2022 SB and beyond.

[Turbine]

A team that acquires all "athletes" will end up with so many moving parts they never get out of regionals.

[roarman]

I know basketball would not be the only sport to have this occur.

Maybe there's a Lexie Elkins or Raina O'Neil in that bunch of seven.

[JMV JustMyView]

Just a couple of thoughts. First, using Cadrea as an example is not good. He hasn't won a championship in since forever and the game has pretty much passed him by.

Your last point about local fans wanting the team to be built with local players is correct. There's just not enough good ones to effectively build a championship team.

Oklahoma is the number one team in the nation. There's only one player from Oklahoma, much less Norman. Six of their starters are from California and two from Texas. You don't see their fans complaining about their players not being home grown.

Candrea to me is the goat. Maybe the game has passed him by but he is in the supers this year and has a good shot at getting to the wcws.

[JMV JustMyView]

Agree T....the softball players of today are overall, more athletically gifted than what we saw just 6-7 years ago. Least that's what my eyes are telling me.

Bigger, faster, stronger is the name of the game. Everyone on a roster can hit the ball out the yard. At one time only 2 out of 15 could. Remember the days of 2 to 1 games? If you had a runner at first with 1 out you still sacrificed another out to get the runner to 2nd and took your one shot to drive the runner in. Now 5 and 6 runs leads aren't safe anymore.

[JMV JustMyView]

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.

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

[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!

[mun_RaginCajuns]

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

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.

[JMV JustMyView]

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!

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.

[bbhstiger5]

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.

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

[JMV JustMyView]

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

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.

[mun_RaginCajuns]

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

[ragin50]

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

Geaux Noles! Anybody but A&M BR.