BB SBCT G1 Final: Louisiana 6, App St. 2

[Turbine]

How do you keep a team motivated that has been talked about publicly being pushed out? 90% of this roster knows for a fact they wont be here next year and most know from public perception that they aren’t wanted here. This is what we get when that happens. Lay it all on the line for people that ditched you 2 months ago? Hard to keep that fighting mentality through that

Auditioning for their next gig is high motivation.

[Dad04]

Looking where we were at 3 weeks ago we at least have given ourselves as good a chance as any other SBC team.

Crazy that with a win tomorrow we will be back at .500. A gambling man would quote a poor record in those games to get to .500 this year.

I think we are a scary 8 seed to play though.

This was a YUUGE game.

[cajun55]

Our first matchup against Georgia Southern this season. What should we expect?

[CrazyCajun]

Auditioning for their next gig is high motivation.

Well it will be as long as they aren’t pitchers. I really don’t think people realize how far pitching has gotten this program over the years. Many don't realize our biggest problem this year has been pitching. How many times has the majority of the team done what they needed to do to win, only to have ONE guy come in and blow it? I know it’s a team game but that’s pretty deflating night after night. You think you locked down a W only to free pass it away with 9-7-5 outs to go

[cajun55]

Well it will be as long as they aren’t pitchers. I really don’t think people realize how far pitching has gotten this program over the years. Many don't realize our biggest problem this year has been pitching. How many times has the majority of the team done what they needed to do to win, only to have ONE guy come in and blow it? I know it’s a team game but that’s pretty deflating night after night. You think you locked down a W only to free pass it away with 9-7-5 outs to go

This is why I’m confident in the near future. We get a few real good arms, restock the pond with better recruiting and get back to our typical pitching while letting Wells do his thing on offense. Play a cleaner brand of baseball, doing the little things we expect and this will turn around quick. I’m not on board the doom and gloom train. This looks like our floor, a .500 team that lacks dependable pitching. Not good but I still believe in this program. To me the key is the offense under Wells. I have to believe Robichaux will fix the pitching based on track record and clean up our defense.

For now we have a double elimination tournament to focus on to advance to the regionals. We have 2 guys batting at .340 (pre-today), another 2 over .300 and another at .296. We can make something happen. It’s all about geting hot at the right time with the bats to win this tournament.

Assuming GA Southern is throwing Shuman tomorrow?

[Turbine]

Well it will be as long as they aren’t pitchers. I really don’t think people realize how far pitching has gotten this program over the years. Many don't realize our biggest problem this year has been pitching. How many times has the majority of the team done what they needed to do to win, only to have ONE guy come in and blow it? I know it’s a team game but that’s pretty deflating night after night. You think you locked down a W only to free pass it away with 9-7-5 outs to go

By other teams standards Robi has always overstocked on pitchers and it seemed he always found one or two to get UL to Sunday. This year, hopefully was an anomaly

[zeppelincajun]

there is a middle ground between “these guys suck and I can’t be expected to win with them” and “there’s too many games when the season gets going so we are suffering from lack of practice.”

I need to do a better job of putting my guys in a position to be successful.

[IberiaCajun]

......So who we play when? Thanks!!!

G4: 12:30 PM ET

#2 Georgia Southern
vs
#8 Louisiana

[Dad04]

This is why I’m confident in the near future. We get a few real good arms, restock the pond with better recruiting and get back to our typical pitching while letting Wells do his thing on offense. Play a cleaner brand of baseball, doing the little things we expect and this will turn around quick. I’m not on board the doom and gloom train. This looks like our bottom, a .500 team that lacks dependable pitching. Not good but I still believe in this program. To me the key is the offense under Wells. I have to believe Robichaux will fix the pitching based on track record and clean up our defense.

For now we have a double elimination tournament to focus on to advance to the regionals. We have 2 guys batting at .340 (pre-today), another 2 over .300 and another at .296. We can make something happen. It’s all about geting hot at the right time with the bats to win this tournament.

Assuming GA Southern is throwing Shuman tomorrow?

If Wells can keep working his mojo and our pitch simply reverts to the mean, say 4.00 era, we will win a lot of games. Start there and move forward.

[CajunDreDog]

......So who we play when? Thanks!!!

Boom, we play #2 seed GA Southern, Wednesday at 11:30 AM CDT on ESPN+.
Bracket: https://sunbeltsports_ftp.sidearmspo...ket_SEEDED.pdf

FYI, ALL tournament games are on ESPN+. Don’t look any where else because you won’t find it.