2024 Season and Louisiana Baseball

[CajunT]

So, you're saying our seed and record was a sham?

I'm saying you either don't understand who college baseball royalty has been, or you are being sarcastic. Texas WS appearances in the last 24 years, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2018, 2021. Regional appearances in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024.

You think your question is still in context now? No, there was no big difference in seeding between UL & Texas.

[Esqueleto]

I'm saying you either don't understand who college baseball royalty has been, or you are being sarcastic. Texas WS appearances in the last 24 years, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2018, 2021. Regional appearances in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024.

You think your question is still in context now? No, there was no big difference in seeding between UL & Texas.

Bruh, a shirt is a shirt. If you say otherwise, you're already defeated

[Turbine]

I'm just keeping it real. We were the 2 and they were the 3. Why was it such a great accomplishment going 1-1 with them? Is it the name on the shirt?

Perhaps they match up well and had a couple wins on UL already despite the seeding.

[IHateLaState]

We were the 2 in the #3 regional so a low 2 and they were a high 3. Very close.

We split the games. They beat us by 7 when we were throwing freshmen outfielders in the 5th inning. We beat them by 8 when they were fighting for their lives.

You can crap on it all you want. It was a great win against a powerhouse program…and on national TV. And we won it in style. It was good for the program.

Sorry if it wasn’t good enough for you. But it seems nothing short of national title in an undefeated season, and never being behind in a game all year…against the toughest schedule in the country…would be.

And that’s your right. I was just asking why it’s so hard to just enjoy winning.

You are 100% correct....I enjoyed this regional and I am proud of our guys and our coach. What we proved is that we were a very worthy #2 seed. I'll grant that Texas was emotionally drained but don't tell me in that state they did not want another shot at the Aggies in the worst way. We are at least equal with Texas. A&M (that would be Texas A&M not Louisiana A&M aka LSU) is in another level. We would need a 2000 type team to go in there and beat them as we did that year in South Carolina... We are not there.... yet... Diggs is building...........

[Swamp]

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Simply put, OUTSTANDING.

Geaux Cajuns.

[CajunT]

Bruh, a shirt is a shirt. If you say otherwise, you're already defeated

Dude, seriously? What kind of nonsense and colloquial genius is, a "shirt is a shirt?" LOL!!!! Look, you can disrespect this team's accomplishments if you want. Texas may have been down, but they still won 35 games in a great baseball conference. They made a super-regional last year. Do you really think the Cajun's program is on par with Texas? Texas is still an elite program, and their record shows it over the past two decades and longer. But if you want to argue with those numbers then you are wasting my time.

[zeppelincajun]

My .02 from this past season. Gonna try and stay as balanced as possible here, so hopefully I don't end up just ____ing off both sides of the aisle.

This team got some tough criticisms. Some I think are fair. Others I'm not sure if they really stand up to scrutiny. I saw a lot of the "we just feasted on the bad part of our schedule." First, I would imagine most teams rack up wins against the weaker teams on their schedules. Also, we had some really nice series wins against quality opponents. We beat USM (a top 25 team who made a regional final). We swept Georgia Southern on the road. 55 in the RPI, and I would bet our series there played a part in them eventually just missing regional play. Swept ODU (top 75 RPI). Took 2 of 3 from Tulane (stolen bid regional team with a top 85 RPI). This team can't be summed up with simply beating bad teams and losing to good ones. Another criticism in the same vein that definitely rubbed me the wrong way was, "we aren't a bonafide 40 win team." In what way? This team DID win 40 games. 42 of them. I think our schedule could have used some improvement, but 63 SOS is not bad to the point where it calls our win total in to question. ECU has an SOS of 64, and they HOSTED.

My biggest criticism of this team I posted in the game thread of the first UT game, "Can’t imagine anyone who has been paying attention is too upset about tonight’s result. The writing has been all over the wall. Melted down in Houston, imploded at Coastal, imploded at Troy, didn’t bother to show up to the conference tournament. C’mon y’all. If you couldn’t see this coming, I’m not sure what to tell you." A little heat of the moment. Probably too harsh on the wording, but I still believe the heart of what I said to be true. This team, for whatever reason, just seemed to wilt under the lights in big away/neutral site games. People disputing this I'm sure would say that I'm cherry picking negative games and also point out the Ga Southern series. Fair enough. However, if I had handed any of you the schedule day 1 and said circle 6-7 of the most important road/neutral site games, I would bet most of you would have circled day one at Minute Maid, series openers at Troy and Coastal, the conference tourney opener, and the regional opener. All just prototypical "bright lights games." All games we ended up really losing composure in. Talent wise I wasn't sure if we had enough to go make noise in this regional. More than that I really doubted our ability to go in with the right mindset and get off to a good start. This was disappointing to me, given the number of veteran guys we had. To have any shot at winning this regional, we needed A&M in the 1-0 game with C-Mo on the mound. 10 free passes night one kept us from having that chance.

All in all, very successful season. 42 wins. 40 in the regular season. Won the conference and didn't even need a win the final weekend to do so. Player of the year, pitcher of the year, freshman of the year, and coach of the year. Some all time memorable home, comeback wins. 3rd straight regional and back to back at larges.

As to the future, I'm looking forward to seeing where we are headed. C-Mo had some huge praise for Gunner when they interviewed him during the game last night. Hopefully we can keep bringing in that HS talent and get to watch some guys flourish with a couple years in this system. Speaking of C-MO, when was the last time we had a guy cement himself as a fixture in our rotation for as long as he's here from almost the moment he steps on campus? Harris is the last I remember. We tried to make Havard and Durke those guys, but neither ended up close. If this coaching staff could help these guys be competitive consistently in the zone, we could be looking at some very dangerous pitching staffs in the future, not taking away from the one we just had.

I'm also interested to see if this season was just a blip on the radar with the dip in speed and spike in power. It seems if given the choice from a personnel standpoint Deggs would prefer the chaos on the basepaths approach.

[Esqueleto]

Dude, seriously? What kind of nonsense and colloquial genius is, a "shirt is a shirt?" LOL!!!! Look, you can disrespect this team's accomplishments if you want. Texas may have been down, but they still won 35 games in a great baseball conference. They made a super-regional last year. Do you really think the Cajun's program is on par with Texas? Texas is still an elite program, and their record shows it over the past two decades and longer. But if you want to argue with those numbers then you are wasting my time.

Bruh, for real?
Maybe the NCAA should seed by conference and history. Who gives a ____ what UT did last year or last decade? We're talking about this year.
Your argument is nonsense.
Have a good night.

[sportsfanatic21]

Speaking of C-MO, when was the last time we had a guy cement himself as a fixture in our rotation for as long as he's here from almost the moment he steps on campus? Harris is the last I remember.

Probably Gunner. Harris didn’t even do that. He only started a couple of games his freshman season.

[JamesBond]

My .02 from this past season. Gonna try and stay as balanced as possible here, so hopefully I don't end up just ____ing off both sides of the aisle.

This team got some tough criticisms. Some I think are fair. Others I'm not sure if they really stand up to scrutiny. I saw a lot of the "we just feasted on the bad part of our schedule." First, I would imagine most teams rack up wins against the weaker teams on their schedules. Also, we had some really nice series wins against quality opponents. We beat USM (a top 25 team who made a regional final). We swept Georgia Southern on the road. 55 in the RPI, and I would bet our series there played a part in them eventually just missing regional play. Swept ODU (top 75 RPI). Took 2 of 3 from Tulane (stolen bid regional team with a top 85 RPI). This team can't be summed up with simply beating bad teams and losing to good ones. Another criticism in the same vein that definitely rubbed me the wrong way was, "we aren't a bonafide 40 win team." In what way? This team DID win 40 games. 42 of them. I think our schedule could have used some improvement, but 63 SOS is not bad to the point where it calls our win total in to question. ECU has an SOS of 64, and they HOSTED.

My biggest criticism of this team I posted in the game thread of the first UT game, "Can’t imagine anyone who has been paying attention is too upset about tonight’s result. The writing has been all over the wall. Melted down in Houston, imploded at Coastal, imploded at Troy, didn’t bother to show up to the conference tournament. C’mon y’all. If you couldn’t see this coming, I’m not sure what to tell you." A little heat of the moment. Probably too harsh on the wording, but I still believe the heart of what I said to be true. This team, for whatever reason, just seemed to wilt under the lights in big away/neutral site games. People disputing this I'm sure would say that I'm cherry picking negative games and also point out the Ga Southern series. Fair enough. However, if I had handed any of you the schedule day 1 and said circle 6-7 of the most important road/neutral site games, I would bet most of you would have circled day one at Minute Maid, series openers at Troy and Coastal, the conference tourney opener, and the regional opener. All just prototypical "bright lights games." All games we ended up really losing composure in. Talent wise I wasn't sure if we had enough to go make noise in this regional. More than that I really doubted our ability to go in with the right mindset and get off to a good start. This was disappointing to me, given the number of veteran guys we had. To have any shot at winning this regional, we needed A&M in the 1-0 game with C-Mo on the mound. 10 free passes night one kept us from having that chance.

All in all, very successful season. 42 wins. 40 in the regular season. Won the conference and didn't even need a win the final weekend to do so. Player of the year, pitcher of the year, freshman of the year, and coach of the year. Some all time memorable home, comeback wins. 3rd straight regional and back to back at larges.

As to the future, I'm looking forward to seeing where we are headed. C-Mo had some huge praise for Gunner when they interviewed him during the game last night. Hopefully we can keep bringing in that HS talent and get to watch some guys flourish with a couple years in this system. Speaking of C-MO, when was the last time we had a guy cement himself as a fixture in our rotation for as long as he's here from almost the moment he steps on campus? Harris is the last I remember. We tried to make Havard and Durke those guys, but neither ended up close. If this coaching staff could help these guys be competitive consistently in the zone, we could be looking at some very dangerous pitching staffs in the future, not taking away from the one we just had.

I'm also interested to see if this season was just a blip on the radar with the dip in speed and spike in power. It seems if given the choice from a personnel standpoint Deggs would prefer the chaos on the basepaths approach.

Also interested to see where Deggs takes the offensive approach. Without going take an in depth look, it felt like this team was pretty feast or famine with the long ball to score runs this year. Obviously you’d want to combine speed and power, but in this day and age I just don’t know how you don’t pick power and live with it.