Game 2a

[parabrave]

Well it;s nice to see someone else with pitching problems. 1-0. Heck even hines got on base with RISP.

[EdwardDrayton]

Anybody else having trouble getting live stream on the ESPN app?

[parabrave]

Dam Parker Davis was doing pretty goood till you went out there to talk to him.

[Coursesuper]

We have to be the least clutch hitting team in the country.

[StateDawg44]

Well more of the same from us on 2 out ABs. And they capitalizing on 2 out ABs.

[CarolinaDawgs]

So sick of watching this suck ass product. It?s the same shit over and over. Im an addict tho.

[Santiago]

Anybody else having trouble getting live stream on the ESPN app?

yeah, it seemed held up because it is on SEC Network today, but that softball game was delaying...and SEC+ took me about 10 minutes to sign in.

[HoopsDawg]

There is absolutely no need to extend Davis.

[Santiago]

We just need some warmer weather, that's all ***

[CarolinaDawgs]

Homie cannot throw 2 strikes in a row. What are we waiting on??

[KOdawg1]

This team is so talented y'all.

Definitely going to host.

[HoopsDawg]

Someone wake Lemonis up and tell him this is only a 7 inning game.

[Cowbell]

I have come to the conclusion that Lemonis is ruining pitching coaches careers....
Waiting til the fourth free pass of the inning to even get the bullpen going. How many little league coaches would do better....

[parabrave]

We just need some warmer weather, that's all ***

Oh Good one.

[Cowbell]

Let's look at the bright side. 14 innings of this sure beats 18!

[Coursesuper]

Walks are hurting us badly. So much for this vaunted pitching staff when we play a team with a pulse.

[StateDawg44]

There is absolutely no need to extend Davis.

No doubt we will though

[msstate7]

Walks are hurting us badly. So much for this vaunted pitching staff when we play a team with a pulse.

Playing garbage opponents was so dumb. It doesn't get you ready

[parabrave]

Heyzeus not a good time to fall asleep at 1st.

[msstate7]

Someone wake Lemonis up and tell him this is only a 7 inning game.

Still trying to figure out why we didn't use the hell out the pen Friday with a guaranteed rain out Saturday

[EdwardDrayton]

Oh good. Connected just in time to witness another base running mistake. smh

[StateDawg44]

Playing garbage opponents was so dumb. It doesn't get you ready

I was told the few games we had (and lost) against teams with a pulse were quality losses because those teams will be in regionals at the end of the year. No biggie right?

[HoopsDawg]

Master class in poor management

[KOdawg1]

Oh good. Connected just in time to witness another base running mistake. smh

If you watch a Lemonis coached team long enough, you'll see them pretty much every game.

[parabrave]

GD Parker what did you tell davis on that visit. Now he has fallen apart/

[KOdawg1]

So Davis is another mental midget that can't throw strikes?

Got it.

[mparkerfd20]

We are pieced together shit team again. I'm so ready for the Lemonis experience to end it ain't funny.

[parabrave]

Whew at least Downs didn't dive at it/

[StateDawg44]

We are pieced together shit team again. I'm so ready for the Lemonis experience to end it ain't funny.

Lemonis doesn?t know how to build a complete team. This is what we have to settle for according to the board experts. Can?t do better.

[Coursesuper]

We are pieced together shit team again. I'm so ready for the Lemonis experience to end it ain't funny.

Pieced together, you hit the nail on the head.

[BeardoMSU]

Wtf are we doing?

[StateDawg44]

Why is Davis still pitching?

[Coursesuper]

Wtf are we doing?

Losing.

[Ranchdawg]

Come on Parker don’t let this get out of hand.

[BeardoMSU]

Siary gets it done.

[EdwardDrayton]

Minimized the damage at least. Let's claw our way back into it.

[KOdawg1]

Siary isn't a mental midget.

[Tater]

So pitcher in baseball bloodies his finger almost the exact same time pitcher in softball collides with 1st baseman.

If you wanted to know how State's day is going

[RezDog7]

Why do we suck at everything

[Tater]

So pitcher in baseball bloodies his finger almost the exact same time pitcher in softball collides with 1st baseman.

If you wanted to know how State's day is going

Both continued on. But lol

[msstate7]

Why do we suck at everything

I don't that we suck, but we're in the best conference in like every sport now. Everybody cares about every sport now, so it's tough.

[StateDawg44]

Why do we suck at everything

It makes it easier and easier to just not gaf anymore

[Ranchdawg]

You just can’t keep giving free passes to first.

[parabrave]

wow hunter beats the shift/

[parabrave]

good hit by downs to move hines over

[cheewgumm]

Hines with a ROCKET

Let's leave him in the lineup

[Tater]

I don't that we suck, but we're in the best conference in like every sport now. Everybody cares about every sport now, so it's tough.

Exactly. Being 21-30 in a sport means we're not top 10 in the SEC. People need to readjust their SEC barometer. We're looking at 13-14 teams in the basketball tournament ffs lmao.

[CarolinaDawgs]

Hell yes lead off double and everybody shits themselves

[EdwardDrayton]

Just need somebody to put the ball in play to score Hines and we strike the 17 out. Sheesh.

[KOdawg1]

Team full of pu$$ies and mental midgets.

Coached by the biggest of them all.

[CarolinaDawgs]

****ing bunt

[StateDawg44]

Lolz. I?m shocked we stranded him

[Ranchdawg]

Every time Tx. gets out of inning they act like they just got final out to win the game. They show some fire. We slug off the field!

[R2Dawg]

I don't that we suck, but we're in the best conference in like every sport now. Everybody cares about every sport now, so it's tough.

This is true. It feels like we suck but we are so close to being pretty good in a lot of sports just can't win a close game in much of anything right now.

Gotta think law of averages will catch up with us at some point.

[Coursesuper]

Hell yes lead off double and everybody shits themselves

Good at hitting when bases are clear.

[Saltydog]

If Davis is our game 2 starter in SEC play we're in trouble. You have to remember, he really hasn't pitched all that much and while he has good stuff he only has two pitches.

[SaintDawg]

Atta boy Ace!

[Ranchdawg]

Hell yes!

[Tater]

Both softball and baseball are tied 3-3 with us batting. And we're playing against ranked, traditional powers in each sport.

We do not "suck". We belong and can compete.

[magrooder]

This Reese kid might be a player.

[KOdawg1]

Finally, a big time hit

[parabrave]

let's go hunter get that risp avg up, NOPE.

[Tater]

Hines swung after 5 straight balls. Can't help a floundering dude out. Should be 3-0 count.

[CarolinaDawgs]

Here it comes

[CarolinaDawgs]

Here it comes

Ready for all the momentum we just got to shift right back. Cuz I Am

[parabrave]

Hines swung after 5 straight balls. Can't help a floundering dude out. Should be 3-0 count.

Killed a rally.

[Saltydog]

Hines is the least clutch hitter in the history of MSU baseball.....

[CarolinaDawgs]

I?m willing to wager they score at least 2 this inning. Anybody want it?

[cheewgumm]

Thats baseball

[R2Dawg]

Both softball and baseball are tied 3-3 with us batting. And we're playing against ranked, traditional powers in each sport.

We do not "suck". We belong and can compete.

We do belong and compete with the best in the nation. One play in most games and we can win against anyone, we have just struggled to finish in basketball and baseball so far.

I do understand the frustration by the fan base too. Doesn't help that OM is thriving in everything they do right now.

[maroonmania]

Killed a rally.

We don't seem to be capable of having a big inning against a good team. Hines can't even put the ball in play.

[R2Dawg]

Pitching Williams means we expecting to win this game.

[R2Dawg]

Williams is filthy.

[Cowbell]

Why did we move on from siary when he was dealing?

[maroonmania]

Pitching Williams means we expecting to win this game.

Would have felt better about bringing him in if we had taken the lead.

[R2Dawg]

Would have felt better about bringing him in if we had taken the lead.

Agree and why I said us using him here means they not saving him for game 3

[R2Dawg]

Williams is our shut the door closer, plain and simple.

We have some good pieces with our pitching just got to avoid the blunder change or pitching decision and we'll be in every game we play. As discussed yesterday, leaving Pico in too long cost us game 1. Just got to make good decisions with our pitchers and we can win.

[maroonmania]

True, but who knows when we will score again?

[parabrave]

Well that ball didn't drop.

[parabrave]

Jeez

[BeardoMSU]

Lol

[mparkerfd20]

Ballgame

[maroonmania]

We just can't win a competitive game against good competition. Haven't done it all year.

[Dawgface]

Good pitching out of the dugout down the drain.

[Ranchdawg]

Well just damn!

[KOdawg1]

17 this sorry ass team and our sorry ass coach

[StateDawg44]

We just can't win a competitive game against good competition. Haven't done it all year.

Haven?t done it in years

[Coursesuper]

Why did we ice our on pitcher with an 0-2 count?

[cheewgumm]

he should have wasted a pitch

[cheewgumm]

Don't throw strikes on 0-2

[CarolinaDawgs]

No marbles

No ****ing marbles

[BankerDog]

Most unclutch athletic program in America. Every single time. We lack the killer instinct.

[maroonmania]

Good pitching out of the dugout down the drain.

So much for the great bullpen everyone was talking about. Hungate craps the bed Friday and Williams does it today.

[CaptainObvious]

Has Hines ever seen a curve ball he could hit like that one? That ain't on coaching. At least not the first guy just going up and hitting a high fast ball. The home run was a case of a guy expecting the pitch he got and jumped all over it!

[Coursesuper]

Don't throw strikes on 0-2

Neither were.

[R2Dawg]

So much for the great bullpen everyone was talking about. Hungate craps the bed Friday and Williams does it today.

Well he struck out 5 of 6 but yeah can't hang one up at 0-2.

As others said, seems like the curse will never be lifted.

[StateDawg44]

True, but who knows when we will score again?

I?m willing to bet it won?t be in the bottom of the 7th.

[CaptainObvious]

We have a catcher that hits a HR yesterday in a losing cause and it's like "He's back!" NO! He's lucky! Stallman goes 0-5 at leadoff yesterday and Lemonis PH him today. Those decisions ARE on Lemonis!

[BeardoMSU]

What the holy hell?!

[parabrave]

Dam. Saw this at the end of Moneyball. But he didn't hit a HR.

[msstate7]

What a terrible running mistake. DP in 3-2-1

[maroonmania]

What a joke running the bases. Geez.

[CarolinaDawgs]

You cannot make up our luck

[parabrave]

We have a catcher that hits a HR yesterday in a losing cause and it's like "He's back!" NO! He's lucky! Stallman goes 0-5 at leadoff yesterday and Lemonis PH him today. Those decisions ARE on Lemonis!

You mean don't PH a guy hitting near 500 and always gets on base. What the hell did Freis do to get in the doghouse.

[msstate7]

We have a catcher that hits a HR yesterday in a losing cause and it's like "He's back!" NO! He's lucky! Stallman goes 0-5 at leadoff yesterday and Lemonis PH him today. Those decisions ARE on Lemonis!

PH for a leadoff hitter is something. That certainly is fair criticism

[EdwardDrayton]

Not sure I've ever seen a player blow a tire making the turn at first.

[KOdawg1]

Got one of the best turf programs in the country and we have artificial grass.

Make it make sense.

[EdwardDrayton]

We are cursed.

[BeardoMSU]

Snakebit

[msstate7]

What's the difference is great programs and good ones? We don't make that play

[maroonmania]

This team is just totally snake bit.

[maroonmania]

What's the difference is great programs and good ones? We don't make that play

Not in a hundred tries.

[msstate7]

This team is just totally snake bit.

Maybe, that didn't look like a lucky catch.

[parabrave]

Pinch hit now.

[msstate7]

I hate this left on left matchup

[cheewgumm]

That curveball was a strike

[maroonmania]

Yea, and here is Hines again. :(

[Tater]

This umpire changed on a ****ing dime from squeezing everything to calling strikes in columbus. What a jackass

[EdwardDrayton]

Do we win or inflate our LOB?!!?

[Pinto]

Hines is up with a chance to win it so Game Over

[R2Dawg]

Well Hines can make us forget the other bad AB

[magrooder]

Two down bottom of the 7th, two on. Make it happen HH.

[msstate7]

That wasn't over the base?

[Bdawg]

And Hines barely misses

[msstate7]

Soft away, and game over

[Bdawg]

That wasn't over the base?

Idk. Close

[parabrave]

Herre comes a swinging strike 3. Hope I'm wromng. Nope F you Lemon. Meanwhile Freis is growing splinters on his ass.

[magrooder]

Nevermind.

[R2Dawg]

Not trying to speak for anyone else but I'm sick of losing.

[StateDawg44]

This umpire changed on a ****ing dime from squeezing everything to calling strikes in columbus. What a jackass

Always a ref or umps fault with you, eh?

[RezDog7]

Well Hines can make us forget the other bad AB

He just needs more at bats

[Ranchdawg]

I am tired of losing!

[KOdawg1]

Hunter Hines is the least clutch player I think I've ever seen

[maroonmania]

I'm beginning to hate all MSU sports. :-(

[Coursesuper]

We have a catcher that hits a HR yesterday in a losing cause and it's like "He's back!" NO! He's lucky! Stallman goes 0-5 at leadoff yesterday and Lemonis PH him today. Those decisions ARE on Lemonis!

Poorly managed

[R2Dawg]

Women up 4-3 on Bama; can the women salvage our pride?

[parabrave]

Idk. Close

Jeff said it was close but a foul/

[msstate7]

Us vs Texas and Oklahoma this season in the big 3... 0-6. It may be 2030 before we beat them at anything

[RezDog7]

MSU athletics is a joke

[CarolinaDawgs]

I have to remind myself that we ran unbelievably hot in this sport for 6 straight years.

[StarkVegasSteve]

Well everyone is going to get their wish. We will be firing Lemonis at the end of the season. We are staring 0-9 to start conference play in the face.

[R2Dawg]

Hunter Hines is the least clutch player I think I've ever seen

Yeah he can't be bat boy for Jake or TA at this point.

[EdwardDrayton]

Wonder how much I'd have to pay someone to take my fan card.

[Cowbell]

Us vs Texas and Oklahoma this season in the big 3... 0-6. It may be 2030 before we beat them at anything

But we don't have to play Bama in football***

[StateDawg44]

I have to remind myself that we ran unbelievably hot in this sport for 6 straight years.

And then shat it ALL away after we finally got to the top.

[maroonmania]

Hunter Hines is the least clutch player I think I've ever seen

But he ALMOST got one inside the bag. And we ALMOST got a ball to drop in LF. And we ALMOST won. Whatever it takes for us to lose happens. Friday, instead of a 3 run HR to tie the game with 2 outs in the 9th we get a 2 run double off the wall and can't do anything else. Same ol' story every game we play good teams.

[msstate7]

Hunter Hines is the least clutch player I think I've ever seen

It's not just him... it's in our DNA. Hell the face of our sports is dak, and he can't come through in big games. We are just good enough to not embarrass ourselves, but not good enough to consistently win big games

[EdwardDrayton]

Women up 4-3 on Bama; can the women salvage our pride?

I'll take anything to hang onto at this moment.

[Tater]

Always a ref or umps fault with you, eh?

We lost because we threw a dumbass pitch on 0-2 at their HR hitter while they didn't.

Ref also did a cardinal sin of baseball. Both things can be true.

[StateDawg44]

Wonder how much I'd have to pay someone to take my fan card.

I just had a baby boy 2 weeks ago and we are a house divided between us and Auburn. Part of me hopes he doesn?t choose MSU.

[R2Dawg]

Well everyone is going to get their wish. We will be firing Lemonis at the end of the season. We are staring 0-9 to start conference play in the face.

No one wants this because it means we are losing. I think everyone wants Lemo to get it going.

[EdwardDrayton]

It's not just him... it's in our DNA. Hell the face of our sports is dak, and he can't come through in big games. We are just good enough to not embarrass ourselves, but not good enough to consistently win big games

^^^^^^^

[Turfdawg67]

It's tough to win on the road in the SEC. ****

[maroonmania]

Maybe, that didn't look like a lucky catch.

No, he tracked it all the way. Just a really good defensive play.

[StarkVegasSteve]

No one wants this because it means we are losing. I think everyone wants Lemo to get it going.

We had people wanting to fire Lemonis last year and we probably should have hosted. Our fans got a small taste of success and suddenly thought we were on par with LSU

[R2Dawg]

It's not just him... it's in our DNA. Hell the face of our sports is dak, and he can't come through in big games. We are just good enough to not embarrass ourselves, but not good enough to consistently win big games

Remember 2018 baseball - clutch all the time. 19 and 21 good too. Seems like decades ago.

[Turfdawg67]

No one wants this because it means we are losing. I think everyone wants Lemo to get it going.

Exactly. No one would want lemon fired if we didn't suck.

[EdwardDrayton]

Now we're really up against it. Gotta find a way to win the last one.

[msstate7]

Remember 2018 baseball - clutch all the time. 19 and 21 good too. Seems like decades ago.

We should build a statue of each and every one of the 1996 MBk team and the 2021 baseball team. Those guys are the most anti-state bulldogs of all time

[R2Dawg]

And then shat it ALL away after we finally got to the top.

We've done that in every sport - football when Mullen was here, basketball been 15 years of climbing back after RR error, baseball same thing, WBB fell off after Vic.

[R2Dawg]

We should build a statue of each and every one of the 1996 MBk team and the 2021 baseball team. Those guys are the most anti-state bulldogs of all time

Yeah, throw in the national runner up WBB too. 14-21 was a great time to be a Bulldog, we've hit bottom now it seems.

[R2Dawg]

Exactly. No one would want lemon fired if we didn't suck.

Agree, we must salvage this season or Lemo must go.

[Turfdawg67]

We had people wanting to fire Lemonis last year and we probably should have hosted. Our fans got a small taste of success and suddenly thought we were on par with LSU

We should be on par with LSU, though. Lemon has ruined this program

[Bdawg]

You cannot make up our luck

It?s becoming a skill!

[Tater]

Yeah, throw in the national runner up WBB too. 14-21 was a great time to be a Bulldog, we've hit bottom now it seems.

Our sports right now are nothing compared to 04-08. 2008 might literally be the worst year in mississippi state sports history. 3-2 happened that year.

[DawgFromOxford]

Don't worry guys when it warms up we'll start winning. That's just baseball ***

Omaha or bust at this point for Lemonis. You're in your 7th season. Get it done or get packing

[StarkVegasSteve]

We should be on par with LSU, though. Lemon has ruined this program

Then you are blaming the wrong coach if you think we should be on par with LSU. Because while Skip Bertman WAS ACTUALLY WINNING NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS, Ron Polk was squandering 1st round picks and getting beat in Regionals.

[StarkVegasSteve]

But hey, I am sure Texas fans will tweet about how nice our fans are as they kick our ass. The Baseball Grove will eat that all up!!!

[Turfdawg67]

We should build a statue of each and every one of the 1996 MBk team and the 2021 baseball team. Those guys are the most anti-state bulldogs of all time

Obviously, the 2021 baseball team is the gold standard. But even that team got run-ruled 13-1 and 12-2 in the SEC Tourney that year.

[Leroy Jenkins]

One upon a time I had no doubt we would come through in those situations; now I have no doubt we won't.

[Turfdawg67]

Then you are blaming the wrong coach if you think we should be on par with LSU. Because while Skip Bertman WAS ACTUALLY WINNING NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS, Ron Polk was squandering 1st round picks and getting beat in Regionals.

True, but "that's baseball".

[Tater]

Obviously, the 2021 baseball team is the gold standard. But even that team got run-ruled 13-1 and 12-2 in the SEC Tourney that year.

They got swept by Arkansas at home in non competitive games, lost a Friday game to Tulane, dropped a Saturday game to Kent St. Oh and lost a home series in May to ****ing Mizzou.

[parabrave]

But hey, I am sure Texas fans will tweet about how nice our fans are as they kick our ass. The Baseball Grove will eat that all up!!!

The bus driver giving away free food to orange clad fans in the LFL again. Serious I saw a orange clad guy catch a ball in the LFL on the news last night.

[cheewgumm]

Bad 2 strike pitches lost the first two games.

[RezDog7]

We had people wanting to fire Lemonis last year and we probably should have hosted. Our fans got a small taste of success and suddenly thought we were on par with LSU

Who are we on par with now?

[msstate7]

Obviously, the 2021 baseball team is the gold standard. But even that team got run-ruled 13-1 and 12-2 in the SEC Tourney that year.

I lost my mind over it too

[mparkerfd20]

Y'all can have this team. I'm done. I'll follow softball. They are actually well coached and playing well.

[msstate7]

Game 3 is very important. Let's finish this weekend with a good taste in our mouth. Come on state

[StarkVegasSteve]

Who are we on par with now?

We've always been on par with the same group. Arkansas, Ole Miss, Florida St, A&M, etc. None of that has changed. LSU is on a different planet and has been since about 1993.

[Brobi-wan]

MSU sports feels like a loveless, one sided marriage

[EdwardDrayton]

To fix this, we need to look higher up in the university hierarchy and start there.

[msstate7]

Y'all can have this team. I'm done. I'll follow softball. They are actually well coached and playing well.

It's not that bad yet. Lord knows if my grand daughter plays softball, I'll love it. Other than that though, I couldn't care less about softball

[Ranchdawg]

I don’t care whose fault it is coaches, players, bat girls or whatever I’m just tired of losing.

[KOdawg1]

The bus driver giving away free food to orange clad fans in the LFL again. Serious I saw a orange clad guy catch a ball in the LFL on the news last night.

If you're ever hungry, put on the other teams colors, take a stroll out there and you'll be fed like a king.

As long as you agree to tweet about it though.

[EdwardDrayton]

Game 3 is very important. Let's finish this weekend with a good taste in our mouth. Come on state

Yep. We've been competitive in both games. Get the third one and things won't seem so bleak.

[maroonmania]

We've always been on par with the same group. Arkansas, Ole Miss, Florida St, A&M, etc. None of that has changed. LSU is on a different planet and has been since about 1993.

No, not always. 2022 and 2023 we were on par with Missouri.

[DeltaChicagoDog]

But hey, I am sure Texas fans will tweet about how nice our fans are as they kick our ass. The Baseball Grove will eat that all up!!!

For sure. And it's a hell of a long way between feeding an opposing team when you're winning versus losing. Winning with grace vs thank you, sir, may I have another?

[parabrave]

Order up for game 2. And Valaah guess who is batting 5th. Dam thought Lemon might move him to 3rd after that oustanding clutch hitting in game one. Stallman leading off. Lemon saving Freis for his Hattenburg moment. Or for us grey hairs his Reggie Jackson moment.

[maroonmania]

Hey, at least we won the softball game today.

[the_real_MSU_is_us]

We had people wanting to fire Lemonis last year and we probably should have hosted. Our fans got a small taste of success and suddenly thought we were on par with LSU

I haven't posted in months but I'm the most vocal "fire Lemo" person on here so I'll address this:

I wanted Lemo fired after '23. 2 straight seasons of missing the SEC tourney = he aint it. He just isn't. C34 told me how great the team was we'd have in '24 and I said my biggest fear was that Lemo would be just good enough to keep his job for '25, but because "he ain't it", we'd under perform and waste every season with him.

Now, did we do OK last year? Yeah, and I said that at that point (being a 2 seed and ranked to end the year) he should come back for '25. The time to fire him was after '23, you can't do it after '24.

BUT, and here's the BUT here, is Lemo "it"? Does anyone here believe he's the guy? No. His ceiling is to create a host bubble team, his floor is missing the NCAAT altogether. It's unlikely he'll get us back to Supers, much less Omaha. This is EXACTLY what me and others feared would happen if we didn't fire him after '23- he'd limp along with mediocre seasons. I've been checked out this season but I'm not seeing evidence I'm wrong.

[StarkVegasSteve]

For sure. And it's a hell of a long way between feeding an opposing team when you're winning versus losing. Winning with grace vs thank you, sir, may I have another?

Well my thing is, I don't care if you feed them before or after the game. But when the first pitch crosses home plate, they're the team you're trying to beat. You give their players hell, you don't fraternize with their families, you don't get on to our fans giving their players hell because their parents are in the lounge. It's just so stupid. People need to start hate coming to The Dude again, not fasting for their meals.

[the_real_MSU_is_us]

Hey, at least we won the softball game today.

I watch them exclusively now. They play hard, don't crumble when they make mistakes, and are actually competitive. Baseball under Lemo has lost my attention. He wants it back? Make a Super this year

[DawgFromOxford]

Game 3 is very important. Let's finish this weekend with a good taste in our mouth. Come on state

Nah. We could win 100-0 in game 3 and I'm still going to be upset about this series.

[Bothrops]

Texas is our new Florida. We won't be beating them in anything. Oh, and Florida will still Florida to us.

[maroonmania]

I haven't posted in months but I'm the most vocal "fire Lemo" person on here so I'll address this:

I wanted Lemo fired after '23. 2 straight seasons of missing the SEC tourney = he aint it. He just isn't. C34 told me how great the team was we'd have in '24 and I said my biggest fear was that Lemo would be just good enough to keep his job for '25, but because "he ain't it", we'd under perform and waste every season with him.

Now, did we do OK last year? Yeah, and I said that at that point (being a 2 seed and ranked to end the year) he should come back for '25. The time to fire him was after '23, you can't do it after '24.

BUT, and here's the BUT here, is Lemo "it"? Does anyone here believe he's the guy? No. His ceiling is to create a host bubble team, his floor is missing the NCAAT altogether. It's unlikely he'll get us back to Supers, much less Omaha. This is EXACTLY what me and others feared would happen if we didn't fire him after '23- he'd limp along with mediocre seasons. I've been checked out this season but I'm not seeing evidence I'm wrong.

You aren't wrong. Lem is an average to good coach. To win consistently in the SEC you need a near elite coach. Also, we are missing on too many of the top guys in the portal to be an elite team. This year we added a couple of nice hitters but we all knew we really needed a proven SEC level starting pitcher out of the portal at minimum and we didn't get one.

[Quaoarsking]

Obviously if you just look at wins and losses, our record is fine right now, but if you look at how and why it's happening, in that our team is mentally and fundamentally weak and has been for years, you know that the problem is at the top.

We've had 3 straight top 10 recruiting classes and brought in some really good transfers, and we're underachieving.

[parabrave]

Game 3 start. Ligon gets out of the 1st with no damage.

[West Tn Dawg]

I haven't posted in months but I'm the most vocal "fire Lemo" person on here so I'll address this:

I wanted Lemo fired after '23. 2 straight seasons of missing the SEC tourney = he aint it. He just isn't. C34 told me how great the team was we'd have in '24 and I said my biggest fear was that Lemo would be just good enough to keep his job for '25, but because "he ain't it", we'd under perform and waste every season with him.

Now, did we do OK last year? Yeah, and I said that at that point (being a 2 seed and ranked to end the year) he should come back for '25. The time to fire him was after '23, you can't do it after '24.

BUT, and here's the BUT here, is Lemo "it"? Does anyone here believe he's the guy? No. His ceiling is to create a host bubble team, his floor is missing the NCAAT altogether. It's unlikely he'll get us back to Supers, much less Omaha. This is EXACTLY what me and others feared would happen if we didn't fire him after '23- he'd limp along with mediocre seasons. I've been checked out this season but I'm not seeing evidence I'm wrong.

I said he was a mistake when they hired him! Go look up my post, I posted we won the NC despite him not because of him. Even the NC year he made many bad coaching decisions, we were just good enough to overcome them. I wish they would fire him today!

[parabrave]

And now the announcer saying on how great the Horn fans talking about how great their experience was. Wish we had the rep of Death Valley for baseball.

[msstate7]

We get a pop up single and hit into a DP. Our opponents woulda hit a 3-run hr

[Tater]

A guy who won a Natty at this school with a national seed this decade has a ceiling of host bubble team.

[mparkerfd20]

It's not that bad yet. Lord knows if my grand daughter plays softball, I'll love it. Other than that though, I couldn't care less about softball

I've had 3 daughters play it. I love it and couldn't care less about your experience.

EDIT: Didn't mean to sound as much like an asshole as that did. Women's sports are about all left that NIL hasn't completely destroyed yet.

[msstate7]

I've had 3 daughters play it. I love it and couldn't care less about your experience.

EDIT: Didn't mean to sound as much like an asshole as that did. Women's sports are about all left that NIL hasn't completely destroyed yet.

I would probably love it too if had a daughter to play. I didn't, so not really into it.

[DownwardDawg]

Imagine selmon hiring our next coach. Horrifying

[Tater]

I would probably love it too if had a daughter to play. I didn't, so not really into it.

I just root blindly for anything we got maroon and white on.

Our track and field program is knocking on the door. Though the 4x400 relay shenanigans might be the worst officiating I've ever seen in any sport.

@Statedawg44 is that ok for me to say? We weren't even involved in the shenanigans.

[HoopsDawg]

Imagine selmon hiring our next coach. Horrifying

That is horrifying but it doesn't take a genius to hire Elander.

[StateDawg44]

I just root blindly for anything we got maroon and white on.

Our track and field program is knocking on the door. Though the 4x400 relay shenanigans might be the worst officiating I've ever seen in any sport.

@Statedawg44 is that ok for me to say? We weren't even involved in the shenanigans.

Someone is sensitive

[Tater]

Someone is sensitive

Ok and? Are you gonna answer the question or do you think calling someone sensitive is some kind of burn?

[Pancho]

prayers for the eupora baseball player working the RF concession area who was struck in the face by the belyeu home run.