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Smoke Laval was not fired, FYI
Posted on 4/14/21 at 8:17 pm
Posted on 4/14/21 at 8:17 pm
He resigned. Whether or not he was asked, is pointless. People keep saying he was fired and he wasn't.
Also, he was great at regular season wins, but sucked in postseason. He went 0-4 in Omaha with the 2004 and 2005 teams, which had the talent to win it all. He overworked pitchers and it showed by the end of the year. He mismanaged handling these kids throughout the year too. He did some good stuff but he was never going to win a title, or even a CWS game, ever. That is why he left. He couldn't handle the pressure.
Also, he was great at regular season wins, but sucked in postseason. He went 0-4 in Omaha with the 2004 and 2005 teams, which had the talent to win it all. He overworked pitchers and it showed by the end of the year. He mismanaged handling these kids throughout the year too. He did some good stuff but he was never going to win a title, or even a CWS game, ever. That is why he left. He couldn't handle the pressure.
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Posted on 4/14/21 at 8:20 pm to tadelatt
Okay tad, however you want to phrase it.
Also, he was not great at regular season wins during the end of his tenure. 2006 was bad and 2007 was going to be worse
Also, he was not great at regular season wins during the end of his tenure. 2006 was bad and 2007 was going to be worse
Posted on 4/14/21 at 8:20 pm to tadelatt
You are painting Smoke Laval in a kind light.
Posted on 4/14/21 at 8:21 pm to tadelatt
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He resigned. Whether or not he was asked, is pointless. People keep saying he was fired and he wasn't.
The spin machine for Smoke Laval the past week or so has seriously jumped the shark at this point. Mainieri sucking now does not make Smoke less than shitty.
This post was edited on 4/14/21 at 8:24 pm
Posted on 4/14/21 at 8:22 pm to tadelatt
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He went 0-4 in Omaha with the 2004 and 2005 teams
03 and 04
Posted on 4/14/21 at 8:22 pm to tadelatt
Are you gonna stick around and respond to replies or nah?
Posted on 4/14/21 at 8:23 pm to tadelatt
If your boss says you can either resign or be fired and you resign. YOU GOT FIRED
Posted on 4/14/21 at 8:24 pm to tadelatt
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in Omaha with the 2004 and 2005 teams
Back to back CWS appearances. The good old days.
Posted on 4/14/21 at 8:28 pm to tadelatt
quote:How's that?
Whether or not he was asked, is pointless.
Posted on 4/14/21 at 8:30 pm to tadelatt
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He resigned. Whether or not he was asked, is pointless. People keep saying he was fired and he wasn't.
Posted on 4/14/21 at 8:30 pm to ell_13
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Are you gonna stick around and respond to replies or nah?
nah
Posted on 4/14/21 at 8:32 pm to rsbd
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If your boss says you can either resign or be fired and you resign. YOU GOT FIRED
The State Unemployment agency would disagree. He resigned. He made that choice. That said, He was FIRED at Jacksonville State or wherever he was the last couple years
Posted on 4/14/21 at 8:33 pm to tadelatt
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The State Unemployment agency would disagree. He resigned. He made that choice.
Contract employees with negotiated buyouts don’t collect unemployment checks from the state, bud.
Posted on 4/14/21 at 8:49 pm to tadelatt
I guess russian needed someone to take his place arguing semantics
Posted on 4/14/21 at 8:52 pm to tadelatt
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tadelatt
I think we figured out who used to deliver Smoke's buckets of fried chicken to the dugout during practice.
This post was edited on 4/14/21 at 8:54 pm
Posted on 4/14/21 at 8:58 pm to tadelatt
Smoke was going to be fired. The death spiral was obvious with no public confidence of reversing course.
Posted on 4/14/21 at 9:00 pm to tadelatt
He was fired in our hearts, now run along.
Posted on 4/14/21 at 9:20 pm to tadelatt
Smoke sucked. Pawl used to be pretty good but now he sucks. Let's move on.
Posted on 4/14/21 at 11:19 pm to tadelatt
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That is why he left. He couldn't handle the pressure.
He was given a choice resign or be fired. It wasn't because he left on his own that he put every bit of LSU stuff he owned out to the street in the trash. He was basically fired and he felt like Skip betrayed him.
Posted on 4/14/21 at 11:25 pm to tadelatt
quote:It was 2003 and 2004. At least get the damn years correct.
He went 0-4 in Omaha with the 2004 and 2005 teams,
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