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Thunder & Lightning

T&L Extra: Coach Samantha Ricketts

Thunder & Lightning

SuperTalk Mississippi Media

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4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Coming off the best season in school history, Mississippi State softball didn't achieve the goals this program sets for itself each year in 2023. Can the Bulldogs bounce back in 2024? Coach Samantha Ricketts thinks so, and she tells Brian Hadad about her plan to get her team back into the postseason, and her thoughts on the sport of softball in Mississippi. Brian Hadad of SportsTalk Mississippi and Robbie Faulk of 24/7 give you the best insight into Mississippi State athletics. We cover the Bulldogs like no one else. This show is a production of SuperTalk Mississippi Media. Learn more at SuperTalk.FM Brought to you by... Strange Brew Coffeehouse - https://strangebrewcoffeehouse.myshopify.com/ College Corner - https://collegecornerstore.com/ Restaurant Tyler - https://www.eatlocalstarkville.com/restaurant-tyler Mississippi Beef Council - https://www.msbeef.org/ Two Brothers - https://www.twobrotherssmokedmeats.com/ Advantage Business Systems - https://www.absms.com/ PriorityOne Bank - https://priorityonebank.com/ Dolce Gelato Treats - https://www.facebook.com/dolcestarkville/

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0:00.0

A Super Talk, Mississippi Media Production.

0:06.2

Let's wrap things up here on the byweek blitz with Coach Samantha Rick.

0:09.6

It's Mississippi State softball.

0:12.0

And coach, the theme of the spring is going to be bouncing back between you and the baseball program.

0:18.4

For your team, when you look at last season to this season, what's the biggest area

0:22.1

where you've got to turn things around?

0:24.7

I think just the overall consistency.

0:27.6

You know, that's been a big message.

0:29.2

I think just from the top down, I think leadership, accountability, just all of it.

0:35.1

So that, you know, we're not in that position that we were, again, like last season, you know, not ending the way we liked.

0:41.1

And I think we still have a lot of players left on the roster from two years ago from our super reasonable run.

0:46.5

And it just, if anything, I thought it really fueled the fire for everybody returning because they know where this program's headed and what it can be.

0:55.0

And then for us to finish and have that disappointing end last year, they've all been

0:58.9

just, I think, another level of just disappointment and resolved to get back after it this year.

1:04.0

And I think it really, honestly, has brought the team closer together.

1:07.1

And it's brought out a lot of good leadership qualities so far this fall for us.

1:10.6

I want to ask you a couple of big picture questions about the sport of softball.

1:14.4

You know, with baseball right now, there is so much focus on analytics.

1:18.8

You know, it feels like the old days of batting average and home runs.

1:22.9

Nobody looks at those anymore.

1:25.0

Are there softball analytics?

1:26.5

Do you guys have as much focus on analytics as

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