After calming down from the regional finals loss, and thinking somewhat objectively, let's look back at 2014.
Team batting avg. finished at .299, Cats hit 60 HR's, and stole 67 bases, pretty darn good offensive numbers. They had a team fielding % of .968, not really good, but not terrible.
Pitching wise, the Cats had a team ERA of 4.03, not really good, with 12 team saves, average there.
They finished with a record of 37-25, and overall counting the tournament, went 17-17 in the SEC, pretty good. They went 3-1 against teams that were ranked #1 when they played them, outstanding. They went 19-10 at home and were 18-15 in road and neutral site games, again pretty good.
They had the SEC, and in at least one service the National POY in A J Reed, a 1st team all SEC of in Ka'ai Tom, a 2nd team all SEC player in Max Kuhn, an all SEC fresham selection in Javon Shelby, and an all SEC defensive team member in Austin Cousino, really, really good.
Great wins....Virginia, So. Carolina, Florida, Vandy, Louisville, Texas A&M, Alabama, Miss. State. Bad losses, USC-Upstate, VMI, Morehead, Murray St., Missouri, Georgia.
All in all, I would give an overall grade of B+ on the season as a whole. I believe an A- is required to make the Super regionals, an A would be CWS appearance, and an A+ would be necessary for a NC. Thoughts !
Team batting avg. finished at .299, Cats hit 60 HR's, and stole 67 bases, pretty darn good offensive numbers. They had a team fielding % of .968, not really good, but not terrible.
Pitching wise, the Cats had a team ERA of 4.03, not really good, with 12 team saves, average there.
They finished with a record of 37-25, and overall counting the tournament, went 17-17 in the SEC, pretty good. They went 3-1 against teams that were ranked #1 when they played them, outstanding. They went 19-10 at home and were 18-15 in road and neutral site games, again pretty good.
They had the SEC, and in at least one service the National POY in A J Reed, a 1st team all SEC of in Ka'ai Tom, a 2nd team all SEC player in Max Kuhn, an all SEC fresham selection in Javon Shelby, and an all SEC defensive team member in Austin Cousino, really, really good.
Great wins....Virginia, So. Carolina, Florida, Vandy, Louisville, Texas A&M, Alabama, Miss. State. Bad losses, USC-Upstate, VMI, Morehead, Murray St., Missouri, Georgia.
All in all, I would give an overall grade of B+ on the season as a whole. I believe an A- is required to make the Super regionals, an A would be CWS appearance, and an A+ would be necessary for a NC. Thoughts !