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Looks like the lineup won’t be changed according to JJ
Posted on 4/14/22 at 11:04 pm
Posted on 4/14/22 at 11:04 pm
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"Defense - Robert Moore, Jalen Battles, their defense played better than our defense," Jay Johnson on the difference between winning & losing tonight
"We're working out butts off, just got to be aggressive. That's who we're going with, so they've got to get better."
Leah Vann Tweet
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Posted on 4/14/22 at 11:15 pm to LSBoosie
JJ is in a terrible spot. I do wish he’d sit Thompson but I can also see why he’d just tell him to man up and either keep making an arse out of himself or start fielding ground balls. We should not be in this position personnel-wise, CPM couldn’t have mailed it in more in recruiting when was on the way out
Posted on 4/14/22 at 11:18 pm to Forever
It’s Johnson’s job to put the in the best possible position to win games. Thompson is costing you games. Why does Thompson get so many opportunities when he continually fricks up?
Posted on 4/14/22 at 11:18 pm to LSBoosie
Thompson is in quicksand right now. He’s pressing so much that you can see the tension even through TV.
Posted on 4/14/22 at 11:21 pm to RB10
He better get out of it quick. We really have no choice but to play him the next two games.
Posted on 4/14/22 at 11:22 pm to abellsujr
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We really have no choice but to play him the next two games.
Why is that?
Posted on 4/14/22 at 11:23 pm to LSBoosie
I kind of feel like JJ missed an opportunity to low key call out thompson to the media Saban style.
This post was edited on 4/14/22 at 11:24 pm
Posted on 4/14/22 at 11:25 pm to abellsujr
I mean yeah he did. But why don’t we have a choice but to play Thompson for the next 2 games?
Posted on 4/14/22 at 11:27 pm to abellsujr
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I kind of feel like JJ missed an opportunity to low key call out thompson to the media Saban style.
He specifically named their SS when talking about defense losing the game. I don’t think that’s low key calling him out. It’s right on the nose.
Posted on 4/14/22 at 11:31 pm to abellsujr
No you do have a choice the coach is just not making the change. You actually have a couple of choices.
Posted on 4/14/22 at 11:31 pm to LSBoosie
I don’t think we have a better healthy option to risk an experiment with in a winnable series. Just mo
Posted on 4/14/22 at 11:32 pm to RB10
Good. Didn’t watch the press conference. Just read the tweet. He needs to.
Posted on 4/14/22 at 11:32 pm to subidc
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No you do have a choice the coach is just not making the change. You actually have a couple of choices.
The only option is Doughty to SS and Bianco or Merrifield to 2B.
He tried Cranford at SS midweek and he looked awful.
Posted on 4/14/22 at 11:35 pm to LSBoosie
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Why is that?
Because our only other option is to start Cranford at SS. That doesn’t give us a better chance to win games. When you bench someone, you need to be able to replace him with someone presumably better, not worse. Cranford is much worse at the plate and hasn’t done great defensively either when given the opportunity. So you take out a .300 hitter who’s struggling defensively to replace him with a below average fielder who can’t hit either? Not seeing the gain for the team
This post was edited on 4/14/22 at 11:37 pm
Posted on 4/14/22 at 11:36 pm to abellsujr
It’s not a risk. Thompson has been the worst defensive player all year and just lost us game 1 of this series.
Posted on 4/14/22 at 11:37 pm to lsufball19
Then put Doughty back at SS and Merrifield at 2B
Posted on 4/14/22 at 11:38 pm to LSBoosie
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and Merrifield at 2B
Merrifield’s fielding % is worse than Thompson’s believe it or not. And he’s looked lost at the plate
Bottom line, we have no good defensive options at SS.
This post was edited on 4/14/22 at 11:40 pm
Posted on 4/14/22 at 11:40 pm to lsufball19
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Merrifield’s fielding % is worse than Thompson’s believe it or not.
At 3rd
He was golden glove or some shite at 2nd
Posted on 4/14/22 at 11:41 pm to LSBoosie
Doughty has had issues as well. I’m just not a fan of changing things that drastically in the middle of a winnable sec series. Unless you’ve seen reasons why it’s a much better move. Not just a different one.
This post was edited on 4/14/22 at 11:42 pm
Posted on 4/14/22 at 11:43 pm to abellsujr
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Doughty has had issues as well. I’m just not a fan of changing things that drastically in the middle of a winnable series. Unless you’ve seen reasons why it’s a better move. Not just a different one.
Thompson needs to sit but not just to try someone else. He needs to sit because he’s mentally fricked right now and sitting a few games is the only thing that hasn’t been tried, presumably, to break him out of it.
In the end he may just not be a good defensive infielder, but taking a seat to put things in perspective for him is the only way to find out at this point. Otherwise it’s just going to keep snowballing every time he boots an easy play.
This post was edited on 4/14/22 at 11:45 pm
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