re: LSU Gymnastics 2026 Recruiting and Beyond Thread

Bars make me nervous. Wish we would at least wait until Saturday to let her do bars, but I'll trust Jay and Co. to know best.

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I see where Molly Brinkman is leaving LSU and entering the Portal. She stated that she has 4 years of competing left. I hope that she finds a home and does

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I know this has already been discussed and it’s kind of old news now that we’re focusing on nationals but just my own personal take: I think it’s incredibly disrespectful and selfish of her to announce her transfer decision immediately following the team’s National berth. They seem a little bit distracted today and the media circus leading up to the meet seemed to be more interested in and focused on that vs the team that is getting ready for their biggest meet of the year. I understand she may have felt like she maybe wanted to go somewhere she could contribute more than she has this year at LSU but at least honor your teammates and team you’ve been with the last year ESPECIALLY with the message they chose for the theme of this season (Clear Path aka clearing the clutter in front of and around themselves leading to the path to the championship) and wait until their season is over before you announce your departure so they can focus on finishing the job FIRST before worrying about losing a teammate and a sister.

Post meet interview after Semi Session one. Florida is interviewed first then LSU.

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I believe by choice (if they followed the same format as every other post season meet then it’s based on NQS instead of by scores). I like this rotation order for us. We can start hot on our best event that no other team SHOULD outscore us on then keep that momentum rolling through the next 3 events

Jay Clark interview on the Championship Final.



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Can’t wait to have Zoe healthy, especially for beam and bars. I feel like they are going to go torched earth next year after this travesty!

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Is Rivera coming next season or 2027?

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Prob not until 2028 after Olympics

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Damn :( should still be loaded but was exciting to think about.

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2026 is not the class I think they were hoping for but Annalisa and Audree should be solid and provide depth and routines that can develop down the road.

2027 class is loaded and prob the deepest class Jay Clark has signed. Lunch, Ruck, Sparks, Sage will make a big time splash, I expect a few to defer to 2028 like Hezly tho


I’d expect this offseason the focus will be getting some key gymnasts healthy back into the staple of things, Mustari, Wenner, Konnor, Zoe miller etc. that would make a big difference for next season.


I’d expect lsu to look to add a transfer or two to supplement. I image getting another quality 10.0 vault would be high on the list. There are a few routines we prob could upgrade by next year to help give us better scoring potential

Did you see the technique Lou Ball picked up from Nebraska to help the Sooners stick vault? I saw it on youtube. Garrett's vault coaching could benefit in helping the team to get more sticks. This is what the judges obviously want to see. All the talent in the world will come up short without a stick on events.
IMO, all coaches need to address the difference in scoring of the afternoon session and the night session in post season. This is a travesty that the afternoon session always endures. LSU or any of the other teams that are "second" nationally wounds up with 1 to 2 tenths less from the start being in the first session. Coaches need to rethink ways to seek the NCAA's attention to improve the operation of post season and championships. Also, the Sooners get so much hype on winning 8 Championships. We all saw scoots, steps & etc. from the Sooners but the judging awards them the scores anyway.