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    Who has been better than Skenes in the last several years?

    Nobody comes to mind. I can't find a single thing not to like about him. (Aside from school choice)
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    Been awesome to watch tonight. Even though I hate LSU.

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    He's the best I've ever seen do it.

    3 elite pitches. No "off" nights for any of them. AND, he can go 120 pitches before he starts to drop off and come back a week later to do it again.

    There is nothing you could hope to improve in his game. He's unhitable, unchasable, unoutlastable (yes I invented a new word roll with it).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Leroy Jenkins View Post
    Nobody comes to mind. I can't find a single thing not to like about him. (Aside from school choice)
    Yet they keep praising Crew saying he's the no 1 pick and compare him to Mike Trout. Yeah he's good but there is no way in hell I draft him ahead of Skenes.
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    He?s top 3-4 I?ve ever seen

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    I swear I cannot come up with anyone better. It still makes me sick he did not wear the M over S.

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    He's a big leaguer already, pretty much. Wish we coulda got him for the one year, but money talks, and they have more of it.

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    You won?t see another one like him in a long while. His talent is absurd.

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    Bet he barely makes 8 mlb all star games.

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    So we were told last year when he chose LSU over us that his results wouldn?t translate to the SEC.

    We were also told that he chose LSU because he wanted to work with Wes Johnson who ended up getting fired. Did Wes really enhance his abilities in the half year he worked with him before he was canned?

    Disregard this frustrated baseball post. I swear I hate watching CWS without state being a part of it
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    Quote Originally Posted by Activated Alpha View Post
    So we were told last year when he chose LSU over us that his results wouldn?t translate to the SEC.

    We were also told that he chose LSU because he wanted to work with Wes Johnson who ended up getting fired. Did Wes really enhance his abilities in the half year he worked with him before he was canned?
    Did miss something? Wes Johnson took the UGA job. He didn’t get fired…

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    Quote Originally Posted by TNDawg35 View Post
    Did miss something? Wes Johnson took the UGA job. He didn?t get fired?
    Didn?t they fire him after one of their pen melt downs? I swore that happened

    Guess they didn?t. I swore they did, but it seems like their own improved when he became Georgia?s coach
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    He should be pitching in the MLB before the season ends.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Activated Alpha View Post
    Didn?t they fire him after one of their pen melt downs? I swore that happened

    Guess they didn?t. I swore they did, but it seems like their own improved when he became Georgia?s coach
    Wes Johnson is in Omaha with the LSU team. After their last out, he will be en route to Athens.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Activated Alpha View Post
    Didn?t they fire him after one of their pen melt downs? I swore that happened

    Guess they didn?t. I swore they did, but it seems like their own improved when he became Georgia?s coach
    Skenes is a more dominant pitcher this year thanks to Wes Johnson. You can moan all you want about him, but the guy is one of the best pitching coaches in the world according to everyone who matters in that world. Your personal opinion of him doesn’t change that fact.

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    It feels like many of our own fans have already forgotten how dominant Will Bednar was in postseason 2021.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CoachT14 View Post
    Skenes is a more dominant pitcher this year thanks to Wes Johnson. You can moan all you want about him, but the guy is one of the best pitching coaches in the world according to everyone who matters in that world. Your personal opinion of him doesn’t change that fact.
    Guess you didn't read my post above that. I posted that out of frustration, but thank you for informing me of my so lowly of an opinion that is worth as much as a crapped out Ward's burger from a homeless person. Carry on with your day....dick

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    Quote Originally Posted by CoachT14 View Post
    Skenes is a more dominant pitcher this year thanks to Wes Johnson. You can moan all you want about him, but the guy is one of the best pitching coaches in the world according to everyone who matters in that world. Your personal opinion of him doesn’t change that fact.
    What? Weird-looking Wes destroyed our arms so bad in 2016 that we were using position players to pitch in 2017. It appears he has done a lot of damage to the Corndog arms this year as well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Barkman Turner Overdrive View Post
    What? Weird-looking Wes destroyed our arms so bad in 2016 that we were using position players to pitch in 2017. It appears he has done a lot of damage to the Corndog arms this year as well.
    Wes has a very controversial approach to training and how he manages the staff. Saying that, his staffs have always been near the top of the league. You take the risks 10/10 because you know what the reward is. Hell Foxhall ruined as many arms, if not more, as Wes and the results sucked.

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    Several on this board claimed that weren?t worried about LSU getting Skenes because he did poorly against good competition at Air Force. Many went on to say that Gartman was actually a better pitcher.

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