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Coastal Carolina AD, LSU's Jay Johnson respond to ejection of two coaches during game
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BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — The LSU Tigers are national champions after sweeping Coastal Carolina in the Men's College World Series finals.
The Tigers clinched the title with a 5-3 win over the Chanticleers in game two.
Coastal Carolina coach Kevin Schnall and first base coach Matt Schilling were both ejected from the game in the first inning. Schnall addressed the ejection after the game, saying that it was not justified.
Coastal Carolina Athletic Director Chance Miller congratulated LSU while responding to the ejection in a post on social media. Miller said, "The ejections of head coach Kevin Schnall and assistant coach Matt Schilling in the bottom of the first inning drastically altered the trajectory of a must-win game for our team."
He continued by saying, "These decisions were made with an alarming level of haste, without an attempt to de-escalation, and deprived our student-athletes of the leadership they have relied on throughout a historic postseason run."
LSU head coach Jay Johnson was asked about his counterpart's ejection during a press conference after the game.
He said, “That’s my friend, too, and somebody I have great respect for, I didn’t have any reaction because I was so locked into what we needed to do in the game."
Johnson continued by saying, “I was ejected for arguing balls and strikes this year and they don’t like that when you argue balls and strikes. I’m not sure really what happened. I saw the first base coach arguing. Then he came out and I don’t know what was said. I don’t want to get into any of that."
“It’s a tough situation. But I literally moved past it immediately because I needed to be locked in on what our players needed from our coaching staff," he said.