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To think LSU was pre-season #1
Posted on 4/18/26 at 9:33 am
Posted on 4/18/26 at 9:33 am
What the hell happened? Very surprised JJ did not evaluate this teams talent better. Why do we not have a hitting coach? Hope they get in the tournament somehow.
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Posted on 4/18/26 at 9:34 am to pitchandcatch27
There is enough talent to compete at a higher level than this.
Posted on 4/18/26 at 9:54 am to pitchandcatch27
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Why do we not have a hitting coach?
this is such a tired talking point by some. Jay and Co have shown time and time again that they can develop hitters and make them great, including this year. This team isn't losing games because of a lack of hitting. However, they definitely lack timely hitting. Simple answer is they missed on everyone in the portal except for Cooper Moore, who has been out because of injury. We brought in players like Simpson, Dardar, Yorke and Caraway - all who were expected to contribute significantly to this team in some way, shape or form and it just hasn't worked out.
Yorke at 1B was a failure of epic proportions. He struggled at the plate and in the field and keeping him at 1st for so long cost this team a few games. Dardar showed some flashes, but inconsistency and poor defense killed him and now he's injured. Simpson seems lost at the plate, even against pitchers that aren't that good. His defense has also been subpar both when he played LF and now at 2B. Caraway has been injured as of late but he also struggled with consistency.
It seems now there's a mentality with this team that they're just waiting for something to go wrong instead of going out there and playing confident baseball with the abilities they know they have.
Posted on 4/18/26 at 9:55 am to pitchandcatch27
Preseason polls for 2025 had A&M at 1 and Virginia at 2 and they BOTH failed to make a regional.
This post was edited on 4/18/26 at 9:57 am
Posted on 4/18/26 at 11:10 am to pitchandcatch27
Just goes to show how flawed posters are
Posted on 4/18/26 at 11:14 am to saint tiger225
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Simple answer is they missed on everyone in the portal except for Cooper Moore, who has been out because of injury. We brought in players like Simpson, Dardar, Yorke and Caraway - all who were expected to contribute significantly to this team in some way, shape or form and it just hasn't worked out.
I know it’s easy to say that we relied on the portal too much and should be more focused on developing the players that are on the roster, but that’s kinda been bad this year too. 6 of the 8 position players were on the team last year. 2 of the 3 starters, and the majority of the pitching staff is also returning players as well.
Posted on 4/18/26 at 11:20 am to birddog14
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Preseason polls for 2025 had A&M at 1 and Virginia at 2 and they BOTH failed to make a regional.
Wild
Posted on 4/18/26 at 11:21 am to birddog14
quote:That doesn't mean it's perfectly fine & acceptable for that to happen at LSU. (As so many of the excuse spewing Pump Trash promote as part of their "Mediocrity Acceptance" shtick)
Preseason polls for 2025 had A&M at 1 and Virginia at 2 and they BOTH failed to make a regional.
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Posted on 4/18/26 at 11:23 am to semjase
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That doesn't mean it's perfectly fine & acceptable for that to happen at LSU.
Nobody argues this.
Posted on 4/18/26 at 11:27 am to pitchandcatch27
The players, scheme and season didn’t turn out like Jay or basically anyone else including you and I and we, thought they would.
That happens.
Also preseason poles are a good guess at best and should be considered as such.
That happens.
Also preseason poles are a good guess at best and should be considered as such.
Posted on 4/18/26 at 11:27 am to semjase
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That doesn't mean it's perfectly fine & acceptable for that to happen at LSU.
So fire JJ?
I'd sign up for this year if means we would've won 2 of the last 3 national titles.
There are 2 college baseball coaches with multiple NC and Jay is one of them. We have the best coach in college baseball. Bad years happen.
Posted on 4/18/26 at 11:28 am to Salmon
We have talent that is consistently inconsistent.
Posted on 4/18/26 at 11:42 am to birddog14
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Preseason polls for 2025 had A&M at 1 and Virginia at 2 and they BOTH failed to make a regional.
but they weren't coming off a NC and bringing back 3 to 4 potential All Americans like this LSU squad.
Posted on 4/18/26 at 11:51 am to TheRuins
Atm was coming off a CWS runner up though and had talent galore. They only lacked their coach that brought them there. I guess talent and coaches matter. Regardless preseason anything is stupid and should never be used as a measuring stick.
Posted on 4/18/26 at 12:13 pm to pgaddxn
Baseball polls are pretty irrelevant especially before any team has played.
One thing is clear: our talent was overrated by everyone who pays attention to such things.
One thing is clear: our talent was overrated by everyone who pays attention to such things.
Posted on 4/18/26 at 12:16 pm to saint tiger225
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Simple answer is they missed on everyone in the portal except for Cooper Moore, who has been out because of injury. We brought in players like Simpson, Dardar, Yorke and Caraway - all who were expected to contribute significantly to this team in some way, shape or form and it just hasn't worked out.
I just wanted to upvote your entire post again!!!
Posted on 4/18/26 at 12:19 pm to pitchandcatch27
I have a good friend (OM fan) that’s a student of baseball and was in Oxford last weekend.
His assessment on LSU - they don’t care that they suck.
I think he’s right. They have enough talent to win every midweek and to be more competitive on the weekends.
His assessment on LSU - they don’t care that they suck.
I think he’s right. They have enough talent to win every midweek and to be more competitive on the weekends.
Posted on 4/18/26 at 12:19 pm to GeorgeWest
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One thing is clear: our talent was overrated by everyone who pays attention to such things.
100% Agree
Begrudgingly of course. I was really hoping it was a mental / team continuity thing that they could work through, but it’s becoming blatantly obvious they physically can’t do it at this level.
Posted on 4/18/26 at 12:21 pm to DeltaDoc
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His assessment on LSU - they don’t care that they suck.
I think there is something to the fact that the core of the best players on the team (position players) are all draft eligible with a championship in their back pocket.
Posted on 4/18/26 at 12:23 pm to ProjectP2294
I agree
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