BB Final: Louisiana 1, Nicholls 3

[ManAboutTown]

The perfect guys to be our hitting coaches...don't stick around too long because they are really good coaches. It's a Catch 22.

Bingo. Guys like Deggs are in high demand. The "hitter" whisperer..

[raginsaints]

It's depressing to think that we may be wasting one of the best pitching staffs in school history

[ManAboutTown]

raginsaints bringing heat tonight.

[Rougarou]

The perfect guys to be our hitting coaches...don't stick around too long because they are really good coaches. It's a Catch 22.

Absolutely.

[CajunJack55]

It's depressing to think that we may be wasting one of the best pitching staffs in school history

We aren't wasting anything. This is not going last. The hits will come. We will be in postseason in June while the Mcneese's and Nicholl's of the world will be at home. Once it all comes together this team will be one of the best in the country.

[Cajun90]

I don't think it fixes the problem but that is part of owning it. I can certainly see your point about the environment. But I happen to think if that were true Deggs wouldn't have been successful either. But we are known as a program that puts pitching and defense ahead of hitting. Robe doesn't shy away from that.

I think this needs a little clarification.

Recruiting......... Pitching has nothing to do with offense. So lets separate those two issues. We now have defense and offense. No doubt we aren't recruting someone on offensive numbers alone but they also have to have some offense. Problem is that most high school kids haven't seen anything close to Div 1 pitching.

Point being is that "hitting" is probably the least transferable attribute of the three.

With all that said I think we are behind the curve on offense. NOT because of what I've seen in a few innings of baseball this season but taking the whole curve over the past decade (yes I looked up the stats).

I will say this and' it is one of those things I can't prove through stats. Almost every college team hits a cold spell. I've watched Cajun baseball since 85' and more years than not we tend to hit that slump early ( Robichaux years for sure)... that isn't a hard fast rule but I think it is pretty accurate. On the flip side I think LSU hits that cold spell most years around the 2/3rds mark. Obviously the recover most years.

Baseball is a strange game and I can't argue that our hitting is....well....kinda...nevermind.....

I still believe it will work itself out but I've been wrong before......according to my wife....

[Rougarou]

Maybe we can get Emilio Estevez to teach our hitters the Flying V.

[ManAboutTown]

I think this needs a little clarification.

Recruiting......... Pitching has nothing to do with offense. So lets separate those two issues. We now have defense and offense. No doubt we aren't recruting someone on offensive numbers alone but they also have to have some offense. Problem is that most high school kids haven't seen anything close to Div 1 pitching.

Point being is that "hitting" is probably the least transferable attribute of the three.

With all that said I think we are behind the curve on offense. NOT because of what I've seen in a few innings of baseball this season but taking the whole curve over the past decade (yes I looked up the stats).

I will say this and' it is one of those things I can't prove through stats. Almost every college team hits a cold spell. I've watched Cajun baseball since 85' and more years than not we tend to hit that slump early ( Robichaux years for sure)... that isn't a hard fast rule but I think it is pretty accurate. On the flip side I think LSU hits that cold spell most years around the 2/3rds mark. Obviously the recover most years.

Baseball is a strange game and I can't argue that our hitting is....well....kinda...nevermind.....

I still believe it will work itself out but I've been wrong before......according to my wife....

A glass half full kinda guy.. I dig it

[CajunEXPRESS]

Jay says at least the cajuns have not given up a 15 run inning. No doubt a good thing, but we are batting well under two hundred for the season. Thats a lot of painful innings.

[CajunStros]

Jay still polishing this turd as best as he can.

[Rougarou]

I think this needs a little clarification.

Recruiting......... Pitching has nothing to do with offense. So lets separate those two issues. We now have defense and offense. No doubt we aren't recruting someone on offensive numbers alone but they also have to have some offense. Problem is that most high school kids haven't seen anything close to Div 1 pitching.

Point being is that "hitting" is probably the least transferable attribute of the three.

With all that said I think we are behind the curve on offense. NOT because of what I've seen in a few innings of baseball this season but taking the whole curve over the past decade (yes I looked up the stats).

I will say this and' it is one of those things I can't prove through stats. Almost every college team hits a cold spell. I've watched Cajun baseball since 85' and more years than not we tend to hit that slump early ( Robichaux years for sure)... that isn't a hard fast rule but I think it is pretty accurate. On the flip side I think LSU hits that cold spell most years around the 2/3rds mark. Obviously the recover most years.

Baseball is a strange game and I can't argue that our hitting is....well....kinda...nevermind.....

I still believe it will work itself out but I've been wrong before......according to my wife....

Well said. I also think our program is tailored the way it is after many years of LSU getting to recruit the premiere hitters in the State that want to play guerilla ball (or is it gorilla?)

[CajunEXPRESS]

If we could only get the high average players. and actually transfer that to game day.