When the 2012 softball season starts, LSU will have to face something it hasn’t experienced in more than a decade — change.
With Hall of Fame coach Yvette Girouard officially retired after 11 years at the helm of the Tigers’ softball program, Beth Torina takes over with the responsibility of replacing the legendary coach.
“[Girouard] was able to do a lot of things here and grow this place into something really great,” said Torina, who coached at Florida International University before accepting the LSU job June 20. ” Not everyone could have done what she it.”
In the short amount of time Dobson has had to work with his players, he said they have all embraced the changes and are enthused about their outcomes, but he admitted that players have shown some frustration breaking old habits.
“It gets frustrating at times because you want perfection now,” Dobson said. “They want to do it yesterday. But it doesn’t come overnight. Rome wasn’t built in a day, but part of Rome