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Having a good home schedule and having an easy schedule are two very different things. Arguably 3 of our 4 toughest games are at home, which is helpful... but at the end of the day there is no such thing as an easy SEC schedule.

Believe it or not, LSU isn't the only school with money.

Some of y'all have no clue how bidding works and it's become evident.

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Jay got 2 yes but that doesnt make him a better coach than those mentioned

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So, aside from championships, what makes a great coach? And what do those others mentioned do better than JJ?

This is not argumentative; I just want to see what your metrics for a good coach are.

It's never a good day to lose a tiger fan like your father. He sounds like a great man. Prayers to you and your loved ones.

We missed on players, not because of money, but because of evaluation. It has zero to do with NIL dollars or the willingness for our donors to spend them. We had the second best portal haul in college baseball last year, and one that fans were raving about all off season.

But AI is free so here's what it has to say:

The programs most often mentioned as the top NIL spenders in NCAA baseball are:

LSU Tigers baseball
Texas A&M Aggies baseball
Tennessee Volunteers baseball
Arkansas Razorbacks baseball
Texas Longhorns baseball
Florida Gators baseball
Ole Miss Rebels baseball
Wake Forest Demon Deacons baseball
Oregon Ducks baseball
Vanderbilt Commodores baseball

The biggest baseball-specific NIL powers right now are probably:

LSU Tigers baseball
Texas A&M Aggies baseball
Tennessee Volunteers baseball
Arkansas Razorbacks baseball

Wade is using this as an opportunity to stick the NCAA's face in the mess they made with NIL/Portal. As well he should, they're the reason his first stint with LSU was cut short. Now he sees that the NCAA doesn't have the power that they portray (see Trinidad Chambliss), so he's gonna take advantage of it. Not only that, but he's in a situation where he can't lose. Best case scenario, he gets a stellar roster. Worst case scenario he makes the NCAA spend a shite ton of money in litigation cleaning up their own mess.

Why the hate? Because the coach is Will Wade and the school is LSU. Same reason Dickie V wanted Wade banished, but made exceptions for his buddies Pitino, Self, Calipari, Boeheim, etc. Wade and LSU being good at basketball went against his status quo. He defended the other because they are his idea of "blue bloods". In his feeble old mind, there's no room at the top for newcomers.

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With the limited financial resources

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Enough of this. This is just not true. Stop acting like we're losing games because we don't have enough money.

I always think the mentality behind building a roster is to rely on development out of high school, and them supplement through the portal. Obviously, there are some exceptions when guys like Tommy White, Paul Skenes, Jacob Berry, etc. enter the portal you go out and get em regardless.

This season was sort of a perfect storm of bad luck. Your pitching staff is not what you thought, Moore injury, portal additions didn't live up to the hype, Brown done for season, and a lot of failure in the development department as well.

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I bet you hated it when they made dribbling legal in basketball and the forward pass legal in football too

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And I bet you hated watching Paul Skenes pitch on Friday nights. Oh boy such an educated comparison. Just admit you're too shallow to understand the details of the sport and we can move on.

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Damn leagues shilling for offense like always

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And somehow views have gone up tremendously since the introduction of the BBCOR bat. Really throws a wrench in this entire more runs = more views argument.

Which part? Or is it just all wrong? Care to provide a counter argument...that's usually how this works?