Random thoughts
Good week for the baseball team, going 4-0 by beating teams they should beat. Next weekend’s conference opener against surprising Central Florida will be a good barometer.
Congratulations to Coach James Green. His Delta Devils are going dancing. Nice reward for a class act.
Here in Mobile, there’s a lot of crossed fingers for the South Alabama Jaguars. In the classic case of the life of the mid-major, they are sweating it out today on the bubble despite a 26 win season after losing in the semi-finals of the Sun Belt tournament on their home court. They’re a well-coached and talented team that will be a tough out for soeone if they get their chance.
Sadly, there isn’t the same anticipation in Hattiesburg. Looks like we’ll be shut out of the post-season again. We finished the season strong, but taken as a whole it was a disappointment. In fact in a theme we’ve seen in both football and baseball recently, the season was the spitting image of last season. Sometimes I think we should be the Fighting Groud Hogs rather than the Golden Eagles. A lull in late December, early January including losses to McNeese State, Savannah State, and Central Florida was the difference in the year. Next year will need to bring the next jump up in results or it will be time to take a hard look at the program.
