re: Remove

I read that the time is 45 seconds now which Sabrina made and alyona didn’t. I don’t think jay really cared about the time. I think he was making sure she was okay and talking to her before she get back on bars.

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I agree about Jay! It was almost like he wanted her to complete the whole routine again, just as a confidence booster and to show herself she can do it. He didn’t seem to care about the deductions.

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I'm happy she got back up and was able to do the full routine after that. She will be big for us down the road, I know its tough right now but she will get a lot better. I do think Jay will need to consider changing up that bar routine. Don't have everything connected. Can she do that combination? Absolutely but I would like to see us take some of the stress off her in that routine. Its a pretty tricky combination. Harder than Finnegan and Priessman's routines last year.

I'm happy they took the pirouette out Kai's bars this week. Now its a matter of her polishing up the handstands and some form. Its going to score very well by the end of the year. We just have to find a way to get Desiderio healthy and eventually get Kai in that floor lineup but things seem to be trending the right direction for Kai right now.

Looks like LSU commit Tori Tatum had a pretty good meet at the Gopher JO invite. She scored a 9.8 (1st) on bars and a 9.425 (3rd) on beam. She didn’t compete vault and floor, which is typical for the first meet of the season.

Beard did really well on vault and bars, finishing second on both with matching 9.40 scores. Looks like she had a fall on beam (8.975). She didn’t do floor. But Beard has looked really good in recent training videos. I’m kinda happy she dropped back down to Level 10 because she looks much healthier and happier now. She never looked quite comfortable while she was an elite.

I think we all expected a slow start with all the injuries. But don’t fret. I think the team will be better in the long run for the way the season has started.

Also, is anyone else having a hard time with people on social media? Social media has been very unpleasant for me for about the past two years. I do not understand why people hate LSU so much. Oh my gosh! People were complaining about the scoring at Friday's meet (mostly vault and beam) and how the gymnasts did not deserve those scores. Two people even took a shot at Edney, saying she should not have been the anchor on beam because of her form. They were saying that you shouldn't score build, but every team does it (i.e. when Hundley anchoring Florida's floor at nationals in 2018). My thing is, get mad at the judges and not the gymnasts. I was a little baffled with UCLA's floor and vault scoring last night, but I didn't make a status criticizing the gymnasts. My friends, social media has gotten out of control. I don't know if I can deal with all the negativity for too much longer.

Additionally, for all those worried about Alyona on bars, I say LSU has a little precedent here. Finnegan fell four times her freshman year on bars, most memorable at the SEC Championships (I was there) and the Super 6. And she became a two time national champion on bars. While Alyona does not have the same basic technique as Sarah, I think she'll turn out just fine. Just gotta find a routine composition that she can execute and get more comfortable with.

LSU lives rent free in the heads of a lot of the gymternet that’s for sure.

Anyone have any thoughts on Jessica Yamzon's bar routine that scored 9.675? I know there has been some chatter on Twitter regarding her score. I personally thought it was a 9.775-9.80 routine.

Worst thing I've seen this week is a massive thread about how our leos rode up a bit on some girls. People were insinuating that our girls did it on purpose and had no self-respect. Really disgusting attitude in my opinion. Sure, it's not great, but a quick tug and problem solved. People will go so far to discredit our girls and put them down for the smallest things, it's awful to see. Can't wait to prove them wrong.

Which thread was this?? There are some really sensitive people out there.