re: LSU Baseball 2023 (and beyond) Recruiting Thread - Old Thread - Please unpin

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ETA: Jake Brown is the real fricking deal though and I really hope we hold onto him.

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He's been tearing it up, if he gets that velocity up he could really move up the boards. I think he still kind of tops out in low 90s for now though.

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I've wondered if the philosophy was just to load up on lefties

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I have a theory on this. Cain was a good recruiter but seemed over his head in roster management. Mainieri should have been helping Cain with this but he wasn't. I know this because in an interview with Mainieri, Paul wasn't even sure how many lefties we had in our next class.
Cain then blundered with lefties on the roster and went into panick mode. He then specifically targeted lefties in the future classes.

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Jake Brown is the real fricking deal though and I really hope we hold onto him.

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i actually hope he doesnt start running up to 95 cause then he will be drafted too high. Great kid though and great family.

If Landon Victorian keeps progressing, i doubt anyone gets him to campus. looking to be first round pick right now heading into junior year.


as far as the early kids, work ethic is the biggest thing that cant be projected. I dont think many here understand how big of a game changer lifting heavy and correctly is and how much adding weight is a complete game changer.

we need to be looking for this kids that have tons of talent, but also those that prepare like a professional and perform the following on their owni.e

-minimum of 3 metric driven weight lifting sessions per week

-8-10hours of sleep every night

-4 hours of individual skill work outside practice

-1000 calories before 9am

-maintains 3.5 or higher gpa

those are the guys who are going to seperate themselves and if they are doign the above, you dont have to worry about the parents. I say that because often it is the parents that have the dream of college ball, not the kid. if they are committed to the above then they will have shown they are committed as a player and have been for a while. In college you will essentially be forced to do those things if you want to play anyways. Those that get an early start shows great parenting.