LSU Baseball Coaching Staff

Reading the comments on the Rant about the LSU Baseball asst. coaches and just wanted to make a few comments.

1) I've never been impressed with David Grewe. In college baseball, I think you need a teacher of the game as a pitching coach. In college baseball, there are very few dominant pitchers in the game that don't need a lot of teaching. i.e. Ranaudo. For the most part, you have pitchers that are talented to an extent, but need those extra pointers to be a great pitcher in college baseball. Look at Matty Ott had a GREAT freshmen season, was sub-par last year and so-so, so far this year. I think Ott would greatly benefit from a hands-on guy as a pitching coach. Grewe's coaching style is hands-off, with him providing advice when he feels necessary.(This article from the 08' goes into more detail. LINK

2. I don't think we'll see a change at Hitting Coach. Coach Mainieri and Coach Sanchez have the same aggressive hitting and baserunning philosophies, so unless Coach Mainieri wants to look elsewhere I think Sanchez stays.