this is a romanticized recollection of Augie. Starting the year after his last championship…
2006: 41-21, B12 champs, lost in Austin Regional
2007: 46-17, B12 champs, lost in Austin Regional (at Dell)
2008: 38-22, 5th in B12, lost in Rice Regional
2009: 50-16-1, B12 champs, CWS, National Runner up (LSU)
2010: 50-13, B12 champs, lost in Austin Supers (TCU)
2011: 49-19, B12 champs, CWS (0-2)
2012: 30-22, 3rd in B12, failed to make NCAA Tourney
2013: 27-24, LAST in B12, failed to make NCAA Tourney
2014: 46-21, 5th in B12, CWS, finished ~3rd
2015: 30-27, 5th in B12, lost in Dallas Baptist regional
2016: 25-32, 7th in B12, failed to make NCAA Tourney
So in Augie’s final 11 seasons, we missed the tournament 3 times and reached the CWS 3 times.
David Pierce’s 7 seasons (6 if you remove the covid year we started 14-3) have produced 3 CWS appearances and he’s missed the tournament once.
Claiming DP isn’t meeting our standard is ignorant and arguably fucking regarded. Like, a brief review of our last 20 years of results should probably be required before people post here.