2022 SB and beyond.

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Originally Posted by Cajunrunner

Well sure, they may EXPECT a certain scenario, but then reality becomes different.

Look at that QB who transferred here from Maryland. Lots of people were excited and thought he was going to come here and be the next Cajuns starting QB. Levi Lewis had other plans, and now that QB is gone. Can't remember his name off the bat.

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Lance Legendre? Why did he leave? Can he pitch, lol?

Whew lots to digest here. I personally don’t put all that much stock in the rankings of a recruiting class, at least not the way you can in football. It is definitely improving as a metric in softball but it still has a ways to go. But that’s just me.

As for the transfers. Evolve or die. The transfer portal is here & it is changing the landscape of softball, like it or not. Most of the top programs have or have had transfers come in and make immediate MAJOR impact on the success of that program. OU currently has 3 transfers in their starting line up: Juarez, Snow, & Johns. Echols & Lindaman carry a brunt of the Florida offense. Arnold in the circle for FSU now & they also don’t win the natty in 2018 without Hansen. 2 years ago Bama doesn’t win the SEC without the arms of Cornell & Goodman to pick up the slack when Fouts was hurt. Arkansas has Burnside & Gibson jacking homers all day. Kenny G has made OSU a contender with transfers like Show, Eberle, & Busby. Texas lol. I could continue but I gotta stop procrastinating work. I think you only hurt your program if you aren’t willing to challenge your current roster by adding talent when it’s available to make your ball club its most competitive. Transfers are such a viable & enticing option because you have a better idea of how that athlete competes at the D1 level. Sometimes great TB players don’t develop beyond the level you recruited them at. I think Glasco plans to rely less on transfers in the future. But if a talented player wants to come to Louisiana to play for our team, why wouldn’t you want them there? I want to win as long as we do it with integrity & class, if we have a few transfers that help us get a Natty, then lets GEAUX!

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Originally Posted by VObserver

Slapping is what you do when your kids can't hit.

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haha Kayla Kowalik, Michelle Moultrie, Haylie McCleney, Natasha Watley & friends said they would like to have a conversation with ya!! If your assessment was true, slappers would be eliminated by shifts & pulling players in when they come up to bat. Often, slappers have a knack for being able to slap & hit gap to gap which is why they are effective because you can’t just play in on them every time.

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Originally Posted by mun_RaginCajuns

Whew lots to digest here. I personally don’t put all that much stock in the rankings of a recruiting class, at least not the way you can in football. It is definitely improving as a metric in softball but it still has a ways to go. But that’s just me.

As for the transfers. Evolve or die. The transfer portal is here & it is changing the landscape of softball, like it or not. Most of the top programs have or have had transfers come in and make immediate MAJOR impact on the success of that program. OU currently has 3 transfers in their starting line up: Juarez, Snow, & Johns. Echols & Lindaman carry a brunt of the Florida offense. Arnold in the circle for FSU now & they also don’t win the natty in 2018 without Hansen. 2 years ago Bama doesn’t win the SEC without the arms of Cornell & Goodman to pick up the slack when Fouts was hurt. Arkansas has Burnside & Gibson jacking homers all day. Kenny G has made OSU a contender with transfers like Show, Eberle, & Busby. Texas lol. I could continue but I gotta stop procrastinating work. I think you only hurt your program if you aren’t willing to challenge your current roster by adding talent when it’s available to make your ball club its most competitive. Transfers are such a viable & enticing option because you have a better idea of how that athlete competes at the D1 level. Sometimes great TB players don’t develop beyond the level you recruited them at. I think Glasco plans to rely less on transfers in the future. But if a talented player wants to come to Louisiana to play for our team, why wouldn’t you want them there? I want to win as long as we do it with integrity & class, if we have a few transfers that help us get a Natty, then lets GEAUX!

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Good overview. Coach G is a 1st class guy. I know he ranks high on your list from the conversations we have had about Florida ranking high on your favorite list. If you have a chance to make your roster better you get that player on your squad bottom line. I want a national championship and really dont care where the girls are from. Coach Glasco feels he can win that title in Lafayette and so do I.

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Originally Posted by JMVCAJUNS

Good overview. Coach G is a 1st class guy. I know he ranks high on your list from the conversations we have had about Florida ranking high on your favorite list. If you have a chance to make your roster better you get that player on your squad bottom line. I want a national championship and really dont care where the girls are from. Coach Glasco feels he can win that title in Lafayette and so do I.

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Hoping the kitty kats down the road don't win one first. They'd never let us hear the end of it. Go Seminoles.

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Originally Posted by bbhstiger5

Hoping the kitty kats down the road don't win one first. They'd never let us hear the end of it. Go Seminoles.

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LSU is good but they I doubt they will win the wcws. We need to figure out how to get over the regional hump. We also lost 4 of 5 to them this year.

I’m a big fan of Coach Alameda, she is true class & a great softball mind! Noles are always an easy team to pull for, they’re a well coached bunch of young ladies. Geaux Noles

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Originally Posted by bbhstiger5

Hoping the kitty kats down the road don't win one first. They'd never let us hear the end of it. Go Seminoles.

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Geaux Noles! Anybody but A&M BR.

Random, but I keep thinking back to all those games that we could have (should have) won in the supers or regional rounds. Wasn't pitching the main issue in all of them? (Auburn with J Wall, Oklahoma, Michigan, AZ State, and the regionals at LSU). Would a deepened bullpen have won us those games?

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Originally Posted by JMVCAJUNS

Natalie Fernadez and Vallie Gaspard were good ones they could touch and go slap or power slap.

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I like hitters who CAN slap, but usually don't. I hate the philosophy of slapping which is generally to give up an out to advance a runner. I would use it only when the defense is playing deep on the corners.