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I think it was smart of Jenny to rest her athletes. That meet didn’t make a bit of difference in post season and Kayla probably needed a rest along with trinity. I think it’s kinda crappy for suni to decide to rest on all their away meets because she’s practicing for nationals and worlds. The away scores mean more at this point than the home scores and their last 2 Away scores have sub 197. The suni scoring is real yall!

I don’t see why it matters when Jenny decided to rest her athletes. Yeah, you would think Florida would want to put their best forward against the #1 team in the country. However, how do we know she won’t rest them AGAIN next week and really give them a nice break? Also, she has the narrative of losing to Oklahoma by less than 3 tenths with her biggest scorers out of the lineups. Trinity alone could have been the difference in that meet. A good coach will use this to their advantage and inspire the team going into postseason.

Resting athletes isn't a bad thing. A good coach is smart enough to pace their gymnasts over the season to prevent burnout, allow athletes to heal up and prevent further aggravation of injury

It is a little odd to see though in a meet of 1 vs 2 to see kids getting rested without injury considering the next meet is against a bunch of weaker teams.

Florida is already pretty set RQS wise for a top seed but its still weird to see. Takes the excitement out of a 1 vs 2 matchup though.

But Florida's lineups have been bizarre all year to me, not just that particular meet.

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Resting athletes isn't a bad thing. A good coach is smart enough to pace their gymnasts over the season to prevent burnout, allow athletes to heal up and prevent further aggravation of injury

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If you reread both of my responses, I stated throughout that my issue isn't about her resting her athletes. It was about WHEN aka what meet she chose to rest her athletes in (against the number one team in the country rather than next week against 2 weaker teams or having them alternate who is being rested on any given week so that they all get the rest they need to prevent burnout without sacrificing a higher away score at OU). Florida could've easily stepped into that arena, wiped the floor with OU and walked away with the win, their highest away score which would've boosted them in the rankings, potentially up to #1, but instead basically brought in their B team to compete against OU (girls who most likely won't be in a single meet come post season) and in a way cheated their best gymnasts out of another opportunity to be mentally ready for a post season competition, which was one of the biggest points of this meet. Yes, our team hasn't had the opportunity to rest Haleigh or Aleah in the way we have wanted to because of our injury count this season, but knowing the way Jay has operated in the past, if we had the numbers, I'm sure he would opt to rest them both next week against WVU, but we simply just don't have the bodies for it. That's why I'm upset about Jenny's lineup choices for last night.

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I think Jenny will rest leann some next weekend and maybe Sloan. They said the athletes said last night that it was all about the post this season. If it doesn’t bother the girls it shouldnt bother fans. I would be more bothered by if I was an auburn fan. Oh well. If I was Florida I would be a little worried about next season. Just think if leann or Kayla were to get hurt(not wishing this!) that’s almost minus 40 points and they are already going to really miss trinity. Morgan and Riley really don’t seem to be coming along the way everyone thought. Sloan is great but will always get deducted for from issues. I guess they can hope Sav will come back. I just don’t think they are as deep as everyone believes.

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I think the whole "If it doesn’t bother the girls it shouldnt bother fans" ideology, in my opinion, is absolute bullshite because it basically silences fans and limits their ability to have an opinion on anything, which they're permitted to have and express as they so choose, as I have. Sav won't come back next year I don't think. Her girlfriend isn't taking a fifth year and it seems like she is ready to be done and move on from gymnastics. As for Riley and Morgan, considering their history of injuries, I think they've done pretty well for themselves this year at least and Jenny is pacing them so they can compete at full strength by the time they're seniors. I think Florida will still be a strong team next year, even without Trinity, because of how well Jenny knows the code of points and has prioritized (in the words of the movie Stick it) "Clean, safe routines guaranteed to stick" aka 2 pass routines, over more difficult and 3 pass routines. Also because it's Florida, unless something goes REALLY wrong in Sloane's routine, I doubt she will ever fully get deducted the way she should for her form issues.

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It’s already going that way with bars and vault.

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Good point. It doesnt matter what team I am watching every single bars routine looks the same. Vault too but the height that some gymnasts get make the difference. LSU is really good and talented at vault(we soar) from what I have seen this year.

I’m really hoping that now that we know we can afford to, we rest hayleigh, at least on some events this weekend.

I would love for this to happen, but I think the chance of it not being Trinity are slim to none - unless, did she win it last year (I can’t recall who did)? If she won it last year it may be that they wouldn’t want her to get it twice in a row.

Its wild to me that I think 8? teams have now scored over a 198 this year


Maybe they will have an intervention this offseason to address the out of control judging.

Did you see where Michigan State has been on the rise and touted to possibly upset a higher ranking team at Regionals? They are now in the top 10 after 'two tens" this weekend and finished with a 198.225. This has been a high scoring season across all conferences.
Four on the floor at Nationals really isn't a fit with so many teams with high scores. Something needs to change in scoring or routine requirements to hold teams to a standard. I am already seeing on Social Media for the NCAA to allow more teams to compete for the Natty title. I realize the TV network and time factor was the reason the Super Six was done away with a few years ago but it would be great to see its return or something comparable.

This is an interesting take on teams making it to the Natty.



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QUOTE: Hot takes for NCAA Nationals
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"Utah has no shot. Vault is dead without Grace and Lucy, and they are consistently overscored at home on bars and beam.

UCLA, on the other hand…could make a real run if they get Moors back in on vault or can get Wren clean.

Michigan is overrated. They had basically a fairytale meet to win Nationals but haven’t been consistent since and have never gotten that vault lineup back. Beam will likely be their undoing again.

Auburn won’t even make the top eight. They’ve also been overscored this year and performers like Groth and Brusch have not shined like they have in the past. Ex- Suni the team looks weak.

LSU has a shot if they keep Bryant healthy. Imo they should have been using Brock, Jeffrey, etc. more earlier in the season and prevented injuries from some of the stars.

Missouri and Kentucky both have a real shot to take a spot from someone like Auburn, especially on a good vault day. They are underscored at home and have been getting better all season.

Of the potential surprise outperformers - MSU feels most likely followed by Ohio State and Oregon State. I actually feel both MSU and Oregon have been overscored at home this season, particularly Oregon.

Cal will likely be right in the mix again, but I don’t think they’ll make top four. This is a team that seems to max out around 197.5 even with a great bars rotation.

Florida is a question mark for me. Oklahoma feels most likely to win it as they are much more consistent, but on a GREAT day with all the stars performing at their peak it could happen for Florida."