Gm 2 & 3: Louisiana softball vs. Oregon

[31Ragin97]

Before you #2 team in the country me, how many errors did Oregon force?

That might have been our worst softball in a few years over an entire weekend.

A lot of "learning."

Should they have been number one? Checking their schedule, they were number one and then dropped while sweeping a conference for on the road, doesn't seem like they should have droppwed

[basinbear]

We are an elite softball program...period.....it does not matter how many stars our signed prospects have...what result we get with them is what matters

[31Ragin97]

Oregon only has one player from in state? How exactly are they adhering to the scholarship limits?

[Cajun Soldier]

Say what you want but i'd gladly pay my money to see these young ladies play and if we don't host a super that just mean me and the boys get another vacation, road trip. It was one series for me the biggest thing I take away from the weekend is how valuable Mike is to the program. The girls will forget about this weekend while sweeping Monroe for the conference championship.

[Just1More]

No, it's not comical. I am a Big supporter of Cajun softball and what this coaching staff does with the players they recruit. However, 9 times out of 10we lose these games Dan it has been happening for a long time now. In, recruiting you can't always look at the potential for development. Most of the time you have to look at the talent in front of your face that the rest of the nation sees.

This program has been "one of the top programs in the nation for years". So don't tell me we can't compete with other programs for TOP players. It is usually the top pitchers that other programs have that we don't. Yes, I know we have some good pitchers. But you can't tell me we have a pitcher like Oregon has EVERY year

The only programs that beat us have recruiting advantages we don't. It may be the case that we could out recruit them for a national prospect here and there. And maybe we're ignoring that ability. I'm not too sure about that. But to pretend we've done what we've done, and only fall inches short against the giants... that we somehow have a recruiting card we're not playing... is comical to me. We became a powerful softball program despite our school status. We can't just walk into any living room in the country, with our softball pedigree, and take the cream of the high school crop away from the billionaire colleges. "We've been elite for a long time" only applies to our softball results. That isn't the only tool others have when recruiting young ladies and their parents. They've been elite in other areas that impress young athletes. Do you think the SBC is a recruiting advantage for our coaches? Don't you think it alone limits us?

[Cajun90]

Ashley Brignac.....Gatorade National Player of the Year......

[jllanclos]

Lexie Elkins, National Player of the Year 2015.

Do you realize no one in America has as many home runs as Lexie Elkins? No one in the SEC. No one in the Pac 12. No one.

I wish we could recruit premium athletes.

[DaddyCajun]

9 times out of 10 we lose these games? Wko was the first team to go to Arizona and deny them a trip to OKC? AS A FOUR SEED?

Who beat the #1 team in America in OKC? Hint: it wasn't Oregon.

Who has been to 6 college world series, gone deep in 3 of them and played on championship Monday in one of them?

Who has gone to Baton Rouge THREE times and sent a highly ranked LSU team home?

we always lose these?

Shall I continue?

Take a deep breath, everybody.

Brother you are So right! A friend of mine is a HUGE LSU fan and used to thank me every time UL would beat LSU during the season in baseball, because that meant LSU was going to Omaha and probably win a National Championship! Softball IT's your turn, Ladies, go earn it, take it, WIN IT!

[UL_BayouCajun]

Lexie Elkins, National Player of the Year 2015.

Do you realize no one in America has as many home runs as Lexie Elkins? No one in the SEC. No one in the Pac 12. No one.

I wish we could recruit premium athletes.

Remind me what she did against premium competition this weekend? Oh yeah 0-7 with 1 walk. Yes, she is a great player. However, great pitching will will always win. My point has been that we have only been able to recruit 1 great pitcher like we faced this weekend and that was Brignac before she got hurt. So, we only had that elite pitcher for a couple of years. Other teams have a pitcher like this year in and year out.

[jllanclos]

Remind me what she did against premium competition this weekend? Oh yeah 0-7 with 1 walk. Yes, she is a great player. However, great pitching will will always win. My point has been that we have only been able to recruit 1 great pitcher like we faced this weekend and that was Brignac before she got hurt. So, we only had that elite pitcher for a couple of years. Other teams have a pitcher like this year in and year out.

Arizona thinks Christina Hamilton pitches alright. LSU thinks Jordan can get a few people out.

We got run ruled by Michigan last year I believe. Lost to almost every ranked team we played. That worked out okay. Let's geaux skull drag Monroe and see what happens.

[tank]

Recruiting takes $$$ . We really want to believe that great athletes outside of Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi , are knocking down the doors to get to UL . Truth is, we have a hard enough time getting these girls to UL . Just my opinion .

[CajunEXPRESS]

Tank, IMO if we had big dollars for recruiting softball we should in fact send it in Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi, South Alabama, and the Florida Panhandle. Lets face it we are not going to have much success in California, New England, or the East Coast regardless of success.

Still getting to WCWS does open doors you might not normally get regardless of dollars.