NCAA Super Regional Game 1: #13 Louisiana vs. #4 Auburn

[jcstewart]

I think if we start the 7th slow pitching to them we had a better chance of winning.

[Frenchie35]

I would have taken a 10-0 lost instead of this........

[IHateLaState]

Being a sophomore at UL, today was the first day I sat down and watched a softball game and I gotta say I was a "little" disappointed. The lack of coaching to not have anyone warm up in that 7th inning was terrible and was unnerving to see our bats swing so well and still lose. Don't know if I can bear watching tomorrows game(s).

I was wondering the same thing.... How could someone NOT be warmed up given the way the game was going.. All the walks... And Auburns power... I know I should walk away but what the hell was he doing

[Turbine]

I agree, but it was obvious no one was thinking clearly today.

Auburn spiked the water. ???

[IHateLaState]

LOL

Lotief pinch hit with a 1-1 count, and got a 2 run double.

Lotief put in his 3rd best pitcher to pitch to Auburn's leading home run hitter, and she struck her out.

"This is my first softball game... but damn that coaching sucks."

Yeah... Mike's pretty decent at this.

How you guys can pin this on Mike, when an ump called ball four on a 2-0 count on a throw to 3B during a TV commercial might be the Ragin' Paginest thing ever.

Dude everyone on here loves Lotief but this game was ALL on him

[CajunDreDog]

My god, I hope the baseball team wasn't watching that.....I bet they were though.

[jllanclos]

Dude everyone on here loves Lotief but this game was ALL on him

So he doesn't get credit for pinch hitting Sara C? That's two of your runs right there.

[axg8750]

Dude everyone on here loves Lotief but this game was ALL on him

Exactly!
Best softball coach in the country but he isn't perfect and he messed up in the biggest game of the season!

[CrazyCajun]

My god, I hope the baseball team wasn't watching that.....I bet they were though.

Pretty sure they were at the ballpark taking BP by the time the collapse came

[CrazyCajun]

So he doesn't get credit for pinch hitting Sara C? That's two of your runs right there.

So he can never make a bad decision again because he pinch hit corbello?

[Cajun_RH]

Dude everyone on here loves Lotief but this game was ALL on him

I disagree. This, just like every other loss is a team loss. Jordan couldn't buy a strike at the end but Christina came in and didnt fare much better. This one stings but you live, you learn and you move on. It's not the end of the world, we still get another shot.

[jllanclos]

So he can never make a bad decision again because he pinch hit corbello?

That's not the point. The point is that Coach Mike is coaching to win a series, with a 10-5 lead. He did a ton of things that worked, or we wouldn't have even been having this conversation.

In 2000, Coach Robe left his ace on the bench in game 2 of a super regional, to throw a 60 mph fastball freshman.

Because he wasn't trying to win a game. He was trying o win a series.

We won, so it was a great move. Had we lost, he'd be the worst coach ever.

Both coaches are thinking the same: how do I win this series?

PS Louisiana is miles better than Auburn. The Cajuns will rout Auburn twice tomorrow, and Lotief will be a genius again.

I can't believe an ump made the most ridiculous call I've ever seen in a lifetime of sports, obviously pandering to the SEC, and Ragin' Pagin is melting down over the best coach in the history of college softball.

I just find it ironic.