Worst 3-stretches in school history, starting in the Polk Era

[Quaoarsking]

2008 - 2010 is the worst for sure, with a combined SEC record of 24-65.

But 2022 - 2024 is arguably the second worst, combined SEC record of 35-55, 1 Regional appearance with an underachieving flameout.

You could argue for 2009 - 2011, where we went 29-60, but at least we won a Regional and went deep into game 3 of a Super before it slipped away. The only other candidate 3-year stretches would include 2007, when we went to Omaha. Any times with Polk I or even Polk II we had a bad year, we always bounced back quickly, at least to get to the tournament.

So the last 3 years were probably the 2nd worst stretch of our modern history, 3rd worst if we want to be generous. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise, that we're just doing what we've typically done - that's inarguably false.

[BuckyIsAB****]

I wonder what is going on at the Dude rn

[RockyDog]

Lemons is head and shoulder above Polk 2 and Cohen. Nitpick all you want, he owns 2 of MSU’s 6 all time 50 win seasons. Craziness is happening here

[DawgFromOxford]

Lemons is head and shoulder above Polk 2 and Cohen. Nitpick all you want, he owns 2 of MSU’s 6 all time 50 win seasons. Craziness is happening here

Credit to lemonis for getting those 2 seasons and the NC, he pushed the right buttons and got us there but he did it with teams that were mostly built for him. The teams he?s built by himself aren?t living up to the potential of our program

[Quaoarsking]

Lemons is head and shoulder above Polk 2 and Cohen. Nitpick all you want, he owns 2 of MSU’s 6 all time 50 win seasons. Craziness is happening here

Ok, and?

None of that contradicts that his most recent 3 seasons are the 2nd worst set of 3 seasons over the last 50 years.

[Santiago]

Lemons is head and shoulder above Polk 2 and Cohen. Nitpick all you want, he owns 2 of MSU’s 6 all time 50 win seasons. Craziness is happening here

He did not evaluate and build that team. Something that is a glaring problem now.

[Ranchdawg]

I was there those former bad times. I don’t remember even halfway decent teams back then making absolutely the most stupid plays. Base running errors, stupid fielding errors, pitchers walking multiple batters in one inning, batters not progressing during the season, etc.