re: Reasonable long term baseball expectations now that the bar has been set

Regional host (Top 16) - every year

Super regional host (top 8) - 5 of every 6 years

Omaha - 4 of every 5 times hosting SR

Final of 4-team bracket in Omaha (top 4) - 3 of every 4 times in Omaha

Championship series (top 2) - 2 of every 3 times in final four

Championship - At least 1 of 2 times in champ series (I know LSU is 8-1 in champ series, but the law of averages may even out over time).


End result with the above is at least 3 more championships in next 18 seasons (total of 5 in 22 seasons for Jay. Skip had 5 in 18 seasons for comparison).

In the last 40 years we’ve been to Omaha 20 times so every other year at Omaha is very reasonable.

We have won the CWS 20% of that time so a Natty every 5 years is also reasonable.

Looking at where we stand with our Coaching staff, there’s no reason to expect less.

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Program expectation

1. Omaha every other year
2. Top 8 National Seed every other year
3. Regional Host 3/4 years
4. Make tournament every year

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I think the expectations for this board are way beyond that, considering Paul met and in some cases exceeded what you have here, yet was still hated for it because he only won a title.

Skip years are back

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Reasonable long term baseball expectations

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I remember my first day on the rant….

Baseball expectation is to make it to Omaha every year. Is it going to happen every year? Of course not. But, we should go into every season expecting to be in Omaha. That goes for any coach.

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For some reason everyone is giving Kelly a pass that they would have NEVER give to O or Les

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Because Kelly is still owed $10M/year… fired or not. We are stuck with him so pass the hopium until we need the copium.

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For some reason everyone is giving Kelly a pass that they would have NEVER give to O or Les

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1. O and Les were handed Ferraris. Kelly was given the keys to a Ferrari, but he had to find it amd when he did, it was wrecked with a blown engine, but the transmission was still good.

2. I give Kelly a mulligan for one year because of the NIL change. LSU, it seems, was prepared for what NIL should have been, and not for pay to play, so it hampered them while aTm bought everybody.

3. Not that i'm giving Kelly any leeway, but Verge's scheduling on season openers hasn't gotten the football team off to a good start.

4. For the last few years, the SEC especially near the top has never been better. We saw LSU vs UGA in the SEC championship, there was a clear disparity. You don't close that gap in one year.

All of that being said, the excuses are done and over with now. The players have been paid, the playoff has expanded, and LSU finally has a roster that can play with everybody. It's time for Kelly to finally have them ready to kick arse week 1. Someone needs to put him on some of the old Bonstonker YouTube videos.

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Of course we can’t expect a championship every other year.


Why not!?

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It's not like we haven't done it before...

Let's be real unreasonable... I would expect him to duplicate what LSU Shreveport did this year... undefeated National Champs at 56-0... if they can do it, Jay can do it.