re: Remove

I think you posted in the wrong one Lol but welcome to the gym forum!

How has the training been? Anyone have info on the latest intrasquad? How are the injuries and newcomers coming along? This is a season that we are gonna really be excited about in my opinion.

I am very glad that we won’t have the super seniors any longer - great girls but they never could achieve the consistency necessary, especially on beam (as we saw to great effect at regionals last year). One of the things I am most interested in is the beam lineup - hopefully gnat will do better with some experience under her belt.

I completely agree - that beam was both due to the staff and athletes, but its clear they never got to the consistency necessary to truly compete in the post season - look at desiderio and her post season record (they are great girls who filled a lot of holes but could never replace the steadiness of the finnegan/hambrick/priessman/Kelly era (yes, I know Kelly and priessman were not generally beamers,but the general time frame), whether due to injuries nerves or otherwise).. My point was I hope to achieve more consistency and hopefully with a more experienced coach and without athletes who weren’t consistent under both DD and gnat, we’ll see improvement.

One thing I will applaud gnat for last season though is she seemed to take a lot of the difficulty out of the leap combos which was a good step.

Saw on Twitter that cammy hall is injured and out for the season

I heard she was injured but didn't know how bad it was. That makes me sad, she seemed to be doing really well this fall and she seemed to be having the best time at LSU.

Here is the link to Jay's press conference. Sounds like depth may be a potential problem, especially on bars. On a positive note, Jay said Alyona is the healthiest she has ever been at LSU!

Right? By now, Aleah, Tori, Jeffrey (showcased great bars at meet the bruins) and Cowan (per her instagram) should have been trained enough to be able to compete bars. Add Kyia, Olivia, Kai, Haleigh and (maybe?) Arenas. That's 9. And there's also potential in Chase and Wilson.. Honestly, can't understand the depth thing.

Edit: forgot Alyona lol

Lets hypothetically remove Dunne (shoulder) and Kai off the depth chart right now for bars. You still have:

Kiya
Bryant
Alyona
Finnegan
Jeffrey
Arenas
Tatum
Wilson
Cowan

If we have a issue on bars, it won't be depth. We have to start developing and fine tuning some of these routines. They have plenty enough talent and depth to be very solid on this event. And Dunne is not even out of the rotation, they are just bringing her back along slowly. So in reality LSU has 10 (11 if you want to count Brock).


They changed Arenas routine since her pak was wonky when done alone, its now connected directly to her release. Her issue isn't handstands, it was mostly the pak and the dismount.

I agree with your stance about vault. IMO vault has been the biggest difference in who has won the national championships the last 2 seasons. Michigan and Oklahoma have won on the strength of 10 vaults. Kiya, Haleigh, Bryce are the back end of the rotation. You have Finnegan and Alyona . That’s 5. Now maybe not every week , but fulls even when stuck may only max at a 9.9 come the end. Tatum has a 1 and a half and K.J is capable of a double. There is no way we shouldn’t be putting those vaults out on the floor. The places we don’t have a lack of depth, I don’t understand a top program not utilizing all the potential it has.