SEC gets 8 Regional Hosts

[EdwardDrayton]

It makes me want Lemonis fired even more. Sickening.

And next year we'll finish 9th or 10th in the SEC because, let's face it, even an orangutan can't finish last or next to last three years running. Then we'll hear about how we've improved and we were only two wins away from being somebody.

[CaptainObvious]

Tulane qualified with a 19-40 record.

Looks like Ball State will be in a Regional. Dohm should have stayed.

Notre Dame probably not. Oklahoma probably not. Arizona State maybe not.

Lemonis old team Indiana is in. Oh, and Ledbetter?s old team probably is in.

[msstate7]

C34 going to bat for an underperforming HC. You owe leach an apology

[DownwardDawg]

C34 going to bat for an underperforming HC. You owe leach an apology

It's very odd

[Coach34]

It's very odd

It?s pretty simple and I don?t see why people don?t get it.

He won a Natty
2022- we had arms blow up and eliminated any chance of a good season. So to me- 2022 didn?t even count.
2023- really poor pitching and some injuries again. Fired pitching coach. Proper response
2024- better make the NCAA Tourney or his ass is fired

This isn?t hard

[Todd4State]

Yawn. Did Bunko take over a powerhouse and wreck it? Did Bunko own multiple school record losing streaks? Idk why you wanna die on this hill but I hope you?re right.

We may have to revisit this post next year. Ole Miss is losing a LOT this offseason. I think they're in worse shape than us at the moment honestly.

If bianco misses Hoover a 2nd year in a row he'll be fired

But he won't, because he's an actual decent coach, and decent coaches fix their teams flaws.

Thats kind of the point... Lemonis missed Hoover and did... what exactly to improve the team?

Bianco and Lemonis is a completely different situation. Bianco is their best coach ever. That's going to give him as much leeway as Lemonis if not more. He's going to retire from there- likely in a couple of years or so. Them firing Bianco would be like us firing Ron Polk. I kind of hope they do fire him- the backlash from the baseball community would be awesome.

Bianco should have sent Lane Forsythe a check in 2022. If we hadn?t pitched Forsythe in Governors cup, Ole Miss would have missed the NCAA tournament and Bianco would have been fired.

That was one of the dumbest moves I've ever seen in my life. Cost us like a six year win streak in the Governor's Cup also.

It?s pretty simple and I don?t see why people don?t get it.

He won a Natty
2022- we had arms blow up and eliminated any chance of a good season. So to me- 2022 didn?t even count.
2023- really poor pitching and some injuries again. Fired pitching coach. Proper response
2024- better make the NCAA Tourney or his ass is fired

This isn?t hard

It really is. It's confusing to me as well. Add in the buyout, optics, and recruiting classes coming in- it really does make sense. I can understand being mad too. But the answer to the solution isn't to always fire the coach immediately. And that's what some people don't seem to get. Lemonis is highly dependent on the performance of his assistants and if they suck we're going to suck. And if he doesn't perform and we have to fire him at least we can say that we gave him every opportunity to fix the situation and that will go a long way with candidates in the future. Baseball coaches are a lot more analytical as a group and a lot of them are Ok being Scott Berry and being seen as a good coach with some conference titles and no National Championships if it's a good fit for them and their family is happy.

[Quaoarsking]

It?s pretty simple and I don?t see why people don?t get it.

He won a Natty
2022- we had arms blow up and eliminated any chance of a good season. So to me- 2022 didn?t even count.
2023- really poor pitching and some injuries again. Fired pitching coach. Proper response
2024- better make the NCAA Tourney or his ass is fired

This isn?t hard

You and Todd agreed with most of us a few weeks ago. In fact, I argued with both of you that you were being too hard on Lemonis (I wanted to fire him too, but didn't agree with the stupid cutesy nicknames or refuse to give him credit for the '21 title). So spare us with the "This isn't hard" garbage when you very visibly changed your mind about this subject.

[Todd4State]

You and Todd agreed with most of us a few weeks ago. In fact, I argued with both of you that you were being too hard on Lemonis (I wanted to fire him too, but didn't agree with the stupid cutesy nicknames or refuse to give him credit for the '21 title). So spare us with the "This isn't hard" garbage when you very visibly changed your mind about this subject.

Most of the season I said let the season play out. The only time I thought Lemonis was in any real trouble was after the Arkansas series- which I believe was about the same time Coach34 said he was in trouble. That talk cooled down before LSU. I also said that if we lost out again he would be gone and should have been. There was a possibility that could have happened- but it didn't. We went 3-3 in our last six SEC games with a decimated pitching staff and no pitching coach and it was clear he did not lose the team.

There was only so much he could fix in real time this year because we don't have a minor league in college baseball and we can't trade for players like a MLB team can. Going forward he has to fix it because the opportunity to fix it is there. Starting with the pitching coach hire and then adding what we can through the portal. Adding players that can perform and adding a coach that can maximize our pitchers is the only way out of this.

[The Federalist Engineer]

You and Todd agreed with most of us a few weeks ago. In fact, I argued with both of you that you were being too hard on Lemonis (I wanted to fire him too, but didn't agree with the stupid cutesy nicknames or refuse to give him credit for the '21 title). So spare us with the "This isn't hard" garbage when you very visibly changed your mind about this subject.

Coach34, you and Todd-Against-State betrayed us all when you did not fire Buckets on May 21, how could yall ***

[the_real_MSU_is_us]

Bunko missed the NCAA Tourney after winning a Natty- with a solid team returning- and he is one of the SEC's best coaches in history. It happens.

If bianco misses Hoover a 2nd year in a row he'll be fired

But he won't, because he's an actual decent coach, and decent coaches fix their teams flaws.

Thats kind of the point... Lemonis missed Hoover and did... what exactly to improve the team?

[HoopsDawg]

C34 going to bat for an underperforming HC. You owe leach an apology

Pretty sure he had a lobotomy on his sabbatical

[Leeshouldveflanked]

If bianco misses Hoover a 2nd year in a row he'll be fired

But he won't, because he's an actual decent coach, and decent coaches fix their teams flaws.

Thats kind of the point... Lemonis missed Hoover and did... what exactly to improve the team?

Bianco should have sent Lane Forsythe a check in 2022. If we hadn?t pitched Forsythe in Governors cup, Ole Miss would have missed the NCAA tournament and Bianco would have been fired.

[Pancho]

Well, that was probably something foxhall talked Lemo into doing.***********

[BuckyIsAB****]

C34 going to bat for an underperforming HC. You owe leach an apology

Bang bang. Leach was never, ever, this bad. And never would have been

[smootness]

Correct, half the conference is hosting and we were FOUR games away from even making the Tournament. So not close.

[Pancho]

Selmon will have a decision looming by mid april of 24

[the_real_MSU_is_us]

I don't think we have the money to "play dirty" even if we wanted too. Our NIL is going g to keeping studs like Tolu from leaving and getting veterans back for a final year (Bookie Watson, Hancock)
There is no money left for HS or portal guys. At least, bit enough to outbid a competitor. "Why is our football recruiting so bad?? The top MS guys are going to Arky and OM!" Yeah well, their boosters are contributing enough to offer NIL. So top DL are going to OM instead of the school that puts DL in the league. It's not that complicated

[YazooDawg23]

It?s hard to make such drastic moves in a non revenue sport. We won a natty two years ago and baseball is not a big enough deal to fire a coach 2 years after winning a natty.

[SPMT]

It?s hard to make such drastic moves in a non revenue sport. We won a natty two years ago and baseball is not a big enough deal to fire a coach 2 years after winning a natty.

1. I dont believe we aren?t a producing profit in baseball. I imagine currently there is interest expense being charged for the new stadium. LSU makes money in baseball we put as many in as they do. When that debt is paid down we will be substantially profitable.

2. At the end of the day, who gives a 17 about profit, baseball is our only chance at natty?s. And I don?t believe winning in baseball at a very high level hurts the school in anyway. In fact, I question why we don?t maximize it more. If we were good or had any chance games would have even more fans there.

3. It is absolutely pathetic that we aren?t hosting this year. Im fine giving Lemonis another year, but would?ve been happy with firing him. My gut says we should?ve fired him. He?s a really good manager but looks clueless at evaluation.

[the_real_MSU_is_us]

It?s pretty simple and I don?t see why people don?t get it.

He won a Natty
2022- we had arms blow up and eliminated any chance of a good season. So to me- 2022 didn?t even count.
2023- really poor pitching and some injuries again. Fired pitching coach. Proper response
2024- better make the NCAA Tourney or his ass is fired

This isn?t hard

2023: Just going to ignore our #10 scoring offense or #14 defense or bad management (NIL ro bad players, misevaluating Hancock's ability at catcher, misevaluating what we had at 3B)?