CPM's Achilles' heel - leaving pitchers in too long

He just doesn't get the next guy ready soon enough. We actually have a very deep/experienced pen. I get midweek and getting Guys work so it's not a melt. Just can't happen during SEC play and moving forward.

I think this game was more on trying to let these guys work out of jam. It's the first midweek game of the season, they need to build some confidence or they will get lost in the bullpen. We need to get some more weekend bullpen guys ready.

I'm not beating up this staff over a midweek UNO game. Walker and Gilbert showed they are capable of starting games. They were not going to extend Gilbert too much his first start. UNO was starting to figure out Gilbert and had some solid hits in that fourth.

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No reason to lose games for not having someone warming at the first sign of trouble

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It's game 4. I feel your pain but he has to give Strall a chance in live action to see if he can depend on him. Strall will not see meaningful innings for the rest of the year.

Kiel put himself in the doghouse big time last night.

Not apologizing for Mainieri or Dunn but these are things that need to be sorted out on Tuesday's and Wednesday's in February and not in May.

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CPM's Achilles' heel - leaving pitchers in too long

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That's a stupid thing to say. He obviously should have left Gilbert (starting pitcher) in longer than he did. Last night he pulled the pitcher too early.

LSU ip h r er bb so ab bf np era
Caleb Gilbert 4.0 4 1 1 0 5 17 17 65 1.80
Hunter Kiel 0.2 3 4 4 1 1 5 6 30 -
Collin Strall 0.0 3 2 2 1 0 3 4 16 99.00
Russell Reynolds 0.2 3 4 4 1 0 5 6 34 -
Doug Norman 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 6 7 29 0.00
Austin Bain 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 13 0.0

CPM has made it clear numerous times, that he & Coach Dunn sit down & game plan pitching wise for every game. Take CPM out of it since the hate for him remains so strong, but Coach Dunn has been the director of pitching for several major league teams, for well over a decade. And director of pitching for the entire minor league program. And he's been in the SEC long enough now to know what he's doing on the collegiate level. Point being, he is a professional pitching coach & has been recognized nation wide for his expertise. He's seen every pitch every pitcher at LSU has thrown since the Fall. Yet the ranters here know better. Good Lord.

All of you pitching experts need to get over to Florida for spring training. MLB requires their coaches to be there. Oh yeah none of you are coaches and none of you really know what you are talking about.

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CPM's Achilles' heel - leaving pitchers in too long

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Maybe in general, but last night we lost because he pulled a pitcher too quickly. If his #1 goal was to win last night's game he would've left Gilbert in for another couple of innings. Instead he pulled him to give other guys a chance, which makes sense in the long run but cost us last night's game.

Mainieri always lets his Pitchers Drown.

you leave a pitcher in the game when the situation is tough (men on base, etc) BECAUSE PITCHERS HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO PITCH OUT OF THOSE SITUATIONS. there are other reasons but at this time of the year in a meaningless game that's the only truth that matters. it is not good policy to treat a meaningless game like a fricking post season contest. in ALL LIKELYHOOD, you think the pitcher was left in too long because it didn't work out. if he would have pitched out of the jam, PM would have been applauded for it. this team isn't being coached to win every game nor should it be. it should be prepared for the end game and we are most definitely going to need our pitchers to pitch well under pressure.