The DP apologists and hand wringers here have to be some kind of paid for bot service.
You all are acting like the dude is in year 3. He is in year 8! No way you can argue this is a program on the way up and ready for SEC.
Contrast him to Sark. Who rebuilt team from damn near ground up to compete in the SEC, took lumps year 1, improved year 2, final four year 3. Poised to do some damage to SEC in year 4.
DP is finishing a season where he lost to UTRGV, lost series to TXSTate, shit bed in pre season tournaments (again), shit bed in Big 12 tournament, lost series to aggy (counting regular season and post) and then was a 3 seed in a bracket with ULaLa and then got run out the stadium in the loser's bracket. This is not a fucking program on the rise/readying itself for a much tougher baseball conference in SEC.
His last appearance in Omaha was a 2 and BBQ and since then team has been sliding downwards.
If you are feeling positive about this team under Pierce heading into the SEC you are fucking delusional.