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Looks like we are going to have a world class pole vaulter............
Posted on 2/25/18 at 8:26 pm
Posted on 2/25/18 at 8:26 pm
....but LSU T&F under Dennis Shaver is sinking lower and lower and lower.............
We do not even have a full team, and the imbalance gets worse and worse and the excuses by Shavers is unacceptable.
We do not even have a full team, and the imbalance gets worse and worse and the excuses by Shavers is unacceptable.
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Posted on 2/25/18 at 8:29 pm to mistert
He's need to be fired
Posted on 2/25/18 at 8:34 pm to mistert
Fire javi
Posted on 2/25/18 at 9:02 pm to mistert
For those of us not in the T&F loop, what’s the story here?
Posted on 2/25/18 at 9:05 pm to mistert
So you’re saying Mondo goes to LSU and doesn’t turn pro out of high school?
Posted on 2/25/18 at 9:16 pm to mistert
quote:That's what happens when the former AD is "Cheap" (Let Pat Henry walk away to A&M and allowed Saban to leave without a fight because he didn't want to give him a pay raise commensurate to his value to the LSU football program) and the current one is a Wretched Excess Mediocrity Acceptor.
We do not even have a full team, and the imbalance gets worse and worse and the excuses by Shavers is unacceptable.
Posted on 2/25/18 at 10:35 pm to Ric Flair
He’s coming to LSU.
Posted on 2/25/18 at 10:41 pm to CBP3110
His dad was a pole vaulter at LSU
His mom is Swedish, not sure if she was at LSU, but we had Swedes by the dozen under Henry, when the track program was competently managed. So it's possible that Mondo's dad met her at LSU or in the T&F circuit, his dad was very good too.
I think I heard that his father wanted him to have the college experience. But with the way Shavers is running the program down (today we finished 11th in the SEC), I don't want to predict the outcome on MD's eventual decision. He signed with LSU, FWIW....
His mom is Swedish, not sure if she was at LSU, but we had Swedes by the dozen under Henry, when the track program was competently managed. So it's possible that Mondo's dad met her at LSU or in the T&F circuit, his dad was very good too.
I think I heard that his father wanted him to have the college experience. But with the way Shavers is running the program down (today we finished 11th in the SEC), I don't want to predict the outcome on MD's eventual decision. He signed with LSU, FWIW....
Posted on 2/25/18 at 10:50 pm to mistert
His brother is Antoine Duplantis
Posted on 2/25/18 at 10:57 pm to funnystuff
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For those of us not in the T&F loop, what’s the story here?
I don't know the story this year, but LSU T&F has had years where they don't use all roster spots available. Very odd things going on.
This post was edited on 2/25/18 at 10:58 pm
Posted on 2/25/18 at 11:00 pm to mistert
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. We do not even have a full team, and the imbalance gets worse and worse and the excuses by Shavers is unacceptable.
This is what pisses me off.
Some events we don’t bother recruiting at all.
Posted on 2/25/18 at 11:16 pm to mistert
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, but we had Swedes by the dozen under Henry, when the track program was competently managed. So it's possible that Mondo's dad met her at LSU or in the T&F circuit, his dad was very good too.
His dad was there at the end of Boots Garland's reign as head coach and for 2 or 3 years when Billy Maxwell took over as the head coach. When Maxwell took over is really when LSU track started ascending. When Pat Henry came, the nucleus of the great teams was already in place. Maxwell resigned because he had some family issues.....I think his son was pretty messed up on drugs but I can't recall exactly. That's why Sam Seemes took over for a year before henry came because Maxwell's resignation was unexpected. We had a bunch of swedes then too and Greg Duplantis' future wife was on the team.
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but LSU T&F has had years where they don't use all roster spots available. Very odd things going on.
Men's Track only get 12.5 scholarships per year and women get 18. So unless you can get a top athlete, you don't waste a scholly on someone who likely won't score at NCAAs. Actually, very few athletes get a full ride. Most get partials so you can recruit a few more athletes. But with so few schollys, you're never going to recruit for every event. LSU has usually concentrated on sprinters.
This post was edited on 2/25/18 at 11:25 pm
Posted on 2/25/18 at 11:24 pm to oauron
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Posted on 2/25/18 at 11:38 pm to mistert
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His mom is Swedish, not sure if she was at LSU
She was on the track team and played volleyball for LSU. His older brother is currently on the LSU baseball team...you've probably heard of him.
Posted on 2/25/18 at 11:45 pm to funnystuff
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For those of us not in the T&F loop, what’s the story here?
Skip Bertman shite all over pat Henry's requests repeatedly, had nobody meet the returning natty champs at the airport,etc..
LSU loses a natty title machine.
Posted on 2/26/18 at 12:15 am to Ric Flair
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So you’re saying Mondo goes to LSU and doesn’t turn pro out of high school?
It's possible that he will turn pro, but he signed with LSU and everything that I've read and heard is that he will be at LSU next year.
Posted on 2/26/18 at 12:34 am to TheRoarRestoredInBR
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Skip Bertman shite all over pat Henry's requests repeatedly, had nobody meet the returning natty champs at the airport,etc..
LSU loses a natty title machine.
With all the success that T&F had, they never had much of a fan base supporting them. I wasn't happy when Henry left for A&M but Bertman might have had legitimate reasons for not giving in to Henry's demands, in a sport that doesn't generate much revenue.
Posted on 2/26/18 at 2:05 am to Zappas Stache
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Men's Track only get 12.5 scholarships per year and women get 18. So unless you can get a top athlete, you don't waste a scholly on someone who likely won't score at NCAAs. Actually, very few athletes get a full ride. Most get partials so you can recruit a few more athletes. But with so few schollys, you're never going to recruit for every event. LSU has usually concentrated on sprinters.
I'm well aware. You can fill those spots with walk-ons and even then, they don't use them all.
Posted on 2/26/18 at 4:00 am to ByteMe
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With all the success that T&F had, they never had much of a fan base supporting them. I wasn't happy when Henry left for A&M but Bertman might have had legitimate reasons for not giving in to Henry's demands, in a sport that doesn't generate much revenue.
This.
Posted on 2/26/18 at 5:20 am to roger79
Coach O's fault! 
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