Justin Robichaux Joins Louisiana Softball Coaching Staff

[JMV JustMyView]

Please let me know what y’all decide on fundraising. I’m willing to help. Joined the Centerfield Club last couple years but had no functions or organization.

Just listened to Kevin and Justin. Good interview. Looking forward to Jut working with the pitchers.

[JayWalker]

I had lunch with Justin yesterday. Much of what we talked about was private, but I can say after hearing how it all came to be, sometimes you just know.

I think it's cool that student-athletes will be calling him "Coach Robe."

[JMV JustMyView]

I had lunch with Justin yesterday. Much of what we talked about was private, but I can say after hearing how it all came to be, sometimes you just know.

I think it's cool that student-athletes will be calling him "Coach Robe."

Jay it is to early to start cutting onions.

[JMV JustMyView]

In the past, I have normally been observant/investigative as to who potential candidates may be, how the process is done and so on. Because I am fighting so desperately to keep my job, I have had little time to do much of anything else, so I was not able to keep track of this search. I made up my mind that I was not going to be surprised at whoever it was, just be analytical with whoever it wound up being, whether it was going to be Chelsea Wilkinson, Cat Osterman or anyone else. Since it's Justin Robichaux, there's a lot to be interested in as he moves into his softball career.

I accept the fact that many of you are going to be concerned about Justin's lack of anything softball. Let me comfort you with this: the principles of pitching do not vary between baseball and softball. The techniques do, also the mechanics, but what a pitcher does, how he/she does it and how the coach implements the plan for each individual pitcher are constant. Tony Robichaux was a pitching coach, one of the best. And his son, Justin, was able to spend years, longer than anybody else has, absorbing all Tony had to teach. He has spent the last decade implementing the lessons his father taught, just as he would now, on an individual level. This is decidedly a benefit for Justin going into this job.

Now for the concerns: we do not know who Justin has been coaching with these individual instructions over the 10 years. We do not know what their productivity has been after receiving his coaching, what they have accomplished and on what level. His vocation during this period of time has been in sales for three different companies, his only college athletics experience after graduating was in the 2017-2018 season as Director of Baseball Operations for the Cajuns, not quite a coaching position. This is very much a huge difference in what he has done to what he now has to do from a vocational standpoint.

My viewpoint: I trust Justin's intelligence, his ability to pick up things quickly and how to use the lessons he learns. He has a lot to learn and a very short time to get ready because it is his responsibility to get ALL of these pitchers ready for February, not just Lamb, Schorman and Landry. If these pitchers come prepared in February, then we will have an idea that he is ready to do this job. This is what I'm interested in seeing.

This years team will also serve as the foundation to what Cajun fans hope is a national title soon. I know you told me that many times and it is so true. Fall ball will be interesting to see how everything plays out and how everyone gels.

[DieHard 1280]

Jay it is to early to start cutting onions.

Hadn't thought of that. Sniffle sniffle

[alum81]

#36 / deux