LOUISIANA BASEBALL RANKINGS

[BrudaCajun]

_ Sorry, finger happy (or was I thinking about the ladies again.........).

CWS _

Just giving you a hard time

[Dad04]

_ While you are correct that we were a horrible hitting team, our pitching staff didn't fare much better especially with the depth and rotation we had. _

Actually, we led the conference in pitching and were somewhat less successful in fielding and hitting.

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[Just1More]

_ My God.. The utter stupidity on this Message Board is amazing..

Realize what you're saying, and think before you speak - _

I'm sorry foofoo... sometimes... I just can't help myself.

[ManAboutTown]

touche' my friend

[zephyr]

_ My God.. The utter stupidity on this Message Board is amazing..

First of all, let me get this out. You ppl p i s s and moan about how putrid every other sport at this university is.. Baseball is the only thing we have to hang our hats on (excluding softball) over the past 10 years, and yet some still find a way to rip that too!?!?!

If football finished in the post season 7 times in 10 years, would anybody be saying anything?! NO
If Basketball would be the basketball 0f 96-05, would you anyone be belly-aching?! NO
If any other coach was as consistent as Tony Robichaux would you be b i t c h i n g?! NOOOO!!!

Now, for the above post: Since when have the "experts" ever gotten any preseason projections correct on any team?! It doesn't happen. You can hoop and holler about "ranking" and "talent" and this and that, but the fact is, we went through a lot last baseball season. Danny started for the first time, in a full season, in his career. And threw the ball OK! We were young, and injured, and played a much stiffer SBC!! Folks, the Sun Belt is getting better!! It won't be a given to win this thing every year!! Stop being spoiled and thinking we should bull-dose the league year after year! Not to mention our OOC schedule, which I applaud Coach for, and think its one of his major strengths.

Baseball is also a sport in which a group of players can have a 40 win season.. Get a couple bad breaks, an injury or two, and some bad luck - and then end up a .500 team the next season. We've seen it happen time and time again, especially in college, especially at Mid-Majors. It takes special coaches, with special staffs, that get some major help to consistently win 35-40 games a season. Stop pouting, and appreciate what Coach Robe has done, and is doing!

Stop comparing Coaches, and other sports to Baseball. It can't be done. You're wasting your time.. The difference between all these coaches (situation wise) are galaxies apart. Bustle took over the worst program in D1, and has improved it somewhat, but still the cries remain because football is america's darling, and we're tired of losing in the sport that everyone "care's about" in college. Lee took over a corrupt laden club, but that club still had the history of success.. He had the excuse that he had to "rebuild" the right way, so that bought him some time.. now, he's shown his ignorance, and ppl are calling for his head - rightfully. Tony took over for a solid team, with some nice history, and ADDED TO IT, CONSISTENTLY! Took the 2000 team further than any UL team has ever been, and got the spotlight on Louisiana! He's one of the best, and he deserves the recognition he gets. The real truth here is that ppl are still dissappointed about last year, because expectations were extremely high. Who's fault was that?! It was not the team's, nor the coaches.. It was media and fan hype..

Realize what you're saying, and think before you speak - _

How was last years failure the media and fans fault? Why don't you think before you speak? Talk about stupidity. You can sugar coat it any way you want. The bottom line is this team underperformed last year. To my knowledge, nobody here has disputed that. The only point I was trying to make is that I feel that the criticism that tends to go around, especially on these message boards, is sometimes not shared equally. That is all I was saying. Much of what you argued can be said for Bustle. He is being somewhat consistent (bowl eligible 3 out of 4 years) etc..doing the best with what he has, blah blah. The point was the football team was picked next to last in conference and they finished second. Still, people want Bustle's head. Baseball was preseason top 20 with a great pitching staff and went .500 and barely made their conference tourney. Robe doesn't answer any questions. I'm not saying he needs to be fired. I'm fine with Robe here and I have never complained about his performance once. All I'm saying is that the criticism is not thrown around equally.

[TuffGuy84]

_ How was last years failure the media and fans fault? Why don't you think before you speak? Talk about stupidity. You can sugar coat it any way you want. The bottom line is this team underperformed last year. To my knowledge, nobody here has disputed that. The only point I was trying to make is that I feel that the criticism that tends to go around, especially on these message boards, is sometimes not shared equally. That is all I was saying. Much of what you argued can be said for Bustle. He is being somewhat consistent (bowl eligible 3 out of 4 years) etc..doing the best with what he has, blah blah. The point was the football team was picked next to last in conference and they finished second. Still, people want Bustle's head. Baseball was preseason top 20 with a great pitching staff and went .500 and barely made their conference tourney. Robe doesn't answer any questions. I'm not saying he needs to be fired. I'm fine with Robe here and I have never complained about his performance once. All I'm saying is that the criticism is not thrown around equally. _

By that same line of thought, the yankees should win the world series every year. Sometimes Fit Shappens and you can't do anything to fix that. From stuff I've heard, some pitchers had guys they favored as their battery mate, the team split defending "their guy" while all the while, all season long, our hitting never got out of a funk or had someone step up and say "i'm that guys that is gonna replace Lucroy". In the end, no one was solid in their roles on the team because we had NO pop in the middle of the lineup. To make matters worse was that even as a team that usually prides itself on our defense, we were absolutely pathetic defending. I see us being more stable pitching this year, not dominant but consistent, our hitting will improve as you will see with guys like Griffin, Goulas, Benzel and Harst having a good year of experiance under them, and Hicks and Hawkins providing some power in the middle of the lineup. The biggest problem I see is defense in the middle of the infield. Unless someone steps up that didn't last year, we're still gonna have troubles on defense. God I can't wait until baseball season...I love that time of year!

[DestinCajun]

To be honest, we've heard and seen all this before about how good we're supposed to be and then we fall on our face just like in basketball and football.

But, prior to the 2008 football season we were picked 6th and we finished 2nd.

The jury is out on 2008-2009 basketball because the season isn't over yet. We were picked to finish 3rd in the SBC West. In 2007-2008 we were picked at or near the bottom of the West Division and tied for 1st.

[ManAboutTown]

_ How was last years failure the media and fans fault? Why don't you think before you speak? Talk about stupidity. You can sugar coat it any way you want. The bottom line is this team underperformed last year. To my knowledge, nobody here has disputed that. The only point I was trying to make is that I feel that the criticism that tends to go around, especially on these message boards, is sometimes not shared equally. That is all I was saying. Much of what you argued can be said for Bustle. He is being somewhat consistent (bowl eligible 3 out of 4 years) etc..doing the best with what he has, blah blah. The point was the football team was picked next to last in conference and they finished second. Still, people want Bustle's head. Baseball was preseason top 20 with a great pitching staff and went .500 and barely made their conference tourney. Robe doesn't answer any questions. I'm not saying he needs to be fired. I'm fine with Robe here and I have never complained about his performance once. All I'm saying is that the criticism is not thrown around equally. _

I didn't say last years' season was the fans fault dude.. I said the expectations that were built up around a team that had a few question marks were the fault of media and fans.. Last years shortcomings were understandable.. any knowledgeable baseball guy would tell you that. Its not like some unbelievable curse struck the team. The game of BASEBALL giveth, and taketh away.
I'm not sugar coating anything, none of us are. Sure some key players had down years last year, but that happens in BASEBALL. Again, you can't compare other sports. You may be legitimate in comparing coaches' SITUATIONS, but not their individual performances as head men. It's not possible.

[ManAboutTown]

_ By that same line of thought, the yankees should win the world series every year. Sometimes Fit Shappens and you can't do anything to fix that. From stuff I've heard, some pitchers had guys they favored as their battery mate, the team split defending "their guy" while all the while, all season long, our hitting never got out of a funk or had someone step up and say "i'm that guys that is gonna replace Lucroy". In the end, no one was solid in their roles on the team because we had NO pop in the middle of the lineup. To make matters worse was that even as a team that usually prides itself on our defense, we were absolutely pathetic defending. I see us being more stable pitching this year, not dominant but consistent, our hitting will improve as you will see with guys like Griffin, Goulas, Benzel and Harst having a good year of experiance under them, and Hicks and Hawkins providing some power in the middle of the lineup. The biggest problem I see is defense in the middle of the infield. Unless someone steps up that didn't last year, we're still gonna have troubles on defense. God I can't wait until baseball season...I love that time of year! _

dead on. couldn't agree more.