re: How many of you have coached baseball at a high level before

the premise of this thread seems to be that if you have no experience in coaching at a high level you have no right to be critical of a coach which is flawed (see the I know a good meal even if I can't cook idea - I know a good team and a well coached team even if I can't coach) Sports fans often have a fairly good level of understanding of the games, even though they aren't qualified to be considered experts

I played ball growing up, as did most people who post here, but I watch hours and hours of various sports and I know a well coached team when I see it The real issue is whether we should be so critical of a few instances of coaching judgment that we don't understand or agree with
the LSU baseball team is playing well and is clearly playing better than the team from a few years ago so the coach has earned the chance to make a mistake or two
baseball is about percentages, and just because the percentages don't work every time doesn't make someone a bad coach


As for basketball, in my humble opinion, this is the best actual basketball coach LSU has had in my memory