Anytime you are not able to keep a four-run lead, especially on the road, it is very disappointing. . . . I am very proud of the streak these young men put together and very disappointed that it came to an end. |
Automatically, everybody asks where?s Marty, because he?s just been the face of this program for so many years. It?s different not having him around. |
Barret threw OK. He is a guy who continues to need to work on his change-up. I thought he showed some great pleasure and got it done. |
Bob personally signed a ball for me. |
Brandon has been a great addition to our team. It's unfortunate he's not able to play, but next year will get here pretty quick. |
Brent pitched very well. He was the experience we needed in that role. |
Danny is getting more confident. Mike (Jr.) has spent a lot of time with the last couple of days on staying behind the ball. And he's doing a lot better with that. I really feel he is just a few at bats away from being confident. |
Every university has the right to do what they did. The fact that they didn't give him the release, that's their decision. |
He began to look like the old Bryan Henry - locating his pitches. |
He didn't pitch poorly. He made good quality pitches. There were a couple of balls that were into right that were dying quails. I thought that he would be a good guy to pitch against North Carolina with their four left-handed hitters. Had he pitched poorly tonight we would have gone with anybody else. |
He had a year that was mind-boggling. And it definitely was not a fluke what he did. When you see him out at the ballpark, you don't look at him as an intimidating person, but you put him with a bat and glove and he becomes an intimidating factor. |
He has not been given this. He's earned it. And it hasn't been one outing. It's been five outings. He has gotten better and better and better. So I'm anxious to see how he pitches. |
He pitched a very smart (game). He got a lead and he made Auburn put the ball in play. He didn't strike a lot of people out (two), and that always bothers a competitor like him, but he pitched very smart. He gave us exactly what we needed. I was just very, very pleased he was able to do what he did. |
He showed what he's all about. |
He was really cooking. I must say it just took the wind out of my sail when the base hit occurred. It was a beautifully pitched baseball game. |