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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

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

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)

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

Wow, baseball experts giving up after 3?

The greatest quote I ever heard about baseball completely changed the way I looked at the game for the rest of my life.

“Every team’s going to win 54 games, every team’s going to lose 54 games, it’s what you do with the other 54 games that counts.” - Sam Seaborn, The West Wing

That has also been the quote in my profile since I came to TD.

Lot of baseball to be played and this game isn’t over yet.

If you are watching the game, that last play shows you everything


8 seconds left in a tie game, on the road, against Ole Miss…one guy reaches out for it, can’t grab it, 3 guys watch while 3 ole Miss guys DOVE for it


It’s effort


It’s pride



It’s coaching


He is responsible for the environment and culture

quote:

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He knows what he is doing and he knows he can win a title at LSU, not NC State

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Bumping this thread cause this was a day before the rumor mill started spreading Wade to LSU as a legitimate thing

I’m feeling so nostalgic. It feels like Paul Manieri came back and was coaching us again.

Remember those days? When we would lose midweek games and posters would meltdown trying to convince fans that they were watching the end of LSU baseball or that we wasted money on stadium additions that will destroy us now that we lost a game on Wednesday night to La Tech


I miss those days

How can you consistently bring in talented recruits, be ranked in the top 25 and yet still end up this bad? Coaching

LSU hasn’t missed the NCAA tourney for 5 straight seasons since 2010-2014

This year will be 5th