Baseball Coach or Life Coach

[Boomer]

Yes he’s won, but hasn’t won consistently. Outside of the stretch from 2013-2016, he’s never made postaseason more than 2 years in a row. We’d make one, then spend 2 years missing out.

Coastal won it all in 2016 and is already back to hosting after not making it in the following year. Meanwhile, we’re 4 years removed from #1 in the country, 3 years removed from last super regional, 2 years removed from last time hosting, and now out in back to back years while having the one of the most putrid offenses in the country and a pitching staff that had too much pressure put on them.

Is a change going to be made? Honestly, I don’t think history points to a change being made. When has Tony ever fired a coach? They’ve always left for another job or left baseball altogether.

.......Just looking back on G-5 football through the years with the rise and fall....N Tex, Houston, smu, TCU, Memphis, Tulsa, miss south, Tulane, ECU, UAB, ltur, Troy, and yes the Cajuns.....sure you could add more, but some huge ups and downs!!!l

[Cajun90]

It’s cool man. You’re loyal to Robe. I have a loyalty to him as well. That is why I don’t think he should be fired or that even being discussed. The question needs to be asked though. Take his name out of the equation and answer this question.

If you had the facilities we do, if you were coming off of the consensus #1 ranking 2 years ago, if you were watching a peer (coastal) do big things in a smaller conference and now same conference, all while losing 7 straight series to start a season, produce one of the weakest offenses in the country and get bounced from the conference tourney that we hosted by 19 runs in two games, would you be telling any other coach that he needs to mentor his kids more or would you be telling him to coach them up and win?

You are now deflecting from your original statement.....

"Does Coach Robe want to be a baseball coach or a life coach?"

You need to comprehend that is where I take issue with you. Please feel free to remove his name and I'll still have the same opinion. I think great "sports" coaches tend to be great "life" coaches. I completely disagree with the idea that you and others are professing in these two traits being incongruous to one another.

I take no issue with the fact that we haven't been a very good team over the prior two years and improvement needs to happen. There are numerous reasons for our slide into mediocrity, in my opinion, but being a "life coach" isn't one of them. I hope being a "life coach" is near the top of the list for every coach Maggard hires moving forward because I think that is critical to winning. Little girls and boys don't win NCAA championships.... mentally and physically tough men and women do.

[cajun_lannister]

You are now deflecting from your original statement.....

"Does Coach Robe want to be a baseball coach or a life coach?"

You need to comprehend that is where I take issue with you. Please feel free to remove his name and I'll still have the same opinion. I think great "sports" coaches tend to be great "life" coaches. I completely disagree with the idea that you and others are professing in these two traits being incongruous to one another.

I take no issue with the fact that we haven't been a very good team over the prior two years and improvement needs to happen. There are numerous reasons for our slide into mediocrity, in my opinion, but being a "life coach" isn't one of them. I hope being a "life coach" is near the top of the list for every coach Maggard hires moving forward because I think that is critical to winning. Little girls and boys don't win NCAA championships.... mentally and physically tough men and women do.

But we have not been mentality tough for 3 years

[Cajun90]

Yes he’s won, but hasn’t won consistently. Outside of the stretch from 2013-2016, he’s never made postaseason more than 2 years in a row. We’d make one, then spend 2 years missing out.

Two things - First you seem to have forgotten about a four year run from 97-2000. Second is in perspective. In his 23 years at the helm the Cajuns have made the tournament sixteen teams and have never missed the tournament for more than two consecutive years. That is a feat that only a handful of coaches outside of the SEC/PAC/BIG/ACC have been able to accomplish and many teams within those top four leagues would love to have that type of success.

I get that this was a down year by our standards but let's not start putting up broad brushstrokes and using a false narrative to paint an untrue picture.

[cajunhawk]

But we have not been mentality tough for 3 years

Also extremely unprepared to being the season, and ineffective on offense.

[Cajun90]

But we have not been mentality tough for 3 years

It certainly doesn't appear so over the prior two years. Not certain why you seem to take issue with 2016.

Like I've said I won't argue that for a Cajun baseball team the last two years have been sub par and I think there are a lot of issues at play.

[Rougarou]

But we have not been mentality tough for 3 years

I think that is a recruiting fault. We had mentally tough guys in 2015 and 2016, but most were not Talbot's recruits, but leftovers from his predecessor.

Still, Robe is the top man and it is his responsibility to get that fixed.

[talktomewillis]

But we have not been mentality tough for 3 years

You have to be mentally tough in order to struggle the way we did this year and not lose more than two straight games all season. You have to be resilient, which is mental toughness.

[cajun_lannister]

It certainly doesn't appear so over the prior two years. Not certain why you seem to take issue with 2016.

Like I've said I won't argue that for a Cajun baseball team the last two years have been sub par and I think there are a lot of issues at play.

things I've heard and observed that tell me we have a mentality problem and

1. No alpha male in the dugout

2. Players cared more about what they wore than the game ( Robe even said this )

3. Players calling out the fanbase during struggles

[cajun_lannister]

You have to be mentally tough in order to struggle the way we did this year and not lose more than two straight games all season. You have to be resilient, which is mental toughness.

That is more of a product of the schedule than mental toughness

Went 4-7 to start the season & did not win series until April 7th but at least we did not lose 3 in a row!

[Rougarou]

things I've heard and observed that tell me we have a mentality problem and

1. No alpha male in the dugout

2. Players cared more about what they wore than the game ( Robe even said this )

3. Players calling out the fanbase during struggles

Lahare was the alpha. We just don't have enough alphas.

[CajunJeaux]

Run off Coach Robe...and we’ll end up like Baton Rouge in football...be careful what you wish for...