If I were Strick...

[maroonmania]

Hosting a regional should be expected at MSU. Not once ever 4 years either. Every year. And if we are not in regional hosting discussions every year that is a down year. Period. We are a top 5 baseball program and we should expect to compete as such.

Wow, even at our peak under Polk I in the 80s we were not hosting regionals every year. And that was back when you didn't even have to be a 1 seed to host. Heck, I would love to see us host or at least be in discussion to host every year, but that is definitely a level we have never achieved before even during that time where baseball was an afterthought to the rest of the SEC.

[Quaoarsking]

We are a top 5 baseball program and we should expect to compete as such.

And it's not just this year... This is two years in a row we've sucked.

This is where you ruin all of your credibility:


If 2014 "sucked," then we have been really shitty this entire century. And if that's true, we're obviously nowhere close to being a top 5 program.

Obviously you're wrong on both points (that last year sucked and that we are a top 5 program), but at least try to have some internal consistency in your wrong arguments. It is literally impossible that both of your statements could be true.

[shoeless joe]

This is where you ruin all of your credibility:


If 2014 "sucked," then we have been really shitty this entire century. And if that's true, we're obviously nowhere close to being a top 5 program.

Obviously you're wrong on both points (that last year sucked and that we are a top 5 program), but at least try to have some internal consistency in your wrong arguments. It is literally impossible that both of your statements could be true.

But we bunted a lot last year so we must have sucked...

We got beat out by ULL and they lost to UMiss so we must have sucked...

We used different line ups a lot so we must have sucked...

I heard a rumor that Cohen double parked outside the palmeiro center which made a couple players have to walk farther and one sprained his ankle and Cohen wouldn't let him get ice rite away and made the kid sit at practice with a sore ankle!!! So we must have sucked...

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[msstate7]

But we bunted a lot last year so we must have sucked...

We got beat out by ULL and they lost to UMiss so we must have sucked...

We used different line ups a lot so we must have sucked...

I heard a rumor that Cohen double parked outside the palmeiro center which made a couple players have to walk farther and one sprained his ankle and Cohen wouldn't let him get ice rite away and made the kid sit at practice with a sore ankle!!! So we must have sucked...

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We were a decent team last year, but our record was inflated by sweeping auburn and mizzou -- 2 teams that were horrible (16-44 combined). We didn't play Florida (21-9 sec champs), usce (18-12), or Kentucky (14-16).

[BrunswickDawg]

This is where you ruin all of your credibility:


If 2014 "sucked," then we have been really shitty this entire century. And if that's true, we're obviously nowhere close to being a top 5 program.

Obviously you're wrong on both points (that last year sucked and that we are a top 5 program), but at least try to have some internal consistency in your wrong arguments. It is literally impossible that both of your statements could be true.

And if you go back to '91 - we haven't been a top 5 program either. With the exception of the '97 team, the results were pretty similar. Remember, Polk technically quit the first time in '91. To me, from that point on we were living on the rep from that magical period from '79-'90 when we were arguably Top 5 and not putting in the work to really be a Top 5 program.

[I seen it dawg]

The bus has to do a 180 period. The shit this year is unacceptable I don't give a shit what school it is or status of said school.

Players unhappy and not buying in. Got wrong players is on Cohen.
Trying to be unconventional and outside the box. Dumb. It's on Cohen.
No leadership from upperclassmen. They are allowed to still run the asylum. On Cohen.
Players doing dumb shit all the time. Either not getting coached or back to first point. Cohen.

I like the guy and want him to win A NC here. I think we can. But the thing has to do a 180 and it should have started in March. It better start at end of year meetings. And he batter have a damn meeting with himself and get in his own ass about the shitshow thrown out there.

[TopDog58]

In no way, shape, or form are we a top 5 baseball program. We have never even won a NC. Holy shit that is so wrong. We arent even a top 15 baseball program

Exactly. We haven't even won an SEC title in 25 years now. Never been a national seed, and haven't even won the West.

[maroonmania]

Exactly. We haven't even won an SEC title in 25 years now. Never been a national seed, and haven't even won the West.

And yet apparently our fans expect us to be hosting regionals EVERY year.

[msstate7]

And yet apparently our fans expect us to be hosting regionals EVERY year.

Good thing for bama that their fans didn't lower their expectations. They went 17 years without a national championship. They didn't lower their expectations though and finally got their man. I hope Cohen can be our man, but I'm having doubts to say the least

[War Machine Dawg]

And yet apparently our fans expect us to be hosting regionals EVERY year.

You'll have to forgive Preacher. He's a bit nuts and doesn't live in reality. Personally, I'd say 2 hosts in a 5 year span is a reasonable expectation. We're definitely not a top 5 program. Frankly, we're a middle of the road has been right now. It's not acceptable, but it's the truth.

Good thing for bama that their fans didn't lower their expectations. They went 17 years without a national championship. They didn't lower their expectations though and finally got their man. I hope Cohen can be our man, but I'm having doubts to say the least

Point. Except we've never won a NC. I think we can, but it's getting harder, not easier.

[Coach34]

Good thing for bama that their fans didn't lower their expectations. They went 17 years without a national championship. They didn't lower their expectations though and finally got their man. I hope Cohen can be our man, but I'm having doubts to say the least

You can have all the doubts you want- and his consistency looks to be a problem. But you can't deny that he has led us to two of the best seasons we have had in the last 25 years- with one season being the best in school history from a team he built himself. Either he responds next year or he doesn't- but that doesn't diminish what he has already accomplished- Best. Season. In. School. History

[maroonmania]

Good thing for bama that their fans didn't lower their expectations. They went 17 years without a national championship. They didn't lower their expectations though and finally got their man. I hope Cohen can be our man, but I'm having doubts to say the least

This isn't about lowering expectations, what I'm talking about is more like raising expectations. Alabama has double digit national championships and a potload of recent SEC championships. They have the right to expect whatever they want. Our baseball program has ZERO national championships and NO SEC titles in the last 25 years yet we as fans are suppose to raise the bar to expect hosting regionals every year? Yes, I would LOVE to get to that level, but its not realistic to put that expectation on our baseball coach just for him to hold on to his job. Now I do fully expect to be making post season play every year, and if we don't (like this year) it needs to be a very rare exception for our baseball coach to hold on to his job.

[shoeless joe]

We were a decent team last year, but our record was inflated by sweeping auburn and mizzou -- 2 teams that were horrible (16-44 combined). We didn't play Florida (21-9 sec champs), usce (18-12), or Kentucky (14-16).

So do Florida, LSU, and UMiss get wins taken off their record for beating us this year cuz we suck?

This year has sucked... We should expect better. But don't try to down play what we accomplished while at the same time over reacting to the negatives of this year.

[BulldogBear]

So do Florida, LSU, and UMiss get wins taken off their record for beating us this year cuz we suck?

This year has sucked... We should expect better. But don't try to down play what we accomplished while at the same time over reacting to the negatives of this year.

Exactly. The "mathematics of defeat Mr. Bracegirdle." Others use it all the time to try to downplay ANY success whatsoever we have in football. Both teams can't win a game. Somebody has to lose. When Bama, LSU, Auburn etc, win the West it's because we're "down." It's goes both ways. We get a belly full of that in football. No need to bring it into baseball.

FWIW, back in the 80s there were half as many regionals because the field of 48 was smaller and regionals were six-team with no SRs. Under today's format we would've hosted even more back then.

[Tbonewannabe]

I agree except for your minimum standards. Partially because a lot of whether you host or not is based on a committee. If we have an RPI of 14 and win 19 SEC games and go in as a 2 seed, we're firing a coach because of THAT? And then what if we don't host but make a SR? Hosting is not a cut and dried thing.

The other thing is IF the rumors are true, we could be starting a ton of freshmen next year. We could make pretty tangible progress and not host. We'll have to wait and see how that all shakes out. There are too many unknown factors at this time to truly make a rational judgement on it. Regardless, I do know that hosting is not a tangible or rational way to look at it.

If this happens, I would judge next year on how we compete as much as anything. If we make a Regional with a lot of freshmen then the future is drastically better. If the freshmen lose games like we have this year by folding when it matters, maybe another year wouldn't be warranted. Cohen has proven he knows how to coach but next year should decide if he has truly lost the team. This isn't like Rick Ray where he showed the team would compete but he just had never been a head coach.

[Tbonewannabe]

In no way, shape, or form are we a top 5 baseball program. We have never even won a NC. Holy shit that is so wrong. We arent even a top 15 baseball program

I would say we are top 5 fan support. Gives you a recruiting advantage but that is about it. We are in the same tier as FSU. We aren't in the same tier as USC, LSU, and Texas. I would put us around top 15 but that is probably my bias showing.

[Political Hack]

no way. you don't fire a coach for making the post season. I don't care if we're a 3-seed at GaTech, if we're playing to make it to Omaha after the SECT, no way you can your coach.

At some point you have to trust them to succeed. If we miss post season play 1 season, and make it every other season, that's a pretty decent run. Baseball can swing so quickly either way with the emergence or injury/loss of just 1 or 2 Fri/Sat night studs.