MikeTheTiger71

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Look up the stats for any team, college or pro, and you'll see their errors happen at SS and 3B way more than 2B

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There’s more to being good at fielding a position than avoiding errors. The skill set needed at 3B is different from 2B. It requires faster reflexes and a stronger arm, while 2B requires more agility to make the pivot and cover more ground. If a 2B makes a poor pivot or lets a ground ball get past him into the OF for a base hit because he has bad range, he doesn’t get charged with an error, but not making an out on the play hurts his team just as much. So, yes, a 2B can stand like a statue and avoid making errors, but that doesn’t mean it’s an easier position to play well.

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Baseball has zero expected potential for profit growth.

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I didn’t say they did, but they could also lose $4-$5M a year like Auburn and Alabama do if they chose to emphasize MBB instead.

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Seems like I’m posting this 3-4x a week. Hopefully people will start to understand how much potential profit LSU is currently leaving on the table in MBB…

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Sure, there is potential there, but there are also more teams spending big chasing after that same pot of gold. Even if the net profit were better, would it be worth the tradeoff? Would you rather make $4.5M combined with Alabama’s basketball and baseball results or make $1.5M combined with LSU’s MBB and baseball results? Is 2 NCs in 3 years worth $3M a year in lost profits? I would say yes. Tennessee did better both from a profit perspective and a competitive standpoint, but Auburn was worse for combined profit. There’s just no guarantee that MBB would have the return on investment you are projecting and it’s especially questionable if it would come at the expense of baseball.

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And considering how big of a percentage women’s basketball gets, I can see his point.

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Like it or not, WBB has its own TV contracts that bring in more revenue than the combined sports TV contracts baseball is a part of. It remains to be seen how Title IX will fit into revenue sharing, but if schools starting taking revenue earned by a women’s program and funnel to a men’s sport, they are asking for trouble.

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Woodward deserves the blame for a lot of shite. But blaming him for Brian Kelly’s laziness is hilarious. If that were true, a true competitor would have still gone out and made the most of whatever situation he had.

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Kelly absolutely bears full responsibility for his response to Woodward’s micro-managing, but the poster’s point is fair that the Brian Kelly that ultimately ran the program into the ground was not the Brian Kelly LSU hired.

Unless Bergeron and the transfers start hitting for power like they were supposed to, this team isn’t going very far. Close wins over the caliber of teams they faced this weekend will translate to results like they had in Clearwater once SEC play begins.

As to the expectations for this program, 3 exits in the last 4 years in the Regionals is unacceptable, but those thinking LSU should be in the WS every year or every other year are way overselling the inherent potential. LSU made 2 WCWS before Torina arrived. To some extent she is a victim of her own success, though there’s no excusing the last 4 seasons. LSU has average resources for the SEC and no natural recruiting base. They should make Super Regionals most years with an occasional WCWS berth. Torina had this program where it needed to be before COVID, but she’s running out of time to get it back to that level. I wouldn’t be opposed to a change, but I agree with those saying she won’t be bought out. She just should not get any more extensions.

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Yep we can only hope for a great road score

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That’s all that really matters.

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SEC worst ERA. Take off the purple sunglasses and accept facts for what they are

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They gave up 28 runs in 4 games Feb 28 - March 4 last season, then gave up 16 runs in 3 games to a terrible Missouri offense 2 weeks later. Later, it was 29 in 4 games against Alabama and Northwestern St. and 41 in 6 after the first 2 games against Tennessee after that. Even in postseason they gave up 16 in the last 2 games against UALR. They had stretches just as bad as this start to the season.

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Auburn must have been stakked that year

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More like the only legitimate program Sewanee faced. It was much like LSU’s 10-2 win over Auburn in 1908. The rest of the teams on their schedule were bad.

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Well I guess I meant to say , he knew he wouldn't be the starter but yes your right.

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I figured that was what you meant. I just wanted to drive home that point to show he didn’t lose anything due to the illness

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The real story is he lost his starting position and opted out of dressing.

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He didn’t lose something he didn’t have to begin with. He was a redshirt freshman stuck on the depth charts behind two QBs who each had 1500+ total yards that season on the way to a national title. The coaches said he didn’t play because of his stage of development and the competitive needs of the team. He only had 38 pass attempts the next season, so that tells you all you need to know about how much illness really affected his playing time.