The turn around since Ryan Theriot ripped this team is amazing

Quiet Frank Thomas

But they showed aN emotional pulse in that loss.

No, the OP is right. This team has looked different since that rant. I think they were aware of it and it woke them up. I think the players took it personal and it showed them that CPM isn't that type of leader. Look how Beck wouldn't give CPM the ball when he was being pulled off the mound. HE wanted to give it to Hess, himself. And I can't remember the exact situation but there was another one before that in another game when somebody had a big hit and all the players ran out the dug out to meet the run at home plate and CPM was out there trying to push them back into the dugout and the players just pushed past and ignored him and he went and sulked in the corner.

I've always defended CPM but I think it showed his weakness and that's being an emotional leader. I know y'all don't want to hear this but AC brought that to the table and it's been missing in the coaching staff since he left. Look what he was able to do with MSU when they had all those injuries that year and were pitching people off the street.

I'm wondering if CPM hiring these former players from the 09 team was a way to try to capture some excitement in the coaching staff that would translate to the players.

They got run out of the stadium the games following the rant. It’s funny how playing better and winning leads to more emotion and fire.

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Those pitchers obviously HATE pulmonary.

When Moffitt got pulled yesterday I thought he was gonna smoke him.

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I don't know how they feel about him, but when he pulled Moffitt so early with a five run lead, as if it were a normal game where we WEREN'T almost out of available pitchers, I was about ready to smoke him, too.

Even though things worked out better than I, or anyone expected, with the run rule saving us two innings, I still thought that was way too quick of a hook.

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Moffitt was done.

Dude just walked 2 guys btb in the 3rd inning after being handed a 5 run lead. At that point, he just needed to pound the strike zone and he couldn’t do that.

I believe he threw more balls than strikes last night.

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And then George came in and was having all sorts of trouble throwing strikes right out of the gate. When you get to the bottom of your pitching barrel like this, control is going to come and go. He let George work his way out of it, and he did fine after the rough start. Moffitt deserved the same chance, imo, and the team could have benefited from getting more innings out of him, but Mainieri yanked him.

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Ryan Theriot had nothing to do with this.

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You're right. This man is responsible.

They lost the first two games after that rant, and they gave up double-digit runs in both of those losses.

Are you under the impression the LSU players listened to or even care what some guy who played at LSU when they were in diapers or before they were even born says? I'm not.