re: Softball Rally Thread

come on, based on your logic, he would have been fired, it took him what, 15 years to win a title?

Ok, Josh, when is the right time to fire a coach? You tell me.

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Ok, Josh, when is the right time to fire a coach? You tell me

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When they no longer put your team in a position to have a chance at winning it all, depending on the program of course, some programs will never win it and getting to the postseason is enough in itself. As long as your program isn't on a downward slope and isn't stagnant below postseason standards, i think coaches should keep their jobs

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The fact that they're in the post season every year is exactly why she won't or shouldn't be fired.

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I think you and Josh are setting softball standards low then. You are saying it's ok that they don't "ever" win a Nat. Title as long as they just make it to post-season. I'd be willing to bet there are die hard softball fans that aren't ok with that. I am sure the die hards are similar to the die hard football fans. Me being a die hard football fan I "expect" Les Miles to win another N.C. in the next 7 to 10 years (if he is still here). If he doesn't LSU might need to start looking for someone else. There is nothing wrong with having high expectations for you sports programs. Look at Florida in the last 5 years. They are by far the best overall SEC program.

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I'd be willing to be there are die hard softball fans

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nope

i just meant i don't think there are any

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There aren't very many die hard softball fans and the few that they have are like family. They probably talk with Coach Girard on a first name basis and have no interest in her being fired. The fact that we compete for an SEC championship every yr and win it some yrs is all you can expect. It's the same thing with football. We should expect conference championships, but not nat'l championships IMO.

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Agreed. Although we have a new ball park now, don't forget we lost our prior coach to Baylor...that's right Baylor...because LSU wasn't spending the money that he thought it would take to continue being successful. With the limitations Yvette had with the old ballpark and what she was able to accomplish proves to me that she is the right person for the job. Under Lee's scenario, all SEC softball coaches (at least at the big time schools) would have to be fired because none have won national titles. I just think that is too high of a standard for anyone.

I realize that Lee, but no team in the SEC has won the national title in softball. Essentially, you're holding Yvette up to a standard higher than her counterparts in this league.

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I just think you have unrealistic expectations.

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Unrealistic would be expecting it every year, but just expecting is not unrealistic.