re: Remove

U make no sense. So we’re 1-4 because of? Scoring, injuries . Seems to me u think we should have beat Arkansas last night. You were complaining about scoring. I pointed out all of the deductions that we had .

We can agree to disagree.

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asking questions because I dont know. But isnt it a huge no no to mess with a routine in the middle of a season? Also, if your routine is very basic and not that difficult dont you create a ceiling for your team. Basically yes will be better but other teams with higher skill will pass us up.

Any poster with the knowledge can answer these BTW

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Teams adjust routines all the time in the middle of the season. But coaches aren't changing routines completely, they generally take out a skill completely (extra difficulty) or they downgrade (make it easier). Doing that isn't a big deal. They adjusted Haleighs floor routine the other year with zero issue.

Also I'm not advocating for everyone to do basic routines because one it would be boring, but also because we have skilled athletes capable of doing much more.

I think the thing you have to do is evaluate the athlete and what their skillset and abilities are on a particular event. Haleigh and Aleah in particular are very skilled but also clean with consistency on beam. So the extra difficulty in their routines on beam isn't bothersome as they are generally consistent and don't have general form issues others may have. Someone not as skilled, someone like Ballard or Kai, they would benefit from a more basic routine and work on meeting the minimum requirements. Having both do a switch half when they are clearly not close to hitting the split position isn't smart. Thats not a knock on the gymnasts, but everyone has things they do well and things they struggle with.


Truthfully the only event where anyone should be pushing the envelope is vault. Because generally the 10.0 vaults get rewarded much more than the normal full's, especially in post season. But when you get to beam and bars, heck probably even floor, the judges aren't as lenient despite having that extra difficulty.

And an added point about difficulty - lsu. Has more than enough difficulty on beam without Kai or sierra doing those leaps. If you look at other top beam squads only a couple of their girls will have rotating leaps, where nearly all of ours do - I think that’s the thing, really keep it for those who can do it consistently and well and change it for those who can’t.

In reality lsu has some of the most difficult (if not the most difficult) routines in the ncaa from top to bottom on beam and floor. Other teams are doing much less difficult (esp on floor, cough cough, Oklahoma) with clean execution and getting rewarded for it. I hate that, because having witnessed Oklahoma’s floor rotation in person, it was pretty much a snooze fest other than ragan smith, but that’s the way ncaa is going. We would be smart to consider some of that for our team as well - what do they say, if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em?

I agree! The options seem so limited now because of injuries. Jay has got to give more girls a chance. Are the exhibitions limited because of TV? I hope not. He should be taken full advantage of those opportunities.

Exhibitions are only allowed if it’s on sec+. But even then Jay has not been known to take advantage of them. I’m hoping with the way recruitment has changed , the girls we recruit will actually be healthy. I think we are still seeing some remnants of recruiting 12 year olds (Kai, Caitlin). Now they have to be 16 so we should know more heath wise what shape their bodies are in. Really love seeing some of our future tigers go down to level 10, as it seems to be easier on their bodies. I really worry about what Konnor will be like heath wise when she gets here. Also for along time we really recruited floor and bar workers while the utahs and Oklahomas were getting beam and bar workers. We really need to work on getting some of both. Alexis seems like she could be a great Beamer with her lines but I doubt we ever see it. I saw somewhere where Jay didn’t seem that upset after Friday night so…make of that what you will.

Keep in mind that this was originally supposed to be a recruiting board. Maybe someone should make a separate forum in rants.

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Concerning recruiting: Chio continues to be a standout in level 10. She now has the highest 2 AA scores nationally this season. This weekend she scored 10 on vault, 9.95 on floor and 39.3 AA.

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Not to be selfish but they desperately could use her to come in early next year. We already have two of our elites deferring to 24

Coen I heard is still battling some injuries and the only other scholarship kid coming is Drayton. Plus we still have no clue how many of these seniors will come back or if they do come back but in a reduced role (health)

Would be nice but it takes MONTHS to make 20 pages do we really have enough posters to require more than one thread? I like to come to one spot to get my LSU gym info. Just my 2 cents. Nobody get angry please!