Maggard Has Confidence in Robichaux

[LifeTimeCajun]

a lot is riding on the shoulders of JT for this program. The fall and spring should be interesting to say the least.

[CrazyCajun]

I’m pretty sure we said the same, except I didn’t explicitly say that the successful assistants left for promotions. That was a given as almost everyone on the site knows that.

So you’re comfortable with Talbot being Robe’s most important talent gatherer. That’s fine.

Historically Robichaux is in rare air 1100 plus wins, ranked in top 54 all time with realistic chance to get to top 15. In the top 54 his percentage of wins is.611 one of the lower winning percentage in top 54, but some actually with more wins in the upper fifty percentile. The point is longevity matters in some of the records.

It doesn’t matter if I’m comfortable with talbot or not. I trust tony as the head coach and if he wants Talbot on staff that’s his choice. It’s his job, not mine.

[angeleast]

It doesn’t matter if I’m comfortable with talbot or not. I trust tony as the head coach and if he wants Talbot on staff that’s his choice. It’s his job, not mine.

Bingo.. Another season like the past 4 years and the hammer will drop. We must win conference, make tourney, and make a splash... nothing we say,think, or assert will change the course of this.program. it's all in Robes hands .

[CajunVic]

Bingo.. Another season like the past 4 years and the hammer will drop. We must win conference, make tourney, and make a splash... nothing we say,think, or assert will change the course of this.program. it's all in Robes hands .

Past 4? Now we up to 4?

[ManAboutTown]

And even they had a 4 year stretch with no post season (before this next 4 years in a row that they were in.) But I agree that we should strive to be more consistent. If USM can make it to 9 regionals in a row, I just find it hard to understand how our best ever stretch is 4

WCD, are you out on Tony?

[CajunAmos]

A silent phase is SOP in a capital campaign...as you will see when the new guy gets on board and we start raising money for the stadium.

All the way up to the start of construction we were in the silent phase, and turns out we were well short of the fundraising goals, silently. After all, if it's silent no one can hold you accountable and you won't get bashed by your constituents.

[CajunAmos]

No the face saving coaches got into different careers. You might be thinking of the successful assistants like Schef and Deggs.

Maybe you’ve ignored my posts that I absolutely think he deserves more time. At the same time I’m concerned that more time isn’t going to help because his biggest recruiting failures have been under Talbot whose actually gotten more entrenched in the recruiting process.

I'd like to look up the historical posts about Szecf as I'm pretty sure he was often blasted as a hitting coach.

[RaginDave]

How Rice has fallen:

2014 42-20
2015 37-22
2016 38-24
2017 33-31
2018 26-31-2
2019 26-33

[wcd35]

WCD, are you out on Tony?

No, I'm definitely not. I feel like the right steps are being taken, but it's definitely frustrating for all involved with this program, supporters and members of the program alike. This year was just so strange to have pitching fall off so hard and fast. High school pitching recruitment, as I mentioned in a previous comment, is so critical and to miss a few years in a row is pretty startling.

A lot will be riding on next year as it's going to be a very big turnover. But it's going to come down to seeing that the momentum has shifted and we're headed back up, but it will be a big challenge with what's returning. If the talent evaluation/recruitment improvement isnt evident soon, I will be near the end.

[CajunVic]

How Rice has fallen:

2014 42-20
2015 37-22
2016 38-24
2017 33-31
2018 26-31-2
2019 26-33

So where does that put the Cajuns:

2016 43-21
2017 35-21
2018 34-25
2019 27-29