re: Tigers have reached the 40-win mark for the 7th time in coach Paul Mainieri's 9

He's wrong about "more often than not". But a few of these teams have underachieved. That's not an insult. Many teams under and overachieve every year. LSU just had a couple of years recently where they didn't finish like they were easily capable of doing: Losing to Houston at home. And 0-2 in 2013. Other than that, I'd say we either met the realistic expectations or surpassed them.

I know a lot of people put stock in reg. season wins and SECT wins. And they're good accolades to have, but there's a different standard here... one that I'm proud of. The bar is set at a CWS championship. Skip understood the value of everyone having that expectation... that desire... fans, players, coaches and administration alike.