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What's the rants thoughts on LSU baseball after 3 weekends?
Posted on 3/8/21 at 7:15 am
Posted on 3/8/21 at 7:15 am
I think there are a ton of bright spots on this team. Last weekend was bad, but I think it will help this relative young team grow quickly.
Beloso is the only position player that played the entire 2019 season, Dugas was hurt for much of that season and Bianco did not play a ton. I know Gio did, but he has been out with the injury.
It still frustrates the shite out of me that PM plays favorites for no reason. Arnold is a SS and needs to play there, he's killing the kids confidence at 2nd.
I like Thompson a lot but I would like to see an infield of Morgan, Doughty, Arnold, and Dugas.
After Gio returns, I would like to see an outfield of Crews, Gio, and Drost.
I still think Wyeth needs to get a weekend start. Give him either a Saturday or Sunday depending on the situation.
Beloso is the only position player that played the entire 2019 season, Dugas was hurt for much of that season and Bianco did not play a ton. I know Gio did, but he has been out with the injury.
It still frustrates the shite out of me that PM plays favorites for no reason. Arnold is a SS and needs to play there, he's killing the kids confidence at 2nd.
I like Thompson a lot but I would like to see an infield of Morgan, Doughty, Arnold, and Dugas.
After Gio returns, I would like to see an outfield of Crews, Gio, and Drost.
I still think Wyeth needs to get a weekend start. Give him either a Saturday or Sunday depending on the situation.
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Posted on 3/8/21 at 7:17 am to GeauxTime9
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"The way the game was played was not all that surprising to me, because there was a stiff breeze blowing in from center field. I knew there weren't going to be any home runs and that we would have to hit-and-run and gamble a bit to get guys into scoring position. When you have a 1-0 game, you're kind of at the mercy of having good luck and hoping the other team doesn't put good at-bats together, but Oral Roberts did that in the eighth, and it changed the entire game."
Some bad luck so far.
Posted on 3/8/21 at 7:17 am to GeauxTime9
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plays favorites
While I think he does this, but I think another explanation is that he puts too much value on what they do in practice. Some guys can perform when the pressure is on and they take it up a level. Some guys are practice all stars but can't do it when the lights come on...Allen Iverson, anyone?
Posted on 3/8/21 at 7:19 am to GeauxTime9
We are young
It’s still early
Paul needs to tinker
Paul needs to see who he can count on
All of these excuses don’t explain Hellmers at 3B to start, the use of Bianco, Crews leading off, or the mismanagement of Fontenot.
It’s still early
Paul needs to tinker
Paul needs to see who he can count on
All of these excuses don’t explain Hellmers at 3B to start, the use of Bianco, Crews leading off, or the mismanagement of Fontenot.
Posted on 3/8/21 at 7:22 am to GeauxTime9
You know the answer before you even asked the question:
Posted on 3/8/21 at 7:26 am to GeauxTime9
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I like Thompson a lot but I would like to see an infield of Morgan, Doughty, Arnold, and Dugas.
Thompson up until this weekend was carried by the home runs he was hitting but he actually hit the ball really well thIs weekend hopefully he can build on that.
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Arnold is a SS and needs to play there, he's killing the kids confidence at 2nd.
I don’t know what it is but apparently CPM just doesn’t trust Arnold as his everyday shortstop. If he did he would be playing there right now. I am wondering if he is angling to maybe put Doughty at third when he comes back healthy. CPM has a lot of flaws but he usually knows who to put where to have a good to great defense on the field.
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I still think Wyeth needs to get a weekend start. Give him either a Saturday or Sunday depending on the situation.
This is a tough one for me because Milazzo is so great as a defensive catcher but I also want Wyeth to get more at bats. The starting pitcher has a say in this as well. I want my guy on the mound to trust the guy he is throwing to. Maybe the answer is simply start Milazzo and in his third at bat you make the decision if you need more offense or defense in that spot for the remainder of the game.
Posted on 3/8/21 at 7:28 am to GeauxTime9
Typical pulmonary coached, or non coached, team.
Posted on 3/8/21 at 7:29 am to GeauxTime9
The sky is falling, the sky is falling.
Signed C.L.
Signed C.L.
Posted on 3/8/21 at 7:33 am to GeauxTime9
Thoughts? We're fricked come SEC play. Not sure what has to be done for Mainieri to bench Bianco.
Posted on 3/8/21 at 7:36 am to GeauxTime9
I defend Mainieri pretty regularly but if he continues to sit talented players for no reason then I'll sit back and let this board eat him alive.
Posted on 3/8/21 at 7:37 am to ell_13
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We are young
It’s still early
Paul needs to tinker
Paul needs to see who he can count on
All of these are true
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All of these excuses don’t explain Hellmers at 3B to start, the use of Bianco, Crews leading off, or the mismanagement of Fontenot.
All of this is also true. Right now CPM is doing a bad job of managing a young inexperienced team. He has shown in the past to be able to figure it out and make a run in May. Being as I have zero control over what happens to the baseball team on a day to day basis I’m still going to hold out and wait to make my judgements on this team until the end of the season.
Posted on 3/8/21 at 7:38 am to GeauxTime9
I think we are an average SEC team and will finished toward the middle of the pack. Our best talent at the is extremely young and they will be inconsistent throughout the season.
I think our pitching will keep us in most games.
I think our pitching will keep us in most games.
Posted on 3/8/21 at 7:42 am to GeauxTime9
The worst part is honestly we couldnt afford mistakes on a cupcake OOC schedule we've had and we've made some major mistakes. Our RPI isn't even anywhere close to the Top 100 now. After losing to Oral Roberts yesterday, losing the series, our RPI dropped from #72 to #121 now. I mean, that's really really really bad.
Our RPI was never going to be very good coming out this OOC schedule into SEC play simply because we really dont play much of anyone, but losing 3 games already, especially 2x against Oral Roberts has put us on a mighty hill climb up from here. Our RPI will go up regardless of how we do in SEC play, playing so many good teams there, but we still arent helping ourselves by losing these games against so honestly mediocre to bad teams either. This team needs a 5-0 week so bad this week, Baylor and even UTSA are much better teams than we've been playing so a weekend sweep can go a long way there.
You can tell the potential with this team, but kind of like the 2020 football team, they havent put it all together yet. It took that 2020 football team almost the whole season to put themselves together, and I hope the baseball team doesnt take as long. But you just wonder WTF was going on for that Friday game to happen the way it did against Oral Roberts then to come back on Sunday after stomping them on Saturday to throw up 1 measly run on their Sunday pitching. This team is just highly highly inconsistent at the plate and I still am trying to figure out how Hill went from being one of the top pitchers in the country to literally not being able to get outs from the very start against a frankly bad lineup.
Then of course you have the frustrating features like Mainieri thinking Bianco is somehow an every day starter and our best SS? I literally just dont get it.
Our RPI was never going to be very good coming out this OOC schedule into SEC play simply because we really dont play much of anyone, but losing 3 games already, especially 2x against Oral Roberts has put us on a mighty hill climb up from here. Our RPI will go up regardless of how we do in SEC play, playing so many good teams there, but we still arent helping ourselves by losing these games against so honestly mediocre to bad teams either. This team needs a 5-0 week so bad this week, Baylor and even UTSA are much better teams than we've been playing so a weekend sweep can go a long way there.
You can tell the potential with this team, but kind of like the 2020 football team, they havent put it all together yet. It took that 2020 football team almost the whole season to put themselves together, and I hope the baseball team doesnt take as long. But you just wonder WTF was going on for that Friday game to happen the way it did against Oral Roberts then to come back on Sunday after stomping them on Saturday to throw up 1 measly run on their Sunday pitching. This team is just highly highly inconsistent at the plate and I still am trying to figure out how Hill went from being one of the top pitchers in the country to literally not being able to get outs from the very start against a frankly bad lineup.
Then of course you have the frustrating features like Mainieri thinking Bianco is somehow an every day starter and our best SS? I literally just dont get it.
This post was edited on 3/8/21 at 7:43 am
Posted on 3/8/21 at 7:47 am to GeauxTime9
Trade with Ole Miss Biancos head-up
Posted on 3/8/21 at 7:47 am to Adam4848
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I defend Mainieri pretty regularly but if he continues to sit talented players for no reason then I'll sit back and let this board eat him alive.
Adam daily playing the Deandre Jordan role...
Posted on 3/8/21 at 7:48 am to Adam4848
quote:Do we need your permission?
I'll sit back and let this board eat him alive.
Posted on 3/8/21 at 7:50 am to thunderbird1100
Really not shocking that a lineup of inexperience is inconsistent
Posted on 3/8/21 at 7:50 am to thunderbird1100
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The worst part is honestly we couldnt afford mistakes on a cupcake OOC schedule we've had and we've made some major mistakes
The baseball selection committee very rarely looks outside of conference play when it comes to SEC teams. You can almost pinpoint seeding in any given year based off of number of wins and finish in the SEC.
ETA: this is in no way meant to defend losing a series to ORU. It is bad and should not be ok with anyone but it’s not the end of the season and probably won’t have any implications to LSU’s postseason seeding at the end of the year. It could be a sign of things to come or the things that will ultimately doom this team tho.
This post was edited on 3/8/21 at 7:54 am
Posted on 3/8/21 at 8:06 am to ell_13
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Do we need your permission?
Of course not, I'll be one of yall.
Posted on 3/8/21 at 8:07 am to josh336
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Really not shocking that a lineup of inexperience is inconsistent
I get that, but these are the guys they are rolling with, right? We have all the talent in the world come to LSU, we should be able to put together a lineup that wont struggle against Oral Roberts Sunday pitching so badly in a game they should have been very fired up to win. Or Air Force pitching. These are guys that have to go up against legit MLB players coming here in the SEC and we cant even put together solid weeks right now against some of the worst teams by far we even play. We have all the talent in the world here, but feel like we're starting to just use excuse after excuse for why they cant put it all together. Some of it is bad managerial decisions for sure, but we have freshmen starters literally every year at LSU (usually multiple) so it's hard for me to accept "well they're just so inexperienced". Any 2nd year player at any school is just as inexperienced as ours due to the shortened season last year too. Once we get Gio back the inexperience in the lineup excuse just isn't valid to me any more. That put 3 mainstays in the lineup that have been here for multiple years and sprinkle in the younger talent we should at least be able to hit a bit. If this year's excuse is inexperience at the plate, whats going to happen next year when we have a whole new rotation potentially and our top relivers are gone? We cant pitch now but hey we have an experienced lineup? Getting off on some tangents, but...
So far Eddie Smith has been a pretty big disappointment to me. He came in with some big accolades but in the limited time last year and so far this year, I'd just much rather have almost any other team from our recent past at the plate. Plenty of time left still, but the excuses are starting to mount up here. At LSU you're expected to do good every season, 2 years in a row of struggling would not be a good look.
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