Expectations

[MelRock]

He was also raking the mound both Saturday and Sunday before the game.

[ManAboutTown]

Expecting to be a top 64 team in the country with everything we have, talent pool, weather, history of success, investment, etc etc should not be some taboo expectation.

Regionals should just be an extension of the season for this program.

[CajunVic]

Satisfying expectations will continue to be tempered by NIL.

Before NIL, Louisiana teams had somewhat of an advantage because of Tops.

That advantage is now dwarfed by the whole country having the uncapped availability to provide NIL.

How does Louisiana compete in the portal when their available NIL offerings (of course from outside investors) is substantially less than all P5’s bidding for the same talent.

Just go into the portal and get talent is not nearly as easy as it is nonchalantly indicated to be here. If you don’t have available NIL $$$, you are sheite out of luck with respect to the best talent.

Our best opportunity for recruiting is to find undiscovered talent and develop then until they are poached. It is what it is.

[CajunRage]

Satisfying expectations will continue to be tempered by NIL.

Before NIL, Louisiana teams had somewhat of an advantage because of Tops.

That advantage is now dwarfed by the whole country having the uncapped availability to provide NIL.

How does Louisiana compete in the portal when their available NIL offerings (of course from outside investors) is substantially less than all P5’s bidding for the same talent.

Just go into the portal and get talent is not nearly as easy as it is nonchalantly indicated to be here. If you don’t have available NIL $$$, you are sheite out of luck with respect to the best talent.

Our best opportunity for recruiting is to find undiscovered talent and develop then until they are poached. It is what it is.

Outside of Campbell and Coastal, are we better than the teams that we lost series to? Are we good enough to sweep some of the teams that we dropped a game to? Answer to the first question is yes on App and JMU, toss up on Troy. Answer to second question is I believe we should have swept at least Rice, High Point or USA. That's 5 wins. We would be leading the 5th best conference in the country. NIL is a red herring at least right now. What the future holds, I don't know.

[CajunVic]

Outside of Campbell and Coastal, are we better than the teams that we lost series to? Are we good enough to sweep some of the teams that we dropped a game to? Answer to the first question is yes on App and JMU, toss up on Troy. Answer to second question is I believe we should have swept at least Rice, High Point or USA. That's 5 wins. We would be leading the 5th best conference in the country. NIL is a red herring at least right now. What the future holds, I don't know.

So, you expect Louisiana to win EVERY game that we should win in baseball. That is just unrealistic IMO.

My general point is that NIL is what will keep us from getting much better talent than we have on the team right now.

It’s not a red herring. In fact, it is the major factor which will continue to limit the talent pool which are in fact available for Louisiana to recruit.

Get our NIL available dollars up and we may be able to snag a pitcher or 2 and a position player or 2, but not a full team.

It is what it is.

[moorecajun]

He was also raking the mound both Saturday and Sunday before the game.

That sounds good; I am no doctor, but I will drive by a Holiday Inn Express before I consult this again.

[ManAboutTown]

NIL is not a factor in recruiting baseball players at UL for the time being. We were never recruiting to 50-100 players nationally. We make a living on southeast Texas and Louisiana. Most of those guys have raw talent but aren’t polished. That’s what we do here. We develop talent.

The real question is, why is the Kangol hat fraud still being allowed to post here? All the lies, the troll jobs and the confirmed multiple accounts and still allowed to spew his stupidity…

[CajunRage]

So, you expect Louisiana to win EVERY game that we should win in baseball. That is just unrealistic IMO.

My general point is that NIL is what will keep us from getting much better talent than we have on the team right now.

It’s not a red herring. In fact, it is the major factor which will continue to limit the talent pool which are in fact available for Louisiana to recruit.

Get our NIL available dollars up and we may be able to snag a pitcher or 2 and a position player or 2, but not a full team.

It is what it is.

Maybe you should read again, 1 of the 2 we lost to App st, 2 of the 3 we lost to JMU and 1 or two of the teams we should have swept.