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Oh good. I was worried that the person behind Hrothgar had deceased. I think this change was announced many months ago, I just forgot.

Which Hrothgar and others (me included) have been saying for two years is the priority. Really good teams need that really good pitching.

But Addison Leschber stepped up; which is encouraging.

When looking at last year, it’s so tough to compare because Autumn Pease pitched so many innings; and so many of those innings were the toughest innings against the toughest opponents every weekend.

Touché. So you know.

I don’t think you really know how bad it could get. We have been blessed to have been fans of a team that was at the top rung of the Big Ten for the past 10 years, enough so to go to NCAA tournaments each of those years. Imagine we become more like Penn State has been. That is not impossible.

I don’t know who thought the Gophers had a strong chance of sweeping this weekend. I kinda don’t know how some people don’t live in a constant mental state of disappointment and dissatisfaction given the expectations they have for the Minnesota softball team.

To be fair, Boston U is very good. They took South Carolina to 8 innings last night.

Great game for Richardson! Today was a morale boost for the team and us Gopher fans.

Cardiac kids!!!

Please God no. This program desperately needs stability in its head coaching. Changes at the top in 2017 and again in 2020 were hard on everybody.

Good catch. I am curious too.

But beating a top 25 isn’t the standard. It’s about regularly defeating top 100 Big Ten teams and winning a conference championship and/or participating in a Big Ten tourney title game.

These 3 softball programs being added is not Coach’s fault. This specific unfairness is a responsibility held by the Big Ten and the university presidents.

It’s not all Coach’s fault. These players have to play better. Schwartz and Snippes were the top pitchers in their state. Hambrick has college experience. Enter was recruited by Florida State. Pitchers have to step up and play well. Coach Ritter isn’t throwing those pitches.

For several years Gopher softball fans have had difficulty accepting how good Kentucky is. They have already defeated Stanford twice this season. That is a good, SEC softball team.

Jess Oakland is extremely good.

Exactly. I take that as if you got “it”, you probably got “it” as a Freshmen. So let’s get those freshmen out there with the expectation that they play big. The Gophers don’t need to wait on them to develop.

I think our freshmen pitchers need to display that they can be effective at the college level by making regular, positive contributions to the team in most games.

About one third of our roster are freshman. To move forward this year and be competitive for a Big Ten title, at least a couple of those freshmen will have to step up, show themselves to be NCAA softball ready, and make a real impact in most games.