[Softball Fan]

We will start the season with 6 top 5 recruits and 3 more who were 6-10.  Someone beleives he can coach them.

That's what makes all college WVB fans have such high expectations for Stanford in the fall.  When it comes to senior ace ranking Stanford is in a different universe than the rest of the PAC-12.

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I hope my fears about Kevin Hambly are unfounded. I know it's been an unpopular idea to express that his success at Stanford was based on inheriting a team that was already national championship caliber. I'm aware of his success at other programs, program building at Stanford can require a very different skillset. I was always going to reserve my judgement on how good a fit with Stanford he would be on how well he performs in a post Plummer/Gray/Hentz program. Hopefully he turns it around.

I can understand your reservations about Hambly.    Even with the practice obstacles and the injuries this spring the players available to play seemed to underperform.  Although I do feel WVB is distinctly different from WBB in that you can't constantly rearrange players and keep the team flow at a constant level on the court  

IMO the issue was not Hambly.  Maybe I'm overly optimistic.  I expect to read stories in December about Stanford going from two wins in the spring to the Final Four in the fall.

[Softball Fan]

We will start the season with 6 top 5 recruits and 3 more who were 6-10.  Someone beleives he can coach them.

That's what makes all college WVB fans have such high expectations for Stanford in the fall.  When it comes to senior ace ranking Stanford is in a different universe than the rest of the PAC-12.

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I hope my fears about Kevin Hambly are unfounded. I know it's been an unpopular idea to express that his success at Stanford was based on inheriting a team that was already national championship caliber. I'm aware of his success at other programs, program building at Stanford can require a very different skillset. I was always going to reserve my judgement on how good a fit with Stanford he would be on how well he performs in a post Plummer/Gray/Hentz program. Hopefully he turns it around.

I can understand your reservations about Hambly.    Even with the practice obstacles and the injuries this spring the players available to play seemed to underperform.  Although I do feel WVB is distinctly different from WBB in that you can't constantly rearrange players and keep the team flow at a constant level on the court  

IMO the issue was not Hambly.  Maybe I'm overly optimistic.  I expect to read stories in December about Stanford going from two wins in the spring to the Final Four in the fall.