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appreciate what he’s done in stabilizing the program after Laval, but it’s time for Paul to step down. Unfortunately, he won’t do so until after next season

The Smoke decline is not what we remember. The guy had one bad season, before that he had two trips to Omaha and next to last season finished first in SEC west. He just had the misfortune of following Skip.

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Posted by Desert King

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Posted on 6/11/19 at 8:55 am to patnuh

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Smoke

Amazing the shite this guy took and still takes for what’s not a remarkably different program than what the savior, Mainieri, has produced. That 2009 title has skewed the comparison way more than it should.

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Posted by Sasquatch Smash

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Posted on 6/11/19 at 8:56 am to patnuh

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The Smoke decline is not what we remember. The guy had one bad season, before that he had two trips to Omaha and next to last season finished first in SEC west. He just had the misfortune of following Skip.

He did follow Skip, when the program was truly flying high, and proceeded to miss Omaha 3/5 years and going 0-4 the two times he went.

I guess Mainieri got the benefit of the doubt in 2010-11 after winning the title in 2009, but those teams went on the road for a regional one year and then didn't even make the tournament the next.

This LSU team won 17+ games in a division and conference that placed 3 and 4 teams, respectively, in Omaha, hosted a Regional, and lucked up into hosting a Super.

The sky has not yet fallen, but there are obvious criticism that need to be addressed.

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