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re: Our softball team is getting better..
Posted on 4/24/22 at 1:29 pm to Ikneauxnuffin
Posted on 4/24/22 at 1:29 pm to Ikneauxnuffin
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Torina may get a pass to keep the recruiting class intact, the rest of the staff needs to seek other employment.
If Beth does her normal postseason—host and win a Regional then lose a Super on the road—she’s safe, for two reasons:
1) The hitting has improved, so Dobson gets another chance and 2) Woodward has a lot on his plate and probably won’t turn his full attention to softball this postseason.
Beth does seem to feel she’s untouchable and owns the job no matter what. Hence, no sense of urgency to recruit elite pitchers and hard-arse warriors overall. She has stood pat on her staff for a decade and they have gotten stale.
It’s been too long since this team has reached OKC and that should be the expectation given the facilities and budget Beth has been given. But Beth can cruise another 2-4 seasons holding serve.
I don’t particularly like it, but that’s the way it is.
This post was edited on 4/24/22 at 1:39 pm
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Posted on 4/24/22 at 1:30 pm to timlan2057
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t’s been too long since this team has reached Omaha and that should be the expectation given
Omaha?
Posted on 4/24/22 at 4:39 pm to timlan2057
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It’s been too long since this team has reached OKC and that should be the expectation given the facilities and budget Beth has been given
Where does LSU rank nationally in facilities and budget?
I doubt it is at the top.
This post was edited on 4/24/22 at 4:39 pm
Posted on 4/24/22 at 4:44 pm to timlan2057
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Timlan2057
If you can rail on this team when they are down, then go ghost when they come back and pull off a win, it looks clownish.
Posted on 4/24/22 at 8:05 pm to timlan2057
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If Beth does her normal postseason—host and win a Regional then lose a Super on the road—she’s safe, for two reasons: 1) The hitting has improved, so Dobson gets another chance and 2) Woodward has a lot on his plate and probably won’t turn his full attention to softball this postseason.
This is a bad take.
What exactly does Woodward have on his plate that’s too much? If softball was failing a move would be made. The fact of the matter is that softball isn’t failing, they are a perennial super regional participant. What other sport on campus can boast about being in the top 16 in every season since since 2015?
This year’s team has one senior on the roster - Sunseri. There’s quite a lot to like about this team and the future.
Posted on 4/24/22 at 8:41 pm to timlan2057
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If Beth does her normal postseason—host and win a Regional then lose a Super on the road
That scenario has played out exactly twice in 9 postseasons under Torina, not exactly her “normal” postseason. They have made the Supers 6 straight postseasons and 7 of 9 times under Torina. Of those 7 Supers, she has won 4 of them to reach the WCWS. This is for a program with 2 WCWS berths and 3 Supers prior to her arriving.
No, she has not taken them to the level of UCLA, Oklahoma, Florida, Alabama, Arizona or Washington, but Florida St is the only recent program to crash that party. The only other programs with more than one WCWS appearance since LSU last appeared are Oklahoma St and Georgia. It’s not like there’s some long list of up and coming programs that are leaving LSU behind. LSU is one of the top 8-10 programs in the country, even during the three season WCWS drought. I’m not sure what more you think LSU has any right to expect.
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