Big Fat Barner

Bri Ellis transferring to Arkansas and then getting eliminated before Auburn is objectively, f*****g hilarious

100%. And John Cohen did it at Mississippi State with Ricketts. So, pretty much assuming he’s gonna do it here as well. I don’t think he cares about softball.

I hope you’re right, but I’m almost certain Cohen will do the lazy thing and promote Carosone. Some of the players that are around now seem to not care at all, I would most definitely not be opposed to fueling up on transfers, but I do hope some of the players are offered a chance to return. Amelia, Icess, Anna, Widra, KK and Nelia have the potential to be a great senior class, they just need to want to win. Just want to be good again!!!

Gene Chizik won a national championship and didn’t get a shot at redemption. Why should Butch? Never finished higher than 3rd in the west.

Dean should’ve been let go the year we were eliminated by UCF and Kennesaw State. I really hope Cohen doesn’t promote Carosone, but I’m like 90% sure he is going too. I think we need to revisit Steve Singleton, the hitting coach from Texas. They’re having an unbelievable season, pretty much everyone has taken a step up from last year.

I wonder if Abbey Smith, Riley McNemar and the others that graduated early are going to transfer. We need transfers. I hope we have some hit the portal. Not saying they don’t have the potential but the portal will have so many better options.

KK McCrary announced on TikTok that she would be coming back for her 5th year.

I’m convinced Coach Sparks is a professional clapper. Yesterday, Anna Wohlers was nearly thrown out after getting a single and the camera closed in on her and Sparks laughing and smiling about it. That’s a poor coaching moment if I’ve seen one. And now tonight, that happens.

Did anybody else notice Emily Carasone coaching outside of the dugout today? She has been in the dugout all season long until tonight.

Casey McCrackin, Kendall Veach, Alyssa Rivera, Courtney Shea, Victoria Draper, Carmyn Greenwood, Taylon Snow, Tannon Snow. that’s a talented team in my opinion. Throw in Makayla Martin and Kaylee Carlson in the circle and you have a team that probably should’nt get eliminated by Jacksonville State in a regional.

He’s a baseball guy. I know he likes to sit down by the home bullpen…still haven’t seen him but like once or twice (and I’ve been to a ton of SB games). I’ve been to a few baseball games and have seen him in the HOF club every game. We’ll see how much he cares about softball based on the head coaching hire. If it was baseball, I’m almost certain Cohen wouldn’t mind dropping a bag to get a good HC, so we’ll just see.

I agree with this. No reason why Cohen shouldn’t reach out to D’Amour, Young and Gajewski first. Why on earth would Auburn have Clarissa Crowell on this list?? She has a losing record at Penn State and the Miami softball program is in better shape now than it ever was under Crowell. It’s also worth mentioning that Malveaux was the head coach at McNeese State and was fired for having a losing record through 4 seasons. Not sure if I’m ready ti take a chance on an assistant with Texas and OU coming in next year.

Unfortunately, I may have to agree with you. I love Carasone but keeping her around could be conflicting. She’s the only one who I think I would be ok with staying though.

I’m so glad everyone is in agreement that this program needs a major makeover. Lenti can’t leave fast enough. I just don’t see us holding onto both Sparks and Carasone, do you all? We need a legitimate hitting and pitching coach but can only have three paid assistants. I think keeping Carasone would be like keeping Cadillac for football: team and fan morale. I just don’t know what Sparks does…she works with catchers? I think we have much bigger problems.

This team is just embarrassing. No other way to put it. I hope whichever HC we get can recruit in the portal, and some of these players need to not let the door hit them on the way out.

Today’s game is probably the worst I have ever felt about this program. The team doesn’t seem to care at all. Dean made foolish coaching decisions (again). If Cohen hires Carasone as head coach it will be such a pathetic hire. Someone has got to come in and reinvent this program because its a damn mess. also, does Nelia Peralta jog to 1st??

“Championship day” What a stupid ass mindset to have. Definitely reaching for anything positive out of this season. funny how that last win of a series never carries over to the beginning of the next one. Counting down the days till his ass is gone. He makes me blood boil.

6 hits across 3 games is embarrassing. Offense doing what they usually do. So so proud of Shelby. But having been at the game tonight, it’s so sad (and frankly embarrassing) to see the crowd so empty. There were more empty seats than people.

Half of this lineup should not be starting next year. You could make a case for Wohlers, Peralta, Widra and Lech but this program needs a transfer haul to even have a chance next year. also, since this offense is so putrid…At this point I would literally start the freshmen and other bench players. It cannot possibly get worse than having 3 hits in 14 innings against a team ranked DEAD LAST in the SEC in ERA. DEAD LAST I REPEAT. Tamborra did well during fall ball at the plate, fk it put her in. Clemmons is batting over .300, fk it put her in. Packer is batting .100 in SEC play, put Abbey Smith or Thalia Martin, FK IT. we might as well see what our bench is made of because seriously HOW. COULD. IT. GET. WORSE? there’s my reaction, god bless everyone (except Dean and Lenti) and god bless the united states of america. p.s: Cohen if you’re reading this, DON’T PROMOTE CARASONE.

I think if there is anything this season has taught us it’s that NOBODY on this current coaching staff is capable of running this program successfully. Love Love Love Carasone but if Cohen promotes her to HC, it’ll be a super lazy hire and reaffirm my belief that he truly doesn’t care about softball. i mean seriously has anyone seen him at any of the softball games? I see him on tv damn near every baseball game in the HOF club, i’ve been to about half the SB games this year and I’ve not seen this man once. Including today vs UK when there was nothing else going on!!! I genuinely want to know if any of you have seen him there.

I agree. It is very unlikely. However, i do not think money is the only incentive. Recruiting to Auburn would be a lot easier, the stadium and facilities are a lot better here. Duke softball’s scoreboard is like a high school scoreboard and their stadium only fits 500. I think she would get a healthy raise and double the amount of support here. But agree, her husband’s health should come first for sure.

i came back to this to say that the pitching concerns for VT may not translate to AU, if D’Amour is hired here. I think it’s a very difficult thing to recruit to Virginia Tech, given the academic standards and lack of support. I am curious to see how D’Amour would do in recruiting here. There is a lot more talent from the surrounding southern states here than there. The only other thing that worries me with Young/D’Amour is their lack of use for the transfer portal. But again, not sure how much the academics play into that. I’m sure neither Duke nor VT have a large NIL fund either. I am just convinced that a coach of their caliber would thrive at a program like Auburn. And honestly, i think we need to pick up one of them before Ole Miss fires Traschel, South Carolina fires Bev Smith or Patrick Murphy of Alabama retires. Right now, Auburn is the best job available, and I think we need to take advantage of that.

Watching Duke softball more makes me really want Marissa Young. She’s built that program up from the ground and Duke’s softball stadium and support are pitiful. I hope Cohen atleast calls her and makes an enticing offer. She’s a michigan grad so she may be holding out for that job. i’m still for the idea of D’Amour, as long as he finds a solid pitching coach. VT’s offense is superb but their pitching hasn’t been good since Keely Rochard left.

I really really hope Cohen goes after a power 5 coach like D’Amour or Young, I’m just not sure I’m willing to take a chance on an unproven group of 5 coach again with Texas and Oklahoma coming up next year. also did Marshall mention possibly which coaches? I don’t pay for that stuff lol.

We need some portal commits to make up for all these losses. Really hoping this wasn’t just a fluke year. Next year’s roster looks rough and needs quite a bit of help.