re: Per LSUsports.net: FIU's Beth Torina named LSU Softball Coach...

Hotlana Tigah, sounds like you have more information at your side than our AD? Give me a break! Who are you to criticize? I have confidence in JA and he bets his job on every hire. This lady is probably a {{{Diamond in the Rough}}} and what really matters is what our young lady tigers think. She might not have the stats as you see it, but she is likely the best fit for our softball future at this time and great to have her.

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FIU has a student population of 38 thousand. Don't tell me they don't have the resources to at least compete in their own conference.

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FIU doesn't have resources in any sports, notice that they don't excel in anything despite one of the nation's largest student populations. Same thing happens at UCF but they've been around D1 longer so they're starting to build themselves up.

The more I read about this lady, the more I like the hire.

Rummel -ran out or breath reading all that, but now it's my turn. The question (not rip) was who was Hotlana or anyone else for that matter to criticize, i. e., does he have more information than our AD who made the selection as to who is available, who is interested, or the opinions of many trusted individuals like softball coaches, other ADs or search firms that are paid to be truly informed, at his side. That's the question.

Comparing the credentials of Patrick verses anyone at this point is moot since he's at bama and unfortunately, some once available candidates, became spoken for. Most AD's use search firms who qualify the pool of best avaialbe candidates based on the established criteria.

Without different opinions, the rant wouldn't be the fun place it is. But downing our ADs selection with unfounded statements from many ranters potentially in view of our lady soFtbaLlers and our potential new coach's eyes is not good for the program, LSU or for our team's hopeful success. In business lingo, it's poor public policy. So yes, my version is perhaps a more positive view of the situation.

Regarding my opinions, I have no knowledge of who the best candidates were the previous Sunday and don't pretend to, but place my stock in JA's choice...pure and simple. I believe that JA was in a better position than 99.5% on the rant population to know who the best avaialbe candidate was...do you believe that?

{{{{Diamond in the rough}}}} is probably the best most positive description to describe this hire when stats is the only leg some critics choose to stand on while knowing nothing about many other facets of the softball coaching scene. And I, like almost all the ranters who voice their opinions and love LSU, hope that she is -right?

Hope some of these points make sense.

It appears the hiring had Coach G's blessing... and that is all I need to support Coach Torina. Besides, we need to keep our pitching staff in good order. My biggest concern is that we get a TOP NOTCH HITTING COACH to get the Party started.

And by the way, I seem to recall lots of gripes and reservations when Coach Saban was hired... that turned out okay... at least while he was here. I also recall when some said, Skip who?

Good post Kim. I agree and like what I saw in her introduction and her answering the questions. She had a good sense of confidence for a 32 yr old and liked her persona.

Haven't heard anything about team chemistry yet and hope that went well. Realllly agree that batting coach is important.

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Beth deserves 700K per year!

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haha...need back to back NCs for that but hope she earns some salery increases and bonuses for World Series soon.

Nothing new on the team or interaction during the summer or dead period for coaching?

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Rummel -ran out or breath reading all that, but now it's my turn. The question (not rip) was who was Hotlana or anyone else for that matter to criticize, i. e., does he have more information than our AD who made the selection as to who is available, who is interested, or the opinions of many trusted individuals like softball coaches, other ADs or search firms that are paid to be truly informed, at his side. That's the question.

Comparing the credentials of Patrick verses anyone at this point is moot since he's at bama and unfortunately, some once available candidates, became spoken for. Most AD's use search firms who qualify the pool of best avaialbe candidates based on the established criteria.

Without different opinions, the rant wouldn't be the fun place it is. But downing our ADs selection with unfounded statements from many ranters potentially in view of our lady soFtbaLlers and our potential new coach's eyes is not good for the program, LSU or for our team's hopeful success. In business lingo, it's poor public policy. So yes, my version is perhaps a more positive view of the situation.

Regarding my opinions, I have no knowledge of who the best candidates were the previous Sunday and don't pretend to, but place my stock in JA's choice...pure and simple. I believe that JA was in a better position than 99.5% on the rant population to know who the best avaialbe candidate was...do you believe that?

{{{{Diamond in the rough}}}} is probably the best most positive description to describe this hire when stats is the only leg some critics choose to stand on while knowing nothing about many other facets of the softball coaching scene. And I, like almost all the ranters who voice their opinions and love LSU, hope that she is -right?

Hope some of these points make sense.

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You didn't answer the question as to why its okay to dismiss other's objective opinions because they are negative and disagree with yours.

You put your stock in Joe Alleva, and he got completely jerked around in the last hire he made. He's also made some serious public missteps during both his career here (his public comments about Trent Johnson losing in the Advocate were extremely ill conceived & delivered) and at Duke (which I won't even mention, but I'm sure you can recall).

So to put stock in him simply because you love LSU is in a roundabout way what we're doing. We've seen his mistakes, and we aren't going to blindly continue to buy his particular brand of vodka, just because he says so.

There is a quantifiable, tangible documentation of how Alleva has made mistakes. Yeah, yeah, I know, we all make mistakes. We all aren't Athletic Directors of a $100,000,000.00 Athletic Department, either. In other words, my mistakes at work may get pointed out in a peer review or when its time for a performance evaluation.

But, Alleva's get lapped up by folks like yourself as if they're some sort've snake oil. I'm sorry, but I've seen enough of his handling of situations in the public eye and as an Athletic Director to know that you can't trust his decision-making.

How you can argue that any other way is simply an example of your complete lack of objectivity.

In my view, LSU was around before Joe Alleva. LSU is around while Joe Alleva is here. LSU will be around long after both Joe Alleva & I are gone.

Joe Alleva isn't LSU. He's a paid administrator that's human. He doesn't deserve to be tarred & feathered, but he doesn't need to be fellated by folks like yourself simply because LSU decided to hire him.

Watch him like you watch everyone else. Do not tell me what's important to them. Do not tell me what they say. Show me what they do.

What he's done is to make several notable missteps.

Hobson's team batted .234 last year and finished 17-38. Didn't think it was possible for us to find a coach whose batting average was LOWER than ours was last year.

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Hobson's team batted .234 last year and finished 17-38. Didn't think it was possible for us to find a coach whose batting average was LOWER than ours was last year.

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He sucked at USM but when he was the hitting coach at OU they had very good numbers.