#Hold the line movie series#

That list, fully crossed out and laminated, was used as a motivation tool throughout Bertman’s tenure.

#Hold the line movie series#

A new stadium, with the field named after him, stands 200 yards away from where the Tiger baseball dynasty was born, and more than 10,000 fans a game come out to make LSU the NCAA leader in attendance every year for the past two decades. “Hold the Rope” focuses on Bertman’s overhaul of the LSU program inside and out, culminating in the Tigers’ first College World Series title in 1991.Īs part of the rebuild, Bertman and assistant coach Raymond “Smoke” Laval came up with “The Big 60,” a list of five dozen things that needed to be done to turn the program around.

The Tigers were lucky to draw 500 fans per game to aging Alex Box Stadium, a relic of the 1930s. As for the team on the field, it was mired in mediocrity and hadn’t reached the postseason since 1975.įrom those beginnings, Bertman turned the program into a powerhouse, winning five national championships from 1991-2000.

When Bertman arrived in Baton Rouge in the summer of 1983, LSU baseball was considered an afterthought. The hour-long film debuts on Monday, May 24 at 7 p.m. The next documentary in the SEC Storied series is “Hold the Rope,” the story of legendary LSU baseball head coach Skip Bertman and his quest to turn the Bayou Bengals into a perennial power.