CoachMick gets some love in Omaha.
Photo courtesy of Heidi Slaughter.
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CoachMick gets some love in Omaha.
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Kills me everytime I see those tweets tbh. Even worse that lsu will probably win the CWS this year thanks to a Tech legacy, and we couldnt win one damn game in our tournament.
Go Beavers!!!
Yeah. Here's another one for you to chew on.
https://twitter.com/NCAACWS/status/877570076659994625
Slaughter, Robertson (Mulkey), Malone. Three Tech legends.
Look away!
LSU will not go away without a fight. This being said if you guys cannot do it by at least the 2nd game you do not deserve to move on in CWS. I hope you take LSU out tomorrow. Good Luck!
Interesting fact. The Beavers won every series they played this year.
Food for thought. I also get sick to my stomach at the thought of Legacy kid/grandkids going down there. My perspective is this. As a parent you want the BEST opportunity for your kids. Their success = your success. If you have a kid that is top notch, why do you NOT encourage them to go to your alma mater. (I know the bad blood with mulkey) If you encourage them to go south, is that NOT effectively saying your collegiate success was marginal? You were good enough to play for Tech, but your kid needs to go to the flagship. Why? If your answer is "well, LSU is the better school." What does that say about your own ability? Doubt any of these parents are going to say "well, I was better than my kid..."!!! I doubt they can argue that they would have been SOO much more successful had they gone to LSU!! It also follows with professors kids or even alumni kids not involved in athletics. If you encourage your kid to go to another school (Not the school YOU teach at), isn't that saying your ability in some ways-as an educator- sucks? Assuming Tech offers your degree of choice. Go somewhere else for a better education? I also am aware kids have their own minds! As I get older, I am trying to be LESS offended by peoples choices. But, honestly, I do get highly offended when kids don't follow suit, when alumni don't remain loyal. I did follow suit, my brother and sister did. My oldest child did. It was good enough for them and it was good enough for me. #WeAreLaTech #everloyalbe
No one loves their alma mater more than I do. In the case of athletics, LSU and the SEC is on another level than Louisiana Tech. I don't fault young Mr. Slaughter for choosing LSU. He has the ability to play major league baseball and is hitting home runs in the college world series. I am proud of him. The kid was a TECH fan his whole life and may be one still. His dad and grandfather are for sure.
Young KJ was not "good enough"to play college level football according to those who saw him play in high school. You can't teach genes and he has good ones and those folks were wrong. He has developed into a starting tackle in the SEC. Being the son of Karl Malone, I can imagine that development would have been under a brighter microscope at Louisiana Tech and he might have never made it.
Now Kramer, no comment.
Quite the contrary.
Slaughter spent much of the season on the bench and played out of position at 1st base when he played. Had he attended Tech, he would've started every single game this year at his natural position short stop and would've had twice as many ABs at Tech. He also would've been the difference in Tech playing in the postseason.
No clue what you are talking about with KJ. He had an offer from every school in the country including Saban at Alabama and obviously Tech. Had he gone to Tech, he may have started as a true freshman instead of not getting significant PT until last year, his redshirt junior year at LSU. The knock on his HS career wasn't that he "wasn't good enough." It was that the Class 1A competition level was so poor he totally dominated.
I'd argue both of those guys would've better developed had they attended Tech because their opportunities for development would've been much greater. It's hard to develop when you're sitting on the bench half the time or playing out of position when you get in the game.
Not just in the game. Non-starters get far fewer reps in practice, and glaringly so the farther the season progresses.
No reps in practice, not getting better. Actually, most probably regress.
This is shown time and again when subs come into a blowout game and perform poorly. It's mainly because they haven't been getting significant (if any) reps in practice.
I do. Tech been shown as a consistent stepping stone into MiLB, even from poorly performing teams.
No matter where you play, the modern day scouts are going to find you.
When my kid was playing, I showed him my love for Tech. We consistently went to games and watched Tech on TV.
My son doesn't even know LSU exists (only a slight exaggeration).
If he had been talented enough, there is no doubt, if given the opportunity, he would have chosen Tech over any other school in the country.
I would bet huge money that Mr. Slaughter showed more love to LSU than Tech, to his son.
Exactly what "Mr. Slaughter" are you referring to? If it is me or my son Michael, you would have lost "huge money" on either bet.
Not fair? He has been labeled a team leader. I have not commented on the "legacies", but Slaughter is the only true legacy IMO. Malone was never in the running at Tech in a time when his Daddy was pissed at Tech. Mulkey's boy never dreamed of attending Tech. The only thing that has bothered me about her boy going to lsu is that I have look at her when I watch baseball.
BTW, the ESPN production of games is horrible. Where do they find these drama queens? Just call the game.
i never worry about the kids that don't come to Tech, I just pull for the ones that do. I don't see any of these 3 making a difference in the number of games Tech won this year.
LSU gets too much "benefit of the doubt" from all over the place. It is assumed you are an LSU fan/supporter just because you live in Louisiana. Even if you clearly shout from a mountain top (Driskell) I am a proud Tech grad and supporter, most people would say, "Okay, fine, but you also have to love and support LSU too."
For the most part, only Tech and our good Ragin' Cajun friends dare to stand up to that notion. MOST, and I mean, 90+% of NSU, McNeese, SLU, ulm, Nicholls....etc grads/students/fans LOVE themselves some LSU! They worship at the altar of tigger sports. I know one NSU employee, who is also an NSU alum and big time Demon athletic supporter, who actually rooted for LSU when they played NSU in football. His logic: LSU beating NSU will have no adverse effect on the Demons, but LSU losing to the likes of NSU would greatly damage LSU's national championship hopes.
So....it's not enough for Tech Nation to be "not on the LSU bandwagon," that is too passive. No, we have to be pro-active anti-LSU. No one should be surprised that anyone connected to pigtails is all in for LSU. She is too. She said herself, she would have gladly gone to LSU, actually wanted to, but that Tech was much higher on the WBB ladder at that time and she wanted to compete for national championships. Had LSU's program been on par with Tech's, she would have gone to LSU.
On the flip side -- and I'm not a parent, so take this for what it's worth -- don't you want your kids to have a better life than you did? I know I would. I love Louisiana Tech. It was the perfect school for me. I represent Louisiana Tech everywhere I go. I recruit my students to go to Tech. But do I believe Tech is the best school in the country? No, it's not. Anyone who says so is delusional. I legitimately believe it's one of the top 150 schools in the country, and one of the top three schools in Louisiana. But if my kid had a chance to go Harvard or Duke or MIT or one of the premier schools in the country, I'd probably be all for it. If my kid was an elite athlete, and he/she had a chance to start on a program with a chance to win a national championship, I'd probably advise him/her to take that opportunity.
I'm sure Jake would have loved to play for Tech, but LSU was much closer to winning a national championship than we were at the time. Students make these decisions all the time. I'm sure we get students all the time who would love to be at another school, but there wasn't an opportunity, just like I'm sure we lose students to plenty of schools who would prefer to be at Tech but didn't get a scholarship offer.
Then we should all stop investing in Louisiana Tech athletics and foolishly wasting our time. The P5's completely control college athletics today, get 90+% of all revenue stream from the NCAA,... and have been able to now purchase their way to extreme superiority over schools like Louisiana Tech. Let's all just be LSU/Alabama/___ fans and forget about our past.
Your coaching sucked big-time. He didn't even try to challenge the foul ball call in Friday's game, which was probably why you lost that game.
He decided on a different starter today at the last minute, the wrong move again.
And he waited way too long to confront the home plate umpire about the ridiculous strike zone he was giving the LSU pitcher.
Yes if one of my daughters wanted to play baseball for red stick, I would likely discourage it. Hess scares me.... even if they wanted to win a national champ! I do wish for them a better life. That life begins with a degree from Louisiana Tech University. Just as the first child did and the remaining two. # everloyal
The prof always reminding us we should "know our place."
As with you. all my children went to Tech. My youngest graduated from Ole Miss Law School in May. This week she got her Louisiana Tech University License plate. She like a friend of mine got their education at Tech and learned her trade in law school. Both stay loyal to where they got their education-Louisiana Tech University.
LCF, Vermillion White, geauxpnc, ULM2009, and am sure I am missing a few,
Isn't it amazing how I know exactly how to lure you, have you banned from multiple message boards, and have others discover your identity. Man, you are a simpleton. Shonuff (that is my favorite of your false IDs, as it is so easily applicable)
It truly is amazing how you embody the true spirit and being of @ Lafayette (a school I used to respect), which is betrayal, lies, cheating, and deceit.
Why don't you tell it how you really feel? :)
Lots of people, on lots of other boards feel really free to tell us what they think of stoodgetroll. Here are but a few of them:Angelfan:"stoddog = talks from both sides of mouth and TROLL . Please don't feed him. sorry i misspelled stodgdog's name .. I meant sh&t head. That is all. He is bored with LAturds 4 posters and he goes on others boards to attempt to cause havoc."NlulminToronto:"I know - he came on here a month ago referring to the Sunbelt as "the minor leagues" and that he doesn't follow it. C-USA is a real power conference!!!"http://www.scout.com/college/louisia...age=3ChiefsFan"So to Summarize:Stogdog is doing what stogdog usually does? Fail to understand why we hate Tech, and then after listening to why, tells us why we actually hate Tech and why that particular opinion is wrong.I mean, I just wanted to be clear here."http://csnbbs.com/thread-781913-page-32.htmlGraybeard2"I have been telling you folks for years. DO NOT ENGAGE THIS GUY!!!"http://www.scout.com/college/louisia...n?s=346&page=5
Bigger question is why does he constantly go around telling so many lies??? Guess his total lack of ethics is due to his very bad upbringing.ZoomZoom on RP did a good job of calling him out recently:First, on 03/16 he comes here and makes this statement:"........I liked calling them Lafayette on the PA and/or broadcast. UL or Louisiana-Lafayette would have been fine with me, also. We should never, ever promote in any way their "preferred" name because it would not be truthful. Those guys @ Lafayette aren't even original as they have started calling us @ Ruston, knowing Ruston is not included in Louisiana Tech University's name, yet they constantly claim it to be so. I didn't much care what they called themselves until they dragged us into it. Cheating appears to be the norm @ Lafayette."http://www.latechbbb.com/forum/showt...tte-6pm/page20Then, on 03/19 he foes on RP and TOTALLY lies about it:"Maybe the PA announcer called you Lafayette. I don't know as I wasn't at the game, but we'll assume that is true."http://www.raginpagin.com/louisiana/...vs-Tech/page29WHAT.A.FREAKING.LIAR.P.S. And we can't forget how he fabricated a story about a 'gannet paper' calling ulm 'Louisiana,' and then posted it on the SBC board......and then all the subsequent lies he told trying to cover it up.
As usual, you are leaving out the part, the most important part, that I was defending Tech against unfair and mean spirited and untrue allegations. I have, and will continue, to defend Tech anytime and anywhere. I do not doing it using false names. Answer the question as to why you have 2 false IDs posing as a fan of ULM. YOU called my mother (deceased) and my wife sluts. Were you speaking of my first wife (deceased) or my current wife? Either way it is low brow. I seldom make personal comments to you, but you have continually attacked me and my family. So now, I have made a few personal attacks, and in this case true and documented. You have some kind of alert when I make a post as you are there to dispute it, but more likely to attack me, in about a minute. I don't know where you work, but you must have a lot of free time.
Another instance of only posting part of my post or consider the posts I was responding to. I was not at the game, so I had said IF these events happened, I was glad they did. Or maybe a Tech poster had confirmed it did. So, there certainly wasn't a lie in my post. I wasn't at the game didn't witness is, as I said. And a paper did call ULM "Louisiana." I furnished you the paper and after seeing what I said was true, you discounted it and called me a liar. I have grown tired of that.
I'm glad the Cards drafted Sister Golden Hair in the 3rd round...
I hope my Cubs can draft Slaughter or Watson in 2 years
Big lizards chomp down on bayou pussycats.
How bout dem gators!!!:D I switched over from Hannity just in time to see blondie get thrown out at the plate. Made my day!!!
Geaux Gators
Tigahs bleaux another chance at NC. Sooooo quiet from all their WalMart faithful this morning.
Any prospective student can achieve whatever their career goals are via Tech just as much as any other school if not more. With the possible exception of another school offering a program Tech doesn't offer. For what it's worth, I got my masters at the university of Oklahoma, which has a great reputation. It is a very good school, but Tech was a better education and also treated me like a person, not a tuition check. I graduated OU with a 4.0 and can tell you many papers I thought would be B papers at Tech were A's at OU.
People are free to go where they want, but if someone has to go to the sec to prove something to themselves or people around them, that's their problem, not ours.
A business degree at Stanford or Northwestern is worth more than one at Tech. A journalism degree from Syracuse or Missouri is worth more than one from Tech. Just like an engineering degree at Tech is worth more than one at many, many places in the country. Honestly, I love my university, but I wouldn't advise someone looking to get into nursing or journalism or international politics that Tech is the best place they can go. It's all about fit and your future goals. It was perfect for me. It's perfect for some of the students that I teach. It's not perfect for all of the students that I teach.
Top pay for a Mizzu journalism grad?
$35K?
From Twitter today:
LSU year in review:
Mike died
Basketball sucked
Fired, unfired, refired Les
Screwed UF, still lost at home
Hired Orgeron
Lost CWS to UF
I worked for 40 years with engineers from Tech as well as from LSU, Arkansas, Texas A&M, Georgia Tech, and Mississippi State. Tech engineers are very highly regarded. In my first job after graduating from Tech, I worked for International Paper in Pine Bluff. The plant manager and assistant manager were Tech grads as well as the production superintendent. There weren't a lot of high GPAs when I was in engineering school at Tech. Only 25% of those that started in engineering, graduated in engineering.
Lafayette must be another of those "geographical oddities".
It's just a landing spot for unqualified Tech grads.
Amazing I tell ya.
Was winning a national championship the most important thing to him in choosing a college? Maybe. I don't know. But from what I understand, his signing with LSU had a lot to do with a relationship with an assistant coach at the time who left to be the head coach at a rival school before he could suit up in the purple and yellow.
A recent Galain Solutions study of football recruits showed that the top 4 reasons recruits select schools are: 1) academic reputation. 2) parents' perception. 3) relationship with assistant coaches. 4) playing facilities. Maybe they weren't being truthful, but winning a national championship was not among the top reasons recruits selected schools.
Here's a somewhat related article I saw today you might find interesting about youth sports. Winning is not the reason kids play sports: http://usatodayhss.com/?p=101234504
As for me growing up playing sports, it was never about winning championships. It was about having fun. That's why I don't understand why all these LHSAA principals think we should have like a hundred state championships so everybody can win one. The student-athletes simply don't think that way at all like the parents, coaches, and administrators do. Each team and athlete have unique goals for success that don't include winning a state championship. Most of the kids just want to play and have fun.
It's not so much about a starting salary in journalism. For the most part an entry-level reporting job at any newspaper is going to pay the same salary no matter where the degree is from. A Mizzou grad and Tech grad will make the same at The News-Star, The Times or The Daily Leader. In journalism, where you went to school opens so many more doors. Students at the best J-schools get access to the best internships, which lead to better connections and better jobs. The high-paying jobs come at the bigger papers and in the bigger TV markets. That's what going to the best J-schools will get you.
That's true, which is why it is ridiculous Grambling was allowed to restart its bachelor's in nursing after they lost accreditation and had to shut down their program when their entire class failed their boards while Tech's passage rate has been 100% for the same test. The Board of Regents doesn't allow Tech to offer any other associates degrees because it goes against our university's mission. Yet for some reason we are forced to only offer an associates in nursing while a failed program at a failing institution 4 miles away is allowed to keep their program. Well, I do know the reason, and it's BS. Unfortunately, Tech missed a big opportunity by not pushing the issue after Grambling's program failed.
Here's what Google shows:
https://www.niche.com/colleges/searc...g/s/louisiana/
NSU is the best in nursing according to D80.
So, smart azzes aside, is there a link that someone CAN hold up as the definitive proof that Tech is indeed the #1 nursing school?
Probably not.
This kind of crap happens all the time. NSU just boasted about being the #1 on-line school in the nation and {drum roll} produced some site from the Internet that listed NSU as the best. Must be true if it's on the Net, right?
Oh, Tech got an award! Great! But, schools, professors, programs, etc...get awards all the time. My wife got an award for her PhD dissertation: Best in the Nation (2003)! We traveled to California for a swanky awards' ceremony. Yep, I was a witness, she did get the award for BEST dissertation that year! Best in the nation!! Wonder how many PhD dissertations were completed that year. Many thousands, I'm sure.
Not to belittle my wife's accomplishment (I am VERY proud of her), but the truth is it is an organization she is paying-member of, that gave her that award. She was competing against, as I recall, 30 others, who were members of that organization who earned their PhD in 2003. It is a nationwide organization with chapters in every state, and thousands of members, true. Still a nice accomplishment and award. But, it would be disingenuous to claim she had the BEST in the nation, when many dissertations never had a chance to be judged by that organization.
So...I ask again....is there a link that definitively proves Tech has the best nursing school in Louisiana?
Believe it or not, despite the State trying to keep us down, Tech's nursing program has surpassed all the BSN programs in Louisiana, including your beloved Northwestern State. :thumbsup:
2015: Nursing graduates earn 100 percent licensure exam pass rate
http://news.latech.edu/2015/08/18/nu...xam-pass-rate/
2016: Louisiana Tech earns Nursing School of the Year honors
http://news.latech.edu/2016/03/15/lo...e-year-honors/
2017: Division of Nursing earns state award for best undergraduate program
http://news.latech.edu/2017/04/16/di...duate-program/
Just say, for the second year in a row, the Nightingale Organization voted Tech's nursing school the best in Louisiana. That is a factual statement, that organization did.
For the record, I don't hold up NSU's programs in any esteem. Their nursing school has suffered some setbacks in status and prestige the past 5 years or so. I don't know why, but it has. It is true other schools in Louisiana have both some good programs and some not-so-good programs.
And, it is equally true we have some posters on this board that view the world thru red & blue glasses and everything Tech is GREAT!! and everything non-Tech sucks! That has gotten tiring...
Do Associate RN's take a different NCAT than Bachelor RN's? Do Grambling or nlulm RN's make more in Louisiana starting out?