How Hard Coaching Is

In baseball, especially a competitive super regional game, every single action and decision is critical to the end result. You can judge pitching to Mendoza. But that sticks out the most because it ended the game. But what about the Garza passed ball? The Gio and Watson baserunning mishaps? The strikeouts in ABs where you can not afford to K? Every single one of these things going one way or the other can change the outcome of a close game.

That’s why baseball is such a hard game to consistently be successful especially at the D1 level. For the people that think we should be winning championships at the rate we were in the 90s, come back down to earth. D1 baseball is way more competitive from top to bottom than it was in Skip’s days.

CPM made the “right” move by sitting Hughes and DH’ing Gio. Then Gio makes a mistake that affects the outcome of the game. Would keeping the lineup the same have resulted in a win? A coach cannot be inside the head of a player when he is making split decisions on the field. Anyone that has coached or has been a parent knows telling someone to do something and then doing it are not always the same thing.

So many things go into a game that many casual fans may not see. As hard as it is to win a close game it’s that easy to lose it as well.

Yes aspects of the team and staff need changing. But appreciate the players for putting their lives into a game for our enjoyment. Appreciate the coaches for their commitment. And appreciate LSU finishing as one of the top 16 teams in the country. If you think we should finish #1 every year, then you need to have a reality check.