re: Remove

Oh wow.. AJ possible AA! We are all going to be holding our breath with that floor lineup, but I’m so excited to see some routines we haven’t seen. The only thing I don’t understand is where is Tori’s vault? She must still be inconsistent, but the times I’ve seen it, she’s landed it and it’s a great vault.

I agree. It is good to see new faces in the lineups. The LSU naysayers are at work on social media and having a hay day with our injuries. Reddit is the worst of all with putting blame on Jay for using Aleah and Haleigh every meet. There is no reasoning with these people even though some posters try to show them logic. I'm hoping our girls knock it out of the park and prove them wrong. It will be good to see Alexis on beam, and floor. I hope she scores well and we see more of her going forward.

As unfortunate as these injuries are, I wonder if it will force Jay away from his kind of "old school" coaching philosophy of just always keeping lineups the same and not giving anyone changes, unless absolutely forced to. That would be something good to come out of all this. Case in point, in his press conference he mentioned Livvy having to earn her spot in bars, because who is he goign to take out? The answer, of course is Arenas or Alyona, and its not even close to an outside observer. However, because those two "have been getting it done" all year, he doesn't want to take them out. However, if Livvy can hit her routine, her ceiling is probably higher than either of them given the problems Elena has with her pak and Alyona's extreme dismount issues. And I love Elena's consistency within the lineups, but at some point, we have to try to improve the score.

I agree with all this. Glass 1/2 full here and I’m excited to see what the other girls can do. We all know this is not our year so get all the experience in you can. Make the whole rest of this season an exhibition of sorts. I feel like alyona will be back next year, not sure on kiya, but i doubt Kai. I also feel like he doesn’t need to push alyona if she has a groin injury. Wait at least a week and put Tori in vault , and Cowan in bars. Just let stuff fly the rest of the year. Hell maybe put Annie on beam at some point. You’re never going to know what the girls can do until you put the metal to the fire.

Are we really expecting to see Alexis on beam and floor when there’s been no evidence of her training either? Has anyone seen her at practices or warm ups at meet on beam or floor?

I would be very excited to see her on those events, especially beam. Having Alexis, Chase and Elena back to back to back on floor makes me nervous but I guess we don’t have any other options at this point.

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KJ broke her foot “celebrating” what the heck

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Dangit! She had become a crucial piece, especially if she kept delivering a nice beam routine (best beam mount ever). The wifey is going to be really upset. Her vault and floor were starting to become a lock for a solid score.

Hoping we are able to hit 24/24 routines (regardless of the final score) tonight and take advantage of our exhibition routines since we’re on SEC+

That is a fair point.

I was more so thinking of:
1. Ashley/Livvy on bars (whoever doesn’t make the lineup tonight to give them another full competition routine even if it doesn’t count towards the team score)
2. Bryce/Jeffery on beam and floor (whoever doesn’t end up in the lineup for the same reasons as bars, while also allowing them to build their confidence)

If Cowan isn’t in the bars lineup later then they need to let her exhibition on bars

Any type of opportunity to get to go out and compete in front of a live crowd will benefit her down the road

Not wanting to be mean but what is with Jenny wearing these ugly 80’s jackets all of the sudden? She used to dress so much better, what happened?

ETA: does anyone else feel like Rachel Bauman just didn’t fit in at fla?