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Post by Trojans1andAll on May 29, 2023 21:57:02 GMT -6
I just can’t believe some of these people on here have the audacity to thrash this program after the things they have accomplished. Conference POY, 3 all conference 1st- teamers and a 2nd-teamer. This team is in a regional for the first time in 5 years. Support them and hopefully they can compete in Tuscaloosa! Maybe it's because we're tired of being told to be happy the team just showed up. We're tired of seeing P5 games treated like throw-away games. We're tired of blowing series after series to south, regardless of their record. We're tired of the same excuses every year about why we can't get over the top. We're tired of end-of-season letdowns. We're tired of seeing a comedy of errors, stumbling around blind, then pissing away the tourney, and falling A**-backward into a regional and being told that's great. Individual honors are great, but I'd rather just see a great team. Carlton Martial was special but people came to the Trojans win.
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Post by Trojan By Birth on May 30, 2023 13:55:13 GMT -6
I was in Montgomery back in 86 or 87 watching the baseball team play. I was just a kid, so I don't remember when I was there exactly, but I know it was the World Series. I remember we got rained on a bit and we watched Troy play and then there were a couple of games scheduled that night and I seem to recall it went very late. My dad asked me if I wanted to leave and go to the hotel or to a restaurant. I said "Nah, let's just eat some hotdogs and spend the night watching baseball." He looked at me like I had just won a first place trophy or something. I knew my dad was a Troy fanatic, but I recall thinking to myself in that moment that it went really deep. I don't know much about baseball. Between football and wrestling, I didn't play on a team. That being said, Troy Baseball has a special place in my heart because my father and I bonded over it. Plus... How badass does the Power T look on a baseball cap?
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Post by Hemi Man on May 31, 2023 8:00:43 GMT -6
Mark Smartt explained it this morning, for all the whiners on here, what an accomplishment it is for Troy to earn an at large bid to the tournament.
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Post by cardinalblacktrojan on May 31, 2023 11:57:06 GMT -6
Troy was one of the last 4 to get an at-large bid, along with Louisiana.
That's why I said don't get too confident. This committee has been focusing more on Top 50 wins the past few years, and less on the RPI itself. RPI is still important, but those Top 50 wins are crucial.
That's why Louisiana made it in, despite a much lower RPI. They had 6 wins against Top 50 teams, including #5 LSU, #13 Campbell, a bunch against #15 Coastal Carolina, #21 Southern Miss, #38 Troy.
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Post by sting on May 31, 2023 12:08:36 GMT -6
Which in reality is about the last seven or eight teams to get in because of the stolen bids. It would be great if “Troy fans” would really stop trying to diminish the accomplishments of what the student athletes did this season.
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Post by Hemi Man on May 31, 2023 12:16:56 GMT -6
Which in reality is about the last seven or eight teams to get in because of the stolen bids. It would be great if “Troy fans” would really stop trying to diminish the accomplishments of what the student athletes did this season. 👏👏👏 Sadly that is the only thing that makes some around here happy.
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Post by cornhole on May 31, 2023 12:26:09 GMT -6
Which in reality is about the last seven or eight teams to get in because of the stolen bids. It would be great if “Troy fans” would really stop trying to diminish the accomplishments of what the student athletes did this season. Fact: Whiners gonna whine. Troy Baseball trend is up, wins are up and we're in. Staff will note this season's weakness and forge ahead. Hell, we were down two very fine pitchers virtually all season, RHP Gainous LHP Gorgen and still made it. Folks who continue to detract from program successes are Fans??
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Post by fltrojan on May 31, 2023 14:30:06 GMT -6
Anything can happen in a tournament. Tulane won the AAC championship with an overall record of 19-40
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Post by Trojans1andAll on May 31, 2023 15:27:47 GMT -6
Mark Smartt explained it this morning Mark Smartt
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Post by cornhole on May 31, 2023 15:41:43 GMT -6
Mark Smartt explained it this morning Mark Smartt Dumber post.
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Post by sting on May 31, 2023 15:54:51 GMT -6
Mark Smartt explained it this morning Mark Smartt Yeah, you know that guy who PLAYED (unlike others in this thread) on those two national championship teams ... Mark MFING SMARTT!
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Post by Trojans1andAll on May 31, 2023 17:43:33 GMT -6
Yeah, you know that guy who PLAYED (unlike others in this thread) on those two national championship teams ... Mark MFING SMARTT! ...and proved not all players are coaches, Mark MFING SMARTT! ...and still couldn't get us over the hump, Mark MFING SMARTT! ...and had the same excuses every year, Mark MFING SMARTT! But you know what man, keep it up, keep it right up. I get a great laugh at these posts.
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Post by sting on May 31, 2023 18:11:01 GMT -6
But Ho claim Ho have clue because he in attendance for 87 championship team
Go to Walmart and buy your bammer gear for this weekend
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Post by Hemi Man on May 31, 2023 18:17:32 GMT -6
Yeah, you know that guy who PLAYED (unlike others in this thread) on those two national championship teams ... Mark MFING SMARTT! ...and proved not all players are coaches, Mark MFING SMARTT! ...and still couldn't get us over the hump, Mark MFING SMARTT! ...and had the same excuses every year, Mark MFING SMARTT! But you know what man, keep it up, keep it right up. I get a great laugh at these posts. Rest assured more people are laughing at you.
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Post by Trojans1andAll on May 31, 2023 19:52:39 GMT -6
...and proved not all players are coaches, Mark MFING SMARTT! ...and still couldn't get us over the hump, Mark MFING SMARTT! ...and had the same excuses every year, Mark MFING SMARTT! But you know what man, keep it up, keep it right up. I get a great laugh at these posts. Rest assured more people are laughing at you. My god, who cares? Who the hell cares? It's a sports message board, let them laugh! Besides, if it's because I won't kneel at the altars of failed coaches I'll take that as a compliment.
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Post by gator8 on May 31, 2023 20:42:33 GMT -6
Rest assured more people are laughing at you. My god, who cares? Who the hell cares? It's a sports message board, let them laugh! Besides, if it's because I won't kneel at the altars of failed coaches I'll take that as a compliment. You don’t have to kneel at his altar, but the man won a title as a player, helped guide several teams to the regionals as an assistant and another as a head coach. And if 2020’s craziness hadn’t happened to wipe out the season, it was going to be another: maybe with our best chance of winning a regional. There’s no truer Trojan than he, and he might know a thing or two.
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Post by cornhole on May 31, 2023 20:50:22 GMT -6
Rest assured more people are laughing at you. My god, who cares? Who the hell cares? It's a sports message board, let them laugh! Besides, if it's because I won't kneel at the altars of failed coaches I'll take that as a compliment. In All fairness, there are failed fans as well. Take that as a compliment .
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Post by Trojans1andAll on May 31, 2023 22:25:47 GMT -6
My god, who cares? Who the hell cares? It's a sports message board, let them laugh! Besides, if it's because I won't kneel at the altars of failed coaches I'll take that as a compliment. In All fairness, there are failed fans as well. Take that as a complEment . Good thing I never said anything about Smartt as a player, eh? Great players don't always equal great coaches. Smartt was one game above .500 at West Alabama. He was promoted to head coach at Troy and couldn't maintain Pierce's culture, then fizzled with his own recruits. The 2020 season ended 17 games in and Troy had a 9-8 record, so there is no way to know what that team was going to do if the season continued, but the idea they would just breeze to, or through, the regionals is preposterous. Having a dissenting opinion doesn't make a bad fan, but complacency does. Go sing a hymn to Cunningham and Ch!pD!p now.
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Post by troy79 on Jun 2, 2023 11:54:18 GMT -6
Coach Smartt has forgotten more about baseball than many 'participants' on our board will ever know. He has dedicated most of his adult life as a true Troy Trojan and loves his alma matter more than most. Mark deserved to go into our HOF this year and shouldn't have to be subject to reading some of the crap being said by someone going by the name of Trojan1andAll. How ironic is that? Pitiful, absolutely pitiful!
Go TROY!
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Post by Trojans1andAll on Jun 2, 2023 18:34:16 GMT -6
Coach Smartt has forgotten more about baseball than many 'participants' on our board will ever know. He has dedicated most of his adult life as a true Troy Trojan and loves his alma matter more than most. Mark deserved to go into our HOF this year and shouldn't have to be subject to reading some of the crap being said by someone going by the name of Trojan1andAll. How ironic is that? Pitiful, absolutely pitiful! Go TROY!
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Post by cornhole on Jun 2, 2023 19:06:25 GMT -6
Coach Smartt has forgotten more about baseball than many 'participants' on our board will ever know. He has dedicated most of his adult life as a true Troy Trojan and loves his alma matter more than most. Mark deserved to go into our HOF this year and shouldn't have to be subject to reading some of the crap being said by someone going by the name of Trojan1andAll. How ironic is that? Pitiful, absolutely pitiful! Go TROY! Obviously.
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