re: Jay Johnson on the pitching plan

Thankfully JJ is too smart to even consider your proposition. Skenes will go game one.

And then Floyd and the rest will win game 2. You have no confidence in them but I do.

I believe 27 of the last 32 Champions started 2-0. Skenes gives us the best chance to win game 1 and to go 2-0, you need game one.

Keep arguing your opinion. I admire your consistency. JJ isn’t buying it though.

10 pages of

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this line of reasoning is so dumb.

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Lol. Do have another reason other than doing your best to win game one with your best pitcher as a reason Skenes starts?

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If you could guarantee me that LSU would when game 1 no matter who pitches

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Again, comical. Give us game one with anyone and you would start Skenes game 2? That’s supposed to be some sort of brilliant thinking? Everyone would take that. But you can’t get that guarantee can you?

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The whole reason you pitch Skenes in game 1 is 10% to line him for game 1 of the championship series and 90% because nothing is a given in the CWS, so start with your best and work your way from there.

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Be careful, that’s what I’ve been saying the whole time but certain posters think that’s crazy talk. And, you just solidified why I posted the 27 of 32 stat. You got to win game one.

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i just fail to see the downside of saving him

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Fair enough.

I think a game 1 loss is too devastating to our chances to win it all to not throw him, and I want him with a chance to maybe sneak in an inning or so in a 3rd game if needed or possible.

Hopefully we win the first 2 and none of this matters.

Jesus. 10 pages of repeating the same thing. I replied to you twice, and you pretended like you were just doing it to troll me. Here you are, some 6 hours later, still going at it.

Skenes is pitching game 1.

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Same argument we used in the regionals for saving Skenes (and we saw what Jay did)

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See this is what I don’t understand. If Jay didn’t hold Skenes against Tulane, why would anyone expect him to hold Skenes against Tennessee? It makes way more sense in the regional and we still pitched Skenes game 1.

Playing devil’s advocate here (as I would be totally fine holding Skenes for Game2), do we know FOR CERTAIN that Wake/Stanford is better than Tenn?

An argument could be made, I think, that Tenn is more Battle-tested and more talented overall.

I think the difference between Tenn and Wake/Stanford is probably marginal at best, that’s why I’m fine going Skenes Game1 and opening up more opportunities with Skenes as the tourney plays out, especially if there are bad weather days that extends the tourney out. If Game1 was Southern Miss or Oral Roberts or Penn I think the case for saving Skenes has some legs.

I think this conversation is all for fun and to pass time though, cause I really doubt JJ holds Skenes, I would be shocked if he did.

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Here you are, some 6 hours later, still going at it

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A couple others picked up baton for me for pages 4-8 while i got some work done. Gonna be a long week

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guarantee we play a national seed in game 2

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So now you advocate for holding Skenes for Stanford?

Man, wish you had mentioned that at the beginning. Game changer there. Makes perfect sense now.

There’s definitely logic in lining up your best pitcher against your potential “best”opponent.

This isn’t some new theory, it’s been around college baseball (specifically the regionals) since the beginning of time. Given Omaha is effectively a 4-team regional to start, it’s not a big stretch that the same logic still applies.

That said, We all know we’ll be pitching Skenes Game1 vs UT, but it’s totally understandable that one would consider the alternative strategy. While I don’t think JJ will do it, he’d be an idiot to not at least consider it… It’s due diligence.