- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
Did Skip Bertman ever have a down year like this season?
Posted on 4/20/26 at 10:47 am
Posted on 4/20/26 at 10:47 am
Obviously he didn’t make it to college World Series every year but did he ever have a year where the bottom fell out and missed the tournament completely?
21
Posted on 4/20/26 at 10:48 am to bdavids09
Don't think so....
Posted on 4/20/26 at 10:49 am to bdavids09
Skip Bertman was the Nick Saban of college baseball. You can’t compare him to anybody
Posted on 4/20/26 at 10:50 am to bdavids09
Completely different era now with nil and transfer portal,
Posted on 4/20/26 at 10:50 am to bdavids09
No. He missed a regional in 1988 (smaller field). Starting in 1990, there was a regional in Baton Rouge every year until he retired.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 10:50 am to bdavids09
After he started winning no… but there was like 6 teams in the entire country he competed with.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 10:51 am to bdavids09
No, but it also was far less competitive going through conference ball like we do now.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 10:52 am to bdavids09
Year 6 for Skip was close. The SEC was a bit weaker, and he missed the tournament completely.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 10:55 am to mdomingue
quote:
The SEC was a bit weaker
Year 6 for Skip was still about a decade and a half before football money really upped the baseball profile of the league.
The SEC then was nothing like it is now.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 10:56 am to bdavids09
Skip lost a Super Regional to Tulane after winning game 1.
At the time, that was devastating.
At the time, that was devastating.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 10:56 am to bdavids09
He never threatened his loyal fanbase with leaving for the major leagues while missing the postseason in college
This post was edited on 4/20/26 at 11:27 am
Posted on 4/20/26 at 11:04 am to bdavids09
In this new era of open transfers and unlimited tampering, sustained success is going to be hard... LSU baseball has done a good job up until this year, we will see how he turns the ship around for next year.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 11:14 am to lsu711
quote:
Skip lost a Super Regional to Tulane after winning game 1.
At the time, that was devastating.
It was devastating mostly because it was Skip's last game as our coach.
It wasn't devastating in terms of it being some sort of upset. Tulane was a Top-8 national seed and hosted the series.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 11:48 am to ProjectP2294
quote:quote:
The SEC was a bit weaker
Year 6 for Skip was still about a decade and a half before football money really upped the baseball profile of the league.
The SEC then was nothing like it is now.
Yeah, that was my point. This year will end worse than 1988. In part because of a much more competitive SEC. But he did not make the tournament. Year 1 for Skip was his worst, but still likely to be as good as this season.
Since Skip took LSU to their first postseason appearance in his second year, they have missed the tournament only 4 times, once under Skip, once under Smoke, twice under Paul, not yet under Jay, but that may change this year.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 12:03 pm to mdomingue
quote:
not yet under Jay, but that may change this year.
Give it time
Posted on 4/20/26 at 12:04 pm to TigerMac81
quote:
No. He missed a regional in 1988 (smaller field).
With 39 wins. We got robbed.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 12:09 pm to bdavids09
After 2 Nattys in 3 years CJJ deserves a mulligan, he’s earned one and surely will right the ship.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 12:12 pm to Jack Daniel
quote:
He never threatened his loyal fanbase with leaving for the major leagues while missing the postseason in college
Is that what happened?
Posted on 4/20/26 at 12:27 pm to bdavids09
Skip was a one of kind all time great sort of coach. No doubt about it. But also, there wasn’t nearly as much parity. Mistakes only last a year now, whereas they had more lasting effects in that era. Which is why skip was so impressive. The team may have been beatable some years. But the culture was unbeatable.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 12:29 pm to bdavids09
Did Skip Bertman have other programs taking the guys on his bench every year? There is no point in comparing them in different eras.
Page 1 of 3
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News