LOUISIANA BASEBALL RANKINGS

[BrudaCajun]

_ Since his arrival in 1995, we've made the NCAA tournament seven times (97, 98, 99, 2000, 02, 05, 07), with two super regional and one WCWS appearance. _

WCWS?

[CajunAmos]

WCWS?

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

CWS

[Cajun Express]

_ I agree that he completely got a pass last year, I think that had to do with the equity he has built up over the years. If his team doesn't compete this year in the belt then he should start answering some hard questions. He might need to focus a little more on the business at the Tigue and a little less of the business at "The Next Level Sports Academy!" I still think he is the best coach this university has ever had in any sport. _

He is not even close to the best coach we have had in any sport. Currently we have a pair that are better in softball than he is in baseball. We also in the past have had truly outstanding weight teams, and other lesser sports that have accomplished as much.

We have the 2000 CWS team as a high water mark. Unfortunately he has not even reached the 1999 team since then. Name a Super Regional we have been in since 2000 I must have missed it.

We have been to a couple of regionals and no outright regular season and tournament champs in the same year in the Sun Belt. We have be a good mid major since 2000. I cannot tell you why, but that is a fact.

In no way am I suggesting Robe needs to be fired, but it is time the fans quit acting like he has done a great job since 2000. I think he did his best coaching when he took over with fewer scholarships.

[BeauCajun]

_ He is not even close to the best coach we have had in any sport. Currently we have a pair that are better in softball than he is in baseball. We also in the past have had truly outstanding weight teams, and other lesser sports that have accomplished as much.

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I agree Express. I can think of 4 or 5 off the top of my head that were much better in their sports than he is.

[ManAboutTown]

_ Hold on big boy! Don't start spinning what I said! I did not say the program was a disgrace. To the contrary, I said that this program is the best this university has and has been strong for years which was my comment about Robe not being better than his predecessor. I figured my comments would ruffle some of the sensitive feathers of some baseball diehards here. However, you are proving my point. Preseason rankings had us at 16 last year and all the experts had us as having one of the best pitching staffs in the country! You go .500 in a conference that's not great by any means and barely make your own conference tourney at your home field and lose out with this top 20 talent is a major letdown. We hear Bustle and Lee get a lot of grief (much of it deserved) for their records and lack of accomplishments but Bustle has improved this program from the depths of which he inherited it in the sport that relies the heaviest on athletic budget financing for which we have none. Coach Lee took a good basketball team several years ago and won 20+ games and nearly won a tourney game against Louisville but both are crucified on these same boards. Coach Robe has had success and has also been able to bring in some nice talent to his program. With this increase in talent, you should be able to have better success than what occurred last year don't you think. However, he is rarely talked about in the same manner as Bustle and Lee. Last year was as mediocre is they come and recent years have been similar. So why if everybody is screaming about not accepting mediocrity in other sports are they willing to overlook baseball which should be excelling just about every year? Seems a little hypocritical to me. _

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 -

[KACajun]

_ I've been to Next Level several times with members of my son's baseball team, and I've never seen Coach Robe. I think that comment is completely unfair. _

Dude; you’re on a message board, CHILL!!!!!!!!!!!

[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!