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I understand why some of you want CPM fired, I really do.

Posted on 4/24/17 at 6:45 am
Posted by poncho villa
DALLAS
Member since Jul 2010
17678 posts
Posted on 4/24/17 at 6:45 am
I just don't think that this series is a good indicator of what this team is capable of. I also don't think you can blame the series loss on CPM. The hitting has to get better. I've never seen a team this inept at the plate. They watch hanging breaking balls but swing at fastballs 2 inches off the plate. It's maddening to watch.

But even though our hitting was pretty bad, it was good enough to win 2 games when our pitching wasn't that awful. I mean, 18 hits in game 3 and 16? hits in game 1? How is an offense that isn't clicking right now suppose to keep up with that? As much as I would like to blame the hitting and CPM, what about the fricking pitching? What happened to Poche? He is a senior and the dude was throwing MEATBALLS to a VERY GOOD Kentucky team. Sooner or later the Rant will need to understand that players play the game and they can either hit or they can't.


I'm not a CPM homer, even though all of you think I am. I just don't think firing a head coach is always the answer especially when the problems we are having stem from non-clutch hitting and bad pitching. Can we at least see where this season goes before you guys declare war on LSU baseball?


ps. someone needs to teach Romero how to hit a fricking breaking ball. If Romero hits breaking balls, this team would be much deadlier.
Posted by Joe Mantegna
knoxville
Member since Oct 2007
9294 posts
Posted on 4/24/17 at 6:50 am to
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I also don't think you can blame the series loss on CPM


How convenient
Posted by poncho villa
DALLAS
Member since Jul 2010
17678 posts
Posted on 4/24/17 at 7:02 am to
what did CPM specifically do to make us lose that game? Did he throw meatballs to Kentucky hitting? I'll agree with you if you give me something that HE actually did.
Posted by TigerNlc
Chocolate City
Member since Jun 2006
32484 posts
Posted on 4/24/17 at 7:03 am to
He hired Micah Gibbs. That's just lazy.
Posted by LSUwag
Florida man
Member since Jan 2007
17318 posts
Posted on 4/24/17 at 7:03 am to
He is Les Miles 2.0
Posted by Joe Mantegna
knoxville
Member since Oct 2007
9294 posts
Posted on 4/24/17 at 7:06 am to
It doesn't matter what I tell you, you're a PM apologist, same shite every week from you.
Posted by ChenierauTigre
Dreamland
Member since Dec 2007
34511 posts
Posted on 4/24/17 at 7:10 am to
Watch him in the dugout. He just sits there looking like a miserable chump smelling a bean burrito fart. He does not fight for his team, he does not try to fire them up, he lets pitchers bury us before he pulls them.

Kentucky's coach challenges the umpires and makes visits to the plate. Although he is reminiscent of Cohen at Arky with all his little bitch moves, at least he stands up for his team.

Watch Paul in the dugout. That is why this team is uninspired.
Posted by geauxtigers33
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2014
13734 posts
Posted on 4/24/17 at 7:10 am to
This works both ways for the people that want him fired. The reality is somewhere in the middle.
Posted by Triton TR 196
Pineville
Member since Nov 2015
154 posts
Posted on 4/24/17 at 7:10 am to
He hired an unqualified hitting coach for starters, if not him who then is accountable for the product on the field? The pitching? There again who is accountable if not the head coach? If he's not responsible for any of this then why are we paying him!! he is the COACH this is his job to make our players become better.
Posted by Cowboyfan89
Member since Sep 2015
12696 posts
Posted on 4/24/17 at 7:13 am to
Because going out and finding an elite hitting coach 3 months before the season was an option? Who were they going to get?

I think it was a bad hire as well, simply because LSU should be a better job than a graduate assistant should be able to attain, but I don't see how they could have found anyone better that close to the season. Coaching changes are made after a season ends, not before it starts.

I doubt Mississippi State had intentions of hiring a new baseball coach 3 months before the season started, but the circumstances dictated it. However, it is a bit easier to hire for a head coach versus a position that...I mean, is it even paid by the athletic department? He's a volunteer coach, isn't he?
Posted by JJ27
Member since Sep 2004
60237 posts
Posted on 4/24/17 at 7:17 am to
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what did CPM specifically do to make us lose that game?


He's responsible for every single person in that dugout. I'm not a sky is falling type and I'm not pushing for him to be let go. Just answering your question. As the head man, that's how he is responsible.
Posted by Python
Member since May 2008
6257 posts
Posted on 4/24/17 at 7:18 am to
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what did CPM specifically do to make us lose that game? Did he throw meatballs to Kentucky hitting? I'll agree with you if you give me something that HE actually did.

What does CPM specifically do to make us win games. Does he throw 3 hitters? I'll agree with you if you give me something that HE does.
Posted by LSU GrandDad
houston, texas
Member since Jun 2009
21564 posts
Posted on 4/24/17 at 7:18 am to
I mostly agree with everything you said poncho.

our pitching lost this series but it would have been our hitting had our pitching done well. opposing pitchers from UNO to McNeese to every weekend pitcher not from UGA have feasted on our ineptitude at the plate. we seem to have faced great starters AND great relievers with every team we have played.

the most distressing thing to me is our INABILITY TO SCORE RUNS. even when we get guys in scoring position we can't get them home. hell, it's the kiss of death when we get the bases loaded, esp with less than 2 outs. the team cannot hit a sac fly to save their arse.

AND, our pitchers are walking more guys than ever. yesterday we had what, 6 walks and 3 hit batters? pitiful.

what in the hell is our pitching coach doing to frick these kids heads up? they either pitch a ball or a meatball right down main street.

but i'm not ready to fire CPM yet. if I was the AD i'd damn sure want some friggin' answers when this season is over and probably some ACTION taken. like, firing Dunn and firing our hitting coach.
Posted by poncho villa
DALLAS
Member since Jul 2010
17678 posts
Posted on 4/24/17 at 7:29 am to
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He hired an unqualified hitting coach for starters



I agree with you here. I don't like the Gibbs hire.
Posted by poncho villa
DALLAS
Member since Jul 2010
17678 posts
Posted on 4/24/17 at 7:30 am to
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What does CPM specifically do to make us win games


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what did CPM specifically do to make us lose that game


try again sweet heart.
Posted by supersaints9
Colleyville,Tx
Member since Dec 2009
14135 posts
Posted on 4/24/17 at 7:35 am to
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I'm not a CPM homer



Posted by lsu711
Member since Sep 2003
13004 posts
Posted on 4/24/17 at 7:37 am to
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ps. someone needs to teach Romero how to hit a fricking breaking ball.


Good suggestion, but who is going to do it?
Posted by poncho villa
DALLAS
Member since Jul 2010
17678 posts
Posted on 4/24/17 at 7:38 am to
IDK, Romero couldn't hit breaking balls last year either and he had the GOAT AC
Posted by Elleshoe
Wade’s World
Member since Jun 2004
143616 posts
Posted on 4/24/17 at 7:41 am to
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Cohen at Arky


We love our Boxtards, don't we folks?
Posted by FightinTiga
Pumpkin Center
Member since Feb 2009
20745 posts
Posted on 4/24/17 at 7:44 am to
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