[lchsalumnus]

Charlie .. it seems that a some point you have seen some of things I mentioned earlier in the season. LC needs to utilize many valuable players and expand their coaching horizons.. look at changes in coaching philosophies..if it doesnt work give someone else a chance...dont just ride one pitcher till you break him..etc, encourage more players to come out to be a part of the team .. you never know the best players may be on your bench or walking the halls of your school...versus forcing them to leave. LC did well this year to have such a young team, but they need to work hard to be like the winning teams of the past.

Awesome Job to Noah Lambert and Brock Turner being chosen to all district team. Brock is an 8th grade who just recently turned 14..

to answer both you and your new best friend, i will just reply to your post. no coach has forced players to quit. no coach at all. players quit for their own reasons. the turner kid seems like he is going to be really good. the reason he wasn't up with the varsity all year could have been because he needed to play more and being up with the varsity may have meant less time early in the year. the way i always thought was that you give your veterans the chance first. i believe that was what the coaches did. that's fine. make changes when you need to. the regular season is for what? nothing. changes were made heading in to the post-season. one decision was to dismiss a certain player for things that were being done the entire year and finally the straw that broke the camel's back was him walking away from his team during a double-header to attend another school's prom. this is not debatable. i spoke to a few parents who were not too thrilled with his decision. this information was something nobody can debate as being untrue charlie. it happened. even though i was just told about it and didn't witness it doesn't mean it wasn't true. i'm sure the coaches told him this wouldn't be a great idea. he decided that those kids were more important to him.

as for "just riding one pitcher", what are you talking about? so you don't think that having steve blevins or chandler shepherd is an advantage? they shouldn't pitch as much as others? i'm not sure i understand this logic. the pitching staff this year was not the problem. the defense was OK. the offense struggled. why is that? well most of these starters had ZERO varsity at-bats coming in to this year. that could have been the problem.

too many parents and fans have more answers than the coaches. :eyeroll: fact is that next year should be a fun year for lawrence. i hope i get to watch a bit more of them than i did this year. a lot of young players should see time on the field next year and i'm sure they will produce. not to mention the younger middle school kids that are 2 years away from being up at the high school. and they are really good too.