re: Is Mainieri on the hot seat for next year?

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because it shows he is a hell of a coach, he makes something apparently not good and makes it really good.

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But it's his responsibility to get the proper talent there. I'm not going to give him credit for doing a bad job recruiting because he "coaches them up." That's like complimenting a chef for making a really good turd sandwich. Sure, you did a terrible job picking ingredients, but you made a really good poop sandwich.

I realize I'm getting tangential here, but if he's such a good coach (which I believe he is), then imagine what he could've done the past 3 years with the proper and customary talent level. The point of the matter is, however, he completely dropped the ball recruiting-wise following the National Championship. Undoubtedly, there's been a decline in talent since then and it's made all the more disappointing because he's shown the ability to actually attract the talent to win it all. So, why hasn't he done it consistently? If we are truly trending upwards as some have suggested, then why did we trend down?

If he gets credit for having a good year this year, then he deserves blame for poorly recruiting and building this team. It may have overachieved in winning an SEC Championship, but that shouldn't be the measure of success even with all the parity in college baseball.