Metaloctopus

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I think it should go back to 12 teams. There is no reason for all 16 teams to be there.

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Indeed there isn't. I miss when it was 8 teams. But 12 should absolutely be the limit.

The strength of the conference might make having more than 8 necessary now (it wasn't necessary when they first expanded it, in my opinion) but 16 is nuts. I'd rather not even have a conference tournament if we're going to cheapen it that much.

I saw the same ending that they did, and yet somehow they saw a completely different thing. No one "charged" their dugout. A handful of players took a few steps toward their dugout and were saying some things.

I could do without any of the antics from either side, personally, but of all fan bases to be getting upset about it. Their program is the one who has popularized this behavior.

I thought Tennessee was pretty lucky for most of last night's game. They scored two runs in the 4th by getting three consecutive bloop hits. And that was all they had until the 7th, so that was very frustrating. Then we just gave up by bringing anyone but Cowan or Evans into the game. I don't like saying it, and I know they can't pitch every game, but you just can't trust anyone else.

If you're going to make that decision to punt that game last night, by hoping for a different result from guys who haven't been reliable, then no one but Cowan or Evans should touch the ball on the mound today. Cowan threw all of 12 pitches or so, and has had a day off now, and Evans, of course, hasn't pitched yet. So let's not get cute and try to bridge the gap. Both of these guys have gone 3 or 4 innings many times this year, and Cowan was a starter before he got here, and could probably get us through 5 of those innings today.

If those guys don't have it, for any reason, you live with it. But there's no reason to mess around with anyone else.

I just do not understand how every year, we get worse at throwing strikes. I've followed baseball, and college baseball, for a pretty long time now, and it was never like this. We had good staffs, decent staffs, and even bad staffs. But never do I ever remember any LSU staff being as inept at simply throwing the ball over the plate, as this team has been since Jay got here. I know it can't possibly be true, but it's almost like there is no emphasis placed on command, and we're just working with guys on how to throw the ball as hard as possible. We had enough guys step up in '23 to make it work in the end (and an offense that didn't disappear), but we didn't have enough the other years, and we're still waiting on someone else to step up this year.

Jay's first year didn't have very good starting pitching, but had a fair amount of guys who were at least competitive out of the pen. Still way too many walks, though, and it just gets worse every year. I guess I'm rambling to myself now. It's just frustrating to watch this play out again and again.

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How about you use some common sense in that big melon head and realize what you said. Why would anybody imagine losing more games when they haven’t. You are just making up a false scenario for your argument but yea he needs common sense. That game does not matter if they take care of business this weekend

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I don't have a melon head, and you clearly haven't tried very hard to think about what I said. How many times over the years has LSU lost multiple midweek games, only for people to say "it doesn't matter". By that logic, we could lose them all, and it wouldn't matter. Of course it matters. That;s why they play the game.

Try a little harder before running your mouth.

I don't care about any excuses, and who thinks it doesn't matter, or who the next opponent is. I care about that loss. As a fan, I don't ever want to get beat, much less run-ruled by a severely inferior opponent.

If I played in that game, I would be utterly embarrassed. You can deal with losses and move on. But you can't be a winning team if you can lose like that and it doesn't bother you. So I should hope that everyone on that team cares about that loss, even if some fans don't.

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everyone shitting on Gilbert but no one seems to understand that you can improve. This was her first year in a new system

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The lack of letting someone else shoot the ball started to become a problem as the season went on with her. That has to improve more than anything else.

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not sure why I thought Reynolds, but i mean Thompson. he's the only guy who hasn't pitched yet besides Jake brown and guidry.

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I'm not terribly excited about what Thompson has shown in scrimmages, and the fact that the coaches apparently don't trust him enough to put him in a game. I am, however, confused as to why we have seen so little of Dorsey. He's an experienced arm with pretty decent stuff. I know he was hurt to start the year, but he's been back for a while now and still has barely pitched.

Jared is one of those folks who kinda has a resting sad face. There's a number of them on this team. As long as they're smiling when they head back to the dugout, all is well.


:lol: Someone downvoted the idea of people being happy walking back to the dugout. I guess people can disagree with anything.

My fondest memories of him were when he called College World Series games. Always seemed like a genuinely nice guy.

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Games lost in April count the exact same as games lost in September. They miss the playoffs this year by 2 games and you’ll be singing a different tune about that atrocious start.

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Exactly. I have never understood the crowd who claims that early games mean nothing. Then why play them? Let's just have an 81 game season, so that we're only playing the "meaningful" second half games. But then, the goal posts would move, and games in July wouldn't matter, and we'd be talking about games only mattering midway through August, I guess. I watch enough college baseball to know that's exactly what happens. 56 game schedule, and people say it doesn't matter til mid April.

Every game is counted in the standings. And starting 5-13 has put the Braves in a whole that will take a long time to climb out of. Because of that start, they can't afford a late season slump and back into the playoffs. Obviously, they can and will have a bad series sometimes, but every month has to be a winning record from here on out, most likely.