re: LSU Gymnastics Recruiting Thread (2024 and 2025 Recruiting Classes)

tbh the way i see it we are pretty much locked into a top 3 NQS. At worst, we will go into post season ranked #4.

#1 is out of reach.
Cal seems to be slipping there is a chance they peaked too early like the last couple years of Michigan. Utah has question marks their vault is very average this year, but they are still a veteran team that can't be counted out.

I like our group better than either Utah or Cal. Cal can't beat Oklahoma they don't have mega score potential, they are a consistent quality 197.8 team, but that isn't gonna get it done in the year 2024. To have a shot to win the natty, you need to be able to put up a 198.2+

IMO we are the only team that has a shot at Oklahoma this year. They have to find their landings come SEC and onward.

*apparently* coaches themselves are the ones who send in their nominees but that makes me wonder why Jay never nominated Kiya last year or this year

I am wondering if Haleigh is truly making this her last year to compete. She has said this in many interviews this season. I would love to see her come back for a fifth year. I would think Haleigh would want a graduate degree with her major. It is a wait and see at this point with hope for her return!

On to the next thing. There is a lot of lsu score shaming going on, on the Utah/ucla thread. Saying they both would have been 198’s but honestly neither team had a great night on all the events. I get there is overscoring but let’s not pretend it’s only happening at the pmac. Eyeroll

There is also an entire Reddit thread devoted to the fact that LSU is scoring much lower away. What they fail to realize is that it hasn’t been even close to the same caliber away as at home (and of course there has been over scoring), but the real actual story is the inconsistency, which hopefully continues to improve this week at Florida.

Would love to see her come back. That’s one spot to not worry about. She is a genetic freak and as far as I know has never really been hurt. She is the benchmark in gymnastics. Only persons I can think her equal is the girl from Florida and Swamy Maggie.

Maybe UCLA fans should focus on their athletes not hitting routines instead of whining about what is happening in the SEC.

Also they are pretending LSU hasn't already beaten both UCLA and Utah this year, at a neutral site, WITH LSU COUNTING THE EQUIVILENT OF A FALL. The ONLY team that day who counted a score that low iirc

We gotta start dialing in on vault landings a bit more if we were to be constructive. Gotta start hitting those landings a bit better as we advance. I just know vaults who dont hit their landings generally are gonna get hit come post season so thats gonna be really important to maximize our rotation score.


I'm still a bit shocked how Brock isn't being used this year unless she has an underlying issue we dont know about. I know that 1.5 vault developed so much last year and was such a big vault for us, she looked great at 101 and intrasquads. I know she was away from the team briefly at the beginning and had a mistake on her first vault back but I was kind of expecting her to be in the lineup eventually.

Aleah going to the 1.5 is the right move. That first vault was very encouraging.

Though you didn't ask me, I'll add my two cents here - it is because Cammy's vault has very poor form and was inconsistent at Utah. In addition, I think she has been injured and perhaps not training as much - so, in this one case, I think that going with a full over a 1.5 makes sense.

As Tigerbait mentions, though, I am not sure where Brock is with her 1.5 because that is the one that is really missing from this lineup. I cant imagine that it has regressed so far from last year as to render it unusable - but perhaps it has.