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re: Paul Mainieri: 'I just underestimated the strength of the conference’

Posted on 4/29/25 at 4:05 pm to
Posted by nicholastiger
Member since Jan 2004
54156 posts
Posted on 4/29/25 at 4:05 pm to
football and basketball is actually easier to recruit then baseball
basketball has all the tournaments where all the top players are
football is pretty easy as well when you have camps and one game a week

baseball has tournaments all the time even in the fall
baseball has summer college leagues with NIL now in play
you may head to a tourney and weather comes into play

you have a really good idea about top football and basketball players

baseball players are a lot harder to project
Posted by Jimmy Bags
Member since Apr 2025
578 posts
Posted on 4/29/25 at 4:13 pm to
At least the buyout isn't as big as Jimbo or Kelly's. Or is it?
Posted by TigerLunatik
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Jan 2005
104664 posts
Posted on 4/29/25 at 4:14 pm to
quote:

“I had just underestimated the strength of the conference and how much better the conference has gotten in the last couple of years,” he said. “The players are so much bigger and stronger and more experienced, older. We just have not been able to match up in some cases with them.”

You can't say this shite and let it get back to your players. What the frick is Paul thinking? If I was a cock fan, this is what I'd be doing...

Posted by Nado Jenkins83
Land of the Free
Member since Nov 2012
65254 posts
Posted on 4/29/25 at 4:19 pm to
He is such a pussy. I honestly feel bad for south Carolina. If he had an ounce of nobility he would just retire and refuse the buyout.

Hope we smash his arse at end of the year and he quits
Posted by jangalang
Member since Dec 2014
50751 posts
Posted on 4/29/25 at 4:21 pm to
Damn this is a bad look for him.

Did he not coach LSU?
Posted by Jack Daniel
Gold member
Member since Feb 2013
28788 posts
Posted on 4/29/25 at 4:28 pm to
He thinks the SEC should be full of 5’7” 150 lbs players like his LSU rosters
Posted by Tigerpaul1969
The Woodlands, TX
Member since Jan 2010
4676 posts
Posted on 4/29/25 at 4:38 pm to
One thing I’ll say for ole Paul (good name), he could win the shite out of conference tournaments. He won 11 of them!
Posted by NobodyImportant
Montana
Member since Nov 2024
1821 posts
Posted on 4/29/25 at 5:20 pm to
This was a bad hire for South Carolina. Take a chance on somebody that isn't drawing Social Security.
Posted by Nado Jenkins83
Land of the Free
Member since Nov 2012
65254 posts
Posted on 4/29/25 at 6:11 pm to
It's because that's what he was. He quit on lsu as a player
Posted by Diamondawg
Mississippi
Member since Oct 2006
37177 posts
Posted on 4/29/25 at 6:13 pm to
quote:

I just underestimated the strength of the conference’
How? I watch it from my recliner and it's some of the baseball players in the country. Damn!
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
136315 posts
Posted on 4/29/25 at 6:21 pm to
quote:

he didn’t have a long-term plan to get the Gamecocks back


Hilarious
Posted by Grim
Member since Dec 2013
12489 posts
Posted on 4/29/25 at 6:36 pm to
Paul is a pussy and a dork. Sorry SC fans. Your AD shite the bed
Posted by 1801
Charleston
Member since Aug 2012
8402 posts
Posted on 4/29/25 at 6:41 pm to
Posted by RoyalAir
Detroit
Member since Dec 2012
7283 posts
Posted on 4/29/25 at 8:56 pm to
quote:

If he had an ounce of nobility he would just retire and refuse the buyout.


It's what we're all hoping for.

It was a stupid hire, but Ray Tanner made it his mission as an AD to destroy the baseball program, and he sure as hell pulled it off.

At this point, SC is ahead of Mizzou, and I think that's it.
Posted by GamerAg
Member since Dec 2010
3206 posts
Posted on 4/29/25 at 8:57 pm to
Really sucks to see what has happened to SC baseball.
Posted by Jrv2damac
KS (mountain time)
Member since Mar 2004
72393 posts
Posted on 4/29/25 at 9:00 pm to
I feel bad for Libertarian.

I relish the torment of dicks like GamecockUltimate, GoblinGuide, and gamecockman though.

God sees all.



Posted by jangalang
Member since Dec 2014
50751 posts
Posted on 4/29/25 at 9:02 pm to
quote:

It was a stupid hire, but Ray Tanner made it his mission as an AD to destroy the baseball program, and he sure as hell pulled it off.

What did he gain to do that?
Posted by RoyalAir
Detroit
Member since Dec 2012
7283 posts
Posted on 4/29/25 at 9:03 pm to
quote:

What did he gain to do that?


None of us can figure it out.
Posted by PurpleSingularity
Member since Dec 2017
2600 posts
Posted on 4/29/25 at 9:04 pm to
Newsflash:

It’s much easier to win at LSU in football and baseball than it is at most other schools
This post was edited on 4/29/25 at 9:30 pm
Posted by TDsngumbo
Member since Oct 2011
49247 posts
Posted on 4/29/25 at 9:18 pm to
quote:

Hand up, I had no idea he had been hired by South Carolina. Yikes.

You’d have been in for one hell of a shock when we play them in a few weeks then
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