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re: What was the Smoke Laval era like?
Posted on 3/21/26 at 3:06 pm to MasterAbe1
Posted on 3/21/26 at 3:06 pm to MasterAbe1
shite storm
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Posted on 3/21/26 at 3:14 pm to MasterAbe1
Smoke is a great baseball guy. Very knowledgeable, a great evaluator of talent (was a scout for the Braves last I heard), and an excellent teacher.
Some guys just aren’t cut out to run a major program. Smoke is one of those guys.
Some guys just aren’t cut out to run a major program. Smoke is one of those guys.
Posted on 3/21/26 at 3:15 pm to BrohemAlem11
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Mf napped more than he coached
he definitely liked to go drink his beer at sammys on highland. FACT!
Posted on 3/21/26 at 3:18 pm to MasterAbe1
You mean all the way back in 2002 before the internet, YouTube and WikiPedia existed to look up answers to questions like these?
Posted on 3/21/26 at 3:18 pm to Godfather1
quote:there's a handful of guys in coaching history (any sport) who can follow the GOAT and have immediate success. Smoke had 2 issues:
Some guys just aren’t cut out to run a major program. Smoke is one of those guys.
1. He was in the shadow of Skip with Skip looking over his shoulder.
2. Probably the type of guy who was gonna need 8-10 years to get over the hump.
He wasn't nearly as bad as people think he was, even the last year. He just wasn't Skip.
Posted on 3/21/26 at 3:18 pm to MasterAbe1
Lots of underachieving and some losing. Just didn't happen.
Posted on 3/21/26 at 3:25 pm to MasterAbe1
He used to eat chili dogs in the dugout
Posted on 3/21/26 at 3:27 pm to hashtag
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He wasn't nearly as bad as people think he was, even the last year. He just wasn't Skip.
I’ll say this: if you talk to any of those guys that played on Skip’s early teams and say something bad about Smoke? Those are fighting words. They WILL be ready to fight you. They loved him. Will defend him with everything they have.
Posted on 3/21/26 at 3:30 pm to MasterAbe1
A lot like Matt McMahon era
Posted on 3/21/26 at 3:31 pm to Godfather1
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I’ll say this: if you talk to any of those guys that played on Skip’s early teams and say something bad about Smoke? Those are fighting words. They WILL be ready to fight you. They loved him. Will defend him with everything they have.
Sure, he was a good assistant coach... awful head coach.
Posted on 3/21/26 at 3:38 pm to MrWalkingMan
That's it. I'm not opposed to black or even dark gray, but just use it sparingly amd in the same format as the current uniforms.
Posted on 3/21/26 at 3:39 pm to MasterAbe1
quote:we started wearing those in 1999 under Skip. I don’t know why people always attribute that choice to Smoke
The Black & Purple hats were certainly a choice.. not one
Posted on 3/21/26 at 3:40 pm to lsufball19
quote:because they irrationally hate Smoke.
we started wearing those in 1999 under Skip. I don’t know why people always attribute that choice to Smoke
Posted on 3/21/26 at 3:41 pm to Godfather1
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I’ll say this: if you talk to any of those guys that played on Skip’s early teams and say something bad about Smoke? Those are fighting words. They WILL be ready to fight you. They loved him. Will defend him with everything they have.
Posted on 3/21/26 at 3:47 pm to MasterAbe1
The 2003 team was absolutely stacked and might have won it all with a healthy Lane Mestepay.
Posted on 3/21/26 at 3:47 pm to MasterAbe1
What does men's basketball feel like?
Posted on 3/21/26 at 3:49 pm to LSU1SLU
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I never thought I would get to this point where I’m the older guy now lol.
There are people pushing 30 who probably have 0 memory of the Smoke era
Posted on 3/21/26 at 3:53 pm to lsufball19
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we started wearing those in 1999 under Skip.
i had one. loved that hat. black and purple.
Posted on 3/21/26 at 4:08 pm to MasterAbe1
Surprised Lester Earl hasn't weighed in on this. That kid defended Smoke until the very end.
This post was edited on 3/21/26 at 4:09 pm
Posted on 3/21/26 at 4:10 pm to rpg37
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Lazy recruiting
I seem to remember he’d lose all his best recruits to the draft. Like he didn’t factor that into his recruiting classes.
But I wasn’t too in touch with baseball recruiting back then.
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