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Is Taylor Dugas the biggest mistake of the Mainieri era
Posted on 1/20/12 at 11:08 am
Posted on 1/20/12 at 11:08 am
Obviously, no one thinks based on a pure comparison that Dugas is superior to Mahtook. I think the players are close, but Mahtook is superior. So my question is more in a vacuum and not looking at Mahtook/Dugas as a dichotomy. The mistake isn't picking Mahtook over Dugas, it is that we couldn't get him on our team as the class was constituted.
However, knowing now that you could get three years of Mahtook or four of Dugas, does that change the calculus?
Globally, if you are Mainieri do you choose a player that is slightly worse than another based on a belief that you can get an extra year out of them. Does Dugas sticking around for four years exacerbate LSU's inability to accommodate when he came out him or is it, in your estimation, the same as you have always viewed it.
However, knowing now that you could get three years of Mahtook or four of Dugas, does that change the calculus?
Globally, if you are Mainieri do you choose a player that is slightly worse than another based on a belief that you can get an extra year out of them. Does Dugas sticking around for four years exacerbate LSU's inability to accommodate when he came out him or is it, in your estimation, the same as you have always viewed it.
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Posted on 1/20/12 at 11:10 am to therick711
Predicting the future is a pretty hard thing to do, so I dont really blame Mainieri 
Posted on 1/20/12 at 11:11 am to therick711
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three years of Mahtook or four of Dugas
You answered your own question right there.
There is a reason why we only got 3 years out of Mahtook. He was simply more talented than Dugas.
What you should be asking is why didn't Mainieri find a place for Dugas AND Mahtook....
Posted on 1/20/12 at 11:12 am to therick711
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does that change the calculus?
I dont believe so. The only thing that I ever did think was odd was why not get them on the same team. Was it a given that they would both either play Center or not come here?
Posted on 1/20/12 at 11:14 am to therick711
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knowing now that you could get three years of Mahtook or four of Dugas, does that change the calculus?
How do you know this on signing day?
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Does Dugas sticking around for four years exacerbate LSU's inability to accommodate when he came out him or is it, in your estimation
Who knows what he would have done had he come to LSU. He may have put up Mahtook numbers & left after 3. Would have been nice to get both but given everything is unknown at signing day, I'm satisfied with Mahtook for 3. I wish we could have landed them both for 3.
This post was edited on 1/20/12 at 11:16 am
Posted on 1/20/12 at 11:25 am to therick711
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Globally, if you are Mainieri do you choose a player that is slightly worse than another based on a belief that you can get an extra year out of them
Go for the best players.
Posted on 1/20/12 at 11:43 am to therick711
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Is Taylor Dugas the biggest mistake of the Mainieri era
He definitely made the right call. Not even close to a mistake.
Posted on 1/20/12 at 11:56 am to therick711
I would have loved to have him on the team.
Posted on 1/20/12 at 12:11 pm to therick711
Same topic, different players.
Spring of 1994, LSU recruiting coordinator Dwayne Bailey is looking at two first baseman from Texas. He had to make a call between one or the other. Bailey offered the first baseman out of Nachodotches, Eddy Furniss. Bailey had to call the first baseman out of Austin and tell them that they were not going to offer him, Lance Berkman.
Furniss for 4 years? Or Berkman for 3?
Spring of 1994, LSU recruiting coordinator Dwayne Bailey is looking at two first baseman from Texas. He had to make a call between one or the other. Bailey offered the first baseman out of Nachodotches, Eddy Furniss. Bailey had to call the first baseman out of Austin and tell them that they were not going to offer him, Lance Berkman.
Furniss for 4 years? Or Berkman for 3?
Posted on 1/20/12 at 12:32 pm to therick711
This thread is a joke. You're seriously asking if this was PM's biggest mistake because he helped develop a player so good he was a 1st round MLB draft pick.
Posted on 1/20/12 at 2:20 pm to therick711
I'll go with Rene Escobar.
Posted on 1/20/12 at 3:15 pm to therick711
not sure of a good baseball analogy to get my opinion across, So I will just say I would not trade Mahtooks 3 years for a Dugas 4 year campaign.
I would hope Mainieri continues to recruit program players that will develop over 4 years with a descent mix of phenoms and maybe a few kids that will pass up the $ to get a few years of college life, a recipe that served Bertman well not too many seasons ago.
I would hope Mainieri continues to recruit program players that will develop over 4 years with a descent mix of phenoms and maybe a few kids that will pass up the $ to get a few years of college life, a recipe that served Bertman well not too many seasons ago.
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