That’s my point; for years we’ve had one “ace” and no pitching depth

We get two highly regarded pitchers, widely regarded as best in VA who had epic duels vs each other in HS, and we don’t use EITHER of them in 2 postseason games. That should do wonders for building their confidence and experience, right!? How do you build depth? Let them get experience in a tough spot (you can say it was do or die but after this season who expected anything from postseason? What’d we have to lose? Besides a game we ended up losing anyway? We’d have to win TWO more games in 2 days. Was Eberle going to pitch 4 straight days and win them all??

Thomas shouldn’t be let go just due to this decision BUT this decision is symptomatic of the program’s shortcomings for many years now. Because he sticks with an ace too long, we’ve never developed 2-3 “aces” at the same time

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Posted: 05/11/2018 at 08:13AM

ATTN: Whit Babcock....Good pool of softball coaching candidates on here.. -- VinsideT 05/11/2018 12:33AM

If it was Eberle's first day, I would have left her in like Thomas... -- Old Line Hokie 05/11/2018 11:57AM

Hate to Second Guess......But, have to -- vtchem75 05/11/2018 12:29PM

How long have they had to get other pitchers ready for the situations? ** -- bigbadbird 05/11/2018 07:06AM

That’s my point; for years we’ve had one “ace” and no pitching depth -- hokiepro 05/11/2018 08:13AM

Eberle was no ace out of high school and she was no ace last year. Someone, -- VT One 05/11/2018 10:47AM

That’s great how she’s developed but once again it’s about -- hokiepro 05/11/2018 2:07PM

Not really true but she certainly improved this year -- VT_Alum2x 05/11/2018 11:16AM

Fair points. I saw Eberle pitch last year and I will agree that if every -- VT One 05/11/2018 1:06PM

Tincher pulled the wagon for the most successful season -- bigbadbird 05/11/2018 08:27AM

So, we have TWO Fr pitchers who’ve been both wild and K specialists -- hokiepro 05/11/2018 06:50AM

Scot changed pitchers in that situation versus Liberty last month -- VTChip 05/11/2018 12:04PM

If not Dail, why not Rochard -- hokiepro 05/11/2018 1:55PM

Exactly. I agree as my post below. He had to have a plan -- VT_Alum2x 05/11/2018 12:28PM

LOL -- Hamburger 05/11/2018 05:53AM

Pull Jackson in favor of Patterson at FSU? TIC? ** -- Broken Hawk 05/11/2018 03:46AM

Obviously trying to make a point about going from #1 to an unproven ** -- hokieb 05/11/2018 08:33AM

Dail has 13 Ks earlier in season in a game vs Pitt -- hokiepro 05/11/2018 2:11PM

That was a long time ago in the season. Maybe you are correct, but again -- VT_Alum2x 05/11/2018 3:37PM

Only thing about who to start is starter is only one who can re-enter -- hokiepro 05/11/2018 4:27PM

That’s my point; for years we’ve had one “ace” and no pitching depth

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