LU vs. McNeese DH Saturday Updates/McNeese Sweeps

[KFDM COOP]

6-3 McNeese wins game 1

[ForeverADog]

Harrington gave up all 6. Had some ups and downs through 7 innings. Wind is blowing crazy today. Every fly ball is an adventure.

[KFDM COOP]

McNeese Sweeps

[Guest baseball25]

All Lamar needs to do is get in conf tourney which I think they will, and hopefully get on fire we shall see l.

[ForeverADog]

Don't be so sure baseball25. They have a couple of difficult series left and let's face it. They are the most inconsistent team in the conference. Hopefully we will get it done though.

[Guest coachacola]

Sounds like we're talking about the basketball team.  That's pretty sad when we're hoping they make the SLC tourney.

[Guest baseball25]

Yeah we will see, I have been saying its time for the Gilligan ERA to end.

[ForeverADog]

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Yeah we will see, I have been saying its time for the Gilligan ERA to end.
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Yea I think we all know how you feel about Gilligan after all your past posts lol. I'm just not sure I agree or not yet. I'm still on the fence.

[Chucky]

It is time for him to let his coaches coach and quit trying to micromanage everything.

[TradinUp BH]

I finally went to a couple of games lately (UTSA series). I'm not impressed. LU might squeek into the tourney as #8, but that's sad. Hopefully they figure things out before next year. I still think the best thing would be make a coaching change, but that's just me.

[kingsnake1]

As far as I'm concerned, they haven't been impressive all year long, even with their hot start.  Gilligan makes a soft schedule to build up HIS win total, but it does nothing to prepare the TEAM for conference and beyond.  And recruiting has slipped dramatically.  He has a team full of average to below average juco players, but nobody to get excited about. Where are the Jorden Fosters, the Colin Delomes, the Michael Amborts?  There are no players on this team to get excited about, and the games are BORING.  I have had season tickets for the last 9 years, and never miss games, but this year they just don't grab my attention.  I almost have to force myself to go.  And it's not just me...several of my buddies at the games feel the same way (when the even go).  We need some better players and to get the fire back on this team.  And that starts with Jim.  I am beginning to think it's time to name that street for him, say thanks for everything and throw that farewell party.  I appreciate everything  Jim has done over the decades for LU, but the program is at a standstill, if not declining, and as they say "what have you done for me lately?"

[Guest baseball25]

kingsnake you are about to make some fans mad on here lol, I have been saying this all yr and everyone gets all mad at me, Lamar baseball is going in a direction that it doesnt need to go and that is downwards, you have other teams in this conference that are moving in a direction that there program are becoming very good baseball programs, and the last 5 yrs lamar has been a descent program, but Lamar is supposed be a good program that contends each and every yr and could go to a regionals evry yr and it hasn't been like that lately, I think Gilligan was a heck of a coach but the big word is WAS, its time for him to go he did great for Lamar university but there is always a time where someone needs to retire before the program goes downhill and that where Lamar is rightnow, I have been saying for the last 4 months, there are coaches out there that would love to be the head baseball coach at Lamar but the big name out there and a good young coach is Dallas Baptist coach Dan Heefner, he gets big name prospect and brings in stud type guys that can flat out swing the stick.

2009- 5th Slugging % (.582), 7th Homeruns (102 or 1.85/game), 7th Scoring (9.4/game), 10th in total runs (515), 12th Batting Avg (.343), 14th Doubles (139 or 2.53/game), and 18th in total hits (681).

2008 - 24th Batting Avg. (.323), 37th Slugging % (.492), 41st Runs Scored (7.7/game), 43rd Doubles (2.23/game), 46th Hits (655)

2007 - 9th Homeruns (1.25/game), 13th Scoring (7.6/game), 23rd Doubles (2.17/game), 24th Slugging % (.479/game), 27th Triples (.36/game)

2006 - 4th Homeruns (1.54/game), 5th Slugging % (.518), 6th Triples (.50/game), 10th Runs Scored (8.4/game), 15th Doubles (2.25/game)

2005 - 3rd Doubles (2.69/game), 7th Batting Avg. (.329), 9th Slugging % (.510), 10th Triples (.45/game), 17th Scroing (7.9 runs/game)

[TradinUp BH]

I've been with you Baseball25 all year long. I guess we're in the same boat. I notice not as many people coming on here to take up for Gilligan as earlier in the year. Does anybody know if Gilligan would step down or would it have to forcible type of thing? I would almost bet a check that Tubbs would never run Gilligan off, so I imagine we're stuck with Gilligan until he feels it's time to go. By then Lamar will be at the bottom of the conference in Baseball because the excitement will be focused on football. Let's watch and see if my prediction is right.

[Ruckdad]

I don't see Tubbs ever running Gilligan off - but how much longer is Tubbs going to be AD?  He's not young, by any means, and has seen football off the ground.  I don't think Tubbs stays very much longer.

[AshlyHasBeen]

Hung with G when he got back after the UH game, he's not going anywhere.

[Guest baseball25]

Well of course not lol but his time has past, LU needs a new face at the helm and to get some life back into the baseball program.

[kingsnake1]

As this team is constituted right now, the conference tournament is out of the question.  Is that what Lamar's baseball program has fallen to?  Recruiting is a joke, execution on the field is abyssmal, and the games are BORING.  Attendance is beginning to lag.  Houston, we have a problem.

[AshlyHasBeen]

Things have been like this in just the past decade that's why I don't freak out. This team didn't look good before the first pitch.

2000: (27-27, 11-16) missed tournament. Next season they had a losing record of (13-14) in SLC play and lost in the tournament title game to UTA. Of course after that 2002, 2003, 2004 Lamar made regionals.

[Guest baseball25]

We aren't talking about in 2000 we are talking about now and the southland is way different from back then it was a horrible conf now it's A two bid league, programs are getting better and making progress, Lamar progress Is going downhill, sfa,Texas st, south eas la, northwestern la, sfa, are all improving, and texAs arlington isn't bad.