The roller coaster season FSU baseball has had is well-documented. With the Noles getting set to take on LSU in the College World Series on Saturday night, all is right. However, what feels like decades ago but was actually just two months, the Noles were sitting at 21-15 with a tough road ahead.
A faction of the FSU baseball fan base has always been critical of Martin and his lack of a championship. With the Noles’ middling record in April, the criticism was at an all-time high. Many fans felt like it was confirmation of what they had long suspected, that the game had passed Martin.