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Did Jay miss out on evaluating portal players because we were playing for the NC?
Posted on 4/19/26 at 2:06 pm
Posted on 4/19/26 at 2:06 pm
Several people have brought this up in conversation.
Arkansas and UCLA are doing pretty good.
Coastal Carolina is doing well in the Sunbelt.
Arkansas and UCLA are doing pretty good.
Coastal Carolina is doing well in the Sunbelt.
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Posted on 4/19/26 at 2:08 pm to loogaroo
No. It was just a straight up whiff and it happens in the modern era with the portal. Sometimes you get Eyanson, Skenes, Tommy Tanks… and sometimes you get Zach Yorke
Posted on 4/19/26 at 2:08 pm to loogaroo
He was doing both, but he was splitting time. He whiffed on a few gets and let some go who he shouldn’t have.
Posted on 4/19/26 at 2:09 pm to loogaroo
not only that, the players you brought back aren’t performing, outside of Brown, at the level they did last season. There’s just a rot on this team.
now going 0 for four on your “big portal additions” is pretty brutal. How many teams are going to absorb that?
now going 0 for four on your “big portal additions” is pretty brutal. How many teams are going to absorb that?
Posted on 4/19/26 at 2:09 pm to BMTiger
This is also an underrated point. Should’ve never let Costello or Larson leave the building last year.
Posted on 4/19/26 at 2:09 pm to loogaroo
Based on the statements he was making in the preseason he thought he had an elite signing class. It’s one thing to miss on one guy but to miss on all of them is hard to do. He was pretty cocky and he had a right to be with the way he had been coasting along with Lsu baseball but now he’ll have to regroup and work very hard and I’m sure that he’ll get this fixed.
Posted on 4/19/26 at 2:10 pm to loogaroo
He said it's on his shoulders but there's absolutely no way it was all him scouting. Same thing happened last time we won a NC. We whiffed and we had that great second half run on a bad team. Whatever it is going on here after a NC run needs to stop because it ain't working. They can't sustain success and it's annoying.
Posted on 4/19/26 at 2:11 pm to loogaroo
Not 100%. But it’s an obvious problem. Several of the top portal guys were already committed when our season ended. Anyone who says otherwise doesn’t have a clue what they’re talking about.
Posted on 4/19/26 at 2:11 pm to loogaroo
People need to stop making excuses. His own recruits have regressed this year as well. That’s on the player development and coaching.
It’s not just portal players because we were playing in the championship issue. Jay needs to look in the mirror and figure out how to beat teams even when guys are in slumps. That’s what good coaches get paid to do.
It’s not just portal players because we were playing in the championship issue. Jay needs to look in the mirror and figure out how to beat teams even when guys are in slumps. That’s what good coaches get paid to do.
Posted on 4/19/26 at 2:12 pm to loogaroo
Staff thought the players were better, or would work out in the system.
Posted on 4/19/26 at 2:14 pm to Old Money
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Staff thought the players were better, or would work out in the system.
Something way off then.
Posted on 4/19/26 at 2:15 pm to loogaroo
quote:Brought back multiple arms and multiple starters.
Arkansas
quote:Was widely talked about the entirety of the CWS that they were returning almost their entire time.
UCLA
quote:lol yeah same thing.
Coastal Carolina is doing well in the Sunbelt.
Use your brain.
Posted on 4/19/26 at 2:17 pm to loogaroo
no
fans are just trying to find excuses as to why they are this bad
fans are just trying to find excuses as to why they are this bad
Posted on 4/19/26 at 2:18 pm to MasterAbe1
quote:Are you under the impression he had a choice in the matter?
This is also an underrated point. Should’ve never let Costello or Larson leave the building last year.
Costello was not someone he wanted to leave. He's also someone who's hitting .262 in the B1G.
Larson left here to go do the same thing at Texas. He wasn't going to start in the outfield here. He clearly didn't want to be a 1B/DH here. So instead he left to go to Texas and is now platooning.
Posted on 4/19/26 at 2:21 pm to MasterAbe1
He needs to ignore stats in lower leagues and see how the pro scouts rank their potential.
Posted on 4/19/26 at 2:28 pm to MasterAbe1
We know for a fact, there were two players at Tennessee that he wanted. We know also for a fact that there was a player that went to either Texas or Texas A&M that he was close on, but couldn’t close out. It had everything to do with NIL spend and the fact that LSU was ranked eighth in the conference last year when everybody else had money to retain players and get the best players.
Posted on 4/19/26 at 2:31 pm to GBPackTigers
Is he willing to critically evaluate his coaching staff?
Posted on 4/19/26 at 2:36 pm to TigerMac81
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see how the pro scouts rank their potential.
Scouts were actually really high on Caraway and Simpson before the season
Posted on 4/19/26 at 2:42 pm to loogaroo
Should have retained Ashton Larson. He seems to be doing well.
Posted on 4/19/26 at 2:58 pm to Barrylsu
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Based on the statements he was making in the preseason he thought he had an elite signing class. It’s one thing to miss on one guy but to miss on all of them is hard to do.
You can’t ever put much stock in what a coach says preseason. They are never going to come out and say it’s going to be a disaster, and, in fairness, he probably did feel better about how they would perform. I still trust Jay. This is going to happen in the new era where you have to rebuild every year.
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