Tennessee Softball 2025

[kregman]

I thought I knew something’s about softball but oh boy, I was wrong. What other coach in the country pulls Karlyn Pickens in that situation. Worst case she gives up one or two runs and we’re still leading leaving that ending. She didn’t have her a game, but nothing left the infield that inning on her.

Karen better be careful, pulling that tonight with Pickens is a good way to have her go into the portal. Not having trust in your All American is a disaster.

I don't think Karlyn would ever portal but you could not blame if she did. 99.9% of coaches would be thinking thank goodness I have an AA to get out of this.

 

[Majors]

How does this team look next year if we lose Pickens and Pannell? No way if we keep losing big games and aren’t playing with a chance to get to the WCWS they stay with the money they can get on the open market with NIL

How do we fill the voids of Laura, Sophia, and McKenna. we still haven’t filled the voids of Riley, Kiki and Peyton.

Our roster is going in the wrong direction. Someone please let Karen know its better for quality not quantity.

At some point, the athletic department is going to need to step up and hold accountability to the program especially since we are 2-3 against Big Ten teams to start the season.

Some truth to this. Today I don’t think we lose Pickens, if Pannell were to leave then it would make me re-think it’s possible. I’m concerned with having too many girls (older players) happy to be at Tennessee. We are too heavy in positions and lackluster in others. We’ve upgraded in speed but downgraded experience.

Morrison & Clarke will replace Boo/Nugent and I’ll say could possibly be an upgrade. And both Boo and Nugent are outstanding. Mealers glove will be hard to replace.

it was said last week, this weekend would be a good indicator of where this team is at as a whole. More than the last two weekend. The loss to Nebraska cannot be overlooked when seeing how the season has unfolded and the blueprint is out on us. SEC will be a gauntlet and postseason is a concern as we will need a nice kind bracket. We cannot waste KP’s talent as we don’t get her time back.

 

[SGMVols]

WE HAVE SO MANY GIFLS ON THIS TEAM THAT CANT HIT ELITE PITCHING

AND KAREN CANT SEE THAT AND KEEPS HITTING THOSE PLAYERS

we have played so many bad teams so that hides the teams defects but look at the stats when we played Nebraska, Oregon and UCLA? That will tell you who can hit SEC and that’s very concerning

At this point it’s hard for me to see this team having a winning SEC record. I think we go 0-6 against OU and Texas.

 

[SGMVols]

I don't think Karlyn would ever portal but you could not blame if she did. 99.9% of coaches would be thinking thank goodness I have an AA to get out of this.

I guarantee Patty Gasso would love to have her after whiffing on Canady.

 

[OrangePark]

Some truth to this. Today I don’t think we lose Pickens, if Pannell were to leave then it would make me re-think it’s possible. I’m concerned with having too many girls (older players) happy to be at Tennessee. We are too heavy in positions and lackluster in others. We’ve upgraded in speed but downgraded experience.

Morrison & Clarke will replace Boo/Nugent and I’ll say could possibly be an upgrade. And both Boo and Nugent are outstanding. Mealers glove will be hard to replace.

it was said last week, this weekend would be a good indicator of where this team is at as a whole. More than the last two weekend. The loss to Nebraska cannot be overlooked when seeing how the season has unfolded and the blueprint is out on us. SEC will be a gauntlet and postseason is a concern as we will need a nice kind bracket. We cannot waste KP’s talent as we don’t get her time back.

Yes we upgraded with speed but downgraded with power but the game management hasn’t changed. You have to be able to coach to your teams strengths and we are absolutely not doing that. Down one run or tied and she does nothing to try to manufacture runs still sitting around with her hands in her pockets waiting for the home run that we’re not going to hit. How many times in the big games so far this year have we tried a suicide squeeze to get that runner from 3rd to home. Let me tell you, zero. We get runners on that lead the inning off and we don’t bunt them over to get them in scoring position. Are pinch hitters are looking for walks and not swinging the bats. Way too many strikeouts for a team that has speed and only seen a handful of talented pitchers so far this year. This team isn’t good enough team to hit with 2 strikes. They need to attack the first strike getting deep into the count is not working. Walks mean nothing if you can’t score them or aren’t moving runners.

And minus the decision to pull Pickens. With 20 girls on the bench how do you not pinch hit for Faw or Taylor and use Ahlin as a pinch runner that gets thrown out stealing and we don’t bunt her over. Don’t Karen remember her base running from last year. Im a fan and have no background in softball and I can see this so it’s got to be pretty obvious.

Only upgrade this team needs is a coach

 

[OrangePark]

This team has 3 losses vs higher ranked teams and all 3 games they should’ve won…

Why is that happening, is it the coaching or players or culture?

Nothing has changed from the Alabama playoff series!!!!!!!

 

[Majors]

This team has 3 losses vs higher ranked teams and all 3 games they should’ve won…

Why is that happening, is it the coaching or players or culture?

Nothing has changed from the Alabama playoff series!!!!!!!

G might not of been the most consistent player but she was the vocal enforcer to the the team. Kiki might not of had the best season last year, but there was no questioning it was her team as far as leadership. Not sure who the leader is during the early part of the year. Something to watch on who steps up without being told to step up.

 

[OrangePark]

Not sure how many times this has been said but I have seen it a couple of times in the fall. Karen said she loves the teams speed and depth and they will be getting back to old Tennessee softball.

 

[OrangePark]

Let’s use the basketball team for an example, you bring in a new coach in Kim Caldwell and it was a fresh of breath air and a change of culture and they are a better team because of it. I think it’s over due in softball and it needs to happen.

 

[stllvf]

whine, doom and gl00m, this team CAN"T, NOTHING has changed so expected from some of the boarders. early in the season folks, most of us will let the season play out rather being the expert on negativity.

 

[OrangePark]

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Are we truly starting the best 9? Stats don’t lie

 

[DeerPark12]

Karen has gone brain dead pulling Karlyn this is not going to end well.

After throwing as much as she did on Thursday in the extra extra game, I don’t have a problem with putting her on a batter count on Friday the third weekend of the season. Particularly when her velocity looked 2 or 3 miles an hour lower than the day before.

 

[DeerPark12]

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Are we truly starting the best 9? Stats don’t lie

Well, your best home run hitter and RBI producer has been out the last two weeks, so no, we are not putting the best nine out there currently.

But beyond that, it’s like some of you have forgotten what tournament play the first month of the season is all about. You’re developing what your lineup is going to be in situations against different types of pitching throughout the year. This is not a finished product, nor should anyone that’s followed the sport I have expected it to be. It’s not a settled pitching rotation. It’s not a settled lineup. It’s not that way for any team right now. Even if it is, you aren’t going to roll out the same nine players all five or six games in a three day period. That’s not responsible coaching, if you did. Look at Texas losing yesterday while experimenting some with their lineup.

It would have been nice to emerge from this weekend with wins over Oregon and UCLA, for sure. But the conference schedule provides plenty of opportunities to build a résumé, particularly with road trips to Georgia, Oklahoma and Texas. Just like every other year this decade, finish in the top half of the SEC, which we clearly have the pitching and hitting to do, and you will be a national seed and play the first weekend at home. Be slightly better than that, and you’ll be a top eight seed and play at home through the World Series. There’s way too much overacting going on here for it to be the third week of the season.

 

[DeerPark12]

Karen does a lot of thing well but pitching management is her worse trait especially the big games. How you could pull Karlyn there before she even gave up a run is mind blowing.

Because they had a pitching plan for how long she was going to go before the game started, like coaches typically do during the early part of the season.

 

[OrangePark]

Well, your best home run hitter and RBI producer has been out the last two weeks, so no, we are not putting the best nine out there currently.

But beyond that, it’s like some of you have forgotten what tournament play the first month of the season is all about. You’re developing what your lineup is going to be in situations against different types of pitching throughout the year. This is not a finished product, nor should anyone that’s followed the sport I have expected it to be. It’s not a settled pitching rotation. It’s not a settled lineup. It’s not that way for any team right now. Even if it is, you aren’t going to roll out the same nine players all five or six games in a three day period. That’s not responsible coaching, if you did. Look at Texas losing yesterday while experimenting some with their lineup.

It would have been nice to emerge from this weekend with wins over Oregon and UCLA, for sure. But the conference schedule provides plenty of opportunities to build a résumé, particularly with road trips to Georgia, Oklahoma and Texas. Just like every other year this decade, finish in the top half of the SEC, which we clearly have the pitching and hitting to do, and you will be a national seed and play the first weekend at home. Be slightly better than that, and you’ll be a top eight seed and play at home through the World Series. There’s way too much overacting going on here for it to be the third week of the season.

Very well said and a lot of truth. It especially puts me back into reality but the problem is:

It’s the same soup but just reheated….

 

[OrangePark]

Because they had a pitching plan for how long she was going to go before the game started, like coaches typically do during the early part of the season.

I’m going to 100% disagree with that comment!!!!!
To have a plan to only pitch Pickens 4 innings is so false. So you only plan on pitching Pickens only 4 innings and plan on bringing in a pitcher that threw a full game before that and got hit hard by a bad Rugters team. That is crazy to come on here and say. What coach in an American doesn’t give there team the best chance to win it. Karlyn already has the least amount of innings pitched if you compare her with all the elite pitchers. So it’s safe to say she was rested going into the UCLA game.

Karen is this you posting under DearPark12?

Everyone has a plan until they are punched in the mouth and Karen was shook and didn’t know what to do. It’s called got out coached again in the moment.

 

[kregman]

Because they had a pitching plan for how long she was going to go before the game started, like coaches typically do during the early part of the season.

Then that is poor coaching. You are trying to defend the indefeasible. You coach to the game. Just admit it was stupid and not make the same mistake going forward.

 

[THEONLYTENISEE]

How does this team look next year if we lose Pickens and Pannell? No way if we keep losing big games and aren’t playing with a chance to get to the WCWS they stay with the money they can get on the open market with NIL

How do we fill the voids of Laura, Sophia, and McKenna. we still haven’t filled the voids of Riley, Kiki and Peyton.

Our roster is going in the wrong direction. Someone please let Karen know its better for quality not quantity.

At some point, the athletic department is going to need to step up and hold accountability to the program especially since we are 2-3 against Big Ten teams to start the season.

When you say the AD needs to hold accountability, are you referring to a coaching change?

 

[lvocd]

What would Ralph have done when Karlyn got in trouble? Let her pitch out of the inning, or pull her?

I ask because sometimes I wonder if she makes all of the personnel decisions, or if she takes the advice of trusted others? It just seems to me that in certain situations it feels like the decisions are disappointingly familiar throw-back-type decisions.

Just wondering if anyone else ever thinks that.

 

[DeerPark12]

Then that is poor coaching. You are trying to defend the indefeasible. You coach to the game. Just admit it was stupid and not make the same mistake going forward.

It’s poor coaching to have a plan for perhaps the best pitcher in the country when throwing her on back-to-back days three weeks into the season?

You coach to win the game, but you’re also coaching to win a third straight SEC championship. Having a plan for managing innings on an arm you can’t win a championship without is smart long-term coaching. Sticking with that plan when you see a notable fall off from day one to day two is even smarter.

 

[DeerPark12]

Very well said and a lot of truth. It especially puts me back into reality but the problem is:

It’s the same soup but just reheated….

If we’re reheating what won back to back regular season championships in the toughest conference in the country, then sign me up for another cup of it.

 

[kregman]

If we’re reheating what won back to back regular season championships in the toughest conference in the country, then sign me up for another cup of it.

I admire your dedication to protecting the coaching but you are living in an alternate reality if you think we are going to win the Sec again this year. That’s fine though get the highest seed you can and go.

 

[Tnphil]

I admire your dedication to protecting the coaching but you are living in an alternate reality if you think we are going to win the Sec again this year. That’s fine though get the highest seed you can and go.

The usual powers in the conference plus adding Texas and Oklahoma will tell the story for sure.

 

[kregman]

Not to mention we somehow manage to have to play OU and Texas on the road.

 

[Tnphil]

We won the conference but I had to watch FL and Bama playing in Oklahoma. That was a pisser. Now the 2 teams that played for it all is in our conference.