re: Remember that time Johnson started Skenes against 4 seed Tulane?

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And you know this how? Is it bc you are a person qualified to make such decisions? Is it bc the decision didn’t work and scientifically we have feedback to confirm your opinion? Is it bc other highly decorated coaches told you JJ was making a mistake? Is it bc you travel in multiple parallel universes and can witness the outcome of ever possible eventuality? Please, enlighten us on what data points you used to come to the conclusion that “It was the wrong move. Period.”

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24 years of NCAA 4-team regionals data has shown us that burning your ace pitcher against one of the bottom 2 teams in the field is just making it harder than it needs to be.

That winners bracket game with Oregon State was as nail biting as it gets.

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It just means that the move to pitch Skenes against Tulane was the wrong move.

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It just means that the move to pitch Skenes against Tulane was the wrong move.

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These things just make me chuckle.

Just out of curiosity, I don't suppose you could list every single factor that goes into making that decision -- along with a confirmation from anyone with significant baseball coaching experience beyond the random high school level that your list is indeed exhaustive -- and an analysis of all of the specific facts and data about this team relevant to each of those factors illustrating how pitching Skenes was the "wrong move", eh?

Spoiler alert: your insufficient answer will be "Skenes was the best pitcher in baseball and Tulane only won 18 games" because that is apparently all you know about this situation or, indeed, baseball and coaching.

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24 years of NCAA 4-team regionals data has shown us that burning your ace pitcher against one of the bottom 2 teams in the field is just making it harder than it needs to be.

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The great coaches go with their gut instinct and personal information about their team gleaned over months of working with them not on general historical data from years past.
It worked

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Yeah, a national championship trophy

Y’all just can’t let go of the fact that a college coach knows more about his team and the calls to make than you Monday morning quarterback clowns do

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The great coaches go with their gut instinct

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No. They don’t. Skip always went with the highest percentage move. Paul went with his gut way more often than he should have. His gut ruined many title chances.

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You have any data to show why pitching Skenes against Tulane was the best move?

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You have any to show it wasn’t? lol

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Remember that time Johnson started Skenes against 4 seed Tulane?
And the Rant went ballistic and then LSU went on to win the College World Series and Johnson was named National Coach of the Year.
I do.

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I do remember that shite decision which worked out. You're telling me that the difference between the CWS Champs and the worst record school in the history of the CWS regionals is Paul Skenes? Thank God he started that game...

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Just because it worked and we still won doesn’t mean it was the best decision to make

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Except that it is not "just because it worked." It's because it was the result of literally thousands of hours of observation and consideration of this particular team, coupled with dozens of years of coaching experience, and days of contemplation of that exact circumstance, all being performed by one of the most successful coaches in all of college baseball. The decision to pitch Skenes was made by the exact same process as every other decision made for this team. This decision was no better or worse than every single other decision he made because it is the result of the exact same process. The results are not the determinant of whether or not it was a good decision; the decision making process is the determinant of whether it was a good decision. And the results of the entire season (and, indeed, Johnson's entire career) fairly convincingly prove that he does indeed have a good decision making process. And it is laughably apparent that his decision making process in college baseball is far more demonstrably reliable than anyone's on this board.

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24 years of NCAA 4-team regionals data has shown us that burning your ace pitcher against one of the bottom 2 teams in the field is just making it harder than it needs to be

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It has also shown us that saving your Ace pitcher against one of the bottom 2 teams in the field and losing game 1 is just making it harder than it needs to be (and this has happened…. A lot).

So we’re still waiting for your evidence that “it was the wrong decision. Period”

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this has happened…. A lot).

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Im sorry. When has any team lost to the worst team in tournament history? Looking at how well Floyd pitched the last 4 weeks, do you seriously think he would have lost to Tulane? Don’t you think the score vs Oregon State would have been that close with Skenes starting?