Final SB Louisiana 0, LSU 8

[jaxmc1023]

Johnny Paz may be the worst umpire we've had all season. He was even smug between innings about how bad he is. It's obviously not why the game was lost, but curious as to why he was assigned this game behind the plate.

Huh? He wants pitchers to hit the plate.. we do that but 10mph slower than good pitchers. When we try to catch corners he calls balls.

Its pretty simple -- if we're forced to throw strikes our pitchers aren't good enough (velocity, movement, etc) to get people out

[JMV JustMyView]

You’re obviously more connected to the softball program than I am but just because she says she has some supporters and money doesn’t mean she has near enough. And if you go back and read my previous post I did say that some of it has to do with coaching. I’ve said it before we have thousands and the big girls play with millions. So until she can raise a legitimate amount of NIL dollars to cover up her coaching blunders you will see the same thing year after year. I also just watched her postgame interview and all I can say is yikes….

Yeah it bad bro.

[ZoomZoom]

The standard…

…is long gone. Nobody wanted to hear that kind of talk, but yet, here we all are.

Look long and hard at the recruits this off season. If it’s fishing in the same pond as last off season with similar stats, there’s part of the problem.

[MarlinMan3]

Cant even claim the ragin jazz win as being over tsab as they are claiming 2nd place in a different "national" event, i guess this was the tiebreak, oh well

[VObserver]

Yeah it bad bro.

She broke every rule of head coaching in that interview. She never took responsibility for anything. She blamed players for being unprepared. She said "they" have to do better, never "we" or "I" have to do better. Kids do not want to play for a coach like that. The result of a head coach having her attitude is players not being their best selves.

[du42]

I agreed with everything she said in that interview. At some point, you have to play up to your potential . I see 2 players doing that . Kennedy and Hart .

[VObserver]

I agreed with everything she said in that interview. At some point, you have to play up to your potential . I see 2 players doing that . Kennedy and Hart .

You can agree with her, and to a degree I do, but the fact is a good coach does not say it in a press conference.

To paraphrase Bear Bryant: If you want kids to play for you, you only have to remember three things: If things go exceptionally good "Man, you guys were great out there today." If you win, but your team's play was so-so "We did a pretty good job today." and if things go bad " fellows, I am really sorry I didn't prepare you well for this game. I will do better next week."

Everything, Habetz said might be accurate, but those are things you discuss in private with your coaches and players. In public, your players should always get the credit and you should always take the blame.

[Mark Hemphill]

Johnny Paz may be the worst umpire we've had all season. He was even smug between innings about how bad he is. It's obviously not why the game was lost, but curious as to why he was assigned this game behind the plate.

I will bet the farm on this one thing. You will never see Johnny Paz working any games at the WCWS. Horrible umpire with a horrible strike zone. How he missed that foul ball call in the first inning was beyond me. That ball clearly crossed over the foul line way before reaching the 3rd base bag.

Last night's game was about LSU making a statement against UL in my opinion. There was no reason for Beth to throw Heavner in a mid-week game other than trying to beat down the Cajuns. With LSU throwing their No. 1, they were telling the Cajuns they were playing to beat them down and show who the big sister is in regard to softball in Louisiana. The majority of UL batters were simply overwhelmed by a pitcher consistently throwing 68-70 mph. If there was any game that UL should have tried the small ball game, it was this one.

[UL_Cajuns]

You can agree with her, and to a degree I do, but the fact is a good coach does not say it in a press conference.

To paraphrase Bear Bryant: If you want kids to play for you, you only have to remember three things: If things go exceptionally good "Man, you guys were great out there today." If you win, but your team's play was so-so "We did a pretty good job today." and if things go bad " fellows, I am really sorry I didn't prepare you well for this game. I will do better next week."

Everything, Habetz said might be accurate, but those are things you discuss in private with your coaches and players. In public, your players should always get the credit and you should always take the blame.

We will see how the team responds to her comments. It can either go really good because they needed to be called out to to the lack of will to battle/win or get even worse with total collapse in that they don't want to play for her anymore.

[Ragin9221]

Ever since Glasco left, she has had a uphill climb. A roster that hit by transfers, a staff overhaul, a recruting class not built for our system.

I think people are jumping off the edge of a cliff, but i think this is more of a reset.

I even think Glasco saw the writing on the wall, and got out before it started transitioning a slow downward progression.

So that is my take, she is going to have a tougher time then if she came in at any other point, and has to fight double hard to maintain what we had.