Agree here, we may be good at times but will not be elite. We are capable of very good stretches when hot, but the lows can be and have been very low.
This is the most bipolar fanbase ever.
Not really. Don't you want to win championships in a sport? Our last regular season championship in a sport was Basketball in 2004 with the last baseball regular season championship happening in 1989. We have Coach Howland there which really is the equivelanf of the baseball coach from Louisville so we are good with the head coach in basketball. Cohen has been the head coach in baseball since 2008 with one CWS appearance and one SEC tournament championship with only one time hosting. Baseball is the best chance we have to win a national championship. Smoke Lavall at LSU accomplished more then Cohen and was fired. Pat McMahon at Florida accomplished more then Cohen and was fired. These are programs that expect more then our fanbase yet our traditions are just as storied (especially us and Florida). We deserve better as fans then what is happening in baseball.
I can support Cohen...he'll win more than he loses, and we'll be in Regionals most years. I've supported him all along.
On the other hand, I feel like we are a potential National power program in baseball, that is capable of winning a Title..... So I'm going to have to adjust my expectations as long as Cohen is our coach, that's all. We could easily do worse....but we will never field a team that meets the level of that new stadium under John. I'm ok with that I guess, it's just disappointing to come to that realization.
Can someone post what we've been seeded in postseason each year since Cohen arrived? Just curious, and I'm driving or I would look it up
You're either a moron or ignorant. We don't beat Oregon State without Graveman. Stop being dumb. Did you really want to trot Pollo out there?
We lost the title when we dropped Game 1. We just couldn't plate the runners. Just like John Savage said, "It was just our time."
Because State fans are so scared of being terrible- so many are satisfied with being decent than making moves to strive for the top. LT was going to hire Bobby Wallace to be our HC instead of Jackie Sherrill. We once told Steve Spurrier we werent interested in him. Our home grown leaders and fanbase are seriously flawed.
We are actually very fortunate to be where we are statistically. 5 of our 8 wins in the SEC have been by 2 runs or less. ALL of our 7 losses have been by 3 runs or more. We are a good team but I believe we got a little ahead of ourselves thinking we are legitimately Top 5 at the moment. I still think we are probably Top 12-15 or so but a team like A&M that is strong in almost every facet of the game and knocks the cover off the ball, we really just have trouble competing with that because we just don't have enough dependable arms at the moment.
Yep, I agree with you Cadaver. We aren't going to win a national title in football so Dan Mullen is a great fit here for what he has done. We can win and make the NCAA tourney most years with Howland as our coach. But in baseball with our facilities and fan support this is a potential sleeping giant power. As long as Cohen is here, he will produce the same results we have always seen. That is just the way it will be. I guess we are good with Cohen results.
Who do you think would build a better program here, Dan McDonnell or John Cohen? Just curious people.
I think you overestimate our baseball programs potential. Just my opinion. I've followed this thing all my life, and I can say with certainty that we missed our opportunity to really jump out and lead the SEC when we failed in 1985, and then the follow up teams a few years after that. Now, after Polk's fiasco since then, I think Cohen is the best we can do. Those that think he isn't, I implore you to find the replacement.