were obvious in hindsight.
 
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Not sure how much Ralph is still involved, if at all (at least officially per NCAA overlords). But I know a few former players that say he was the more player friendly of the pair, kind of like the team dad, where Karen was more regimental. One told a story of Karen jumping on her about something, and then Ralph playing "good cop" for lack of a better term after. This was a conversation I had 4-5 years ago when both were still coaching. Don't know if that aspect is missing in the locker room, that older wise voice who was more observant of team chemistry.

Also, it used to be rare that a contributor on the team didn't play 4 years. Sure, walkons would come and go, but top 12 or so players were pretty much 4 year players. Now rosters can have significant turnover year-to-year which does impact cohesion.
 
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