This can all be blamed on "manager" Tate. We can look back at last year before the season and see people asking the same questions about Buckner. Can he rebuild after losing so much talent? With 12 seniors gone from last year he turned to his rising seniors and asked them to be the leaders. Something that Jack Tate has not done. In fact in the first game I believe one or none of the seniors started? Why you might ask? And from what I have heard from sources is that he had the players vote on who should start. Wow is this rec league? That is pitiful. And another difference between Buckner and Tate that we can blame this pitiful season right now is the fact that Tate is not a coach he does not teach fundamentals. He relied on Buckner to teach and repeat the rewards in 3 JV Championships. However, the only thing he did to get that was make a lineup everyday that was fair to everyone. Not something that should happen on a Varsity team. Bearden made a mistake and now the consequences are evident. Even after one year its time to do something to maybe salvage the program. Some say there is no talent on this team? Wrong you have a pitcher who threw a no hitter against Farragut last year not even getting a chance to pitch. Or you have all your players hurt because of arm trouble because of the lack of off season programs to maintain the arm strength. This is bad for the young men and program. Some of these kids want a future in baseball and with this coaching and program currently it is not going to happen.
