re: I don't understand this narrative that Ole Miss is some Little Sisters of the Poor program

If you don’t know the LSU brand in baseball is big. Very big.
It’s the best baseball job there is right now.

Ole Miss is good, but it’s not LSU.

Alabama had won one NC in the 25 years preceding his takeover at Bama. Do you believe he took over a program that was dead, had no cache’ and wasn’t s huge brand? Bama was a sleeping giant.

Right now we are about where Bama was when Saban took over.

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It isn't a lack of resources that is holding Bianco back so bringing him to LSU and expecting him to be much better is asinine.

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My comments are regarding LSU snd our elite status in baseball.

Bianco is a good coach, but he hasn’t won it all. He’s done well at Old Miss, but not close to what Skip did at LSU.

Could he do better at LSU? Perhaps, but that ship sailed years ago. JMO

I think we can and will do better.

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LSU snd our elite status in baseball.

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You need to get over thinking LSU is elite. Again, one championship in 20 years the last being 12 years ago. Vandy is a better job. State is a better job. Florida is better in many ways. Texas. We are currently not a top performing program in the SEC. that’s simply reality. We spend a lot. We have a lot of support. We are comparable with most of our player facilities.

Where we struggle is our location and overall facilities. Louisiana isn’t a hotbed like Florida California and Texas. Baton Rouge is not the most desirable place to raise a family. The help with scholarships isn’t as good as other states or institutions. Now, that’s not me calling all that bad or terrible. It’s simply not “elite” like you think it is.

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You rail against LSU on a regular basis

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I rail on the facilities. They are not elite by any standard. I rail on the lack of championships. 1 in 20 years isn't elite by any standard. I think everything else is pretty good. The players and coaches do have good support and areas to work. The program makes a profit and spends the most. Those are good things, positive things. But we are not the elite, number 1 program you think we are. Other programs have better coaches... other programs recruit better... other programs have more success. All of that is indisputable.

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We have a poor location, bad environment, bad recruiting base, poor facilities and yet out baseball coach is suppose to get to Omaha every other year or so?

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There you go using the word "bad" just like I knew you would. I'm not having it both ways. I'm saying it's not elite. That doesn't mean I'm saying it's bad. It's not a best or worst scenario and you don't have to make it that way just to win an argument.

Parsing words? They're YOUR words that you tried to put in MY mouth. And I even posted that you would do it.

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The bottom line is you want a baseball coach to win in Omaha on a regular basis even though we have so many disadvantages that a coach can’t undo.

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Yes. I do. Coaches win all the time without having the most advantages or Vandy would win every single year. They recruit well and develop talent without having Vandy's advantages. It's obviously possible. But I'm not asking for a better coach in a vacuum. If we truly want to be the elite program again, that means better facilities, too. It means better recruiting, better development, better evaluations, better prep and in game decisions.

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I don’t believe things are such that a top coach can’t still win big. Not Bertman big, but as big as anyone else.

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I agree, too. But we have to look at reality here. Other places have just as much to offer coaches as we do. They spend the money. They have the facilities. They have a coach and assistants with passion who can sell and deliver.

And with all that being said, I truly believe that if you deliver on those things and have the right coach, he can bring LSU to Omaha 7 times a decade and get 3 or 4 wins. I truly think that's doable here. We have the groundwork (money and fan support) thanks to Skip.