re: LSU Baseball Commitments List

Mitch Hopkins

This was the guy I was thinking about at LSU Eunice.

he is 8-0 with a 4.14 ERA, pitched 37 innings, given up 41 hits, 22 runs, 17 earned runs, 18 base on balls, 48 strikeouts and 1 triple and 1 hr with 9 doubles. batting average against is 275.

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I, by no means, am saying that CPM doesn't recruit well, but all fans know what happened with he who should not be named. He just went after the biggest names, lost them to the draft, and could not recover. I guess he figured that since it was LSU, they would forgo millions of $, and go to college. What a dumbass.

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Question for you jembeurt. Would you have rathered Mainieri to pass on Colvin and VonRosenberg and have them possibly ending up at schools like Ole Miss or Tulane?

Fans didn't like when Smoke let the top talent in LA go and now fans don't like Mainieri signing the top players in LA.

I would love to hear your take on this issue.

Redding and Chaffee are not part of the problem with this team. As juco signees they would have been gone after one year here and wouldn't have factored into the plans this season anyway.

Von Rosenburg and Colvin aren't part of the current problem either. The impact of losing them will hit next year when we do not have a true Friday night ace. We are getting a taste of that now with the Ranaudo issues, but they wouldn't have been ready for that this year anyway. Our biggest problem outside of Ranaudo has been the regression of guys that were once key members of the staff like Ross and Bradshaw.

As far as not recruiting top instate talent, that would be absolutely absurd. I would want CPM fired if he weren't going after the best instate talent. That would be like Les Miles not recruiting Randle and Collins because they were just "too good" to come here. As I previously stated, I think CPM has done an absolutely great job recruiting. I was just wondering how often other elite programs lose great talent and how they cope with it?

With the other comment, I never said ZVR and Colvin were the reason LSU was struggling. Who knows? Let's say they make it to campus. With the way things are going this season, they would have definitely got a chance to start against SEC opponents. Who's to say they wouldn't have struggled also? I just would have liked to have seen it. I also realize that CPM has many backup plans in place when someone goes pro, but losing ZVR and Colvin had to sting last year.

I agree that the problem with LSU this season has been with the lack of ANYONE stepping up. Maybe Ross was very comfortable with the fact that he knew that he was the "third"guy last season. Now that he is supposed to be a key player, he is folding. It seems like he has been pitching well, but always runs into one REALLY BAD inning.

Bradshaw has regressed very badly. I'm not sure what's up with him.

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we do not have a true Friday night ace

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LSU does not have a single pitcher right now that anyone can feel confident aboot, especially with Ranaudo's injuries. Bourgeois has been a pleasant surprise, but he still wouldn't solidify the staff.

Also, just saw Matulis is going to the pen now.

I'm kind of confused with this move. He really seemed he was doing somewhat well.

Do you think Cotton gets a start now? Mormann? Hell, maybe Bradshaw.

Jackson Slaid is playing at Episcopal in Baton Rouge tomorrow night.

I'm not trying to flame or give you a hard time. I know you didn't say he is a shutdown guy, but I wouldn't consider him a pleasnt surprise unless he has pitched well. He came here as a backup plan from Eunice, and he's looked like a backup plan from Eunice. He has no command whatsoever of any secondary pitch and he can't even throw his fastball where he wants it most of the time.

He does have a good arm, hopefully he can develop and pitch well next year.

I just looked it up it starts at 6. How is his season going?

Does any one have an updated list of scholorship recruits? We need some pitching. Any word on high school or JC. What about catchers to replace Gibbs?