LSU Game 1

[Lord McBuckethead]

That?s hilarious.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Never even let Siary get runners on. Gave up a weak homer and then immediately pulled him between innings. Don?t mind that almost no one got a swing on his stuff outside 1 dude.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Can we 1st pitch bunt and get on here?

[Lord McBuckethead]

GD. He throws you outside with no one playing on the left side and you don?t even poke it over there!!!!!

What are we teaching these guys? This pitcher throws strikes early, be ready.

[StarkVegasSteve]

Also, if a guy cannot go the other way do not recruit him. It is sad that we have zero left handers that can go other way. They could bunt for doubles.

[Thick]

Somebody explain to me what Nolan was expecting after watching 2 right down Broadway!

[Lord McBuckethead]

Why doesn?t this kid start for LSU. Lights out.

[BeardoMSU]

We look lost at the plate, lol. Swinging like kids whiffing playing slow pitch.

[Lord McBuckethead]

6 batters faced. 6 Ks. Got three this inning on 10 pitches. F

One pitch away from an immaculate inning. Damn.

[Pinto]

Why have we started chest tapping again? Hate that and looks real dumb when you get your doors blown off.

[Lord McBuckethead]

I like the ass out pool noodle swing right after you saw the dude before you do the exact same thing.

[CaptainObvious]

Tap your chest Sanders, and then sit down.

So Cupp just showed he doesn't give a shit! Sit his ass down! He watched 2 right down the middle and then swung at one 20 inches outside!

[EdwardDrayton]

Once again we score enough runs to allow us to win. But we don't field or run the bases well enough, we don't have enough starting pitching that can go deep enough and not enough bullpen guys to hold the line and get us through multiple innings.

And we have coaches who make head scratching decisions.

Spells lots of losses.

[Lord McBuckethead]

LSU, just putting solid swings and putting the ball in play. Looked easy.

[Cowbell]

Why have we started chest tapping again? Hate that and looks real dumb when you get your doors blown off.

Because our coaching staff doesn't evolve. Ever

[Lord McBuckethead]

LSU about to manufacture one run to ice it. No way we score two to tie.

[EdwardDrayton]

Also, if a guy cannot go the other way do not recruit him. It is sad that we have zero left handers that can go other way. They could bunt for doubles.

It seems hitting as a craft has left the game at every level.

[CaptainObvious]

Perfect approach by their 8 hole hitter first pitch attacking the fast ball the other way! Well coached team!

[Lord McBuckethead]

Actually agree with this change. Don?t know who is coming in, but we need a K and a fly ball.

[StarkVegasSteve]

Oh good, let’s take out a guy that has done incredible. HR incoming.

[StarkVegasSteve]

1-2 count and our pitcher dirts it. Losing baseball. Is Foxhall calling pitches?

[BeardoMSU]

Our catching leaves much to be desired...

[StarkVegasSteve]

Of course……

[Tater]

Powell back to 0 and sets up the bases loaded 2 out 7-8 hunter hines at bat.

[Bdawg]

Just wild pitch that 17er around and in!!

[StarkVegasSteve]

Our catching leaves much to be desired...

If we would not put in a kid who could only throw dirt balls then we would be ok. But again, Lemonis makes losing baseball decisions.

[EdwardDrayton]

Our catching leaves much to be desired...

That implies that we actually HAVE catching ........ *****

[StarkVegasSteve]

That implies that we actually HAVE catching ........ *****

We do not. We have given every one of them all the chances and they just suck. Plain and simple.

[EdwardDrayton]

If we would not put in a kid who could only throw dirt balls then we would be ok. But again, Lemonis makes losing baseball decisions.

That too.

Begins with not having enough starting pitching to go deeper in games. And then not enough bullpen to go multiple innings without giving up crooked numbers. Just so many things with this team and staff that simply are not good enough.

[StarkVegasSteve]

Well the good news is that the sweep should do this team in. They should roll over and quit and we will be able to get rid of the fat sack of s*** taking our money for the last 3 years, and yes I included 2022. He should have been fired after that season and you all called me an idiot for saying it. You could see this coming.

[BankerDog]

Pitching and catching evaluations are?non existent.

[EdwardDrayton]

Well the good news is that the sweep should do this team in. They should roll over and quit and we will be able to get rid of the fat sack of s*** taking our money for the last 3 years, and yes I included 2022. He should have been fired after that season and you all called me an idiot for saying it. You could see this coming.

Very hard to see any way out of this for him at this point. As in it would be a miracle.

[DawgFromOxford]

I hate this team and coaching staff so much. So many issues across the board that shouldn?t exist in year 7.

Another example of finding a way to lose games in stead of putting the foot on their throat

[Lord McBuckethead]

Nice coaching.

[BeardoMSU]

Well that was fun**

[msstate7]

I just want lemonis gone.

[BeardoMSU]

Well the good news is that the sweep should do this team in. They should roll over and quit and we will be able to get rid of the fat sack of s*** taking our money for the last 3 years, and yes I included 2022. He should have been fired after that season and you all called me an idiot for saying it. You could see this coming.

We definitely need it to be definitive. Thankfully, it most likely will be.

[Lord McBuckethead]

It would help if the players were not playing terribly. But we looked like a little brothers with literally every swing after the 5th inning.

[StarkVegasSteve]

Very hard to see any way out of this for him at this point. As in it would be a miracle.

And we do not want a miracle. SUCK. So we can fire him.

[Cowbell]

Well the good news is that the sweep should do this team in. They should roll over and quit and we will be able to get rid of the fat sack of s*** taking our money for the last 3 years, and yes I included 2022. He should have been fired after that season and you all called me an idiot for saying it. You could see this coming.

We need to fire him Monday. We will be 1-8 in SEC play. There is no good reason to wait. Let Parker and G run it from here on. We will get to see where they are being held back.

[StateDawg44]

Well the good news is that the sweep should do this team in. They should roll over and quit and we will be able to get rid of the fat sack of s*** taking our money for the last 3 years, and yes I included 2022. He should have been fired after that season and you all called me an idiot for saying it. You could see this coming.

Dude, you act like you are the only person who could read the writing on the wall in ?22 and the whole board was giving you hell.

Tons of fans including myself have said he sucked after he lost the previous coaches players and didn?t do anything to replace them.

[EdwardDrayton]

Well that was fun**

I'm so 17ing mad but that still made me laugh. I've become a lunatic watching State sports.

[Cowbell]

And we do not want a miracle. SUCK. So we can fire him.

My biggest fear was us doing just enough to keep being mediocre and atleast that is put the window. Top 5 hitting and pitching and 1-6 in league plays tells you coaching is the problem,

[Lord McBuckethead]

It?s just bad. No studs on the field or on the mound. Bunch of Beta guys. Paying a bunch of NIL to guys who do not or can not hit the ball the other way. It is embarrassing to watch high school kids that can do it.

[CaptainObvious]

Gave that one away Lemonis! We have "Road" Scholars as coaches! They look like "Road Kill" every time they make a coaching decision! Every decision they make is wrong.

[Lord McBuckethead]

That?s not a bad idea.

[BankerDog]

Can we bring back Cann and Coggin?

[Lord McBuckethead]

We need to fire him Monday. We will be 1-8 in SEC play. There is no good reason to wait. Let Parker and G run it from here on. We will get to see where they are being held back.

He?ll, why wait until Monday. If we do it now, maybe we win one game of this series.

[StarkVegasSteve]

Dude, you act like you are the only person who could read the writing on the wall in ?22 and the whole board was giving you hell.

Tons of fans including myself have said he sucked after he lost the previous coaches players and didn?t do anything to replace them.

Well then I wish you all would have come to my defense when I was raked over the coals for saying we needed to fire him.

[Skydawg1]

Wofford.

[GolfDawg]

You throw a completely unproven guy with one of the highest ERAs on the team with a 1 run lead. He blows the lead. THEN you waste some of your good arms. We?ve seen this for the past 3 years. Pitching decisions under lemonis weren?t great in 2021 either- we just had arms that were too talented to mismanage over the course of the season.

[preachermatt83]

We are so so so poorly coached it?s not even funny

[StarkVegasSteve]

You throw a completely unproven guy with one of the highest ERAs on the team with a 1 run lead. He blows the lead. THEN you waste some of your good arms. We?ve seen this for the past 3 years. Pitching decisions under lemonis weren?t great in 2021 either- we just had arms that were too talented to mismanage over the course of the season.

And yet he still almost did it. Lest we all forget throwing Parker Stinnett in a tie game against Texas on Friday night. Will Bednar and Landon Sims won us that World Series. No one else. Because if it was not for those two, we lose. They won us 3 of the 5 games in Omaha.

[preachermatt83]

I just want lemonis gone.

Same

[EdwardDrayton]

And yet he still almost did it. Lest we all forget throwing Parker Stinnett in a tie game against Texas on Friday night. Will Bednar and Landon Sims won us that World Series. No one else. Because if it was not for those two, we lose. They won us 3 of the 5 games in Omaha.

That was the middle game we lost 8-5?

[Skydawg1]

Maybe our next lock down closer can come from Lipscomb.

[Goldendawg]

How about an update? What is our record in SEC games since the NC? I know it's bad, how many on this board could keep their jobs in any profession over the past 3+ years with this failure rate and be paid about 1 million dollars per year while doing it?

[EdwardDrayton]

The discussion now becomes do we wait until the end of season to make the move. Or do we go ahead and take care of business at some point in the interim. Surely Zac has been making napkin notes of who we would target. Now it seems he would begin to have conversations with one or two folks to begin fleshing out a plan.

[StateDawg44]

The discussion now becomes do we wait until the end of season to make the move. Or do we go ahead and take care of business at some point in the interim. Surely Zac has been making napkin notes of who we would target. Now it seems he would begin to have conversations with one or two folks to begin fleshing out a plan.

He?s got too.

The band-aid has to come off. I don?t see him pulling the trigger mid-season but he absolutely cannot wait until the end of the season to get this ball rolling.

[DawgFromOxford]

The discussion now becomes do we wait until the end of season to make the move. Or do we go ahead and take care of business at some point in the interim. Surely Zac has been making napkin notes of who we would target. Now it seems he would begin to have conversations with one or two folks to begin fleshing out a plan.

Make the move. Let Gotro finish out his tenure at MSU as interim. Can?t be any worse than what we are currently doing

[Goldendawg]

The discussion now becomes do we wait until the end of season to make the move. Or do we go ahead and take care of business at some point in the interim. Surely Zac has been making napkin notes of who we would target. Now it seems he would begin to have conversations with one or two folks to begin fleshing out a plan.

I just got off the phone with Selmon. He has an up and coming assistant baseball coach from OK ready to move east.***

[EdwardDrayton]

I just got off the phone with Selmon. He has an up and coming assistant baseball coach from OK ready to move east.***

That's funny. But then again it's not. *****

[Todd4State]

Make the move. Let Gotro finish out his tenure at MSU as interim. Can?t be any worse than what we are currently doing

I've already laid out that this team isn't likely to go to a regional even if they turn it around somewhat.

So let's at least not make it awkward for once by making Gautreau the head coach and have him turn us around into a three seed when the schedule is more favorable.

[Todd4State]

And yet he still almost did it. Lest we all forget throwing Parker Stinnett in a tie game against Texas on Friday night. Will Bednar and Landon Sims won us that World Series. No one else. Because if it was not for those two, we lose. They won us 3 of the 5 games in Omaha.

I've always said that we actually underachieved to a degree in 2021. That team probably should have been 45 win regular season good with a SEC title.

[Todd4State]

You throw a completely unproven guy with one of the highest ERAs on the team with a 1 run lead. He blows the lead. THEN you waste some of your good arms. We?ve seen this for the past 3 years. Pitching decisions under lemonis weren?t great in 2021 either- we just had arms that were too talented to mismanage over the course of the season.

He has zero feel for how to manage the game.

[CaptainObvious]

Remember in 2021 State was being No-hit for almost 7 innings against Virginia and then our Alpha Dogs got us going. We had some head -scratching losses in 2021 too! We just had 4 Alpha Dogs who put that team on their back and the role players had an amazing run. I'm sorry. I have just never felt like Lemonis coached that team to a championship! I believe 2022-23 was the Real Lemonis led coaching staff!

[StarkVegasSteve]

Remember in 2021 State was being No-hit for almost 7 innings against Virginia and then our Alpha Dogs got us going. We had some head -scratching losses in 2021 too! We just had 4 Alpha Dogs who put that team on their back and the role players had an amazing run. I'm sorry. I have just never felt like Lemonis coached that team to a championship! I believe 2021-22 was the Real Lemonis led coaching staff!

We had two when we got to Omaha. Bednar and Sims won that tournament. If it was not for those two we would have probably been 2 and que.

Game 1-Bednar and Sims
Game 4-Bednar and Sims
Game 7-Bednar and Sims

We had some players make some good plays but those two were the only reason we were even there and in position to make those plays. We had two absolute alphas that went the lights were the brightest came to play.

[Bothrops]

I wasted 4 hours watching this game. Even when I knew it was over in the 6th. **** me

[parabrave]

We had two when we got to Omaha. Bednar and Sims won that tournament. If it was not for those two we would have probably been 2 and que.

Game 1-Bednar and Sims
Game 4-Bednar and Sims
Game 7-Bednar and Sims

We had some players make some good plays but those two were the only reason we were even there and in position to make those plays. We had two absolute alphas that went the lights were the brightest came to play.

This. Remember the SEC Tourney. We got Blanked. Got ND and they even admitted that the LFL just intimidated the crap out of them, Evertt must've not been there that day. Bednar and Sims won that series. That postseason Arky, the favorite, just imploded their pitching in the regionals and NCState didn't even show up. But Bednar and Sims show get a statute outside of the stadium.

[Coursesuper]

Walks and errors and another league loss not much else to say. Its a pattern that we have all seen before.

[Dawgface]

I turned it off when we were leading. Everyone knows the script by now. No reason to watch another crash and burn.

[Turfdawg67]

I've always said that we actually underachieved to a degree in 2021. That team probably should have been 45 win regular season good with a SEC title.

We were run-ruled in back to back SEC Tournament games. We limped into the Regionals.

[DEDawg]

You have to move on from Lemo. It just is not fair to the guys on this team there is obviously so much talent on this roster we need to see what we actually have and what we still need in prep of next year

[Pancho]

this is bad, just bad. I watched the game last night with a veteran high school coach who knows our roster squarely. He critiqued each defensive and pitching move we made and detailed why it was a bad decision. He was spot on correct as to what would happen. We wasted one of our best guys and put guys who aren't ready for the moment on the mound and lost the game in 5 AB's. Maybe we need to hire us a good high school coach since some are better in game thinkers than what we have.

[tcdog70]

Just bring in Hungate when we walked the first Man.Too much pressure for the young guys.

[Coach34]

We had two when we got to Omaha. Bednar and Sims won that tournament. If it was not for those two we would have probably been 2 and que.

Game 1-Bednar and Sims
Game 4-Bednar and Sims
Game 7-Bednar and Sims

We had some players make some good plays but those two were the only reason we were even there and in position to make those plays. We had two absolute alphas that went the lights were the brightest came to play.

this is the correct answer. And Bednar was a Lemon guy

[maroonmania]

I'm actually impressed that we still have a 17 page thread on an MSU baseball game at this point. I really cant even watch and comment on them any more but I did check the stats in the 5th when we were still actually up 6-5 and already knew what was coming. This team just doesn't know how to bear down and compete. Still not sure how we actually managed the 2-1 win at OK. Guess it was a case of the blind squirrel finding a nut. We've essentially lost every other competitive game we've had this year. Without some miraculous turnaround we've got to get different leadership for this program. I mean this is the one men's sport that even in this age of NIL that we should still be very strong and we just aren't. And right now it's much more of a coaching issue than a talent issue. Most all of these losses are by 1, 2 or 3 runs. We seem to find a different way to lose a close game at every opportunity.

[StarkVegasSteve]

I'm actually impressed that we still have a 17 page thread on an MSU baseball game at this point. I really cant even watch and comment on them any more but I did check the stats in the 5th when we were still actually up 6-5 and already knew what was coming. This team just doesn't know how to bear down and compete. Still not sure how we actually managed the 2-1 win at OK. Guess it was a case of the blind squirrel finding a nut. We've essentially lost every other competitive game we've had this year. Without some miraculous turnaround we've got to get different leadership for this program. I mean this is the one men's sport that even in this age of NIL that we should still be very strong and we just aren't. And right now it's much more of a coaching issue than a talent issue. Most all of these losses are by 1, 2 or 3 runs. We seem to find a different way to lose a close game at every opportunity.

It's completely a coaching issue. Talent is never going to be an issue here. There's only been a couple of times in my life that talent has been an issue at Mississippi. 2008-2010 and 2015. That's it. And 2008-2010 was solely on Polk and his outdated way of recruiting. And even during those bad years we still were recruiting at an extremely high level. I mean we pulled Renfroe when we were BEYOND AWFUL. Also pulled Chris Stratton during that time frame as well as Adam Frazier. Like getting talent here will never be the issue.

[Coach34]

We have talent and should be winning baseball games. Thats the bottom line

[maroonmania]

It's completely a coaching issue. Talent is never going to be an issue here. There's only been a couple of times in my life that talent has been an issue at Mississippi. 2008-2010 and 2015. That's it. And 2008-2010 was solely on Polk and his outdated way of recruiting. And even during those bad years we still were recruiting at an extremely high level. I mean we pulled Renfroe when we were BEYOND AWFUL. Also pulled Chris Stratton during that time frame as well as Adam Frazier. Like getting talent here will never be the issue.

Only talent issue to me is we are missing another SEC quality starting pitcher or two. We really only have one. Most all the top SEC teams at least have two. We all knew we whiffed on this in the portal and it's biting us in the butt big time along with no proven closer. Dotson might actually work OK in that role but so far we really haven't been able to get to the 9th with a lead very often. We've had a couple of ties where Williams keeps giving up the gopher ball.

[MBDawg601]

I get that we imploded pitching but where the hell was our offense outside of the long ball? I feel like we either hit home runs or nothing last night, which only works for UGA and Tenn for some reason.

[StarkVegasSteve]

Only talent issue to me is we are missing another SEC quality starting pitcher or two. We really only have one. Most all the top SEC teams at least have two. We all knew we whiffed on this in the portal and it's biting us in the butt big time along with no proven closer. Dotson might actually work OK in that role but so far we really haven't been able to get to the 9th with a lead very often. We've had a couple of ties where Williams keeps giving up the gopher ball.


But the issue is that our staff whiffed on recruiting players. We recruited guys like Bradley Loftin that have given us NO HELP. And he's not the only one like that we've recruited.

[Cowbell]

We have talent and should be winning baseball games. Thats the bottom line

We have some talent. But too many holes to allow for bad coaching

[Commercecomet24]

We have talent and should be winning baseball games. Thats the bottom line

This. We have to many mental lapses. Errors on routine plays, walking people when we have big leads, bad baserunning. We have lost 7 games by 1-2 runs and had the lead in every one of those games. It shows we can play with anyone, but when you're playing top level teams you cannot give them freebies and extra outs or you will get punished and that's what we're doing

[R2Dawg]

I've always said that we actually underachieved to a degree in 2021. That team probably should have been 45 win regular season good with a SEC title.

Yeah we did. We had SEC title won till we lost 2 of 3 to a bad Mizzou team at home then run ruled in Hoover. We were very talented though and why we won NC.

Appreciate Lemo getting the NC but we now must move on.

[StarkVegasSteve]

Yeah we did. We had SEC title won till we lost 2 of 3 to a bad Mizzou team at home then run ruled in Hoover. We were very talented though and why we won NC.

Appreciate Lemo getting the NC but we now must move on.

This is the correct answer. We can be grateful that he did not run the train off the tracks with a perfectly put together team, like Moorhead, but the time has come to make the move so he does not actually do that.

[R2Dawg]

But the issue is that our staff whiffed on recruiting players. We recruited guys like Bradley Loftin that have given us NO HELP. And he's not the only one like that we've recruited.

Yeah I thought Lemo was a great recruiter? Who hired Lemo? Cohen right.

[R2Dawg]

I get that we imploded pitching but where the hell was our offense outside of the long ball? I feel like we either hit home runs or nothing last night, which only works for UGA and Tenn for some reason.

Long ball works if it is more than a single HR. That is how LSU beat us last night. Game was over on the 3 run HR shot.

[R2Dawg]

It's completely a coaching issue. Talent is never going to be an issue here. There's only been a couple of times in my life that talent has been an issue at Mississippi. 2008-2010 and 2015. That's it. And 2008-2010 was solely on Polk and his outdated way of recruiting. And even during those bad years we still were recruiting at an extremely high level. I mean we pulled Renfroe when we were BEYOND AWFUL. Also pulled Chris Stratton during that time frame as well as Adam Frazier. Like getting talent here will never be the issue.

Agree and why we can and will attract a good coach here if we do our research and hiring correctly. What great coach wanting to make his mark would not find MSU attractive if no other big jobs are not open? We gotta be near the top.

[Coursesuper]

This. We have to many mental lapses. Errors on routine plays, walking people when we have big leads, bad baserunning. We have lost 7 games by 1-2 runs and had the lead in every one of those games. It shows we can play with anyone, but when you're playing top level teams you cannot give them freebies and extra outs or you will get punished and that's what we're doing

Margin of error is too small for the dumb stuff we continue to do.

[State82]

I turned it off when we were leading. Everyone knows the script by now. No reason to watch another crash and burn.

Me too. At no point last night did I have even a tiny doubt that LSU was going to win that game. None at all.

[Commercecomet24]

Margin of error is too small for the dumb stuff we continue to do.

Amen to that! You can't beat elite teams by making brain dead mistakes.

[Todd4State]

It's completely a coaching issue. Talent is never going to be an issue here. There's only been a couple of times in my life that talent has been an issue at Mississippi. 2008-2010 and 2015. That's it. And 2008-2010 was solely on Polk and his outdated way of recruiting. And even during those bad years we still were recruiting at an extremely high level. I mean we pulled Renfroe when we were BEYOND AWFUL. Also pulled Chris Stratton during that time frame as well as Adam Frazier. Like getting talent here will never be the issue.

Oh, talent was an issue here from 2003-2010.

[Todd4State]

We had two when we got to Omaha. Bednar and Sims won that tournament. If it was not for those two we would have probably been 2 and que.

Game 1-Bednar and Sims
Game 4-Bednar and Sims
Game 7-Bednar and Sims

We had some players make some good plays but those two were the only reason we were even there and in position to make those plays. We had two absolute alphas that went the lights were the brightest came to play.

Hard to lose when your pitchers strike the other team out every at bat almost.

[EdwardDrayton]

I'm still so pi$$d about that game last night. We better not 17 it up for Pico tonight.

[Pancho]

well, well, well

[EdwardDrayton]

well, well, well

Yep. That's exactly what we did.