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re: Can I start getting excited about Cameron Johnson yet? - Metaloctopus
Mac Marshall made it hard for me to ever feel comfortable about a player making it to campus. I still get excited, though. I know the vast majority here remember what happened with Marshall, but in case anyone is new to this, he was one that got drafted late, said he was coming to campus, showed ...
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re: LSU Baseball 2023 (and beyond) Recruiting Thread - Old Thread - Please unpin - Metaloctopus
[quote]Beginning Round 8 and Jobert, Thompson, Little and Money have not been drafted. Am I leaving somebody out?[/quote] Travinski would be another guy who could get drafted....
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re: LSU Baseball 2023 (and beyond) Recruiting Thread - Old Thread - Please unpin - Metaloctopus
I forgot about him. Just not used to hearing about 17 year old giants playing in the outfield....
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re: LSU Baseball 2023 (and beyond) Recruiting Thread - Old Thread - Please unpin - Metaloctopus
[quote]seeing a guy 6'7" tracking down balls in the gap is probably a sight to see.[/quote] Imagine by the other guy running towards the ball as you see him coming from the other side. He'll never have to call for the ball. It'll be his, or no one's....
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re: LSU Baseball 2023 (and beyond) Recruiting Thread - Old Thread - Please unpin - Metaloctopus
[quote]And he reclassified up a season. He’s 6’7 239 at 17[/quote] Geez... He might want to reclassify to a different sport, at this rate. Maybe he can wrestle bears for a living....
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re: LSU Baseball 2023 (and beyond) Recruiting Thread - Old Thread - Please unpin - Metaloctopus
George Wolkow, a 6'7", 239 pound high school outfielder... Alright, then....
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re: LSU Baseball 2023 (and beyond) Recruiting Thread - Old Thread - Please unpin - Metaloctopus
[quote]Just know, Lester will come back to get the last word. You don't have to respond. [/quote] I won't respond to him, don't worry. I said I would resign from that discussion, and I'll keep my word....
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re: LSU Baseball 2023 (and beyond) Recruiting Thread - Old Thread - Please unpin - Metaloctopus
[quote]Dude. For the love of god please stop spamming this board. Your point has been made. At this point this is just an exercise in hubris and lack of self control. Let it go and move on. [/quote] Why are you telling me this? I tried to drop it a long time ago, and the dude keeps coming back...
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re: LSU Baseball 2023 (and beyond) Recruiting Thread - Old Thread - Please unpin - Metaloctopus
[quote]seriously take this somewhere else.[/quote] Where? Are you not capable of just not reading what you don't want to read?...
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re: LSU Baseball 2023 (and beyond) Recruiting Thread - Old Thread - Please unpin - Metaloctopus
[quote]No, that’s called an option, not leverage. You got one thing right. At this point in the draft he does not have the leverage to use that to his favor to get more money. He simply has that option to fall back on. You are totally misusing the application. [/quote] It's both. Why do player...
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[quote]Yea, that’s not leverage. Leverage is a verb for a reason [/quote] When you have no options, you have no leverage. The option to go to school is leverage against any team wanting to sign him. That is literally how leverage works....
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re: LSU Baseball 2023 (and beyond) Recruiting Thread - Old Thread - Please unpin - Metaloctopus
[quote]What is his leverage pitch to a team with a finite amount of money that has already made numerous picks on a planed spending budget It’s either going to be enough for him, or it’s not. There’s nothing he can do to leverage more money if they don’t have it. [/quote] Everyone has a finite...
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re: LSU Baseball 2023 (and beyond) Recruiting Thread - Old Thread - Please unpin - Metaloctopus
[quote]How many is that? 5 or so of their 13 they bragged about?[/quote] I guess they aren't used to having so many, that they don't realize how few they are ever going to see. Especially when they don't have much to sell their program on, other than "Well, we stay relevant"....
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[quote]We all are. Both of you please stfu[/quote] That'll put the fire out, for sure....
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[quote]You really do not know what you are talking about. Other then he could get drafted still . I will just leave it at that. [/quote] I know exactly what I'm talking about, and you really haven't said anything that went against what I'm saying. You just want to hammer home your own perspective...
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Cam Johnson is getting all the talk, but I'm definitely getting hopeful about the majority of our class getting to campus....
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[quote]Everyone loves derailed threads. [/quote] I know, sorry. I should have known better than to think I could have a civil conversation with the one person who I don't think has ever been civil with me....
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[quote]from 135 to 144 all college players picked[/quote] Definitely more of a theme than usual, it seems....
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re: LSU Baseball 2023 (and beyond) Recruiting Thread - Old Thread - Please unpin - Metaloctopus
[quote]????? da frick? Do you think I dont know this? [/quote] I think you should know it, but you acted like you didn't.[quote]You don't always have leverage. You have leverage when you are a commodity, and you a commodity when someone feels your price tag matches your talent. [/quote] If y...
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[quote]Certainly true. But has zero context How many teams are doing this from here on out? And how much are they doing it for? Have you cared to research this? [/quote] Have you cared to do so? I'm only telling you of what is possible, and it only takes one team. [quote]I’m sure plenty...
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