OPTIMAX CAT

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I think a lot of people feel he screwed over LSU basketball and bent the knee to the NCAA when he probably didn’t need to. Other programs ignored the NCAA and it worked out for them. Did he do it to protect the football program, which had some issues at the time too?

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Most fans do feel that way and rightfully so. The playbook was exclusive and well written which every other program used except one, LSU. That’s why I believe most fans are even more upset about the situation today. Let’s be real honest here, with Wades popularity coupled with the teams success, a new AD looking at the situation objectively understands this was a small obstacle in the road and standing up for the head coach is best for the program. Unfortunately, Woodward chose to make it more about himself and possibly the couple short days of having to read a negative sports article from Yahoo sports.

He chose wrong because he didn’t spend the necessary time to understand the strong player/head coach relationship and the fan/head coach relationship dynamic that was established prior to him even being named AD. What’s worse is maybe he did understand all this and did it anyway. Either way he deserves all scrutiny he’s receiving right now for basketball.

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It’s easy to look good against the sisters of the poor but just wait until they play a team with a pulse.

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My dude…. They just beat a team who was the #1 team in the country the last 1/3 part of the season… With LSU being #1 pre-season and for 13 weeks until WF took it from them.

LSU just beat that same #1 Wake Forest team twice after playing them 3 times in 4 days…. Oh, and to get the honor of getting to play an undefeated WF team now LSU only had to beat little ole Tennessee two freaking times.

It’s just not even worth talking about what went on with #1 seed in their bracket Florida bc the fricking men LSU left on base is too much and a deal breaker. So frick it, they did ok beating elite teams and held up the trophy us fans think about and some probably even pray for. I think that deserves at a minimum 5 min of positivity about the team while celebrating, ESPECIALLY LSU’s baseball coach.

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Need to throw some NIL money at the 2 starters USM have used so far. We would be a top 5 seed with those kids as 1-2 on our staff.

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I was thinking pretty much the same thing during the game tonight. It’s the small piece to the puzzle that’s missing on this LSU team. Having a 1 & 2 that’s similar to what USM puts on the mound would have had an enormous impact on this years LSU team and drastically improving their conference record.

Just having a couple elite aces really takes the pressure off the hitters and an offense like LSU has really takes the pressure off your teams aces.

Simply put … If LSU had USM’s #1 & #2 pitchers , then errors be damned b/c having a couple 1st round MLB picks on the mound as starters and hitters 1 thru 9 in the line-up who are game changers, then you’re a tough team to handle.

They won’t don’t worry about that… They gone :lol:

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Goddamn some of you are miserable

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For fricks sake… You mean “most” of them are miserable. :lol:

That train is never late …

I admit that this game got away from them pretty quick but they still aren’t going home to BR if they lose.

It will look pretty bleak through the lineup the first time most likely… But once they see him the second and third time then they get on him a lot better.

LSUs hitters are very good , they will eventually adjust to him.

I was a young teen when Todd Walker played for LSU and we split season tickets with a family member. Watching LSU baseball in the nineties at the Box was awesome but especially if you were a young kid who loved playing baseball.

I mean the guy hit with an avg. over .400 as a Freshman. By the time he left LSU he was the SEC All Time Leader in Hits, Runs Scored and I think RBI’s too.

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You have coaches tampering with players that aren’t in the portal. Professional sports leagues don’t even allow that. It’s usually a massive fine when teams are caught. I

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Yeah you’re exactly right, the NFL is a structured business with the organization and the players acting as employer and employees.

Most of us knew this would end up this way b/c the reasons AGAINST the NIL/Portal greatly outweigh the reasons FOR the NIL/Portal. These young players are easily enticed with big money from large programs who have deep pocket Alumni/Boosters that have Zero qualms with throwing mega cash at the country’s elite prospects.

The NCAA now has a big problem that’s getting even bigger everyday and it’s extremely upsetting for life long college football fans…. Because everyone knows that they can’t put the toothpaste back into the tube now.

I agree, atleast Berry stays down on hard hit balls while making a strong throw to 1st most of the time. I mean the dude looks way more comfortable at 3rd rather than RF. He’s going to blow up a play here or there defensively but you take those in stride when he’s your hottest All American hitter.

The entire infield (especially middle) has been just as much of a problem and possibly more error wise and none of those players contribute offensively in the way that Berry does.

Shannon Forman was probably the biggest influence and teacher in Smart”s life. He was not only Javonte’s longtime basketball coach but he was a close friend of his whole family. Wade came in and quickly knew the importance that Forman played in Smart’s recruitment decision and his development as a player.

Wade did what he thought was necessary to keep Javonte out of Kentucky and stay home to play basketball 5 minutes from his childhood home. He looked at Smart as a “must have” as the new head coach at LSU. Not bc of his impact on the court necessarily but Smart was exactly the type of player that he must convince to stay home and play for LSU if he was to be a successful head coach at LSU.