I think htat is largely due to the fact that the baseball fanbase dwarfs the Track fanbase, but again, Ship is totally deserving.
I dont see how Henry is not the big winner here.. 27 national titles in 17 years?!!? Between 87 and 97 the lady tigers won 19 out of 22 possible championships... these are numbers that will probably never be matched, while Bertman's 5 is tough, but could be repeated.
The skipper got my vote b/c he dominated the 90's and changed the face of baseball in the SEC along with Ron Polk. Henry would get my 2nd place vote. I have made every attempt to like Track and Field, but it is simply boring from a spectator's point of view. The Olympics is an exception.
That was Warren Morris' only HR in 1996 against Miami. http://www.lsutaf.org/greatestMoments_flash.html Go to that site and scroll the bar down to 1996 for a recap. I voted for Bertman, but it was hard to vote over Henry.
Bertman's accomplishments are astounding when one considers where LSU baseball was in 1982 and the roadblocks throwing up by a certain (certin?) AD named Dean during the 1980's. Yeah, Ron Klop and the bottle collectors at MSMoo set the bar, but too low. Bertman was the first coach at any SEC school where they played real football to make money in baseball. It took the green to open Joe Dean's eye to the potential of INVESTING in the entire baseball operation (Skip's classic story about wanting Georgia red clay for the infield and the athletic department groundskeeper asking if adding pink pigment wouldn't achieve the same effect). One national title woke up Tigerland. Two, three, four...FIVE! It was proof LSU could dominate a team sport. Saban did what I thought was impossible, but football had a foundation and a storied history. Baseball had Jim Smith cutting practice short so he could wash football uniforms from spring practice.
