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Nowadays if you make a SR you are an elite team. It does take some things to "go right" for a NC to happen.
All I know to do about it is:
Build as strong a pitching staff as you possibly can. There hasn't been a team that has won it all without great pitching. I agree with Cohen when he says you need seven guys that you can rely on- three weekend starters, a midweek starter that is strong, and three strong relief pitchers. The bullpen we had in 2013 was good enough to win it all. The rotation wasn't quite good enough. Our staff this year was good enough to win it. Vanderbilt and Virgnia's staffs have been good enough to win it for years and eventually they did break through. Same could happen for Florida one day as well.
Go to SR's and Omaha consistently. I firmly believe that going to Omaha and having that experience is a BIG advantage to teams that go back to back and etc. years. That may not play out this year- and I'm not saying there aren't exceptions- but if you look at the Champions through the years in general it is an advantage.
Do like LSU fans do and place a lot of local pressure on elite players from Mississippi to go to MSU and forgo the draft for a couple of years. Think our team would look different with Austin Riley and Mason Robbins on it?
And let me add- I liked that we scheduled some West Coast teams. I think that paid off for us when we played Cal State Fullerton and even though we lost to Arizona it wasn't because they bunted us into oblivion at least. It did hurt our RPI though which sucked. I'd like to see us do a four game weekend with a PAC 12 and ACC team or the tournament with a PAC 12, ACC, and Big 12 or Big 10 team every year. Oregon this year was perfect.
Last edited by Todd4State; 06-26-2016 at 01:06 AM.
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