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Posted on 4/18/10 at 4:12 pm
Posted by Simplemaaan
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Posted on 4/18/10 at 4:12 pm
Not questioning his coaching/recruiting, but this Dugas kid is a player. 110% from start to finish.
Posted by Johnny4lsu
Opelousas, LA
Member since Apr 2008
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Posted on 4/18/10 at 4:12 pm to
Posted by ItsThatDude12
Giving out Mercy Knees
Member since Apr 2009
9959 posts
Posted on 4/18/10 at 4:14 pm to
The fact that he is small and played in a weak 3A district at teurlings, and having few scholarships were all factors - can't get everything right
Posted by Simplemaaan
Member since Sep 2007
4107 posts
Posted on 4/18/10 at 4:15 pm to
I guess the new roster limitations don't help either.
Posted by ragusauce26
Member since Sep 2008
2766 posts
Posted on 4/18/10 at 4:17 pm to
Be happy with the sluggers we have
Posted by Choupique19
The cheap seats
Member since Sep 2005
65520 posts
Posted on 4/18/10 at 4:17 pm to
Here's a similar choice:

These two were high school seniors in 1994. Coach Bertman and Coach Bailey had to chose one first baseman. They went with Eddy Furniss. They passed on Lance Berkman.


(I figured Furniss was the best choice since he stayed 4 years at LSU and Berkman only played 3 at Rice)
Posted by Choupique19
The cheap seats
Member since Sep 2005
65520 posts
Posted on 4/18/10 at 4:18 pm to
quote:

Not questioning his coaching/recruiting, but this Dugas kid is a player. 110% from start to finish.


It was either Mikie Mahtook or Dugas.
Posted by Rouge
Floston Paradise
Member since Oct 2004
138612 posts
Posted on 4/18/10 at 4:20 pm to
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It was either Mikie Mahtook or Dugas.
this logic doesnt apply with two in-state kids and the availability of TOPS
Posted by Sam Waterston
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2008
2015 posts
Posted on 4/18/10 at 4:20 pm to
quote:

It was either Mikie Mahtook or Dugas.


and mikie plays 100% start to finish as well, equal trade imo, have to root for both being from LA
Posted by SouljaBreauxTellEm
Mizz
Member since Aug 2009
29343 posts
Posted on 4/18/10 at 4:21 pm to
yeah he's exceptional, but since it could only be one we got the perfect fit in mahtook. i love his passion!
Posted by warhawkalum0507
baton rouge
Member since Jul 2008
490 posts
Posted on 4/18/10 at 4:22 pm to
seriously! why cant you certain lsu people get it through your thick heads that not every athlete from louisiana wants to play for lsu! geeeez! this is f-ing ridiculous. you think just because they are from louisiana that they owe it to their state to play for lsu, get real!
Posted by Choupique19
The cheap seats
Member since Sep 2005
65520 posts
Posted on 4/18/10 at 4:24 pm to
quote:

this logic doesnt apply with two in-state kids and the availability of TOPS


Maybe Dugas didn't qualify? I don't know the particulars, but when filling out a recruiting class coaches don't usually sign two guys for the same position, other than pitchers. LSU's outfield was pretty crowded with young players 2 years ago.
Posted by Rouge
Floston Paradise
Member since Oct 2004
138612 posts
Posted on 4/18/10 at 4:26 pm to
quote:

coaches don't usually sign two guys for the same position
Mikie plays RF and Dugas plays CF, so i'm not seeing your point

quote:

Maybe Dugas didn't qualify?
but he qualified at another SEC school?

yeah......ok
Posted by ProjectP2294
West St. Louis County
Member since May 2007
79075 posts
Posted on 4/18/10 at 4:26 pm to
quote:

seriously! why cant you certain lsu people get it through your thick heads that not every athlete from louisiana wants to play for lsu! geeeez! this is f-ing ridiculous. you think just because they are from louisiana that they owe it to their state to play for lsu, get real!


This has nothing to do with that. It's not like he left the state because he wanted to get out. LSU made a choice to recruit and sign a different player, and chose not to recruit Dugas. Would he still have gone to Bama had LSU recruited him? No one knows and anyone who says they do are liars.

As I said in a thread earlier about this, I like that Mahtook is at LSU for reasons other than baseball. The baseball part is a wash because they're both really good. If the roles were reversed, you'd see wayyyy more complaints about not offering Mahtook, because of the family connections.
Posted by ItTakesAThief
Scottsdale, Arizona
Member since Dec 2009
10780 posts
Posted on 4/18/10 at 4:28 pm to

It was an either or with Dugas and Mahtook. Both were talented.

When faced with the choice Maneiri went with Mahtook. Probably because he was bigger and had a little more power and more of an upside.

We can't sign every available player in Louisiana. If LSU had offered Dugas he would be a Tiger.
Posted by Godfather1
What WAS St George, Louisiana
Member since Oct 2006
89236 posts
Posted on 4/18/10 at 4:28 pm to
quote:

It was either Mikie Mahtook or Dugas.


quote:

this logic doesnt apply with two in-state kids and the availability of TOPS


It does when you factor in the fact that Coach Mainieri only needed one outfielder.
Posted by Choupique19
The cheap seats
Member since Sep 2005
65520 posts
Posted on 4/18/10 at 4:29 pm to
quote:

Mikie plays RF and Dugas plays CF, so i'm not seeing your point


Outfielders. Mikie started at CF last year. But with an outfield of Landry, Mitchell, Jones, Mahtook, Dishon, Gaudet, etc. there wasn't room to sign a bunch of outfielders that year.

quote:

but he qualified at another SEC school?


You said TOPS.
Posted by TexasTiger89
Houston, TX
Member since Feb 2005
26830 posts
Posted on 4/18/10 at 4:31 pm to
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Posted by Draconian Sanctions
Markey's bar
Member since Oct 2008
88509 posts
Posted on 4/18/10 at 4:35 pm to
quote:

you think just because they are from louisiana that they owe it to their state to play for lsu


They don't?
Posted by DrSteveBrule
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2009
12525 posts
Posted on 4/18/10 at 5:06 pm to
Considering Mikie Mahtook contributed a ton to winning a CWS, I'll go with PM on this one.
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