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re: Silver lining: Jay as a 30-day head start

Posted on 5/23/26 at 9:48 am to
Posted by B00M
Member since Aug 2020
583 posts
Posted on 5/23/26 at 9:48 am to
I am sure some know they are going to the portal and their agents are reaching out so LSU.

I am sure he has a list of potentials.
Posted by Tiger Ugly
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2008
18913 posts
Posted on 5/26/26 at 6:41 am to
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I’m curious as to who were the top transfers from last year that came to the SEC and panned out and actually lived up to the hype. What if Jay can’t get any top end transfers. It’s not guaranteed. You can’t have another year like this though that’s for sure. It’s not that hard to make the field of 64 in the SEC


Well, I don't think he'll get anymore traction on the veiled threats to go to the MLB or the ranting to Coaches Committee members about funding....in fact that started to lose traction this year.

He'll have to find a way outside of what he tried last year. I think he will.
Posted by TopTiger8
Member since May 2026
31 posts
Posted on 5/26/26 at 9:29 am to
If yall think it’s just a 30 day head start you are crazy. Over the course of the season with how in the mix agents are I am sure he has been rolling for quite some time. Money squared up and ready.
Posted by mikejsjr0912
Member since Jun 2024
920 posts
Posted on 5/26/26 at 9:43 am to
I wonder if Sheerin signs a pro deal? I could see him being a pick in the top 6-7 rounds. Would the money be enough to go?
Posted by rjokerlsu
Big Spring, TX
Member since Apr 2007
7466 posts
Posted on 5/26/26 at 9:46 am to
I wonder if any college baseball teams will consider going the international route?
Posted by ProjectP2294
West St. Louis County
Member since May 2007
79345 posts
Posted on 5/26/26 at 9:49 am to
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I wonder if any college baseball teams will consider going the international route?


There are Japanese players coming over in very limited instances. Most are going to JUCOs on the west coast first, but a couple notable ones have gone straight to division 1.

There are also some JUCOs that load up on european guys, and some that load up on canadians.

Caribbean players are always going to go the pro route first unless they move to the states for HS.

So basically, not really.
Posted by LSUZombie
A Cemetery Near You
Member since Apr 2008
29712 posts
Posted on 5/26/26 at 9:57 am to
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Silver lining: Jay as a 30-day head start


I don't really feel like there's a silver lining in all of this. If anything, Jay is under the microscope now because he really blundered this season. LSU Baseball should never have a season this poorly and it's all on Jay and his staff.

Another year like this and Jay will be out of a job, regardless of his two recent titles. The downside of being one of the few schools that cares about baseball.
Posted by RBWilliams8
Member since Oct 2009
54032 posts
Posted on 5/26/26 at 10:23 am to
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Maybe Ohtani has some younger brothers.


Luckily he isn’t Chinese, amirite?
Posted by ell_13
Member since Apr 2013
88185 posts
Posted on 5/26/26 at 11:15 am to
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Another year like this and Jay will be out of a job, regardless of his two recent titles.
No he won’t. He’s not Smoke.
Posted by Tiger Ugly
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2008
18913 posts
Posted on 5/26/26 at 12:37 pm to
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I don't really feel like there's a silver lining in all of this. If anything, Jay is under the microscope now because he really blundered this season. LSU Baseball should never have a season this poorly and it's all on Jay and his staff.



I do think there were comments and behind the scenes threats from Jay early in the year that did not age well with some of the fan base. He will be expected to get this corrected this coming season as this is LSU. There was another popular coach who was fired two years after a national title - so don't think it can't happen.

I sure hope it doesn't by the way and I think he's a better coach in all aspects then the that other popular coach, so I think he'll find his way back.
Posted by Brainwashed890
Member since Nov 2016
250 posts
Posted on 5/26/26 at 3:48 pm to
I do remember Jay talking last year how difficult it was recruiting while playing in the CWS, reminder how poorly structured the transfer portal windows are with baseball.
Posted by TopTiger8
Member since May 2026
31 posts
Posted on 5/27/26 at 4:22 am to
I can see it being hard bc guys are in other campuses with potential deadlines but you would think winning the national championship and a dollar offer would do a big portion of the recruiting for you.
Posted by ell_13
Member since Apr 2013
88185 posts
Posted on 5/27/26 at 6:13 am to
None of those can happen in the middle of the CWS when you have no clue what your roster will be like next year and 99% of other teams can lock in guys because they know what they need and where to spend.
Posted by TopTiger8
Member since May 2026
31 posts
Posted on 5/27/26 at 7:18 am to
Losing guys to the draft seems even more problematic at that time
Posted by gaetti15
AK
Member since Apr 2013
15486 posts
Posted on 5/27/26 at 7:52 am to
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There was another popular coach who was fired two years after a national title - so don't think it can't happen.


you dudes and the comparison between O and Jay are fricking retarded

Posted by TopTiger8
Member since May 2026
31 posts
Posted on 5/27/26 at 8:15 am to
Agreed very different people!!
Posted by notbilly
alter
Member since Sep 2015
7222 posts
Posted on 5/27/26 at 8:30 am to
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There was another popular coach who was fired two years after a national title - so don't think it can't happen.



O may have given us 2019, but that's it. He wasn't very good before that season, and he wasn't good after. In fact, when he was hired, he probably had the worst resume of any head football coach we had ever hired. And since he was fired here, he was basically begging for work, and no one would hire him.

Jay took Arizona to the CWS and has won TWO CWS in the last four years. Jay won't get fired here even if he shits the bed again next year. But if he did, he'd have schools lining up to hire him.

Comparing O and Jay is outright dumb and assinine.
Posted by Jim Hopper
Ocean Springs Mississippi
Member since Sep 2019
5329 posts
Posted on 5/27/26 at 9:39 am to
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There was another popular coach who was fired two years after a national title - so don't think it can't happen.
Yall are dumb to even make this comparison because that popular coach you speak of had no prior success before LSU as a HC, and never won multiple national championships with pretty much a completely different roster.
Posted by Geauxld Finger
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2005
32607 posts
Posted on 5/27/26 at 10:01 am to
1A. Pitchers
1B. Coachable Hitters
Posted by ell_13
Member since Apr 2013
88185 posts
Posted on 5/27/26 at 11:15 am to
It’s not anymore. The draft has become less and less of a disrupter. Kids and MLB orgs know what it’ll take to sign kids before they even draft them.
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