re: Remove

Smith would be here next year, greaves not for two years right? so I’d rather have smith/more years of overlap with this years sophomores and freshmen, but either would be great! Have you heard tigerbait that we might get one of them or just wishful thinking?

I would prefer Smith. Greaves does not look like what she used to. I know she has had the change of gym and has also grown quite a bit but I would rather have a solid L10 with a good track record at JO and without the elite injuries.

Anyway, I see Annie Beard has had shoulder surgery. Hope she heals up well before college.

So I saw where Webb won the Honda award. Kinda disappointed in that but not surprised. I really wanted Lexy Ramler to win, but I guess I should have known it would be the OK gymnast who won AA in the final meet. Sigh

wow! wasn't what I was expecting at all. This could go really bad or really good.

Yea, that's why I think it could go good or bad. I think you keep sarah in vault, bridget in beam, cause she's just so solid, Christina in beam, Reagan just needs to cheer from the sidelines, and Sami in bars.

I think this isn’t great...they don’t have the consistency, and never have. My guess is that it’s Gunter who is the one of the six not coming back (and Gracen, since Caitlin is taking her manager spot). I honestly don’t see a place for Reagan if she is still injury-plagued as she was this year. Desiderio should only be on beam, Sami only on bars, and edwards only on vault (I don’t mind her floor but it was lack of depth that put her so far down the lineup this year). I do appreciate deans beam and love the consistency she gave us this year, but if there are better beam options next year without as many built-in form deductions...then we should go with that.

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My guess is that it’s Gunter who is the one of the six not coming back (and Gracen, since Caitlin is taking her manager spot). I honestly don’t see a place for Reagan if she is still injury-plagued as she was this year. Desiderio should only be on beam

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Not sure if you have instagram but Gunter announced almost at the beginning of the season that she wasn’t planning on coming back next year given that she already had other opportunities lined up for her career she wanted to jump on right away, especially with her second instagram account taking off (where she leads quick and easy at home full body workouts, preaches about body positivity etc.). Also, given that Gracen was a walk on who never competed and retired after her freshman year, she was never planning on returning to compete. As for her manager position, I know Kirby will be back next year since she’s not done with graduate school yet and I’m not sure what Edney’s plans are so it’s quite possible that she could be staying on as a manager depending on how many additional hands are needed. As for the beam lineup, given her consistency all year long, even with some of her form issues, I’d rather take Dean over Desiderio, since I can trust that she’ll hit every time. Form issues can be worked on and improved much more easily than the consistency and the mental game. If you don’t have it by your fifth year competing that event, I doubt it’ll come. I see Campbell competing next year, but not every week. She did well for us in the high pressure situations in post season but it may be wise to rest her more than she competes so that her back stays in one piece by nationals. If an underclassman or someone dealing with nagging injuries needs a break, then let her compete. Otherwise, let her be a great team leader and help Bugs coach beam

I did see about Gunter - Jay mentioned 5 seniors returning but there were seven including gracen. I don’t think Reagan did well in pressure sets at the end of the year in either regionals or nationals. In fact, I think the one thing that is true about her is that if there is a falter before her in the lineup then most times she too will have a large break. That was difficult this year with Kiya being so off early in the season. I think maybe being the anchor is too stressful? And I am with you tigerbait - take out all rotating leaps!

I hope the seniors put out their best routine and that’s it! For example, Sami on Bars is a must! Sarah on Vault is a must etc.