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Barbe HS and LSU Baseball
Posted on 11/7/08 at 12:23 pm
Posted on 11/7/08 at 12:23 pm
With the addition of RS freshman Spencer Mathews to our squad this year, I have been thinking. In this state, we have tremendous talent at the high school level in baseball. However, on a national level, Barbe is considered to be a perennial top-10 team. My question is this: why do we not see more of these kids come to LSU? You would hope we would have a steady pipeline of the boys in blue to LSU...but this does not seem to be the case. What gives?
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Posted on 11/7/08 at 12:27 pm to TigerLaw2323
reason is- smoke only offered tops to barbe boys. they said screw you, ill go somewhere that they appreciate me enough to give me a scholarship
Posted on 11/7/08 at 12:30 pm to fratmonster
letting wade leblanc get away from louisiana to go to alabama was a joke and sums up how great of a job smoke did while here
Posted on 11/7/08 at 12:31 pm to Geauxtigers11
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letting wade leblanc get away from louisiana to go to alabama
has nothing to do with Louisiana or Alabama. He was committed to McNeese at one time until the head coach took an asst job @ Bama.
Posted on 11/7/08 at 12:33 pm to Prominentwon
committed to mcneese b/c smoke wouldn't give him the kind of offer he deserved. i'm from there, i know what went on.
Posted on 11/7/08 at 12:43 pm to Geauxtigers11
Missed out on Nick Bourgois and Wade LeBlanc because other schools gave better schollies.
Others have gone pro like Carmen Angelini (Rice signee), Joe Lawrence, Austin Nagle, etc.
Others have gone pro like Carmen Angelini (Rice signee), Joe Lawrence, Austin Nagle, etc.
Posted on 11/7/08 at 12:53 pm to dociletiger
This goes for all top LA HS baseball programs during smoke's time. He was possibly the worst recruiter EVER. I was really pissed when we missed out on Wade Leblanc, then Wade went to Bama and was undefeated as a starter during the regular season. He also told Michael Murray in '02 from Catholic that he was too small to play SS. So Murray was forced to transer to Juco and won National Junior College player of the year and broke 8 school records at Merridian. That really chaps my 
Posted on 11/7/08 at 12:57 pm to A Mo Money
Worst recruiter?
he got some of the best kids in the state every year he was here.
If he was good at anything, it was recruiting.
he got some of the best kids in the state every year he was here.
If he was good at anything, it was recruiting.
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