Looking to the future...

[BirdofParadise]

Yeah but we had some serious duds in that group. Poor Thad Griffen. Goulas had the rib problem that I think killed his senior year. Bowman has a chance to redeem himself this year...and all he wants to do is mash. Dillon Guillory...no comment. Micheal Cook...no comment. Did Whipple and Benzel ever do anything? With that group we had the great run in 2010. If we can anything better than that with this group that wouldn't be terrible. Let's just hope for better luck with this group. Hopefully we have less duds, more studs.

Whipple was actually leading the team in hitting when he had his off the field issue which resulted in his suspension.

[cajunhawk]

Let's also remember only one team in the Sun Belt hit .300 last year and that was FIU. With the new bats, if you can get into the .280-285 range, you're doing awfully well.

This team has good gap power and will have a pretty decent slogging percentage. And, any coach will tell you that's more important than how many taters you hit.

No kidding, that Butler kid has a serious bat. And he isn't a feast or famine hitter either. That's a rare combo in this day and age.

[cajunhawk]

Whipple was actually leading the team in hitting when he had his off the field issue which resulted in his suspension.

Yeah now I remember, he loved Mary Jane a bit too much. Didn't we also have a kid with the first name Les that left for personal reasons?

[BirdofParadise]

Yeah now I remember, he loved Mary Jane a bit too much. Didn't we also have a kid with the first name Les that left for personal reasons?

Les Smith. Left after his freshman season so he could get drafted earlier.

And, just for accuracy, it wasn't Mary Jane that did Whipple in. It was too much of a legal substance.

[wcd35]

Les ended up getting drafted by the Tigers and signed. Spent a year at a Juco after his freshman year here.

[jumboragncajun]

Whipple was actually leading the team in hitting when he had his off the field issue which resulted in his suspension.

Leading the team in HR's too, if I remember correctly.

My point above, was between turnover, lack of development, suspension, attitude...etc.... I don't think we can expect to see the same 8 underclassmen starting 2 years from now. Would be nice though.