State of MSU at the Midway Point of SEC play

[msstate7]

This is where you have understand that our outside view is not reflective of what goes on with the team. Powell would likely have won the spot - but he's been dealing with a concussion. So it's hard to lead when you don't play and in the case of a concussion get held out of team activities.

Johnny Long is not a problem. As T4S says - we loved Mac's bat flips and fire so why are we clowning on Long? Well, it's because they lost. But I totally get what Long is trying to do. He's trying to motivate and engage the team and appears to be the only one doing it. I'm not going to dog him for that.

Todd's post is pretty spot on.

Had long made the tag and went along his way, we had a legit shot at winning the Georgia game. Had long just did a normal bat flip instead of carrying it to 1b and slinging it at their dug out, Bianco stays in the dug out and doesn't get his team fired up. Long's DA antics have possibly cost us 2 wins.

[BrunswickDawg]

Had long made the tag and went along his way, we had a legit shot at winning the Georgia game. Had long just did a normal bat flip instead of carrying it to 1b and slinging it at their dug out, Bianco stays in the dug out and doesn't get his team fired up. Long's DA antics have possibly cost us 2 wins.

He didn't sling it out their dugout. Where the hell did you see that? I don't see him slinging it toward the OM dugout in this video

https://x.com/cjzero/status/1779366784543395982


It goes back to us losing. We win that game and its a legendary episode in a heated rivalry.

[StarkVegasSteve]

He didn't sling it out their dugout. Where the hell did you see that? I don't see him slinging it toward the OM dugout in this video

https://x.com/cjzero/status/1779366784543395982


It goes back to us losing. We win that game and its a legendary episode in a heated rivalry.

It is the Tennessee stuff with a worse team. When Tennessee was doing all of their celebrating and antics their fans ate it up because they were winning. The minute Notre Dame beat them, it was a distraction and the reason they lost.

I do not mind the celebrating and acting like a bad ass, but when it negatively impacts your team by either: taking you out of the game or just pissing off the other team then it ultimately hurts. A great example of this, 2017 against Kentucky, Mangum gets an inside the park HR on Sunday of SBW and he get way to fired up, punches the wall, and breaks his hand. He struggled batting the rest of the year.

[PMDawg]

Had long made the tag and went along his way, we had a legit shot at winning the Georgia game. Had long just did a normal bat flip instead of carrying it to 1b and slinging it at their dug out, Bianco stays in the dug out and doesn't get his team fired up. Long's DA antics have possibly cost us 2 wins.

I agree with you, except for this - we never should have seen Long's AB in the 12th. We should have brought in Davis instead of Shuelke. We would've won the game 7-3. All these coaching blunders have cost us pretty much every SEC series we have lost.