re: Athletic program goals and coaches at LSU

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Do you think Yankees and Red Sox fans expect their team to be among the top 8 teams in MLB almost every year?

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Couple things.

1. There are 30 MLB teams. There are like a whole lot more in college. Going on football numbers I think it is like 123 (baseball is WAYYY more than that), LSU would only need to be in the top 30 to be in the same percentile as being in the top 8 in the MLB.

2. Professional teams can pay their players ANY amount of money they would like. There is no salary cap. College don't even have a HALF scholarship per player. Big difference.

3. Yankees and Red Sox fans are universally known for being some of the absolute worst, most obnoxious fans in all of baseball. Part of that reason is because they are so incredibly unrealistic and always think that their teams are the best in baseball regardless of what their record indicates.

4. To be in the top 8 in college baseball, you have to go through a weekend double elimination tournament and win that. Then you have go play another team and win a best 2 out of 3 series against them. Anything can happen in one given weekend. Just ask the worst team in baseball, the Chicago Cubs, who just beat one of the best teams in baseball, the Milwaukee Brewers, 2 games out of 3 about 2 weeks ago. In professional baseball to be in the top 8, you just have to have a better record than 4 other teams over the course of 162 baseball games, a long enough time frame to which the best teams truly will rise to the top of the standings.