re: Remove

I don’t know who that Reddit user was but Kentucky has been greatly overscored at home. Michigan did not have a fairytale meet, and they have almost the exact same squad they did when they won so it’s totally possible for them. Florida seems to break a little mentally in post season so I’m not sure how Jenny can fix that. I would like to see Okla hammered for their easy routines. I know that’s petty but whatever. I just can’t get behind ucla, not a fan. Utah doesn’t really stand a chance in my opinion without grace, but not because of vault. I think this year could be really exciting with who makes it. Also side note, I love jade and all her difficulty but her feet form and all her 10’s really bothers me.

I appreciate your enthusiasm and optimism but I think you are definitely exaggerating LSU’s chances to win the Natty this year. I would love to be proven wrong but I think next year will be a much more exciting year if we can get a healthy team with Kiya possibly returning.

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But what gives me hope is that they were absolutely in Florida’s head during our meet. Almost intimated them. The reason for this is quietly in the gym circles LSU has a lot of talent. Can we put it all together in the postseason obviously will be the key.

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Yes this team has been riddled with injuries which has really tested our talent and our depth; however my comment was roughly 33% in reference to the talent of this team and 67% in reference to the mental toughness of this team.

The last 2 consecutive years we have had endless conversations on these various recruiting threads about the lack of mental toughness of this team and how we wish they had that because the physical talent was there and that was the one piece missing to get us over the edge.

If anything, the adversity and injuries we’ve faced this year have proven that the mental toughness and the fight of this team is there, even in meets where they may not necessarily have hit 24/24 routines. We’ve lost now 3 seniors to an Achilles tear in the same season and this team is still scoring 197.5 consistently week after week since Georgia, including almost getting there against OU.

If we come out of the gate swinging every meet in the post season from the first routine to the last, and never stop fighting until the end, as they have time and time again, I don’t think many teams will be able to keep up with us and will start to second guess their gymnastics the way Florida and OU did.

Was just about to comment that same thing

Given how clean her full is, similar to KJ, I don’t think we will see either double full until next year

EDITED TO ADD: also there’s a higher risk of injury for the DTY vs the FTY which this team can’t afford right now or even this year. Next season we may be able to run that risk depending on who comes back and the overall health of the team but for this year at the very least, I don’t think we can run that risk.

Alyona is out of the bars lineup. Let's see how that goes!

I know taking Alyona out of the bars lineup is probably a hard thing for him to do - but it’s necessary with the dismount issues (though I am not sure if that’s why, or if it s the continued injury)

Also - I am looking at the meet notes and it only lists Bryce with the Yurchenko Full...so not sure if y'all are looking at a different copy.

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I could see Jay putting Alyona back in bars just because it’s senior night and she’s the only non injured senior :(

I honestly personally hope not. Ash is cleaner on that event and could benefit from the continued competition experience. Also, it’s not like Alyona isn’t getting compete at all (she’s on 3 events)