Smoke Laval
Smoke Laval
Raymond Peter "Smoke" Lavalis an American college baseball coach who is currently the head coach of the University of North Florida Ospreys. He is a former head coach of the Louisiana State University Tigers and the University of Louisiana at Monroe Indians baseball teams. He has led his teams to two College World Series, five conference championships, and seven NCAA Division I Baseball Championship appearances, and has received a number of coaching awards...
deal fight pitches time today tough
It was a tough day to judge. We made some competitive pitches when we had to so I was very pleased. Today we had to fight through the elements, but that is one of the things you have to deal with this time of year.
afford finally forced guys handful key lose offense pitching ring starting struggled throw
We're finally starting to get our offense in sync. We haven't been pitching well, and now we lose a handful of key guys when we really can't afford to. So now we're forced to throw some of the guys who really struggled back into the ring of fire.
division last pitch
He (Coleman) was much better than his last outing. He showed that he can pitch at the Division I level.
chance fills giving keeps pitches three win zone
He keeps giving you a chance to win when he fills up the zone with three different pitches for strikes.
bat game good hard judge last pitching plan quality swing swings today
You can't really judge pitching on a day like today because anything can get out of the park. If you swing the bat hard enough, good things will happen. That was our game plan today, to get quality swings that we didn't have last time.
good happen people pitching rush
The good thing is he didn't panic, and he didn't rush to try to get people out. He let it happen after that. I was very impressed, not only with him but the pitching the whole time.
beat believed good nobody
Nobody believed they were any good when they beat us. Now, they must be good.
against automatic catch early five four label late maybe playing remember second sure team wins
It used to be a two-tier league. I can remember in the late 1980s, early 1990s, there were some automatic wins against maybe four or five teams. You were pretty sure to win two out of three. Now, I don't even look and see who any of them is playing this weekend. Because it's not like, 'Man, maybe we can catch a break.' You just have to play them all. There's not one team that I think you can label second tier.
bullpen feeling justin relief tomorrow
We are still feeling our way. We are going to give (senior right-hander) Justin Meier a bullpen tomorrow or he may come in relief to get him ready.
game good late took
Dirks took us late into the game and it was a good win.
catch fifth fourth groove needed somewhere time until
(Dirks) really didn't catch his groove until somewhere about the fourth inning. I think the fifth is the first time we had the first 1-2-3 inning. We needed it.
four friday gentleman major three
That gentleman from Vanderbilt, probably in three or four years, major leaguers aren't going to want to see him on a Friday night.
guys realize rebuilding sure trying veterans
This is a rebuilding year. But you can't say that around here. These new guys don't know any better. They don't realize we're usually doing better than this. It's the veterans we have to make sure aren't trying too hard.
build character club guys hope momentum proud tribute win
It's a tribute to the character of our club to come back and win this series. I'm very proud of the way the guys competed, and we hope we can build some momentum from this.