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re: Sobering Info About LSU's Baseball Program
Posted on 10/2/15 at 9:28 am to sumtimeitbeslikedat
Posted on 10/2/15 at 9:28 am to sumtimeitbeslikedat
Quick...someone tell me how many SEC Championships Skip Bertman won? I'm sure you can hit up LSUSports.net or Wikipedia...But I have not ever-EVER-given a red rat's arse about the SEC Championships Skip Bertman won.
There's a reason we stopped not caring about SEC Championships and started acting like they were some big deal. The reason is that our coach and his philosophy have focused more on the regular season. Twice in the past few years, LSU has had all-time-dominant level regular season performances. Only to see us completely fizzle out in staggering displays of tightness and choking, unclutch performances from previously dominant teams.
In his tenure, he's one Hendry-fueled recruiting class away from being Raymond "Smoke" Laval, Jr. A guy who tore it up in the regular season, made it to Omaha, and then didn't do jack sh!t.
But his supporters-and some of the nouveau riche amongst the LSU Baseball fanbase-have succeeded in changing the narrative that while college baseball has changed, this must mean that no one can do what Skip Bertman did.
They ignore that Skip won 8 team Regionals in double-elimination format, with pitching staffs the same size as the ones we have now in far easier four and two team formats for sub-and-super regionals. They also forget that Skip was about 2 wins away from three straight Omaha trips from '99-'01 during the advent of the Super Regional Era.
They want to scream parity as if Skip never dealt with scholarship limitations, the draft and the like. They want you to think that Paul Mainieri is the best LSU can do. They also hinge their support as fans on the theory that College Baseball's changes create a binary situation that precludes dominance that Pauline is incapable of by saying that NO ONE is capable of dominance.
Not even the program who set the standard for dominance in the best conference in the sport whom now has the best facilities, best fan support, most money, and highest attendance for several decades straight.
They've achieved a fantastic lowering of expectations to fit the aptitude and limits of their favored coach's acumen.
It's sad. Telling, but sad.
There's a reason we stopped not caring about SEC Championships and started acting like they were some big deal. The reason is that our coach and his philosophy have focused more on the regular season. Twice in the past few years, LSU has had all-time-dominant level regular season performances. Only to see us completely fizzle out in staggering displays of tightness and choking, unclutch performances from previously dominant teams.
In his tenure, he's one Hendry-fueled recruiting class away from being Raymond "Smoke" Laval, Jr. A guy who tore it up in the regular season, made it to Omaha, and then didn't do jack sh!t.
But his supporters-and some of the nouveau riche amongst the LSU Baseball fanbase-have succeeded in changing the narrative that while college baseball has changed, this must mean that no one can do what Skip Bertman did.
They ignore that Skip won 8 team Regionals in double-elimination format, with pitching staffs the same size as the ones we have now in far easier four and two team formats for sub-and-super regionals. They also forget that Skip was about 2 wins away from three straight Omaha trips from '99-'01 during the advent of the Super Regional Era.
They want to scream parity as if Skip never dealt with scholarship limitations, the draft and the like. They want you to think that Paul Mainieri is the best LSU can do. They also hinge their support as fans on the theory that College Baseball's changes create a binary situation that precludes dominance that Pauline is incapable of by saying that NO ONE is capable of dominance.
Not even the program who set the standard for dominance in the best conference in the sport whom now has the best facilities, best fan support, most money, and highest attendance for several decades straight.
They've achieved a fantastic lowering of expectations to fit the aptitude and limits of their favored coach's acumen.
It's sad. Telling, but sad.
This post was edited on 10/2/15 at 9:31 am
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Posted on 10/2/15 at 9:36 am to GFunk
You can say all that... and it may be valid and relevant.
But to me, all it comes down to is watching him make decisions that baffle everyone from the simple minded to people inside the program for years. He got all this credit for austin in 2009 and it's gone to his head. Even last year doing crap like completely changing up the lineup (while keeping in the two players struggling most) and starting Person, he thinks he can find that "hunch" again. At the same time, he blames the baseball seams, having to recruit against Vandy and TCU (wut?), players, and everything else under that sun.
But to me, all it comes down to is watching him make decisions that baffle everyone from the simple minded to people inside the program for years. He got all this credit for austin in 2009 and it's gone to his head. Even last year doing crap like completely changing up the lineup (while keeping in the two players struggling most) and starting Person, he thinks he can find that "hunch" again. At the same time, he blames the baseball seams, having to recruit against Vandy and TCU (wut?), players, and everything else under that sun.
Posted on 10/2/15 at 12:59 pm to GFunk
Time for a reality check.
*There's just about as much parity in baseball as in basketball.
*Shut up about Skip and comparing Paul to him.
*Different time, different game. Gorilla Ball has been neutralized by the NCAA - see UCLA circa 2013.
*It's frickin HARD to win a championship, yet we've been top 5 or 6 in the nation almost every year of Paul's tenure. Which is really, really good and is why we have such fan buy-in to this day in a neutered college baseball game.
*STOP MELTING OVER A SEASON THAT HASNT EVEN BEGUN YET!!!!!!!!
*There's just about as much parity in baseball as in basketball.
*Shut up about Skip and comparing Paul to him.
*Different time, different game. Gorilla Ball has been neutralized by the NCAA - see UCLA circa 2013.
*It's frickin HARD to win a championship, yet we've been top 5 or 6 in the nation almost every year of Paul's tenure. Which is really, really good and is why we have such fan buy-in to this day in a neutered college baseball game.
*STOP MELTING OVER A SEASON THAT HASNT EVEN BEGUN YET!!!!!!!!
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