re: #2 LSU at #14 Kentucky Gym Meet Thread/ LSU falls to Kentucky, drops last 3 meets

It goes by rankings. LSU is fine and locked in the night session and will start on bars.

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Is it by NQS or by SEC standings?

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it’s NQS, hence why in 2019 when we lost to Kentucky, Auburn and Florida we still had the number one seed at SEC’s

Look on the bright side it’s gymnastics and most people dont care

Do we know if Elena is working a 1.5 on vault? She definitely has the height and technique. If her full continues looking as tremendous as it did tonight then it doesn't really matter, but just curious because she has an excellent block and amplitude on that vault. And it's beating a dead horse, but I would much rather put her in bars and have her fall then go with Dean or Brock. Seriously.

Also, not over the fact that one judge gave Magnelli and Bryant the same score for their handspring pike 1/2s...that to me was the craziest scoring discrepancy of the entire meet. For the exact same vaults, there is no conceivable way you could ever call those two vaults equal. Haleigh's was bigger, with perfect form, and literally a smaller landing adjustment. Crazy.

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Do we know if Elena is working a 1.5 on vault? She definitely has the height and technique. If her full continues looking as tremendous as it did tonight then it doesn't really matter, but just curious because she has an excellent block and amplitude on that vault.

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I think they are sticking with the full this year. 1.5 will be something to work on this offseason. This year I think they really focused on cleaning up her body line and position on vault, she is no longer piking it down and it is allowing her to land these vaults better. I bet they work on it this coming offseason. Watch her vault at 101 and now. Bob honestly has done an outstanding job. He really has developed some great vaulting this season, the improvement Alyona and Arenas have made are tremendous.

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And it's beating a dead horse, but I would much rather put her in bars and have her fall then go with Dean or Brock. Seriously.

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I'm in the same boat. Give her a shot on bars, if she falls, she falls.... in the end LSU needs to try to put their best foot forward, even if that means taking some lumps I am okay with it. Trotting out routines with major form issues every week isn't gonna fix anything either. I would rather go down at least trying. If it fails, I can't say we tried.

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Also, not over the fact that one judge gave Magnelli and Bryant the same score for their handspring pike 1/2s...that to me was the craziest scoring discrepancy of the entire meet. For the exact same vaults, there is no conceivable way you could ever call those two vaults equal. Haleigh's was bigger, with perfect form, and literally a smaller landing adjustment. Crazy.

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That was home cooking there is no way that would fly in post season.

Yes, they weren’t using their ideal lineups the past few weeks because they are resting some girls. Hopefully everyone will be healthy for post season. That being said, there were 2 regulars on beam that fell off, but I’m thinking they were probably not at 100 percent either.

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I’ve asked this question before and never received an answer but why was Jay ran out of Georgia and will Rhonda Fain ever coach again?

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Jay stepped down after not doing well there, his teams did fine until the post season where they kinda choked. A lot of backdoor pressure from Suzanne, who then ran off Sami's mom and now they are with Courtney Kupets who is doing worse than the previous coach.

Rhonda is not getting a major coaching job anytime soon given the current gymnastics climate. She is tied to the US Gym scandal and is seen as the person who did not go to the authorities despite being aware of abuse going on, even though a lot of this was going on long before her short stint with USAG. No one is gonna hire a person who is considered apart of that scandal.

When i first started watching gymnastics she was on top and seemed to be a helluva coach. Can she rehab her image or do you think she is just done forever. I would think that every coach that is coachin now had to have some knowledge of the practices back then. I wonder where Bella and Marta are at now? They hauled arse quick when all that went down!

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First year and he's letting the program regress quickly. Plainly visible to anybody that's not blind........

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This is one of the most talented team we have ever had in which he recruited all the girls. Weve been ranked number 2 in the country most of the year. When we win the SEC Championships coming up, ehhhh whos blind?