re: I don’t understand Jay’s decision-making

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it's definitely possible Johnson rode the backs of two generational players and a multitude of high end SEC players to a title last year and that he's not actually a hyper talented coach. Milazzo being on the team with Neal healthy and Travinski back, his obsession with Pearson and taking Braswell out of the portal are all weird decisions to me. He also took guys like Jump and Loer out of the portal when Chase Burns was sitting there. If he's hyper-competitive and wants to win more than anything you get the best guys.

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It’s not some fluke that he put together a CWS-winning team. He has a track record of success, and it makes sense that it would escalate to winning a title at a program like LSU.

That said, based on his press conference responses and his decisions, he clearly is at a loss with this team. I think that the pre-SEC slate was fools gold that elevated the stock of some of the position groups (middle infield and overall pitching). Instead, those are probably the weaknesses of the team, and there is not a clear answer to the problem.