re: Ok….LSU’s problem is hitting in the clutch. Isn’t hitting supposed to be JJ’s forte?

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Johnson needs to make adjustments. Try small ball.

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What adjustments are you suggesting? He started Milazzo behind the plate. Took Pearson out and put Milam and his superior defense back in. Called for 3 or 4 bunts, at least 2 hit-and-runs, and at least 1 straight steal. Is that not small ball? Are those not adjustments?

The fact is he has tried just about everything there is to try this year. He's thrown the fricking kitchen sink. It just hasn't stuck. We simply don't have the Jimmy's and the Joe's. Is that on him at the end of the day, of course. After the best roster in LSU history was completely decimated, he counted on some SOs and JRs really stepping up and taking big leaps and supplementing with some portal guys and freshman. And none have been as good as he hoped/expected. Some he probably counted on a year too early, others just probably aren't those dudes.

Those things are on him, and you're free to weigh your criticism of those however you want. But he didn't forget how to teach hitting. He didn't forget how to motivate. He didn't forget how to coach a team. Sometimes it just doesn't stick. Just like sometimes the stars align, and you win a national championship. Other times they align the wrong way and you get what we've been suffering through the 1st 5 weekends of SEC play. He wasn't the best coach in the history of college baseball last year, and he's not the worst one in history this year. But he's still young. He's still hungry. He's still learning (they play good ball out on the West coast, but the SEC is a different animal.). I would bet very heavily on him figuring it out, learning from his mistakes (I think his biggest one this year was roster management, not any in-season coaching or inability to develop--he just misjudged the dudes), and figuring out very quickly.

NOBODY wants to hear this, but this season will probably be good for him--and LSU--in the long run. Because I don't think he'll build a roster the same way again. There are some young guys throughout the conference doing really well individually. But you've got to be an older, seasoned, more veteran team to win at a high level in this league. And I think his teams moving forward will reflect that.