Young Conrad wants to leave own mark on Cajuns baseball

[CajunAlum10]

I think my favorite part of that article was Conrad's quote at the end. It shows how confident he is and kinda gives a glimpse into what the mindset is in the locker room right now. They are ready to get out there and prove themselves.

Right now if you look at the projected lineup based off of what we know from last year, plus some of Jaybird's analysis and breakdowns… Contrary to popular belief, we have a strong nucleus returning. We may have lost some key pieces, but what we DID RETAIN, is the mindset of Omaha or bust.

Offensively speaking…..
Leaders/Veterans returning:
Trahan
Girouard
Butler

Key Contributors off the Bench and Spot Starters returning:
Powell
Davis
Thurman
even Clement to a degree

So looking at that, we have 6-7 guys who have legitimate playing time and experience under the lights and in big situations. They were 1 freaking game away from Omaha. This will not leave their minds. With this core group of guys and their experiences from last year, add to that the newcomers who sound pretty promising, we could be special again. 58 win special? No. But 40 win special and Regional birth special? Yes.

These guys could have enough grit to fight through a regional and super to advance to Omaha.

Pitching will come around, we will lose some games early on and people will jump ship like the bandwagoners they are, come mid conference, we will start to hit our stride and the rest will be history.

Call me optimistic. But I'm a believer. History repeats itself. This is 1998, 1999, and 2000 all over again. Our 2000 team was arguably less talented than those 1999 boys. It's all in the mindset fellas.

Believe.

Geaux Cajuns.

[Ragin' Caleb]

I think my favorite part of that article was Conrad's quote at the end. It shows how confident he is and kinda gives a glimpse into what the mindset is in the locker room right now. They are ready to get out there and prove themselves.

Right now if you look at the projected lineup based off of what we know from last year, plus some of Jaybird's analysis and breakdowns… Contrary to popular belief, we have a strong nucleus returning. We may have lost some key pieces, but what we DID RETAIN, is the mindset of Omaha or bust.

Offensively speaking…..
Leaders/Veterans returning:
Trahan
Girouard
Butler

Key Contributors off the Bench and Spot Starters returning:
Powell
Davis
Thurman
even Clement to a degree

So looking at that, we have 6-7 guys who have legitimate playing time and experience under the lights and in big situations. They were 1 freaking game away from Omaha. This will not leave their minds. With this core group of guys and their experiences from last year, add to that the newcomers who sound pretty promising, we could be special again. 58 win special? No. But 40 win special and Regional birth special? Yes.

These guys could have enough grit to fight through a regional and super to advance to Omaha.

Pitching will come around, we will lose some games early on and people will jump ship like the bandwagoners they are, come mid conference, we will start to hit our stride and the rest will be history.

Call me optimistic. But I'm a believer. History repeats itself. This is 1998, 1999, and 2000 all over again. Our 2000 team was arguably less talented than those 1999 boys. It's all in the mindset fellas.

Believe.

Geaux Cajuns.

That's a good point, can't wait to get out there and watch it all happen.

[STPacronym]

Good lord.....

[CajunAlum10]

I think my favorite part of that article was Conrad's quote at the end. It shows how confident he is and kinda gives a glimpse into what the mindset is in the locker room right now. They are ready to get out there and prove themselves.

Right now if you look at the projected lineup based off of what we know from last year, plus some of Jaybird's analysis and breakdowns… Contrary to popular belief, we have a strong nucleus returning. We may have lost some key pieces, but what we DID RETAIN, is the mindset of Omaha or bust.

Offensively speaking…..
Leaders/Veterans returning:
Trahan
Girouard
Butler

Key Contributors off the Bench and Spot Starters returning:
Powell
Davis
Thurman
even Clement to a degree

So looking at that, we have 6-7 guys who have legitimate playing time and experience under the lights and in big situations. They were 1 freaking game away from Omaha. This will not leave their minds. With this core group of guys and their experiences from last year, add to that the newcomers who sound pretty promising, we could be special again. 58 win special? No. But 40 win special and Regional birth special? Yes.

These guys could have enough grit to fight through a regional and super to advance to Omaha.

Pitching will come around, we will lose some games early on and people will jump ship like the bandwagoners they are, come mid conference, we will start to hit our stride and the rest will be history.

Call me optimistic. But I'm a believer. History repeats itself. This is 1998, 1999, and 2000 all over again. Our 2000 team was arguably less talented than those 1999 boys. It's all in the mindset fellas.

Believe.

Geaux Cajuns.

Just had to find my post from pre-season…. Not to say I told you so… but I believe I was pretty spot on. What say you?

[Ragin' Caleb]

Not yet lol

[CajunAlum10]

Not yet lol

Haha I'm not referring to the rest of the post just yet... I'm referring to the part where I said we'd get 40 wins and get a Regional. The rest would be lagniappe.

[Turbine]

Haha I'm not referring to the rest of the post just yet... I'm referring to the part where I said we'd get 40 wins and get a Regional. The rest would be lagniappe.

Yep, good early call.

You nailed it.