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Thinking back to preseason
Posted on 5/16/26 at 8:41 pm
Posted on 5/16/26 at 8:41 pm
This team was consistently ranked 1 or 2 in the country by national writers who do this for a living.
Our portal class was nationally ranked top 5
Thus with a head coach that had won 2 nattys and been to 4 CWS in 10 seasons.
When EVERYONE gets it this wrong… it usually comes down to player performance.
The coaching staff has proved themselves at this level, the players had not.
This season was historic, and it will give coaches all over pause in how they construct future teams.
Our portal class was nationally ranked top 5
Thus with a head coach that had won 2 nattys and been to 4 CWS in 10 seasons.
When EVERYONE gets it this wrong… it usually comes down to player performance.
The coaching staff has proved themselves at this level, the players had not.
This season was historic, and it will give coaches all over pause in how they construct future teams.
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Posted on 5/16/26 at 8:43 pm to LSUFanHouston
The coaches deserve a lot of the blame. Not sure 1 pitcher got better from last years team. Some of these kids will transfer and become good players at other programs.
Posted on 5/16/26 at 8:44 pm to LSUFanHouston
My biggest thing was Jay saying this was the best overall pitching staff he has ever had at LSU. In retrospect he sounds like a used car salesman.
Posted on 5/16/26 at 8:50 pm to birddog14
Pitchers can’t throw strikes consistently.
When they do throw strikes they give up big hits.
Not a recipe for winning
When they do throw strikes they give up big hits.
Not a recipe for winning
Posted on 5/16/26 at 8:53 pm to birddog14
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y biggest thing was Jay saying this was the best overall pitching staff he has ever had at LSU. In retrospect he sounds like a used car salesman.
He wasn’t the only one saying that.
Posted on 5/16/26 at 8:54 pm to FriscoTiger
quote:William Schmidt and Grant Fontenot got much better year over year.
Not sure 1 pitcher got better from last years team.
I'll never understand the need to hyperbolize everything when you can easily make a fair critique without doing so.
quote:Since Jay got here, there have been somewhere around 30 (guess) players to transfer out of the program. Probably more. Player's have gotten better a grand total of three times.
Some of these kids will transfer and become good players at other programs.
Brady Neal, after an additional year of being arse.
Sam Dutton, who eventually leveled out.
Mikey Ryan, and we have no idea how much "better" he got, considering he didn't play meaningful innings as a freshman.
Posted on 5/16/26 at 9:22 pm to LSUFanHouston
Pitchers walked to many batters and our defense was bad first half of sec play. Defense cost us 4 sec games and we finished 4 sec wins short
Posted on 5/16/26 at 9:29 pm to tigerbacon
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Pitchers walked to many batters and our defense was bad first half of sec play. Defense cost us 4 sec games and we finished 4 sec wins short
The bats were also still struggling early in SEC play when we needed to stack some wins. They only showed up for one game vs Vandy, one game vs OU and broke loose for big wins vs UK and UT. We ended up with multiple close losses vs all of the above.
Posted on 5/16/26 at 9:31 pm to misey94
Standfield injury hurt. Wish we had him in LF and Braun at 1b all sec play
Posted on 5/16/26 at 9:45 pm to birddog14
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My biggest thing was Jay saying this was the best overall pitching staff he has ever had at LSU. In retrospect he sounds like a used car salesman.
This probably should've been. We saw what Evans was last season. Williams was on the trajectory to be a solid weekend starter. Cowan was very good last year. Schmidt was probably the highest ranked recruit we've brought to campus and we knew what he was capable of. Moore was actually a question mark in my mind and ended up being the best of them when healthy.
There was a lot of reason to be excited about Sheerin, Rizy, and Guidry.
Garcia dominated in the Cape league last summer.
Fontenot was looking really good in the Spring with way better velo than before.
Dathe made some noise in the Spring. Noot is what he is but was reliable for an inning or so in Omaha last year.
With all that, we also brought in blue chip recruits in Paz and Rickin, along with Theo who seemed decent.
This post was edited on 5/16/26 at 9:48 pm
Posted on 5/16/26 at 10:19 pm to PP7 for heisman
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William Schmidt and Grant Fontenot got much better year over year.
Schmidt did not make near the leap most of us thought he would. Yea he may have gotten a little better from last year, but he’s still in his own head and the wheels continue to fall off for him whenever 1 or 2 things go bad. In comparison Schmidt does not even compare to Kade Anderson when it comes to taking that leap from Freshman to Sophomore and becoming the dominant pitcher we needed him to be.
Posted on 5/17/26 at 12:23 am to chadr07
When we were 8-0 there wasn’t a better looking team in America and then reality set in… also Schmidt is a Sunday starter at best and i mean at best
Posted on 5/17/26 at 1:18 am to 304tiger
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This probably should've been.
I agree.
There was no reason as of say March 1st, to think our pitching would be bad.
So now we have to ssk why it became what it did.
Probably another bad record, but we've given up double-digit runs in our last six games. Has that ever happened before?
It's like a disaster area. You walk around and can't believe what you're seeing.
This post was edited on 5/17/26 at 1:26 am
Posted on 5/17/26 at 1:19 am to chadr07
quote:No, but I think he did look much better. Like, he was unpitchable in games that mattered last year. This year, he showed flashes of the three ++ pitches. I think there's a lot to build on with him. It wasn't just an at bat at a time either. He would go on 2-3 inning runs of just shoving. The next hurdle is getting that to 6 innings, consistently. I am very confident he can do it.
Schmidt did not make near the leap most of us thought he would.
His biggest issue is when he doesn't get a good zone, he gets too frustrated and it gets to him. His stuff is as good as anyones.
Posted on 5/17/26 at 1:22 am to Datsmoneydude
quote:No.. At best, he is sub 3 ERA guy with top 5 K ability in the country and leaves as a projected top 3 pick.
also Schmidt is a Sunday starter at best and i mean at best
If he doesn't improve at all going into next year? Then yeah, he's your Sunday guy. Believe it or not, a 4.3 ERA with 85K/31BB in 65 IP that throws 98 with a 3000 RPM CB is probably the best Sunday guy in America.
Posted on 5/17/26 at 3:03 am to PP7 for heisman
I’d like to just see him get through a lineup twice
Posted on 5/17/26 at 3:10 am to PP7 for heisman
I wanted to come argue the Auburn pitchers, but you make a good point. It is not many
Posted on 5/17/26 at 4:58 am to birddog14
Agreed...Jay was definitely pumping up the team preseason
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