UL vs USM Game 1

[BrudaCajun]

_ Re-read my post, I named schools that we were clearly ahead of or on par with. Now those schools have either past us up, USM, Houston and the other schools have caught up Troy, South Al, UNO. _

"Fun do you consider, USM, Houston, Troy, South Al, TCU the big boys? The reason I ask is because these are the programs that have surpassed us in baseball. We may have never been truly ahead of them, but we are surely behind them now"

Yea what am I misunderstanding?

[cajun4life]

_ PS At the 2007 A&M Regional, I was sitting behind some Ohio State fans. Their baseball budget has to be 4 to 5 times ours.

Man, were they pizzed when we thumped 'em.

And you know what? They were the only ones who were surprised. Our fans weren't, and the A&M fans weren't.

In fact, the A&M fans were pretty shocked that they beat us not once, but twice back-to-back. They were pitching fresmen against us, fuzz-lipped newbies who were shaking in their boots. And they knew the Cajuns were loaded.

I'm still puzzled what happened to us that year, why we didn't move to the Super Regional. Personally I suspect the team got stage fright.

You'll say it was Robe's job to get them past that.

I would argue he had done a superlative job getting us to that point, into the finals without a loss.

Is the glass 1/4 empty, or 3/4 full?

_

Just like we couldn't seal the deal at the LSU regional, the A&M regional was the same thing. We got tight and played not to lose instead of to win.

Fun if that were to happen often this decade I would not be complaining or questioning what has happened. But the facts state that we are on a decline since the CWS team.

[JMV JustMyView]

_ Just like we couldn't seal the deal at the LSU regional, the A&M regional was the same thing. We got tight and played not to lose instead of to win.

Fun if that were to happen often this decade I would not be complaining or questioning what has happened. But the facts state that we are on a decline since the CWS team. _

Do you know that only 8 teams make it to the world series every year out of 271...It is not easy to make it to Omaha...Expecting us to go there every year is not a realistic goal.

[cajunnexile]

_ I call bullschit on this one. Name one major school that Tony interviewed for, what year and was offered a big contract. You say "many" and I am unaware of any official job interview or official job offer he ever received from anyone. Saying that you know a major college job was offered in private or offered in a private phone conversation is a lie. _

I agree with your assessment here. Mr. Fun seems to claim a lot things which he cant seem to back up.

I have never read a single published report of Robe interviewing at any other school.

Also, everyone knows that the Ole Miss coach was first approached about the LSU job after Laval got the boot, not Robe.

[cajunnexile]

_ OHNO OHNO OHNO.

OH PLEASE MR. GENIUS SONNNYSSISSYMIAMEMEMEMEMEME, PLEASE, DON'T EXPOSE ME FOR THE COMPLETE FRAUD I AM!!!!

OH, WOE IS ME! I MADE TWO MINISCULE ERRORS, AND MR. COMIC BOOK HERO HAS POINTED OUT THAT EVERYTHING EVERYTHING-- ipso facto, of course-- IS A COMPLETE LIE!!!

OH, OH, OH, WHAT SHALL I DOOOOO????!!!

Hmmm. Maybe I'll go over to Zeebart's for some pot roast.

Yeah. That oughta do it. _

He did find SEVERAL errors in your factual claims. Claims you used to illustrate that Robe was a superior coach b/c of his early record when compared against Bertman. Facts which were not true. One could call those lies.

[cajun4life]

_ Do you know that only 8 teams make it to the world series every year out of 271...It is not easy to make it to Omaha...Expecting us to go there every year is not a realistic goal. _

I do not expect us to go to Omaha every year, that would be ridiculous. I do expect us to be in a regional 4 out of 5 years though and that is legitimate expectations.

1994-2000 we have been to how many regionals?
2001-present we have been to how many regionals?

[CajunFun]

_ I agree with your assessment here. Mr. Fun seems to claim a lot things which he cant seem to back up.

I have never read a single published report of Robe interviewing at any other school.

Also, everyone knows that the Ole Miss coach was first approached about the LSU job after Laval got the boot, not Robe. _

Go back and read what I said. He has been contacted repeatedly. He tells them he's not interested. So no, there are no interviews.

But that's because Robe is loyal. He has turned down big bucks to stay here.

"Everyone knows"... ?? I said LSU called him.

And someone with LSU did.

[CajunFun]

_ He did find SEVERAL errors in your factual claims. Claims you used to illustrate that Robe was a superior coach b/c of his early record when compared against Bertman. Facts which were not true. One could call those lies. _

The post was about what Robe has accomplished. It wasn't about LSU nor USC, and the errors concerning both were completely inconsequential to the points I was making: what Robe has accomplished is far, far more than any of us have any reason to expect.

Are you aware that for Tony's first few years here, his budget was so small that at least one of his assistant coaches (and maybe more) was on Food Stamps? What Tony has done with tiny resources is amazing.

And he has turned down enquiries from major programs, repeatedly. He is loyal.

He is a class act, through and through, and a very successful coach. There are many, many schools with larger budgets who wish they had our success in baseball.

Tony deserves our respect.

He does not deserve the criticism and ugly comments so many people have heaped upon him here.

[CajunFun]

I do expect us to be in a regional 4 out of 5 years though and that is legitimate expectations.

1994-2000 we have been to how many regionals?
2001-present we have been to how many regionals? _

From 2001-present, a period of 8 years, we've been to three regionals. For a school in our position, that's excellent. I wonder how many schools in the 'Belt have done so well.

So go back to your first comment. What do you base that on?

Only 64 teams out of under 300 go to Regionals, about 1 in 4. Regional berths go to the conference champions-- and there are a LOT of conferences-- and the 25-30 or so programs that didn't win their conferences, but are obviously strong.

So if 1 in 4 get invites, how do you expect UL to go to 4 out 5 times? We're in a tough conference. Do you really expect us to win the tournament 4 out of 5 years? (Remember, we didn't win the conference tournament when we went to the CWS.)

Do you think it's because of our budget? Except for ULM, we not only have the lowest budget in the 'Belt, it's the lowest among the 110+ 1-A schools. It's even lower than many 1-AA programs. So you can't say that because of our budget.

So why do say that? Just because it's what you want?

If you think we should go to the Regionals 4 out of 5 years, please back it up. Please give evidence-- any evidence at all-- that supports your opinion.

[LifeTimeCajun]

I would be curious on what coach Robes baseball budget is(what he gets from the athletic dept) as opposed to what he has to raise. Ill be honest with you guys, I rescently did some inquiring from local HS baseball coaches and programs on what they spend for just baseball and what kind of money they in there respective programs can spend.....i was shocked! Maybe I have been under a rock or something, but I cant understand a High School program spending those amounts of money. I would also like to compare baseball budgets to others in our conference.