Pride

[Frenchie35]

From a rellable source (inside the four walls): two weeks ago coach gathered the team together and told them the next two week will determin who will be playing next season......and by what happen the last two weeks, a few will see pink slips....

[Just1More]

It's interesting to read the dichotomy in opinions. I can understand why. Everyone agrees with 95% of what we all observe, but there are two distinct camps on what to do about it. I'm always of the opinion you put pressure on the head. I don't think, due to quite a few issues, that there's any outside pressure that will make any improvement. If we're going to get better, it will be because Robe wants it to get better. I question how much he cares.

Oh, and you never press or push for management "change". You define what will be the improvement, and you target those objectives of "improvement". It is not just semantics. We did that with our coaching search with "Hudspeth". We had palpable objectives of improvement (head coaching experience at the collegiate level, success in that role, energy, youth, intensity, personality, character, focus, ethics, attitude, athletic looking, a son named "Gunner", hot looking wife, etc). If we don't have those with baseball, we don't have them with baseball. But again, we don't go for simply "change".

I teach a course in eliminating the use of the term "change" in reference to people. I use a machete. It's extremely effective. I get a volunteer and my assistant ties your hands together around a tree with a rope. If you ask me to improve your situation, I cut the rope. If you ask me to change your situation, I chop off one of your hands. Yes... I agree... It's brutal. Isn't it a shame that absolute truths can't find their way back to mankind without graphic illustrations?

[Dad04]

From a rellable source (inside the four walls): two weeks ago coach gathered the team together and told them the next two week will determin who will be playing next season......and by what happen the last two weeks, a few will see pink slips....

Out of 16 players we have a total of five players with batting averages above the league average of.276. We are last in total runs, hits and home runs. Getting swept at home when you absolutely, positively needed two wins is bad bad. We almost only had a chance pitching shutouts.

[Boomer]

What is our record since Trahan left???

[Dad04]

7-5 before he left officially on March 8. 16-23 after March 8. We did play 4 games against Alcorn St. and Towsen in 1st 12 games, though.

[Boomer]

Well maybe scratch that idea!!!! Record wise the new assistant didn't change much in the Ws and Ls!!!! A difference but ---well I guess I am just so disappointed and frustrated at the MBB and baseball!!!!! On the good side the football turn around, the girls softball season, the track improvement, the Brodhead hire, and I guess golf has at least softened the hurt!!!!

[The Antiwac]

This is still one of the best "mid-major" jobs in the country. You would get a very good pool of qualified applicants if the position came open. Keep Robe because he is the best person to lead the program. Or make a change if you think he is not. You do not retain a coach because you are afraid of what's out there.

[CajunRebel]

It's safe to say that we will definitely be a better team over the next 3 years. Exactly how good remains to be seen but with so many freshman and sophomore players we won't do any worse than this year.

It's been the same story for many years now. Above average pitching and well below average hitting. I think it's impossible to tell if it's poor recruiting or poor coaching thats causing the hitting problem but the buck ultimately stops with Robe. We should expect better results out of out baseball program.

I think he's earned the right to coach his son until he graduates 3 years from now. After that I would like to see a change. I'm usually one of the last people to jump on the "fire the coach" bandwagon but I think it would be best for both parties if Robe "resigned" and took on a new challenge. It's just not working well anymore.

At the same time it's just not fair to blame these problems on the coach. We all know that UL has not been able to hold up it's end of the bargain in providing Robe with all the resources he needs to do a great job. I don't think it's entirely Robe's fault if he can't land good recruits. Especially when our facilities and our recruiting budget aren't up to par with other Sun Belt teams much less the rest of the nation.

[The Antiwac]

Rebel, agree with you except for the "earned the right to coach his son" part. This ain't little league. It's major college athletics. Stakes are high as far as a shifting landscape in conference affiliation is concearned. You do what is in the best interest of the program. Not Tony and Austin Robicheaux. If Farmer and Savoie think he is the guy to get this corrected, keep him on. If not, Austin can play for someone else, or transfer.

The guy is only 2 years removed from a conference championship......

[zephyr]

It's safe to say that we will definitely be a better team over the next 3 years. Exactly how good remains to be seen but with so many freshman and sophomore players we won't do any worse than this year.

It's been the same story for many years now. Above average pitching and well below average hitting. I think it's impossible to tell if it's poor recruiting or poor coaching thats causing the hitting problem but the buck ultimately stops with Robe. We should expect better results out of out baseball program.

I think he's earned the right to coach his son until he graduates 3 years from now. After that I would like to see a change. I'm usually one of the last people to jump on the "fire the coach" bandwagon but I think it would be best for both parties if Robe "resigned" and took on a new challenge. It's just not working well anymore.

At the same time it's just not fair to blame these problems on the coach. We all know that UL has not been able to hold up it's end of the bargain in providing Robe with all the resources he needs to do a great job. I don't think it's entirely Robe's fault if he can't land good recruits. Especially when our facilities and our recruiting budget aren't up to par with other Sun Belt teams much less the rest of the nation.

I'm not saying that I feel the university does no bad here or anything but you keep referencing these "empty promises". Please expand on that if you will for those of us who don't know what they are. Are you talking about an $8 million dollar facility that was "promised" to Robe? If so, that was going to be at the hands of 1-2 major donors whom most of us know who they are. That was not coming from the university as there is no way the university would have those types of funds at this time. The university could not do much about the donor not giving the money after all.