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Date Posted: 09:20:28 05/11/25 Sun
Two important events took place yesterday in the continuing saga of Brown athletics. One, the women's softball team won the ivy tournament in fine fashion and 2. Grant Achilles, baseball coach, was let go. It is really a tale of two coaches, one who came in and immediately took charge and the other who was pushed into it well before his time. First, let's look at Mary Holt-Kelsch, the softball coach who turned water into wine. Brown won the tournament on the pitching arm of Alexis Guevara, the best pitcher the ivy league has seen in many years. But there was something else going on that was a little more difficult to observe, Brown played great fundamental softball. Based on personnel, Princeton had the best team in the league. In fact, it wasn't even close. But Brown beat them twice, and neither game was a cliff hanger. In addition to Guevara's superb pitching, Brown played clean softball. They did all the little things right. For example, a Princeton player got a hit and the throw over to first was off target so the Princeton player headed for second. But the play was backed up by the catcher, Laurel Moody, and the runner was a dead duck trying to reach second. On another occasion a Princeton runner was trying to reach home, realizing she couldn't she headed back to third, but the catcher had thrown behind the runner and the runner was out at third. These seemingly minor plays were actually a big deal because they killed whatever momentum Princeton was mounting. Based on where Brown was prior to Mrs. Holt-Kelsch, she more than deserved the staff of the year award. Note, after yesterday Brown was 33-15. They had not had a winning season in over 30 years. On the other hand, Grant Achilles was promoted to head coach after Marek Drabinski quit. With no head coaching experience, he struggled. But more importantly, he did not improve in his role. I have been told that he is a good baseball man. Possibly, but he was a failure as a coach. For the last 20-25 years Brown has been fielding "representative" teams. In other words, teams that have no chance of winning championships. Teams that are out there just to fill up space. Hopefully in the new era, Brown will realize that that approach is fair to no one. If you are going to recruit a kid to play sports, he should be given every opportunity to be on a winning team. If you can't do that, then lower the sport to club status.
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