re: 67-62-2 is Mainieri's SEC record.

Ray Tanner 59.7% SEC WP
13 seasons 4 CWS trips 1 NC

Van Horn 53.78% 8 seasons 2 CWS trips

Perno 46.9% 9 seasons 3 CWS trips

Mainieri 51.14% 4 seasons 2 CWS trips 1 NC

If LSU has a losing season in the SEC this year that would be 3 out of five years with a losing conference record.

But you can't argue with 2 CWS trips in 4 years and a NC.

One thing it does point out I think is the parity in the conference now.

Oh and Skip 67% SEC WP( never had a losing season) and you know the rest.

The point is not to flame PM. Baseball is very much a stat driven sport. These are just the facts.

My take so far... The pitching we knew was going to be a question mark But Mccune has been great and aside from 1 road start gausman has given us a chance to win. Alsup 1 bad start aside has also. Ott I just don't know what his deal is. We need him or somebody as a closer.

i think the real problem offensively has been replacing Gibbs(.388)Dean(.341) and Landry(.338).Gibbs was a great clutch hitter and Dean was an RBI machine. Hanover's ba is down 30 points from last year and while Rhymes and Jones are hitting for average they have stuggled at times with men on base and against good pitching.

We have a good nucleus of young players and if these guys develop the future looks god. Maybe everyone expected too much after the start of the season.