Comments on: North Florida Tabs Laval As Head Coach-In-Waiting http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/college/2009/08/north-florida-tabs-laval-as-head-coach-in-waiting/ Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:39:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Dave http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/college/2009/08/north-florida-tabs-laval-as-head-coach-in-waiting/comment-page-1/#comment-32851 Dave Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:32:36 +0000 http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/college/?p=2546#comment-32851 Totally agree with your comments on Smoke Joe. Sometimes you can only do so much with the resources you are given to work with. And all this time I thought I was the only one that felt this way! :) Totally agree with your comments on Smoke Joe. Sometimes you can only do so much with the resources you are given to work with. And all this time I thought I was the only one that felt this way! :)

]]> By: Joe http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/college/2009/08/north-florida-tabs-laval-as-head-coach-in-waiting/comment-page-1/#comment-29279 Joe Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:47:40 +0000 http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/college/?p=2546#comment-29279 As a longtime LSU fan I wish Smoke the best. He got a bad rap at LSU because of a variety of factors including inheriting a declining program, poor facilities, and an introverted personality. He never had the chance to develop the program into his own and had to replace something he could not(Skip). Smoke was a real driving force for the development of the LSU program. While Skip takes the glory it was Smoke who beat the pavement to get the recruits that made LSU baseball great(think 5 major league pitchers who won the '89 regional at College Station). After most of his final recruits left the program the quality of ball declined at LSU once Jim Schwanke and Turtle Thomas took over as assistants. Good luck Smoke, some Tigers are appreciative for the many years you gave to us. As a longtime LSU fan I wish Smoke the best. He got a bad rap at LSU because of a variety of factors including inheriting a declining program, poor facilities, and an introverted personality. He never had the chance to develop the program into his own and had to replace something he could not(Skip).

Smoke was a real driving force for the development of the LSU program. While Skip takes the glory it was Smoke who beat the pavement to get the recruits that made LSU baseball great(think 5 major league pitchers who won the ’89 regional at College Station). After most of his final recruits left the program the quality of ball declined at LSU once Jim Schwanke and Turtle Thomas took over as assistants.

Good luck Smoke, some Tigers are appreciative for the many years you gave to us.

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