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re: Skip Bertman's biggest recruiting misses.

Posted on 2/6/21 at 8:54 pm to
Posted by Zachary
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Posted on 2/6/21 at 8:54 pm to
Will Clark, I think.
Posted by Kim Jong Ir
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2008
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Posted on 2/6/21 at 8:58 pm to
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Yep. Barth friggin Melius change up’d a bunch of first rounders into strikeouts.


Yep, he and Joey Charron got lots of outs throwing absolute shite, but it worked. They were great college pitchers.
Posted by Kim Jong Ir
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 2/6/21 at 9:00 pm to
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Will Clark, I think.


Clark was already at MSU when Bertman came to LSU.
Posted by ellesssuuu
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 2/6/21 at 10:08 pm to
Dellucci was given full ride at Ole Piss. LSU doesn’t give full ones
Posted by Simplemaaan
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Posted on 2/6/21 at 10:11 pm to
Gerald “ Jaque” Alexander
Posted by geauxtigers33
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 2/7/21 at 2:55 am to
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Was Will Clark at State before Skip got here?


Yes. Clark was a sophomore At Mississippi State Skip Bertman’s first year.
Posted by lsufball19
Franklin, TN
Member since Sep 2008
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Posted on 2/7/21 at 2:57 am to
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Dellucci was given full ride at Ole Piss. LSU doesn’t give full ones


First, no he wasn’t. No college baseball players were getting full rides anywhere, especially not a freshman with very few offers. Second, he was only offered a spot as a walk-on at LSU. He got more interest as a football player at LSU
This post was edited on 2/7/21 at 3:00 am
Posted by josh336
baton rouge
Member since Jan 2007
80538 posts
Posted on 2/7/21 at 5:15 am to
Joey charron :vomit:
Watching guys like todd linden strikeout against him was infuriating.

But no, skip didnt coach the 2001 super regional, because he never lost games at lsu
Posted by lsutigermall
Plantation Trace
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Posted on 2/7/21 at 6:24 am to
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Bertman would not allow a player to pitch and play another position. That was his way and I am not saying that it was wrong, but we lost several players that wanted to do both


“We recruit pitchers to pitch and hitters to hit”. Remember it clear as day.
Posted by BayouTigers4Life
Chi-town
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Posted on 2/7/21 at 7:15 am to
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Yes, in 2001. Those were the last games Skip coached before retiring


Was that the team with Theriot, Fontenot and Pontiff
Posted by josh336
baton rouge
Member since Jan 2007
80538 posts
Posted on 2/7/21 at 7:28 am to
Yes it was. And zinsman and linden etc
This post was edited on 2/7/21 at 7:29 am
Posted by Bert Macklin FBI
Quantico
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Posted on 2/7/21 at 7:48 am to
Will Clark?
Posted by El Dago
BR
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Posted on 2/7/21 at 9:20 am to
Not from Houma...I went to Northeast. I know he wasn’t offered, my point is he was a big miss. I have talked with Kenny about this and he would have been a 50/50 to go to LSU. Smoke made him feel like he was must have on his team. And he was the ace of the northeast staff even though Ben Sheets was on the team as well.
Posted by WhiteMandingo
Member since Jan 2016
7037 posts
Posted on 2/7/21 at 1:54 pm to
Im pretty sure bregman got a full scolly
Posted by LC412000
Any location where a plane flies
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Posted on 2/7/21 at 2:47 pm to
Tookie Spahn?
Posted by Meauxjeaux
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Posted on 2/7/21 at 2:58 pm to
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Tulane had the better team that year.


I think TU had 3-4 two way players that year and that Kaplan kid in CF?
Posted by ellesssuuu
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 2/7/21 at 4:11 pm to
He did
Posted by LSURussian
Member since Feb 2005
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Posted on 2/7/21 at 5:07 pm to
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Was that the team with Theriot, Fontenot and Pontiff
Yes.

And Tulane had a shortstop who was drafted in the 7th round by the NY Yankees three days after that super-regional ended who went 8 for 15 (.533), scored 8 runs, had 4 RBI, 5 stolen bases and 0 strike outs in the 3 game super-regional by the name of Andy Cannizaro.
Posted by mametoo
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2008
3259 posts
Posted on 2/7/21 at 9:41 pm to
I wonder what the list would look like of players that came to LSU because of Skip and Smoke?
Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
Member since Nov 2007
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Posted on 2/7/21 at 10:12 pm to
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