From "Will they even make the conference tournament?" to West Division Champs

[ManAboutTown]

If you are one that said "Are they even going to make the conference tournament?” then this tweet is for you. If you are big enough to post it to RP, you should be big enough to take it when someone points it out. I see the guy standing up for his teammates. Geaux Handy

Exactly. And to be honest, it fired me up. I want players with BLEEP you attitudes. Puts you back in the dugout for just a second when you read stuff like that.

[Big Buds]

I was one of the fans that questioned whether or not our boys would be working the concessions or the field of play...I absolutely love this tweet! Throw that ____ right back into my face!

[Dad04]

I had doubts they would get over 25 wins. The bigger chip on their collective shoulder, the better. Good for them.

[ULvictory]

It’s like Robe says, “they never let their perception become their reality” because let’s be honest, we were all scratching our heads and concerned earlier in the season. But the players fought through it and got themselves to this point of becoming the Western Division Champions and the #2 seed in the conference tournament. Now, they have the tough task of performing well next week and getting a spot in a regional. I have faith in them to get it done.

[talktomewillis]

Robe said last week he's proud of the way these guys have stuck together. This team has tremendous chemistry and they never let the locker room get fractured when things have gone bad. A lesser team couldn't have done that.

[CrazyCajun]

This team didn’t win a series until April and had a team batting average of .100 and sitting in 9th place...I’d be much more impressed if handsome would have taunted the fans then. Congrats on winning the west, i.e. 5th place. We have seen a team not make our own tourney after going to the CWS the year before...not sure why a team coming off a non post season year and started the way they did is not capable of missing the tourney. It wasn’t some obsurd thought. Don’t think it shows fight, their “leader” is immature. Wonder how many teams would have the kind of fan support they had all year playing like that. Out of all the things he could have put out there he chose that...must have been working on that tweet all season long.

[LouisianaB]

In my opinion, it was a very reasonable question at the time. It’s like they are calling out fans and celebrating at the same time. They haven’t done anything yet. Especially Todd Lott, who posted “they asking for forgiveness already.” Get the ____ out of here. You are striking out almost 50 percent of the time, and you look silly doing it.

Don’t call out fans. If you do, you open yourself up to criticism, and there’s a lot to criticize.

[talktomewillis]

This team didn’t win a series until April and had a team batting average of .100 and sitting in 9th place...I’d be much more impressed if handsome would have taunted the fans then. Congrats on winning the west, i.e. 5th place. We have seen a team not make our own tourney after going to the CWS the year before...not sure why a team coming off a non post season year and started the way they did is not capable of missing the tourney. It wasn’t some obsurd thought. Don’t think it shows fight, their “leader” is immature. Wonder how many teams would have the kind of fan support they had all year playing like that. Out of all the things he could have put out there he chose that...must have been working on that tweet all season long.

Amazing how fans are defending themselves. Reality is, fans (and that includes most of us on this fan board) have a tendency to react on what they see rather than see the bigger picture. Hell, we have meltdowns after every single loss.

Personally, I think we earned those tweets. We couldn't see past the tip of our noses.

[LouisianaB]

Amazing how fans are defending themselves. Reality is, fans (and that includes most of us on this fan board) have a tendency to react on what they see rather than see the bigger picture. Hell, we have meltdowns after every single loss.

Personally, I think we earned those tweets. We couldn't see past the tip of our noses.

We were reacting to the body of work at the time, not a game or even a weekend. They lost three (four if you count USA) conference series before they won one. It was reasonable.

The tweet has since been deleted

[zeppelincajun]

Football program tried this us vs. the fan base mentality as well. Didn’t turn out too well.

[CajunRage]

Amazing how fans are defending themselves. Reality is, fans (and that includes most of us on this fan board) have a tendency to react on what they see rather than see the bigger picture. Hell, we have meltdowns after every single loss.

Personally, I think we earned those tweets. We couldn't see past the tip of our noses.

I’d be waiting until our name is called next Sunday before running mouths. Reality is this team finished 5th in a mid major conference and got the 2 seed by technicality.

[CajunEXPRESS]

No problem with the tweet, or the timing.

Fact is Robe’s taken shots at the RP critics on his Saturday morning show many times this year. Comments like nobody puts up statues to critics. Comments about the trashing of his players, and COACHES.

I’m good with all if it. The critics, the combative coaches, and players. Ultimately it’s about competing at a high level. The absolute worst thing is apathetic fans, players, and yes coaches.