re: Why don't the players like CPM?

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Nor do i really care that much if they like him.

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It goes deeper than that for me. Like/dislike and respect are two different things. And winning cures all. I just don't like when it affects recruiting.

If nobody spills anything, that's fine. I just think it's weak that you bring up your cousin and the thing you say is he makes fun of his mannerisms. That's weak. Your cousin played and was around him and hated him but he makes fun of his mannerisms. Sounds like your cousin didn't play and is just mad.

K. Got it.

The only difference between you and his cousin is that you didn't even wear the uniform and don't like paul

This might be true of most coaches. I would imagine that Skip dropped some F bombs on his players behind closed doors . But if Mainieri is treating his players like crap then how is he still able to recruit top 15 talent on a consistent basis ? I'm not saying that he isn't a dick. I have never spoken to him. Are players so in love with the LSU brand that they just accept his abusive coaching personality ? Does LSU baseball sell itself despite PM ?

I have a friend who was recruited by him (never received an offer) and said he had a difficult time relating to him and that he had an inflated ego. Take it for what it is worth. I've met Maineri a time or two and he was always a pretty decent guy.

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But if Mainieri is treating his players like crap then how is he still able to recruit top 15 talent on a consistent basis ? I'm not saying that he isn't a dick. I have never spoken to him. Are players so in love with the LSU brand that they just accept his abusive coaching personality ? Does LSU baseball sell itself despite PM ?

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He's not treating recruits like crap. Javi and his other assistants have done and continue to do a good job (the next few years will be interesting in this regard). Many players still want to play for LSU.

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I would imagine there's a multitude of former players that were taken out back by the NCAA's scholarship restrictions that are very, very sour and talked quite a bit of shite.

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There are plenty unhappy that have nothing to do with this. Not really relevant.

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Also I don't think Maineri is some outlier as a douchebag baseball coach either. pretty sure that's quite the norm with baseball coaches

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I agree somewhat. He's not an "outlier" but I wouldn't say most coaches are like him... at least not the ones I've known. But this is something we can't ever know for sure because it's not like you or I can go around and get to know every college baseball coach from the perspective of a player.

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we're just kind of stuck with him, so I find myself not letting him get the best of my interest in lsu baseball

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Good luck with that internal battle, man.

I'm numb to going all out melt and complaining about him. Still have plenty of friends who go hard though.

This game wasn't really about him even but it's where people's complaints go. The truth is that he didn't make any "wrong" in game decisions and it's not like his lineup was totally crazy. The top of our lineup is playing like dogshit right now. I just get frustrated when he does interject himself in a way that only exaggerates the problems: hit and runs early, not bunting late, forgetting to pinch run. If we steal Friday from UF and don't lose like that to Tulane, today doesn't hurt so bad.

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Baseball at the Box used to be special and exciting.

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It's starting to have a very Smoke Laval-ish feeling at this point.

TJ Forrest and I know each other, he helped coach my high school team my junior year, he said PM was the reason he left LSU. Said he was the biggest dick of a coach he'd ever played for or against.