re: The Decline Of LSU Track & Field

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The point that I am making is that we were dominate and are not anymore .

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You do realize that what Pat Henry was doing at LSU happened more than 20 years ago, right? 20+ YEARS AGO! After the women won that 11th-straight national championship in 1997, you want to guess how many NCAA Outdoor titles Pat Henry won in his final 7 seasons as the head coach? The answer is 2. Still a great return, but even Pat Henry didn't win the NCAA title while at LSU every single season once other programs started putting way more resources into the sport.

That's where the sport is now. You see the likes of Oregon, Arkansas, Texas A&M, Kentucky, USC and probably many more putting way more resources into the sport of track and field than LSU does at present.

The fact is that there is WAY more parity in the sport than there was 20+ years ago when Pat Henry was winning all those national championships. People like you who can't realize this just want to have an axe to grind.

Oh, and Dennis Shaver has won a national championship while he's been the head coach at LSU and consistently has the program in the trophy positions (Top 4) just about every single season. Considering the (lack of) support he and the program get from the administration, that's a great return. And I still believe he and his staff will be able to bring another title back to LSU again one day.