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Yall are Def spoiled
Posted by tadelatt on 5/15/26 at 9:23 pm
Freshman are 18-19, years old. They didn't start the year but eventually became starters. They need time to develop. You can't win Sec games without pitching and with multiple true Freshman starting.
We won 2 titles in 3 years because we had a 1-2 pitching duo not because we could hit Homer's.
We lost our two starting pitchers, which if you recall should've had us taking Vandy on the road. We didn't start struggling until we lost our two starting pitchers and then Brown.
Yorke was a dud too.
We had bad luck this year and it put us in this spot.
Next year, we will have a lot of experienced guys returning and we will turn it around. Sorry we can't win the title every year but mistakes happen.
We won 2 titles in 3 years because we had a 1-2 pitching duo not because we could hit Homer's.
We lost our two starting pitchers, which if you recall should've had us taking Vandy on the road. We didn't start struggling until we lost our two starting pitchers and then Brown.
Yorke was a dud too.
We had bad luck this year and it put us in this spot.
Next year, we will have a lot of experienced guys returning and we will turn it around. Sorry we can't win the title every year but mistakes happen.
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Curriel, Milam, Arrambide, Serna, Braun, Dardar, Yamin, Stansfield...
Yorke needs to figure out how to hit a line drive to left field, or a double...anything else besides swinging for the fences. He has 30 K's, 3rd on the team, but also leads the team in OBP, which is nuts cause he hits .240.
What that means to me is he only swings at pitches he can hit over the wall. He has a good eye but needs to be taught how to put the ball all over the field.
Yorke needs to figure out how to hit a line drive to left field, or a double...anything else besides swinging for the fences. He has 30 K's, 3rd on the team, but also leads the team in OBP, which is nuts cause he hits .240.
What that means to me is he only swings at pitches he can hit over the wall. He has a good eye but needs to be taught how to put the ball all over the field.
re: It's just one of those seasons...or is it?
Posted by tadelatt on 4/23/26 at 10:19 am to SlapahoeTribe
quote:
Puff, puff, pass.
I love how people think we stink because we aren't in 1st in the SEC but this years league is stacked and we are not. Our pitching has been a very big reason but also the lack of discipline on the field. Mental mistakes and errors that have cost us big time.
Injuries as well, Cooper Moore might be out for the year but he has been hurt for awhile now too.
This also proves you can't win a title without Defense. We have won games by outscoring teams, not shutting them down. But a win is a win and if the talent can come together at the right times, we cna make a run.
re: It's just one of those seasons...or is it?
Posted by tadelatt on 4/22/26 at 2:38 am to The Pirate King
That’s 1-0 to start the final stretch after tonight’s win
He has no reason to return. 1-2 round pick def goes
re: Best Horror Movie of All-Time Tournament - ROUND OF 32 (Voting Closed)
Posted by tadelatt on 4/22/26 at 2:36 am to Major Dutch Schaefer
Voted Online but here’s what I picked anyways (My picks submitted online in Bold)
1. The Exorcist
8. Carrie
12. Saw
4. The Ring
11. Insidious
3. A Nightmare on Elm Street
10. The Strangers
2. Psycho (1960)
1. The Shining
9. The Fly (1986)
5. Silence of the Lambs
4. Event Horizon
6. Friday the 13th
3. Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
10. Sinister
2. Poltergeist
1. Jaws
8. Pet Sematary
5. The Blair Witch Project
4. The Omen (1976)
6. Fright Night
3. Scream
7. Hellraiser
2. The Thing
1. Halloween (1976)
9. Paranormal Activity
5. American Werewolf in London (1981)
4. Cabin in the Woods
6. Misery
3. Hereditary
7. Night of the Living Dead
2. Alien
1. The Exorcist
8. Carrie
12. Saw
4. The Ring
11. Insidious
3. A Nightmare on Elm Street
10. The Strangers
2. Psycho (1960)
1. The Shining
9. The Fly (1986)
5. Silence of the Lambs
4. Event Horizon
6. Friday the 13th
3. Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
10. Sinister
2. Poltergeist
1. Jaws
8. Pet Sematary
5. The Blair Witch Project
4. The Omen (1976)
6. Fright Night
3. Scream
7. Hellraiser
2. The Thing
1. Halloween (1976)
9. Paranormal Activity
5. American Werewolf in London (1981)
4. Cabin in the Woods
6. Misery
3. Hereditary
7. Night of the Living Dead
2. Alien
Someone has to be on the other side of this feeling....
I mean, fans are giving up? What is realistic to you? 0-12? Or do we look at this like the team is and breaking it down in a way that makes the final four series something we can do.
Also, Brown and Moore being out sucks but that isn't the team. We have many guys who should be hitting the ball that have struggled recently.
I mean, fans are giving up? What is realistic to you? 0-12? Or do we look at this like the team is and breaking it down in a way that makes the final four series something we can do.
Also, Brown and Moore being out sucks but that isn't the team. We have many guys who should be hitting the ball that have struggled recently.
re: It's just one of those seasons...or is it?
Posted by tadelatt on 4/21/26 at 11:59 am to PP7 for heisman
quote:
You're going to want to sit down when I tell you this...
Yes, I knew about that. Sorry, I thought it came across sarcastically. My bad.
re: It's just one of those seasons...or is it?
Posted by tadelatt on 4/21/26 at 11:58 am to Swamp Frog x
quote:
I might have to assume no considering you mentioned CPM returning to the box… he has been fired already.
I was being sarcastic cause that team is terrible and we should go 3-0 against them at home.
Our main issue is leadership.
The portal might bring in talent but you can't teach leadership in sports at this level. You either are a leader or you aren't.
I love Alex Bregman, he is easily one of my favorites at LSU because of how hard he worked. No one will ever forget the story about a midweek game where he went 0-4 with 3-4 strikeouts. That same night he went to the batting cages for hours. That is work ethic.
However, he wasn't the leader. That team went to Omaha and had talent but no one really was the top of the pack.
Last year it was our Pitching staff. two years ago it was Dylan Crews and Paul Skenes. They were talented but they were also leaders. Mikie Mahtook was a leader. Fontenot, Theriot, Cresse, Coleman, Dean...LEADERS....
This year's team doesn't have that. Derek Curriel is amazing and will be great eventually, but he is never going to take the fall for a loss or carry the team on his back. That isn't a knock against him, you can see it on TV
We are young and still waiting for someone to stand up and lead.
The portal might bring in talent but you can't teach leadership in sports at this level. You either are a leader or you aren't.
I love Alex Bregman, he is easily one of my favorites at LSU because of how hard he worked. No one will ever forget the story about a midweek game where he went 0-4 with 3-4 strikeouts. That same night he went to the batting cages for hours. That is work ethic.
However, he wasn't the leader. That team went to Omaha and had talent but no one really was the top of the pack.
Last year it was our Pitching staff. two years ago it was Dylan Crews and Paul Skenes. They were talented but they were also leaders. Mikie Mahtook was a leader. Fontenot, Theriot, Cresse, Coleman, Dean...LEADERS....
This year's team doesn't have that. Derek Curriel is amazing and will be great eventually, but he is never going to take the fall for a loss or carry the team on his back. That isn't a knock against him, you can see it on TV
We are young and still waiting for someone to stand up and lead.
It's just one of those seasons...or is it?
Posted by tadelatt on 4/21/26 at 11:49 am
Look at the schedule...
This started with Northeastern and ULL, carried over into Sac State and put us in a 1-4 hole heading into our first SEC series, on the road in Vandy.
However, let's look at the games...
1st Series: Game 1 Loss 12-13 (Vandy needed 3 Runs in Bottom 9th to pull it out)
2nd Series: Game 2 Loss 3-4 (Oklahoma needed 3 runs in the 8th)
3rd Series: Beat Kentucky
4th Series: Go to Tennessee and Win, things started to feel better
5th Series: Go to Ole Miss, they scored 3 in the 8th to take the win in Game 1, Game 3 was almost one of the greatest comebacks I have watched since UC Irvine but we lose and get swept, ouch.
6th Series: Texas A&M flat out beat us. We didn't give up, we just could not hit the baseball. It looked like a golf ball coming across the plate.
We are a couple innings away from 3 more wins in SEC.
It is silly to analyze like this but at this point we need to win all the mid week games left, 3 more wins if so...plus go into State and catch them sleeping on us as they look ahead to their final 3 series (at #4 Texas, #9 Auburn, at #7 Texas A&M). They can easily look past us thinking we are a sinking ship. Meanwhile, we treat each series like Omaha and our backs against the wall...
Imagine we go 4-0 this week, come home to CPM returning to Alex Box (Edit for clarity: I am being sarcastic and South Carolina is struggling much harder than we are), take out USC 3-0, take out Tulane....
8-0 brings us to 31-18 (12-12) but it also reminds the SEC that we aren't finished.
Now we head to UGA knowing what is at stake...that weekend now becomes our season. We dont need 3 wins, just 2. Take that series and we are now 33-19 (14-13) and heading home to face Florida, who could be 15-12 or 16-11 by then, or better if they shock the Aggies.
We win 2 at Home against Florida, we finish 35-19 (16-14)
This isn't insane especially seeing the schedules and now we aren't going into State as the top seed in the SEC.
This started with Northeastern and ULL, carried over into Sac State and put us in a 1-4 hole heading into our first SEC series, on the road in Vandy.
However, let's look at the games...
1st Series: Game 1 Loss 12-13 (Vandy needed 3 Runs in Bottom 9th to pull it out)
2nd Series: Game 2 Loss 3-4 (Oklahoma needed 3 runs in the 8th)
3rd Series: Beat Kentucky
4th Series: Go to Tennessee and Win, things started to feel better
5th Series: Go to Ole Miss, they scored 3 in the 8th to take the win in Game 1, Game 3 was almost one of the greatest comebacks I have watched since UC Irvine but we lose and get swept, ouch.
6th Series: Texas A&M flat out beat us. We didn't give up, we just could not hit the baseball. It looked like a golf ball coming across the plate.
We are a couple innings away from 3 more wins in SEC.
It is silly to analyze like this but at this point we need to win all the mid week games left, 3 more wins if so...plus go into State and catch them sleeping on us as they look ahead to their final 3 series (at #4 Texas, #9 Auburn, at #7 Texas A&M). They can easily look past us thinking we are a sinking ship. Meanwhile, we treat each series like Omaha and our backs against the wall...
Imagine we go 4-0 this week, come home to CPM returning to Alex Box (Edit for clarity: I am being sarcastic and South Carolina is struggling much harder than we are), take out USC 3-0, take out Tulane....
8-0 brings us to 31-18 (12-12) but it also reminds the SEC that we aren't finished.
Now we head to UGA knowing what is at stake...that weekend now becomes our season. We dont need 3 wins, just 2. Take that series and we are now 33-19 (14-13) and heading home to face Florida, who could be 15-12 or 16-11 by then, or better if they shock the Aggies.
We win 2 at Home against Florida, we finish 35-19 (16-14)
This isn't insane especially seeing the schedules and now we aren't going into State as the top seed in the SEC.
They gave us Alabama/Texas/Tennessee/Arkansas to finish the year.
Not to mention sending us in late November into the colder schools of the SEC.
This schedule sucks unless we win games. We have so many good games that we would be able to lose 2 and still be top ten
Not to mention sending us in late November into the colder schools of the SEC.
This schedule sucks unless we win games. We have so many good games that we would be able to lose 2 and still be top ten
He was one of those kids who committed to LSU but was never coming to school. He was probably making sure he had negotiation powers and a backup plan if he didn't like the team that drafted him
quote:
What recruits has LSU lost so far
Kevin Thomas
Will Wades Style & Why We Should Not Care About Losing Recruits Right Now
Posted by tadelatt on 3/31/26 at 8:30 pm
I keep seeing all these transfers leaving or changing their minds about LSU but that’s not an issue. In fact, it makes me even more excited to see what happens after April 9th when the Tranfer Portal opens
That said, if you were wondering what types he recruits and what not, keep reading.
Shot Creating Guards
- Aggressive Guards that can score in any system on any team.
- Pick and Roll Guards
Ex: Tremont Waters, Cam Thomas, Jalen Crutcher
Long Athletic Wings
- Length and Athleticism Over Pure Skill
- Long Wings (6’6” to 6’9”)
- Tools Come First, Scoring is a Bonus
Ex: Darius Days, Tari Eason, Vince Williams Jr
Experienced Transfers (Ready-Made)
- Ready-to-Play Older Guys Who Can Produce Quickly
Ex: Xavier Pinson, Kendal Coleman
Rim Running Shot Blockers
- Bigs that Protect the Rim and Finish Lobs
- Not Post-Heavy
Ex: Naz Reid, Trendon Watford, Mo Alie-Cox
Offense
Style: Spacing + Ball Screens + Let Best Scorers Create
- Pick-and-Roll Heavy: Offense runs through ball screens and guard decisions
- Drive & Kick: Attack the Paint — Collapse the Defense — Kick Out for 3
- Isolation Freedom: Allows Top Players to Create 1-on-1’s, Especially Late in Games
- Opportunistic Transition: Push When Available, Not Reckless
Defense
- Man-to-Man Base: Straight Man Defense with Focus on Contests
- Switching with Length: Uses Athletic Wings to Switch and Disrupt
- Rim Protection: Bigs Clean Up Mistakes and Protect the Paint
That said, if you were wondering what types he recruits and what not, keep reading.
Shot Creating Guards
- Aggressive Guards that can score in any system on any team.
- Pick and Roll Guards
Ex: Tremont Waters, Cam Thomas, Jalen Crutcher
Long Athletic Wings
- Length and Athleticism Over Pure Skill
- Long Wings (6’6” to 6’9”)
- Tools Come First, Scoring is a Bonus
Ex: Darius Days, Tari Eason, Vince Williams Jr
Experienced Transfers (Ready-Made)
- Ready-to-Play Older Guys Who Can Produce Quickly
Ex: Xavier Pinson, Kendal Coleman
Rim Running Shot Blockers
- Bigs that Protect the Rim and Finish Lobs
- Not Post-Heavy
Ex: Naz Reid, Trendon Watford, Mo Alie-Cox
Offense
Style: Spacing + Ball Screens + Let Best Scorers Create
- Pick-and-Roll Heavy: Offense runs through ball screens and guard decisions
- Drive & Kick: Attack the Paint — Collapse the Defense — Kick Out for 3
- Isolation Freedom: Allows Top Players to Create 1-on-1’s, Especially Late in Games
- Opportunistic Transition: Push When Available, Not Reckless
Defense
- Man-to-Man Base: Straight Man Defense with Focus on Contests
- Switching with Length: Uses Athletic Wings to Switch and Disrupt
- Rim Protection: Bigs Clean Up Mistakes and Protect the Paint
LSU Baseball Stats & Rankings (thru 3/29) *SEC Only Stats too
Posted by tadelatt on 3/30/26 at 1:28 pm
After looking at these stats, it doesn't feel quite as bad with a 19-10 record. Honestly, it is probably the worst we have been in the first 29 games in a long time, however, it seems to be bad luck.
Look at the stats and you will see how it is impossible for a team to score as many runs as we do and strikeout way more batters in SEC only games than anyone else and not win games unless you are walking too many batters and we are def doing that. If we can get those walks under control, things change and we honestly would be 7-2 in SEC. Walks lost use those games
Overall Record: 19-10 (4-5)
RPI: 83
RPI (Non): 127
SOS: 99
SOS (Non): 239
Team Hitting (National, SEC Ranking)
Batting Avg: 0.287 (94th, 9th)
On-Base Pct: 0.422 (31st, 5th)
Slugging Pct: 0.483 (55th, 6th)
Hits: 272 (57th, 7th)
Doubles: 55 (60th, 8th)
Home Runs: 41 (33rd, 8th)
Runs: 247 (19th, 4th)
Scoring: 8.5 (29th, 5th)
Hit by Pitch: 48 (61st, 5th)
Walks: 183 (4th, Leads SEC)
Team Pitching (National, SEC Ranking)
ERA: 4.76 (61st, 13th)
Hits/9 IP: 7.28 (16th, 4th)
K-to-BB Ratio: 2.66 (32nd, 10th)
K/9 IP: 12.9 (3rd, Leads SEC)
BB/9 IP: 4.87 (158th, 13th)
WHIP: 1.350 (44th, 12th)
Individual Hitting (National, SEC Ranking)
Batting Average
Jake Brown: 0.368 (152nd, 8th)
Hits
Jake Brown: 42 (39th, 3rd)
Derek Curriel: 39 (82nd, 6th)
Doubles
Seth Dardar : 10 (70th, 7th)
Home Runs
Jake Brown: 11 (19th, 5th)
RBIs
Jake Brown: 39 (17th, 3rd)
Runs
Jake Brown: 36 (25th, 3rd)
Derek Curriel: 30 (120th, 13th)
Steven Milam: 29 (147th, 19th)
Walks
Zach Yorke: 26 (36th, 5th)
Total Bases
Jake Brown: 82 (17th, 4th)
Toughest to Strike Out
Steven Milam: 9.9 (88th, 4th)
Individual Pitching (National, SEC Ranking)
ERA
William Schmidt: 2.55 (83rd, 9th)
Cooper Moore: 3.38 (177th, 18th)
Hits Allowed per 9 IP
Casan Evans: 6.50 (98th, 15th)
Strikeouts
Casan Evans: 53 (29th, 6th)
William Schmidt: 49 (45th, 12th)
Strikeouts per 9 IP
Casan Evans: 13.25 (23rd, 4th)
William Schmidt: 12.48 (44th, 10th)
Cooper Moore: 10.97 (110th, 24th)
Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio
Cooper Moore: 5.57 (49th, 9th)
William Schmidt: 4.45 (90th, 17th)
Walks Allowed per 9 IP
Cooper Moore: 1.97 (78th, 9th)
WHIP
William Schmidt: 1.13 (136th, 16th)
Cooper Moore: 1.16 (146th, 20th)
SEC ONLY GAMES
Team Hitting (SEC Games Only)
Batting Avg: 0.269 (6th)
Runs: 71 (1st)
Hits: 68 (4th)
RBIs: 59 (3rd)
Doubles: 17 (2nd)
Home Runs: 9 (7th)
Total Bases: 128 (6th)
Walks: 61 (1st)
Hit By Pitch: 13 (1st)
Strikeouts: 78 (11th)
Team Pitching(SEC Games Only)
ERA: 6.14 (11th)
Opp. Batting Avg: 0.237 (5th)
Strikeouts: 109 (1st)
Hits Allowed: 71 (7th)
Runs Allowed: 59 (12th)
Earned Runs Allowed: 54 (10th)
Walks: 58 (15th)
Home Runs Allowed: 9 (4th)
Individual Hitting(SEC Games Only)
Slugging Pct
Seth Dardar: 0.727 (2nd)
Runs
Derek Curriel: 11 (1st)
Jake Brown: 10 (2nd)
Steven Milam: 10 (2nd)
Hits
Chris Stanfield: 12 (10th)
Doubles
Seth Dardar: 5 (1st)
RBIs
Seth Dardar: 10 (4th)
Jake Brown: 9 (5th)
Derek Curriel: 9 (5th)
Walks
Jake Brown: 10 (2nd)
Hit by Pitch
Individual Pitching(SEC Games Only)
ERA
William Schmidt: 2.75 (10th)
Strikeouts
Casan Evans: 23 (4th)
Look at the stats and you will see how it is impossible for a team to score as many runs as we do and strikeout way more batters in SEC only games than anyone else and not win games unless you are walking too many batters and we are def doing that. If we can get those walks under control, things change and we honestly would be 7-2 in SEC. Walks lost use those games
Overall Record: 19-10 (4-5)
RPI: 83
RPI (Non): 127
SOS: 99
SOS (Non): 239
Team Hitting (National, SEC Ranking)
Batting Avg: 0.287 (94th, 9th)
On-Base Pct: 0.422 (31st, 5th)
Slugging Pct: 0.483 (55th, 6th)
Hits: 272 (57th, 7th)
Doubles: 55 (60th, 8th)
Home Runs: 41 (33rd, 8th)
Runs: 247 (19th, 4th)
Scoring: 8.5 (29th, 5th)
Hit by Pitch: 48 (61st, 5th)
Walks: 183 (4th, Leads SEC)
Team Pitching (National, SEC Ranking)
ERA: 4.76 (61st, 13th)
Hits/9 IP: 7.28 (16th, 4th)
K-to-BB Ratio: 2.66 (32nd, 10th)
K/9 IP: 12.9 (3rd, Leads SEC)
BB/9 IP: 4.87 (158th, 13th)
WHIP: 1.350 (44th, 12th)
Individual Hitting (National, SEC Ranking)
Batting Average
Jake Brown: 0.368 (152nd, 8th)
Hits
Jake Brown: 42 (39th, 3rd)
Derek Curriel: 39 (82nd, 6th)
Doubles
Seth Dardar : 10 (70th, 7th)
Home Runs
Jake Brown: 11 (19th, 5th)
RBIs
Jake Brown: 39 (17th, 3rd)
Runs
Jake Brown: 36 (25th, 3rd)
Derek Curriel: 30 (120th, 13th)
Steven Milam: 29 (147th, 19th)
Walks
Zach Yorke: 26 (36th, 5th)
Total Bases
Jake Brown: 82 (17th, 4th)
Toughest to Strike Out
Steven Milam: 9.9 (88th, 4th)
Individual Pitching (National, SEC Ranking)
ERA
William Schmidt: 2.55 (83rd, 9th)
Cooper Moore: 3.38 (177th, 18th)
Hits Allowed per 9 IP
Casan Evans: 6.50 (98th, 15th)
Strikeouts
Casan Evans: 53 (29th, 6th)
William Schmidt: 49 (45th, 12th)
Strikeouts per 9 IP
Casan Evans: 13.25 (23rd, 4th)
William Schmidt: 12.48 (44th, 10th)
Cooper Moore: 10.97 (110th, 24th)
Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio
Cooper Moore: 5.57 (49th, 9th)
William Schmidt: 4.45 (90th, 17th)
Walks Allowed per 9 IP
Cooper Moore: 1.97 (78th, 9th)
WHIP
William Schmidt: 1.13 (136th, 16th)
Cooper Moore: 1.16 (146th, 20th)
SEC ONLY GAMES
Team Hitting (SEC Games Only)
Batting Avg: 0.269 (6th)
Runs: 71 (1st)
Hits: 68 (4th)
RBIs: 59 (3rd)
Doubles: 17 (2nd)
Home Runs: 9 (7th)
Total Bases: 128 (6th)
Walks: 61 (1st)
Hit By Pitch: 13 (1st)
Strikeouts: 78 (11th)
Team Pitching(SEC Games Only)
ERA: 6.14 (11th)
Opp. Batting Avg: 0.237 (5th)
Strikeouts: 109 (1st)
Hits Allowed: 71 (7th)
Runs Allowed: 59 (12th)
Earned Runs Allowed: 54 (10th)
Walks: 58 (15th)
Home Runs Allowed: 9 (4th)
Individual Hitting(SEC Games Only)
Slugging Pct
Seth Dardar: 0.727 (2nd)
Runs
Derek Curriel: 11 (1st)
Jake Brown: 10 (2nd)
Steven Milam: 10 (2nd)
Hits
Chris Stanfield: 12 (10th)
Doubles
Seth Dardar: 5 (1st)
RBIs
Seth Dardar: 10 (4th)
Jake Brown: 9 (5th)
Derek Curriel: 9 (5th)
Walks
Jake Brown: 10 (2nd)
Hit by Pitch
Individual Pitching(SEC Games Only)
ERA
William Schmidt: 2.75 (10th)
Strikeouts
Casan Evans: 23 (4th)
Bro this is so aweskme
Baseball: How is Arkansas still ranked top ten?
Posted by tadelatt on 3/24/26 at 2:59 am
I get why they dropped LSU but seeing Arkansas 18-7 ranked 6th with losses to Stetson (2), Arkansas St, and UAT
RPI of 62
SOS of 90
RPI of 62
SOS of 90
Leadership…where are you?
Posted by tadelatt on 3/8/26 at 7:16 pm
They are going through the motions. No
Excitement unless they hit a homer.
Guidry shouldn’t have to be the leader, we need an everyday player to take over.
Excitement unless they hit a homer.
Guidry shouldn’t have to be the leader, we need an everyday player to take over.
re: No issues with team...
Posted by tadelatt on 3/2/26 at 7:59 pm to SouthernInsanity
Wow, baseball experts giving up after 3?
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