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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Posted by tigerscope

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Posted on 4/24/22 at 9:38 pm to MikeTheTiger71

It was a great win today ; came from behind and had clutch hitting .

Pitching except for Kilponen and maybe Chaffin ,in the future ,is suspect.
I cannot understand how a highly regarded pitching coach who is a head coach has not been able to develop a few of the other pitchers in the team. What has happened to Sunseri , her decline, is difficult for me to understand.

I think that with Beth Torina and her present coaching staff we can only expect what we have been getting over all these years. If that is enough for you as a fan , you will be happy.
If you want to have an LSU team that plays in the top two-three and competes (and maybe wins) for the National Championship , you will not be happy with these coaches…

This post was edited on 4/24/22 at 9:43 pm

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