Bb G3 Final: UL 3,Wright State 4

[Dad04]

I wouldn't say every school deals with it the same amount and losing guys early is something that is fairly new to this program and will take time to adjust on how to handle it. Our recent success has brought on new challenges with recruiting and retention. We are recruiting more guys likely to go straight out of high school and more likely to leave early. With Burke, lee and Harris all eligible we could be facing the same next year.

There is only one MLB draft. Obviously, schools with better talent lose more players. The challenge is replacing them consistently.The new ballpark will help. These are good problems. Hopefully, we get to the point when MLB consistently drafts positions other than Cajun pitchers. Yes, those guys are most likely gone in the draft. I agree losing six front line arms in two years is a big loss for any team.

[LifeTimeCajun]

I wouldn’t say every school deals with it the same amount and losing guys early is something that is fairly new to this program and will take time to adjust on how to handle it. Our recent success has brought on new challenges with recruiting and retention. We are recruiting more guys likely to go straight out of high school and more likely to leave early. With Burke, lee and Harris all eligible we could be facing the same next year.

In one post we got a coach riding it out to retirement in another post the same coach is putting out talent that’s good enough to be selected as juniors in the draft. Are we talking about the same person?

[CrazyCajun]

There is only one MLB draft. Obviously, schools with better talent lose more players. The challenge is replacing them consistently.The new ballpark will help. These are good problems. Hopefully, we get to the point when MLB consistently drafts positions other than Cajun pitchers. Yes, those guys are most likely gone in the draft.

Im just saying with more success comes different sets of challenges that present growing pains that will have to be dealt with differently than in the past. We will need to depend on hitting more in the future than in the past because as you said, more often than not the draft will hit us on the mound not at the plate.

[CajunNation]

It's funny.

Everybody knew what to expect when Boulanger's teams took the diamond. Those boys were the definition of swagger. They were ready to battle at the plate, every night. Yet, Boulanger's teams , as of a few years ago, actually had a lower cumulative ERA than Robe's. Then, if they didn't get the point, Jagneaux would tear them a new one.

Pernaps, Robe's buttoned down, cliche talking manner of speaking doesn't translate to swagger on the diamond? Maybe his getting tossed is just what the doctor ordered?

[cajunhawk]

In one post we got a coach riding it out to retirement in another post the same coach is putting out talent that's good enough to be selected as juniors in the draft. Are we talking about the same person?

[sportsfanatic21]

Boulanger's teams, while having some talented players (and pitchers), statistics are kind of skewed due to the level of competition they played at the time. I recall MANY series against the like of Arkansas Tech, Houston Baptist, SWAC teams, etc. That played a large part in some of the gaudy stats and W/L records.

That said, they had some tough SOBs on those teams and like you said, definitely had a ton of swagger

[ManAboutTown]

Didn’t Sensley hit over .300 with 10+ homers last year? That’s a pretty good season. With the exception of Kasuls we are not seeing improvement from our upperclassmen. Is that coaching or just a lack of talent? I am starting to think it is the later.

In other words, the players Talbot brought in can’t play?

[ManAboutTown]

The jump from HS to college is huge. Robe has done a great job projecting players to this level of play. Looks like he and his staff missed on a few of these hitters. There are several seniors on this team that just have not made the jump. The good news is the young guys will get their chance. If you can hit .250, you will be an everyday player.

So Robe and his “staff” have “missed on hitters” for 3 years straight?

[ManAboutTown]

I'm not hitting the panic button just yet.

We should have won 2 of 3 in Austin. We should have won 2 of 3 this past weekend. If you replay these games in alternate universes 10 times, the majority of those times we would be 4-3 right now.

The SOS is such that a 35 win season probably puts us in at-large consideration.

If after 2 more weeks were still upside down on the season, I'll flip out then.

I do believe that given the pitching focus of the head coach, we will always be playing catch up with hitting more years than not. Nature of the beast.

I’m not pressing the eject button yet either, but we “should have won” about 10 more games in similar fashion last year too.

[ManAboutTown]

The good and/or bad news with this team is, we’ll know who they really are in the next 4 weeks. They’ll either colapse or improve greatly by playing these teams. You’ll have your answers soon.