let's be completely honest. We made the CWS in 2015 without him and we made the supers this year and earned a national seed with a completely rebuilt lineup, largely without him, this year. If anyone is the greatest that never was, he is. Sure, it would have been nice for him to have lived up to his potential, but losing him will result in us being in no worse shape than if he never came to LSU in the first place.

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Posted by lsugrad35

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Posted on 6/24/16 at 3:27 pm to lsufball19

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let's be completely honest. We made the CWS in 2015 without him and we made the supers this year and earned a national seed with a completely rebuilt lineup, largely without him, this year.

Agree. It's probably more important that Mckay develop. We were all assuming he'd be the Saturday starter based on him throwing a max of what 3-4 innings 1 time. I have no reason to believe that he would have come in next year and been able to throw 7,8 or 9 innings with a full arsenal of pitches....and then come back on a weeks rest to repeat.

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Posted by tigerbait2010

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Posted on 6/24/16 at 3:29 pm to lsufball19

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If anyone is the greatest that never was, he is.

Honestly it's just not even worth being harsh to the guy. I'd imagine it's pretty humbling to passing up so much money when he was drafted in high school to seeing LSU move on, with or without him.

Best of luck to the baw. I wish he stayed, but oh well. He would have been a big piece to next year's team, but I think LSU will be fine.

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Posted by LsuTool

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Posted on 6/24/16 at 3:31 pm to lsufball19

That's certainly true but I think the fact that he's a lefty that throws 90s, was highly recruited, and is someone we've actually seen be productive, had many LSU fans hoping he would step up next year.

Add in the fact that it would also be a feel good story because of his injuries and you've got a fan favorite and a guy LSU fans were really pulling for.

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