Comments on: Performance Of The Week | 11/9 – 11/15 http://www.pickinsplinters.com/2009/11/16/performance-of-the-week-119-1115/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=performance-of-the-week-119-1115 There's always room for one more on the bench. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:56:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Smitty http://www.pickinsplinters.com/2009/11/16/performance-of-the-week-119-1115/comment-page-1/#comment-7666 Smitty Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:15:57 +0000 http://www.pickinsplinters.com/?p=5602#comment-7666 Garcia won't ever win a major... Just doesn't have the mental fortitude to do it. Woods and others eat him for breakfast everytime it comes to crunch time of a major.. Garcia won’t ever win a major… Just doesn’t have the mental fortitude to do it. Woods and others eat him for breakfast everytime it comes to crunch time of a major..

]]> By: Wally http://www.pickinsplinters.com/2009/11/16/performance-of-the-week-119-1115/comment-page-1/#comment-7662 Wally Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:34:36 +0000 http://www.pickinsplinters.com/?p=5602#comment-7662 I know ... and we're still waiting for the "can't miss kid" -- Sergio Garcia -- to win a major. I know … and we’re still waiting for the “can’t miss kid” — Sergio Garcia — to win a major.

]]> By: Smitty http://www.pickinsplinters.com/2009/11/16/performance-of-the-week-119-1115/comment-page-1/#comment-7660 Smitty Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:30:51 +0000 http://www.pickinsplinters.com/?p=5602#comment-7660 Wally, I disagree with you on Michelle Wie. She was playing well as of recent - heck in 18 starts this year (her rookie year) , she has 8 Top Ten finishes. The best thing for her, has been to stay on the LPGA and forget the PGA experiments. Given her recent putting lessons with Dave Stockton - golf's sudden putting guru - I think we are going to see a few more victories t Wally, I disagree with you on Michelle Wie. She was playing well as of recent – heck in 18 starts this year (her rookie year) , she has 8 Top Ten finishes. The best thing for her, has been to stay on the LPGA and forget the PGA experiments.

Given her recent putting lessons with Dave Stockton – golf’s sudden putting guru – I think we are going to see a few more victories t

]]> By: Wally http://www.pickinsplinters.com/2009/11/16/performance-of-the-week-119-1115/comment-page-1/#comment-7654 Wally Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:59:56 +0000 http://www.pickinsplinters.com/?p=5602#comment-7654 It's ABOUT TIME for Michelle Wie to win one! But I think it's a blind squirrel moment and we won't be seeing that string of W's you're talking about, Smitty. Time will tell. Great call on Stanford, Casey. It'll be interesting to see what transpires in Palo Alto over the next 3-4 years. Will Harbaugh stay? Will Stanford actually be PAC 10 top 3 material consistently ... or is this a flash in the pan? I hope they are here to stay ... cuz that would be a message to everyone who says ND cannot get back on or near the top of the heap. Here's an interesting comparison of the recruiting class rankings for the past 4 years for ND, Stanford and Pitt (data from Scout.com): 2006 (Sr) 2007 (Jr) 2008 (So) 2009 (Fr) Avg Notre Dame 5 11 2 23 9 Stanford 38 43 43 15 35 Pitt 11 8 25 31 19 ND clearly gets better incoming talent than Pitt and Stanford ... "incoming" is the key word. But look at the product on the field right now. It's obvious that ND's coaches CAN'T COACH... they can recruit, but they can't coach. And I'm actually not sure they have any special recruiting talent ... the school's advantages -- tradition, exposure/TV, academics, facilities, etc -- make it pretty easy in most cases. Only Ty Losingham screwed that up ... and that's cuz he never left the golf course. It’s ABOUT TIME for Michelle Wie to win one! But I think it’s a blind squirrel moment and we won’t be seeing that string of W’s you’re talking about, Smitty. Time will tell.

Great call on Stanford, Casey. It’ll be interesting to see what transpires in Palo Alto over the next 3-4 years. Will Harbaugh stay? Will Stanford actually be PAC 10 top 3 material consistently … or is this a flash in the pan? I hope they are here to stay … cuz that would be a message to everyone who says ND cannot get back on or near the top of the heap. Here’s an interesting comparison of the recruiting class rankings for the past 4 years for ND, Stanford and Pitt (data from Scout.com):

2006 (Sr) 2007 (Jr) 2008 (So) 2009 (Fr) Avg
Notre Dame 5 11 2 23 9
Stanford 38 43 43 15 35
Pitt 11 8 25 31 19

ND clearly gets better incoming talent than Pitt and Stanford … “incoming” is the key word. But look at the product on the field right now. It’s obvious that ND’s coaches CAN’T COACH… they can recruit, but they can’t coach. And I’m actually not sure they have any special recruiting talent … the school’s advantages — tradition, exposure/TV, academics, facilities, etc — make it pretty easy in most cases. Only Ty Losingham screwed that up … and that’s cuz he never left the golf course.

]]> By: Pickin' Splinters http://www.pickinsplinters.com/2009/11/16/performance-of-the-week-119-1115/comment-page-1/#comment-9205 Pickin' Splinters Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:15:49 +0000 http://www.pickinsplinters.com/?p=5602#comment-9205 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">Performance Of The Week | 11/9 – 11/15 | Pickin' Splinters http://bit.ly/3J2zdk</span></span> Performance Of The Week | 11/9 – 11/15 | Pickin' Splinters http://bit.ly/3J2zdk

]]> By: Smitty http://www.pickinsplinters.com/2009/11/16/performance-of-the-week-119-1115/comment-page-1/#comment-7649 Smitty Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:38:11 +0000 http://www.pickinsplinters.com/?p=5602#comment-7649 Gotta give it up for Michelle Wie who won her first professional tournament on Sunday at the Lorena Ochoa Invitational. Her career hasn't taken off the way most people predicted - but with her recent concentration on the LPGA - a string of victories, might allow her to become the force and drawing card for the LPGA that so many envisioned. Gotta give it up for Michelle Wie who won her first professional tournament on Sunday at the Lorena Ochoa Invitational.

Her career hasn’t taken off the way most people predicted – but with her recent concentration on the LPGA – a string of victories, might allow her to become the force and drawing card for the LPGA that so many envisioned.

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