Byrne: No timetable for national search. Polk: Players will be "looking to transfer."
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Byrne: No timetable for national search. Polk: Players will be "looking to transfer."
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Byrne: No timetable for national search. Polk: Players will be "looking to transfer."
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Byrne: No timetable for national search. Polk: Players will be "looking to transfer."
I am really starting to hate Polk, what a @$#++@! jackass
I am really starting to hate Polk, what a @$#++@! jackass
Byrne: No timetable for national search. Polk: Players will be "looking to transfer."
I can't believe he's doing that. It couldn't be more clear that MSU's success is not what he's the most worried about.
I can't believe he's doing that. It couldn't be more clear that MSU's success is not what he's the most worried about.
Byrne: No timetable for national search. Polk: Players will be "looking to transfer."
If he's speaking of the same guys I've been watching this season, it might actually help the team for them to leave.
But seriously, sounds like Byrne knows what to do. I consider this "official" announcement of a national search to be good news.
If he's speaking of the same guys I've been watching this season, it might actually help the team for them to leave.
But seriously, sounds like Byrne knows what to do. I consider this "official" announcement of a national search to be good news.
Byrne: No timetable for national search. Polk: Players will be "looking to transfer."
That's ridiculous. I'm sure there are some players that will transfer this off-season, but there are always baseball players that transfer because they only get partial scholarships, and they aren't going to stay somewhere if they aren't getting playing time. And I'm sure some will transfer regardless of what you do with the coaching search. Polk sounds like he's still trying to force his hand. And the good news for MSU fans is it doesn't sound like Byrne is going to settle for Raffo unless everything else falls through. I get the feeling this is only going to get more entertaining.
I see a blow up from Polk in the media in the not too distant future, and he'll probably do something crazy that leaves everyone scratching their heads.
The good news for you is that Byrne has a grasp on how to do a coaching search, at least based on his comments. He said he's going to do a national search, he isn't setting a timetable, and he isn't releasing a list of names or any candidate's names at any point in the process. Those are things you have to do in a coaching search.
That's ridiculous. I'm sure there are some players that will transfer this off-season, but there are always baseball players that transfer because they only get partial scholarships, and they aren't going to stay somewhere if they aren't getting playing time. And I'm sure some will transfer regardless of what you do with the coaching search. Polk sounds like he's still trying to force his hand. And the good news for MSU fans is it doesn't sound like Byrne is going to settle for Raffo unless everything else falls through. I get the feeling this is only going to get more entertaining.
I see a blow up from Polk in the media in the not too distant future, and he'll probably do something crazy that leaves everyone scratching their heads.
The good news for you is that Byrne has a grasp on how to do a coaching search, at least based on his comments. He said he's going to do a national search, he isn't setting a timetable, and he isn't releasing a list of names or any candidate's names at any point in the process. Those are things you have to do in a coaching search.
Byrne: No timetable for national search. Polk: Players will be "looking to transfer."
well the good news is that Byrne had a short list before Polk publically nominated Raffo. I'm also fairly certain that Raffo wasnt option 1.
well the good news is that Byrne had a short list before Polk publically nominated Raffo. I'm also fairly certain that Raffo wasnt option 1.
Byrne: No timetable for national search. Polk: Players will be "looking to transfer."
We have a handful of players on this team that are SEC caliber. The only time we've scored runs this season on decent competition was playing in Kentucky's tiny ballpark. Forgive me if I'm not eager to hang onto these players. It's like Bounds said this morning on the radio, we will have big time attrition regardless because we have so many guys that aren't up to snuff. If they leave on their own, so much the better. The next coach is going to hard to rebuild this program from the ground up, which is another reason why we need to hire from without.
We have a handful of players on this team that are SEC caliber. The only time we've scored runs this season on decent competition was playing in Kentucky's tiny ballpark. Forgive me if I'm not eager to hang onto these players. It's like Bounds said this morning on the radio, we will have big time attrition regardless because we have so many guys that aren't up to snuff. If they leave on their own, so much the better. The next coach is going to hard to rebuild this program from the ground up, which is another reason why we need to hire from without.
Byrne: No timetable for national search. Polk: Players will be "looking to transfer."
you are an embarassment, Polk. Go away. You are not bigger than this university or the baseball program. I hope they take his goddamn name off the stadium.
you are an embarassment, Polk. Go away. You are not bigger than this university or the baseball program. I hope they take his goddamn name off the stadium.
Byrne: No timetable for national search. Polk: Players will be "looking to transfer."
lambasted on Gene's Page for even questioning the wisdom of going backwards. Despite our trip to Omaha last year, overall Polk's 2nd stint has been a failure by MState standards.
lambasted on Gene's Page for even questioning the wisdom of going backwards. Despite our trip to Omaha last year, overall Polk's 2nd stint has been a failure by MState standards.
Byrne: No timetable for national search. Polk: Players will be "looking to transfer."
Another one that I laugh about is the fact that one of Polk's biggest arguments for Raffo is the fact that he knows the camp structure and all the off the field stuff that they currently do, like for some reason those things can't be changed.
Another one that I laugh about is the fact that one of Polk's biggest arguments for Raffo is the fact that he knows the camp structure and all the off the field stuff that they currently do, like for some reason those things can't be changed.
Byrne: No timetable for national search. Polk: Players will be "looking to transfer."
</p> Desired continuity? WTF? Maybe for one Ron Polk but in no way is the current continuity desired for MSU baseball.
Mississippi State. Where the desired continuity is medocrity and the friends come first philosophy come before hires that will advance the program.
</p> Desired continuity? WTF? Maybe for one Ron Polk but in no way is the current continuity desired for MSU baseball.
Mississippi State. Where the desired continuity is medocrity and the friends come first philosophy come before hires that will advance the program.
Byrne: No timetable for national search. Polk: Players will be "looking to transfer."
Polk's crying over all this is starting to cast an evil shadow over all the good he has done. It's becoming damn irritating. It's never easy at MSU.</p>
Polk's crying over all this is starting to cast an evil shadow over all the good he has done. It's becoming damn irritating. It's never easy at MSU.</p>
Byrne: No timetable for national search. Polk: Players will be "looking to transfer."
You are the crazy Uncle at the Thanksgiving dinner table who constantly launches off into some political topic that NOBODY wants to listen to and, generally, tunes out. Everybody waits patiently for you to finish your inane rants, flush-faced in embarrassment for you and your utter stupidity, and then someone breaks the silence with, "Anyway, ..." Everyone looks forward to your departure, but it seems you just hang around and hang around, butting into conversations, changing topics, farting, getting choked on something, and NEVER LEAVING!
Please just leave. We are worn slam out from your constant faucet dripping BS.
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You are the crazy Uncle at the Thanksgiving dinner table who constantly launches off into some political topic that NOBODY wants to listen to and, generally, tunes out. Everybody waits patiently for you to finish your inane rants, flush-faced in embarrassment for you and your utter stupidity, and then someone breaks the silence with, "Anyway, ..." Everyone looks forward to your departure, but it seems you just hang around and hang around, butting into conversations, changing topics, farting, getting choked on something, and NEVER LEAVING!
Please just leave. We are worn slam out from your constant faucet dripping BS.
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Byrne: No timetable for national search. Polk: Players will be "looking to transfer."
And Byrne's quote, reading between the lines, basically boils down to, "<17> you Ron Polk. I'm the one who's going to have to live with the next baseball coach, not you. And I'm going to hire the best coach I can, not some assistant who's never managed a game in his life other than the ones you've been thrown out of."
And Byrne's quote, reading between the lines, basically boils down to, "<17> you Ron Polk. I'm the one who's going to have to live with the next baseball coach, not you. And I'm going to hire the best coach I can, not some assistant who's never managed a game in his life other than the ones you've been thrown out of."
Byrne: No timetable for national search. Polk: Players will be "looking to transfer."
the stupid little SOB is simply not happy unless he is neck deep in a controversy that is played out in PUBLIC. He is a colossal pot stirrer who can't breathe unless he is in a public brawl with somebody. Hey, Ron, you <17> a-hole, when everybody else has a problem that you feel the need to address publicly, it's time to take a long, hard look in the mirror to find where the real problem lies.
the stupid little SOB is simply not happy unless he is neck deep in a controversy that is played out in PUBLIC. He is a colossal pot stirrer who can't breathe unless he is in a public brawl with somebody. Hey, Ron, you <17> a-hole, when everybody else has a problem that you feel the need to address publicly, it's time to take a long, hard look in the mirror to find where the real problem lies.
Byrne: No timetable for national search. Polk: Players will be "looking to transfer."
I would hate to be Tommy Raffo right now. I do not want Raffo as our head coach, but he is a class individual and loves State. His wife has worked on campus forever and is also a great person. Part of me thinks they wish that Polk wouldnt have taken this route. Now they have to deal with all this dissent.
Had Polk not done this, Tommy would have been heavily considered for the job anyway. He probably wouldnt have landed it, but at least he wouldnt have had to deal with all this ****. Now, if we do hire Cohen, Raffo looks like a reject and is blatantly told by our administration and fanbase that he is not wanted.
He is not what our program needs right now, but I dont think he deserves all this. </p>
I would hate to be Tommy Raffo right now. I do not want Raffo as our head coach, but he is a class individual and loves State. His wife has worked on campus forever and is also a great person. Part of me thinks they wish that Polk wouldnt have taken this route. Now they have to deal with all this dissent.
Had Polk not done this, Tommy would have been heavily considered for the job anyway. He probably wouldnt have landed it, but at least he wouldnt have had to deal with all this ****. Now, if we do hire Cohen, Raffo looks like a reject and is blatantly told by our administration and fanbase that he is not wanted.
He is not what our program needs right now, but I dont think he deserves all this. </p>
Byrne: No timetable for national search. Polk: Players will be "looking to transfer."
to delete that post because I used the word "class" </p>
to delete that post because I used the word "class" </p>
Byrne: No timetable for national search. Polk: Players will be "looking to transfer."
that he's letting the troll fight his battles for him?
Now that's great leadership, isn't it?
Yeah, Raffo is ready for the big time alright, as long as Crazy Uncle is around to scare away all those meanies.
that he's letting the troll fight his battles for him?
Now that's great leadership, isn't it?
Yeah, Raffo is ready for the big time alright, as long as Crazy Uncle is around to scare away all those meanies.
Byrne: No timetable for national search. Polk: Players will be "looking to transfer."
I disagree that Raffo would've been heavily consideration. I don't think he would've (or at least he shouldn't have) gotten much consideration at all because his credentials are so lacking. That's why Polk has been doing this. If Raffo were equally or even comparably qualified there's no doubt he'd get the nod with a simple endorsement by Polk. He's clearly not so Polk's being a little ***** about it in attempt to get him the job anyway.
I disagree that Raffo would've been heavily consideration. I don't think he would've (or at least he shouldn't have) gotten much consideration at all because his credentials are so lacking. That's why Polk has been doing this. If Raffo were equally or even comparably qualified there's no doubt he'd get the nod with a simple endorsement by Polk. He's clearly not so Polk's being a little ***** about it in attempt to get him the job anyway.
Byrne: No timetable for national search. Polk: Players will be "looking to transfer."
and Byrne hasn't said or done anything to make him think he'll get to pick his successor.</p>
and Byrne hasn't said or done anything to make him think he'll get to pick his successor.</p>
Byrne: No timetable for national search. Polk: Players will be "looking to transfer."
What is Raffo supposed to do? Stand up and say, "Thanks Coach, but I dont need your endorsement, I got this."
No matter what he looks like a *****.
What is Raffo supposed to do? Stand up and say, "Thanks Coach, but I dont need your endorsement, I got this."
No matter what he looks like a *****.
Byrne: No timetable for national search. Polk: Players will be "looking to transfer."
Ron will author countless typewritten Letters to the Editor once he retires, opining on everything from the War in Iraq to how junky his neighbor's yard looks with tricycles and toys left out overnight?
Ron is going to be THE crotchety ol' man.
Ron will author countless typewritten Letters to the Editor once he retires, opining on everything from the War in Iraq to how junky his neighbor's yard looks with tricycles and toys left out overnight?
Ron is going to be THE crotchety ol' man.
Byrne: No timetable for national search. Polk: Players will be "looking to transfer."
I think that's the tell all with Polk here. He's offended that the administration and fan base don't want "The Legend's" protege as the next coach. As great as he is, how could we not want the assistant his mentored for 19 years? He hasn't even considered the possibility that everyone else isn't as in love with him as he is and that we just might not want continuity.
I think that's the tell all with Polk here. He's offended that the administration and fan base don't want "The Legend's" protege as the next coach. As great as he is, how could we not want the assistant his mentored for 19 years? He hasn't even considered the possibility that everyone else isn't as in love with him as he is and that we just might not want continuity.
Byrne: No timetable for national search. Polk: Players will be "looking to transfer."
would have been when the College Baseball World's version of the Unabomber showed up at his office door saying that he was quitting ... again ... and preparing a letter of resignation that would publically endorse Raffo for the job. That would have been the time to show he had evidence of male reproductive apparatus by saying, "No, sir. I appreciate the thought, but I prefer that you keep my name out of it. I'll make my interest in the job known on my own terms."
Too late for that now.
would have been when the College Baseball World's version of the Unabomber showed up at his office door saying that he was quitting ... again ... and preparing a letter of resignation that would publically endorse Raffo for the job. That would have been the time to show he had evidence of male reproductive apparatus by saying, "No, sir. I appreciate the thought, but I prefer that you keep my name out of it. I'll make my interest in the job known on my own terms."
Too late for that now.
Byrne: No timetable for national search. Polk: Players will be "looking to transfer."
has got as much chance as Cheney being elected pres. because of W`s support.
has got as much chance as Cheney being elected pres. because of W`s support.
Byrne: No timetable for national search. Polk: Players will be "looking to transfer."
tell Polk privately that I appreciate the effort but continually publicly pushing me for the job and making thinly veiled threats if I don't get the job really is hurting my chances more than it's helping.
tell Polk privately that I appreciate the effort but continually publicly pushing me for the job and making thinly veiled threats if I don't get the job really is hurting my chances more than it's helping.
Byrne: No timetable for national search. Polk: Players will be "looking to transfer."
<font size="2">Told of Byrne's plans, Polk said that was a huge mistake.
</font> <font size="2">"We'll have some players that will have to make decisions about their future," he said. "And some of those decisions will be based on who the new coach is. They can't afford to wait that long, especially the ones looking to transfer. Hopefully, it won't take that long.</font>
To try to get the best qualified coach through a national search is "...a huge mistake?" Hurry the process of hiring a new coach for the convenience of the cocksuckers who might want to leave? Why did we ever bring this son of a ***** back from Georgia when he had already begun to wreck the program before he left the first time? It's a shame we can't just fire the bastard now.
<font size="2">Told of Byrne's plans, Polk said that was a huge mistake.
</font> <font size="2">"We'll have some players that will have to make decisions about their future," he said. "And some of those decisions will be based on who the new coach is. They can't afford to wait that long, especially the ones looking to transfer. Hopefully, it won't take that long.</font>
To try to get the best qualified coach through a national search is "...a huge mistake?" Hurry the process of hiring a new coach for the convenience of the cocksuckers who might want to leave? Why did we ever bring this son of a ***** back from Georgia when he had already begun to wreck the program before he left the first time? It's a shame we can't just fire the bastard now.
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Byrne: No timetable for national search. Polk: Players will be "looking to transfer."
Byrne seems adamant in actually finding a quality coach. If Polk keeps pushing his hand, I can see Byrne telling him to shove it up his ***, which would be awesome.
I really hope y'all get a good coach out of this. It would be best for both programs. If you do go the non-Raffo route, I can just picture a disgruntled Polk still living in Starkville, trying to run the program, and coming to the tough realization that everyone has moved on and tired of his ********.
Byrne seems adamant in actually finding a quality coach. If Polk keeps pushing his hand, I can see Byrne telling him to shove it up his ***, which would be awesome.
I really hope y'all get a good coach out of this. It would be best for both programs. If you do go the non-Raffo route, I can just picture a disgruntled Polk still living in Starkville, trying to run the program, and coming to the tough realization that everyone has moved on and tired of his ********.
Byrne: No timetable for national search. Polk: Players will be "looking to transfer."
Here's what's going to happen- We're going to hire someone other than Raffo and have a couple of players transfer like always and Polk is going to blame that on us not hiring his boy.
Even after we hire our new baseball coach, Polk won't be done bitching- I promise you that.
Here's what's going to happen- We're going to hire someone other than Raffo and have a couple of players transfer like always and Polk is going to blame that on us not hiring his boy.
Even after we hire our new baseball coach, Polk won't be done bitching- I promise you that.
Byrne: No timetable for national search. Polk: Players will be "looking to transfer."
guy. Well, I guess I would issue the following warning. "Hey dipshit. I am your boss. If you feel like telling me I am making a mistake, then come tell me. You and I can have that kind of dialouge, as long as we both understand that I appreciate your opinion and you appreicate my authority to do what I think is best. But, the next time you openly tell everyone via the press that I am making a mistake, you can pack all the wierd **** you have sitting around the office and handle your press commuincations from your house."
And then, if he continues, THEN, I would fire him.
guy. Well, I guess I would issue the following warning. "Hey dipshit. I am your boss. If you feel like telling me I am making a mistake, then come tell me. You and I can have that kind of dialouge, as long as we both understand that I appreciate your opinion and you appreicate my authority to do what I think is best. But, the next time you openly tell everyone via the press that I am making a mistake, you can pack all the wierd **** you have sitting around the office and handle your press commuincations from your house."
And then, if he continues, THEN, I would fire him.
Byrne: No timetable for national search. Polk: Players will be "looking to transfer."
assistant coach is authorized to issue a press release.
assistant coach is authorized to issue a press release.
Byrne: No timetable for national search. Polk: Players will be "looking to transfer."
we <17>ing get it.
we <17>ing get it.
Byrne: No timetable for national search. Polk: Players will be "looking to transfer."
If he comes out and publicly distances himself from Polk he makes Ron look bad, he hurts his current relationship with Ron and the team, and he possibly removes himself from any major consideration from the job. If he does nothing he looks like he endorses Polk's actions or he looks like a person too weak to stand up for himself. Raffo can't win no matter what he does, and it's unfortunate for him because he isn't a bad guy and I certainly don't believe he wanted all of this to happen. The blame for this should fall primarily on the shoulders of one Ron Polk with an honorable mention thrown LT's way.
If he comes out and publicly distances himself from Polk he makes Ron look bad, he hurts his current relationship with Ron and the team, and he possibly removes himself from any major consideration from the job. If he does nothing he looks like he endorses Polk's actions or he looks like a person too weak to stand up for himself. Raffo can't win no matter what he does, and it's unfortunate for him because he isn't a bad guy and I certainly don't believe he wanted all of this to happen. The blame for this should fall primarily on the shoulders of one Ron Polk with an honorable mention thrown LT's way.
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