Toussant is not returning.     

Sometimes it isn't who you have, its more about how you use them.  I think Corny will surprise us all, maybe not year one, but we'll be having fun in the CAM again soon, IMHO.

You always have to have talent.

for me, to sum it up at this point-

all i can do is wait and hope CJ hits two homeruns with the final scholarships for a regular chance to succeed.  however, in the face of NIL, i have no clue how significant the 13 scholarships are (except MU right now it seems).

not sure how i feel about Toussaint returning, if true, only because it looks like we might need another big forward (for basic D and as a foul trouble sub) if we can't get any better from the portal- although scorers/guards are a priority.

i've come to grudgingly accept the reality that the schedule may not ever be near as good as we'd like, with few exceptions and rarely, a really good one at home.  the norm OOC opponents who are close by, 2 or 3 paydays, 2 or 3 usually good mid majors and a few nobodies who just might embarrass us.

i always expect (with few exceptions) returning players to come off summer better than before.  DD (and HIS players) had a less than avg to avg record here which is not acceptable to me.  to the point, i want especially to see the seniors and Fricks show us something worthwhile.  i expect the newcomers (all players) to, at the least, have fire in their bellies (like Nutter) at all times.

For recruiting, we should have an advantage. You can get kids from Ohio, pick up the best of the best in WV then go hunting for stars in the south.

I love the locations we recruited this last round. Gulf Shores is a powerhouse. Newnan Ga plays really good softball from even a national side. I think you can recruit Ohio and be successful, but adding kids from the southern powers will take us far.

If we can find some portal pitchers, the sky is the limit next season with what we should return, but we are definitely not in CUSA anymore when it comes to this ball.

The two pitchers already signed should be better than any on our roster now...on paper anyway. We had a pitcher from KY who had a steller career in HS but that didn't translate well onto mound for her this year. Rice was up and down and dealt with an injury early. Feringa was better this year but not an ace for the top of rotation. Her hitting showed great improvement. Washington did pretty well as a FR pitcher. Team hit pretty well and should be even better next year. I think top four SB at least next year.

Baseball needs much more. One of lowest batting averages in country, not great defense, and severly lacking in pitching depth.

On the game broadcast yesterday, the announcers mentioned that we (the SBC) are the 5th highest rated baseball conference in the NCAA. That is a HIGH rating, think about that. It makes it a bit easier to understand, for me anyway, why it is so hard for the Herd to win on the diamond.  Pitching has to be supreme, fielding has to improve as we make too many errors (simple, attentive type errors). 

I think we may get four in the big game this year; a 5th rated conference deserves that.