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NOT a big deal, but...Men's Tennis finished last in SEC, women's 12th, why?
Posted on 4/23/14 at 1:14 pm
Posted on 4/23/14 at 1:14 pm
My usual disclaimer, I am a football, basketball and baseball fan by far over the “other “ sports but I continue to be amazed by how bad, year after year many of our teams are. I realize tennis has a bad facility, but should we really be last/near last year after year…even behind the Miss schools! Is it unreasonable to expect we at least challenge for an SEC title every 5-10 years in EVERY sport? For the record Men’s tennis has not won SEC in 15 years and the women have never won it. Does anyone find this acceptable?
We MUST have a certain number of sports and Tennis is NO where near as vital as most others, but come on…at least try….
And NO tennis is not all, LSU is IMHO (and the facts show) mediocre at best in at least 9 of our sports... Football is first and always will and should be, but being "bad" for so long is not OK in my book
Flame away, NOT a big deal, but just think it is not acceptable sure many of you do not care, but if you are an LSU fan I feel we should at least give each sport some scrutiny and some chance to win…not over decades of having a team..
We MUST have a certain number of sports and Tennis is NO where near as vital as most others, but come on…at least try….
And NO tennis is not all, LSU is IMHO (and the facts show) mediocre at best in at least 9 of our sports... Football is first and always will and should be, but being "bad" for so long is not OK in my book
Flame away, NOT a big deal, but just think it is not acceptable sure many of you do not care, but if you are an LSU fan I feel we should at least give each sport some scrutiny and some chance to win…not over decades of having a team..
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Posted on 4/23/14 at 1:15 pm to lsuallsportsfan
Fire Javi
Posted on 4/23/14 at 1:16 pm to lsuallsportsfan
How long is it gonna take for all you sunshine pumpers to realize that Les has no clue what he's doing and is running this program into the ground??
time to clean house
time to clean house
Posted on 4/23/14 at 1:17 pm to lsuallsportsfan
gotta be les miles' fault
Posted on 4/23/14 at 1:18 pm to lsuallsportsfan
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why?
Didn't have good tennis players.
Posted on 4/23/14 at 1:19 pm to lsuallsportsfan
Short answer: Alleva's superiors measure his job performance in dollars, not wins or championships.
Posted on 4/23/14 at 1:19 pm to lsuallsportsfan
quote:
Is it unreasonable to expect we at least challenge for an SEC title every 5-10 years in EVERY sport?
Why? Just because it's LSU we should be good. Maybe we just sucks at it.
quote:
For the record Men’s tennis has not won SEC in 15 years and the women have never won it. Does anyone find this acceptable?
I'm sure almost everybody does.
Posted on 4/23/14 at 1:29 pm to saintsfan22
fine, the usual response, not saying we should win every year, not in every sport, not even saying we should be very good or even have a "good" program, just saying every 5-10 years or so we should at least compete against our conf teams, mostly big southern state univ who have similar resources more or less...and in some cases LSU has put MAJOR $$$'s in with little or no reward in wins (tennis is NOT an example of this)...
Maybe Joe A should be judged 20% on the non "big three-four" sports?
Maybe Joe A should be judged 20% on the non "big three-four" sports?
Posted on 4/23/14 at 1:31 pm to lsuallsportsfan
I don't care
Posted on 4/23/14 at 1:33 pm to lsuallsportsfan
quote:Here is your real answer: LSU has the worst facilities in the SEC in tennis, and is in the bottom 10 nationally, which obviously hurts recruiting. But it doesnt stop there, we are the only school in conference without an indoor facility. So every day it rains, they miss practice. Thats right, on average, LSU practices about 20-30 days less than the rest of the SEC in tennis. So the fact that the men's team is usually top 25 is somewhat remarkable
fine, the usual response, not saying we should win every year, not in every sport, not even saying we should be very good or even have a "good" program, just saying every 5-10 years or so we should at least compete against our conf teams, mostly big southern state univ who have similar resources more or less...and in some cases LSU has put MAJOR $$$'s in with little or no reward in wins (tennis is NOT an example of this)...
Maybe Joe A should be judged 20% on the non "big three-four" sports?
This post was edited on 4/23/14 at 1:34 pm
Posted on 4/23/14 at 1:33 pm to lsuallsportsfan
quote:
Maybe Joe A should be judged 20% on the non "big three-four" sports?
That's stupid
Posted on 4/23/14 at 1:33 pm to lsuallsportsfan
I haven't played tennis in 20 years. But now I want to go out and play.
FOR THE OLE WAR SKULE!!!!!!
Sign me up, coach!
FOR THE OLE WAR SKULE!!!!!!
Sign me up, coach!
Posted on 4/23/14 at 1:34 pm to lsuallsportsfan
Damn, that's pretty bad.
Posted on 4/23/14 at 1:35 pm to liquid rabbit
saintsfan, I want your job! time to post 10 times a day every day for 7+ years..wow.... 
so ok sainstfan, Ill bite, should we care, at all, about anything other than the big 3? If so how much? and for once can you give a straight answer?
so ok sainstfan, Ill bite, should we care, at all, about anything other than the big 3? If so how much? and for once can you give a straight answer?
This post was edited on 4/23/14 at 1:36 pm
Posted on 4/23/14 at 1:36 pm to lsuallsportsfan
If we had saban this wouldn't be happening
Posted on 4/23/14 at 1:37 pm to nerd guy
quote:It is actually embarrassing that it took this long before they finally decided to start building a facility. I understand no one cares about tennis and the small sports, but once LSU makes the decision to have a program, it should never be the worst in the SEC and nation in terms of facilities.
Damn, that's pretty bad.
Posted on 4/23/14 at 1:38 pm to NorthshoreTiger76
Here is your real answer: LSU has the worst facilities in the SEC in tennis, and is in the bottom 10 nationally, which obviously hurts recruiting. But it doesnt stop there, we are the only school in conference without an indoor facility. So every day it rains, they miss practice. Thats right, on average, LSU practices about 20-30 days less than the rest of the SEC in tennis. So the fact that the men's team is usually top 25 is somewhat remarkable
thanks, good info, and makes sense, and we are building a new one, but still women have NEVER won, so doubt we have ALWAYS had worst facilities...
thanks, good info, and makes sense, and we are building a new one, but still women have NEVER won, so doubt we have ALWAYS had worst facilities...
Posted on 4/23/14 at 1:38 pm to lsuallsportsfan
Les was meddling in the offense.
Posted on 4/23/14 at 1:39 pm to lsuallsportsfan
quote:The issues run far deeper with the Womens team in the past, but I think with the new coach and the new facility, you will see vast improvement in the upcoming years
thanks, good info, and makes sense, and we are building a new one, but still women have NEVER won, so doubt we have ALWAYS had worst facilities...
Posted on 4/23/14 at 1:39 pm to lsuallsportsfan
quote:
saintsfan, I want your job! time to post 10 times a day every day for 7+ years..wow....
ZING!!!
quote:
hould we care, at all, about anything other than the big 3?
Of course you can care
quote:
If so how much? and for once can you give a straight answer?
As much as you want to. That doesn't mean others will or that it's important to the athletic department.
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