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re: Paul Mainieri: "I thought our kids knew how to prepare themselves and be ready to go.
Posted on 5/19/21 at 9:32 am to ProjectP2294
Posted on 5/19/21 at 9:32 am to ProjectP2294
quote:The guy has one job. I don't understand it.
I remember when beat writers used to ask questions about things like this.
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Posted on 5/19/21 at 9:34 am to ehidal1
This is where I draw the line with Paul. Its up to the staff to ensure his kids know how to prepare, and to get them ready to go.
This has been the most inconsistent LSU team I remember, that's not on the players.
This has been the most inconsistent LSU team I remember, that's not on the players.
Posted on 5/19/21 at 9:34 am to ell_13
I normally do an offseason roster turnover thread. I'm itching to start it already with some of the movement happening.
I won't though because I don't want to deal with the most of the shitposts that will be in the thread.
I won't though because I don't want to deal with the most of the shitposts that will be in the thread.
Posted on 5/19/21 at 9:35 am to Choupique19
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I was wondering why Paul wasn’t playing to win, but instead pitching everyone an inning even though we know by now most of those guys can’t be counted on in SEC/tournament games.
It may be for this exact reasoning and this was his last chance to see them in game action this season.
Posted on 5/19/21 at 9:35 am to ell_13
The question is, does he even know? He doesn’t ask any hard questions, but does he even bother to do research anything? Pitiful
Hell I read TD and get way more information than he puts out.
Hell I read TD and get way more information than he puts out.
Posted on 5/19/21 at 9:38 am to ehidal1
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The question is, does he even know?
He usually doesn't until someone tweets at him asking about it.
I've done it before, but frick, I'm not the reporter.
Posted on 5/19/21 at 9:38 am to ell_13
You may know more than I do but I haven’t heard of any full time starters leaving
Posted on 5/19/21 at 9:39 am to ehidal1
It’s literally your job Paul
Posted on 5/19/21 at 9:39 am to geauxtigers33
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It may be for this exact reasoning and this was his last chance to see them in game action this season.
If he doesn’t know by now, he ain’t gonna know.
Just look at his first two weeks of the season. Paul has completely misjudged the ability of his players this season. He wasn’t starting Thompson at shortstop. HE STARTED HELLMERS AT 3B after panicking two weeks before the season opener.
He has had zero awareness of managing the bullpen.
This post was edited on 5/19/21 at 9:41 am
Posted on 5/19/21 at 9:40 am to ehidal1
There's no way he has a future in sports journalism. Delly didn't know shite about baseball but he was excellent at getting info, writing about it, engaging with his audience. By the middle of the season, he was asking the best questions and writing the best stories. Then you had Luke which was a big step up. Rome is a fricktard who needs to go back to covering high school girls track in BFE Mississippi. Wilson just doesn't exist and he writes like he's in middle school summarizing a girl's fantasy novel.
Posted on 5/19/21 at 9:41 am to LSURulzSEC
He's a Good man, but it's time for him to step down. Just ridiculous how bad we've gotten.
I've been complaining since 2013 when he and Dunn couldn't t recruit/develop dominant pitching after Gausman and Nola.
I've been complaining since 2013 when he and Dunn couldn't t recruit/develop dominant pitching after Gausman and Nola.
Posted on 5/19/21 at 9:41 am to Naptime
Well crews is transferring of course
This post was edited on 5/19/21 at 9:42 am
Posted on 5/19/21 at 9:43 am to josh336
quote:I know this started as a joke, but would anyone blame him to get into next year's draft? What else does he have to prove and does he really feel LSU can get a title?
Well crews is transferring of course
Posted on 5/19/21 at 9:46 am to Naptime
quote:Nothing but talk and speculation at this point. Which is why there's no reason to name names. Even now a player who says he's gone may come back one faced with the reality of giving up a starting spot on an SEC team. But with transfer rules this year, who really knows how confident kids feel they are. Kramer had a foot out the door after his freshman year and stuck it out. Everyone was certain he was gone after the tantrum he threw to end that season.
You may know more than I do
Posted on 5/19/21 at 9:46 am to RogerTheShrubber
quote:
This is where I draw the line with Paul. Its up to the staff to ensure his kids know how to prepare, and to get them ready to go.
This has been the most inconsistent LSU team I remember, that's not on the players.
It's baseball. It's not a hard game. There isn't a playbook to remember and practice. The players show up, hit, play field, throw the ball, pitch.
You stretch, you warm up, you get focused on the game ahead and get rid of the distractions.
It's the same game these kids played when they were in travel ball, in high school.
The idea that they don't know how to prepare is insane to me. That is learned well before they step foot on campus, and at the worst, well before the 50th game of the season. This isn't anything new.
I'm going to say it... I think a lot of players have given up on this season, checked out mentally, and are looking forward to the offseason and/or their next stop.
Posted on 5/19/21 at 9:49 am to ell_13
FanGraphs lead prospect analyst Eric Longenhagen said a few weeks ago that Crews would be top 10 in this draft if he were eligible.
Posted on 5/19/21 at 9:50 am to LSUFanHouston
quote:Baseball is about repetition, focus, and confidence. Throwing a fastball in the strikezone is not "easy" to do much less locating. Fielding a ground ball and timing the hop and speed and doing the footwork takes reps... over and over and over... and still guys have to work to stay fresh. Hitting is one of the most difficult things to do in all of sports. A guy can fail 75% of the time and make millions of dollars doing it. Staying focused and confident isn't easy either. It's hard when there's failure. Hell, Skip's teams were winning and he still had them see a sports psychologist.
It's baseball. It's not a hard game.
This post was edited on 5/19/21 at 9:51 am
Posted on 5/19/21 at 9:53 am to ell_13
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Baseball is about repetition, focus, and confidence
Agreed. Which is why it's confusing that this team can't stay focused. This is a basic part of the game, taught early on.
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Staying focused and confident isn't easy either. It's hard when there's failure.
Of course. The ability to get over failure separates the great athletes from the merely good. And in the SEC, that difference separates the 19 win teams from the 12 win teams.
And I think that's where the issue is. This is a player mental problem, and that's hard for any coach to deal with, especially a coach that isn't exactly a rah-rah "players coach" to begin with.
Skip was a master motivator but also very, very, very hard on his players. He did not hold his tounge at all. Skip was about as tough love as a coach can get.
This post was edited on 5/19/21 at 9:55 am
Posted on 5/19/21 at 9:53 am to LSUFanHouston
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It's baseball. It's not a hard game.
Just because something is “simple”, doesn’t make it “easy”. Baseball is a simple game, but it isn’t easy. Don’t confuse the two.
Posted on 5/19/21 at 9:54 am to Choupique19
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Paul has completely misjudged the ability of his players this season. He wasn’t starting Thompson at shortstop.
I'll give Paul this win for the season - I didn't see anything Arnold did at SS that should have caused a move when Mainieri pulled him off short. Thompson at short instead of 3B has proven to be a fantastic move.
If you can get over the insertion of Bianco in between, you can call it a great move instead of a blunder into success.
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