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T357 thanks for your reply. I’m sure the coaches know the importance of getting everyone healthy, but the other issues I wasn’t so sure of. I know I’ve been reading about the routine construction issues all season long from you and others who know the sport so well. I keep wondering why the coaches don’t recognize the problem. Some things are beyond their control, like injuries, but tweaking routines seems like a fairly easy fix. Do you think DD and Jay are on the same page in that regard? How do you feel about the co-coaches arrangement, and how long do you think that will go on for? TIA

I’m gonna spit ball here. DD and Jay both love difficulty, which I respect a lot. It’s refreshing to see athletes go above and Beyond what is required. As great as Ross is for UCLA, I really get bored with her. She is literally doing bare minimum every time. I have tremendous respect for trinity Thomas who does it both with her execution and difficulty across all events. I want LSU to continue to compete with high levels of difficulty, I just to be smart about it. I see zero point in putting difficulty in the routine if the execution is awful. Mistakes are mistakes and will still get deducted.

I think jay still sees DD as the true face of the program considering she has been here for 40 years but everyone’s opinions are still important, they actually agree on most things but the buck has to stop somewhere. I think DD wants to retire at some point really soon but wants to try to get a national title before going out. I thought we missed a golden opportunity not winning a title with Finnegan’s class (not that we didn’t accomplish great things) but LSU has some pretty crazy stacked classes coming in. Issue is other teams like Florida, Utah and UCLA do as well. In order to achieve a national title, the adjustments as discussed before will need to take place. We won’t have a talent issue. Our goals are all right there and the issues are all fixable.