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again, mainieri's tenure is becoming known more for stony brook and houston than the distant '09 championship. he hasn't done anything significant since '09. and that includes hosting regionals and supers. it's looking more like state in the 90's and ole miss in the 2000's. hosting basically every year and not making it to omaha.

You can't chalk up everything that's happened since 2009 on Maineri. What about the gut-wrenching MLB signings LSU had to endure for consecutive years? Vandy, TCU, Florida, and others have caught way more breaks than LSU with the draft. You have to admit a lot of unbelievably close calls didn't go in LSU's favor until this past class.

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what does this have to do with the fact that his postseason credentials have basically fallen off the map? that's a fact, not perspective. he's not even making it to omaha much less winning there.

What were your honest expectations of last year's baseball team? We lost damn near the entire team that won 57 games and still were a game away from Omaha. that's not exactly an abysmal coaching performance.

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again, this is misleading. only one since '09 and he didn't even win a stinking game. didn't even look competitive. otherwise, we've been losing regionals and supers at home.

Were you drunk during the UCLA game? That was one of the most intense games LSU has played in Omaha, and a pretty huge error that's out of Maineri's hands basically cost us the game. You don't think the team could help but be just a tad down from that gut wrenching loss?

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this isn't really different than the basketball tourney. no program that fails to get out of a nearby 2nd round game every year for the past 5 years is not even close to elite. even with the equivalent of a lone sweet 16 appearance. consistent, yes. winning, yes. elite, not even close.

I would say making the CWS is probably equivalent to the elite 8, and a super regional sweet 16. That's all relative anyways, but to say LSU "hasn't gotten out of the second round" for 5 straight years doesn't really make sense.

I even said he micromanages things too much at times. that doesn't mean you can't tip your cap to the consistent success

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Posted by bfniii

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Posted on 5/4/15 at 7:15 pm to tigerbait2010

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What about the gut-wrenching MLB signings LSU had to endure for consecutive years?

lsu has about as much talent on the field as anyone in the country every season.

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What were your honest expectations of last year's baseball team?

i'm not looking at any one season. given the investment in the sport, lsu needs to be in omaha more often than not. moreover, lsu needs to win games there. 0-2 needs to be the exception. the basketball team should win 2 tourney games more often than not. that's what elite programs do.