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Programs in the SEC that demand greatness

Posted on 2/4/25 at 9:20 am
Posted by bigDgator
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Posted on 2/4/25 at 9:20 am
and will not settle for less.

Alabama football
Kentucky basketball
LSU baseball

If you coach one of these teams, you are on a short leash.

Am I wrong? Are there others?
Posted by Monsusta
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Posted on 2/4/25 at 9:21 am to
Aggy male cheerleading is very demanding on those boys.

Their knees take a lot!


This post was edited on 2/4/25 at 9:24 am
Posted by Faurot fodder
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Posted on 2/4/25 at 9:23 am to
Texas rowing
Posted by Monsusta
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Posted on 2/4/25 at 9:24 am to
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Texas rowing


2024 national champs

Hell yeah!
Posted by PSS101
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Posted on 2/4/25 at 9:25 am to
Tennessee women’s basketball?
Posted by ImayGoLesMiles
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Posted on 2/4/25 at 9:26 am to
I would say LSU football and LSU baseball both demand greatness. We expect to win nattys in both sports. Coaches that fail to do so within a few years will be on the hot seat and then get fired after that if they dont win one within a couple seasons...that's a fact. Doesn't matter the buyout or who they are as a person. Nothing matters but winning national titles when talking about expectations for lsu football and baseball.
Posted by allin2010
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Posted on 2/4/25 at 9:26 am to
Posted by BluegrassBelle
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Posted on 2/4/25 at 9:27 am to
Arkansas Track and Field?
Posted by tylerdurden24
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Posted on 2/4/25 at 9:28 am to
quote:

Alabama football Kentucky basketball LSU baseball

Nope, those are the only 3.
Posted by Tornado Alley
Member since Mar 2012
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Posted on 2/4/25 at 9:29 am to
quote:


and will not settle for less.

Alabama football
Kentucky basketball
LSU baseball

If you coach one of these teams, you are on a short leash.

Am I wrong? Are there others?


Florida football is on that list.

If you don't win there frequently and in a certain way - domination and high point totals - they will fire your arse.
Posted by SEC Doctor
Member since Aug 2024
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Posted on 2/4/25 at 9:30 am to
quote:

and will not settle for less.

Alabama football
Kentucky basketball
LSU baseball

If you coach one of these teams, you are on a short leash.

Am I wrong? Are there others?


LSU football, certainly. It has fired two national championship winning coaches in recent history.

Posted by NWLA_Bama
Member since Aug 2024
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Posted on 2/4/25 at 9:30 am to
Naw, you're not wrong. All three of these programs DEMAND success and they won't settle for less. LSU baseball is the "Alabama" of baseball. I would venture to say their baseball fans are more demanding than their football fans. But that's why they have a historic baseball program. Same with Kentucky basketball, they don't settle for "good".
Posted by theballguy
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Posted on 2/4/25 at 9:35 am to
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Coaches that fail to do so within a few years will be on the hot seat and then get fired after that if they dont win one within a couple seasons...


Nope. Y'all keeping BK for a LONG time and there's not a damn thing you can do about it.
Posted by GoGators1995
Member since Jan 2023
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Posted on 2/4/25 at 9:35 am to
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Florida football is on that list.

If you don't win there frequently and in a certain way - domination and high point totals - they will fire your arse.

Not really. Otherwise Napier would've already been fired.
Posted by gamecockman12
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Member since Aug 2012
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Posted on 2/4/25 at 9:36 am to
South Carolina baseball is the only one that I feel like applies at SC.
Posted by bigDgator
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Member since Oct 2008
44592 posts
Posted on 2/4/25 at 9:37 am to
quote:


Arkansas Track and Field?


I don't think so any longer. They have allowed their program to slip back to the pack a bit and have been competitive nationally, but not close to dominant. They are dominant on a conference level, but many Arkansas fans have been unhappy with the men's team since McDonell left.

Arkansas fans correct me if I am wrong please.
Posted by dchog
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Posted on 2/4/25 at 9:38 am to
You're correct.
Posted by BobLeeDagger
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Posted on 2/4/25 at 9:39 am to
I think I could make an argument for Mississippi State baseball just due to the following and investments made into the program over the last 40 years. Granted, demanding greatness doesn't always mean you will automatically achieve greatness. Baseball really is a fickle bitch aint it.
This post was edited on 2/4/25 at 9:40 am
Posted by bigDgator
Dallas, TX
Member since Oct 2008
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Posted on 2/4/25 at 9:40 am to
quote:

Florida football is on that list.

If you don't win there frequently and in a certain way - domination and high point totals - they will fire your arse.


No sir. If you are a nice guy we will keep you around way longer than Bama would.
Posted by Hawgeye
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Posted on 2/4/25 at 9:42 am to
quote:

I don't think so any longer. They have allowed their program to slip back to the pack a bit and have been competitive nationally, but not close to dominant. They are dominant on a conference level, but many Arkansas fans have been unhappy with the men's team since McDonell left.

Arkansas fans correct me if I am wrong please.


Bucknam should have been gone long ago. The womens program though has almost turned into what the mens used to be.

All in all, the men have still won 10 national titles since 2000 and the women have won 9 national titles in that same timeframe. The womens 9 titles have all come since 2015 though. The mens have been spread out from 2000-2023. Certainly not at the pace it was under McDonnell
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