re: Paul will leave only on his terms

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Paul Mainieri- 13 seasons 5 World Series appearances: .38% of the time he reaches Omaha

Smoke Laval- 5 years 2 World Series: .40% of the time he reached Omaha

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This is just bad that you're making people defend CPM, but this analogy is awful. Didn't Smoke go his first two years and go 0-2 both times? CPM inherited an awful team and by year three was in Omaha and won it all in year four while appearing three other times including a 2012 team that was a Bregman error away from beating UCLA and a 2017 runner up finish.