Dear Litttle Fat Man with your hands in your back pockets

[Indndawg]

You're legend
You put SEC college baseball on the map
Your acheivments at MSU will be hailed en memorium
***NOW***
Please stop acting a fool to prove a point.
You are not bigger than the university, despite what the dipshits on GP think
STFU, Coach baseball, act with a modicum of integrity and then leave Starkville ASAP

 

[Indndawg]

You're legend
You put SEC college baseball on the map
Your acheivments at MSU will be hailed en memorium
***NOW***
Please stop acting a fool to prove a point.
You are not bigger than the university, despite what the dipshits on GP think
STFU, Coach baseball, act with a modicum of integrity and then leave Starkville ASAP

 

[MaroonedinPA]

He was right. Besides, manager/coach arguments and tantrums are fun to watch. Here are a couple to click on:





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDx_6LzfZ5Y

 

[Indndawg]

is absolute solid gold. On a par w/ Mara's "we suck" tirade. Somehow though, it seems Polk has voluntarily kept himself on edge all weekend.

 

[Stormrider81]

Polk just happened to get thrown out in each game of this series with UK, whose manager happens to be the fan favorite to be his successor. I think Polk should be ashamed of himself. We needed this series bad and he left his assistant to manage in all 3 games. If I was on the team I would be ticked off.

 

[was21]

admonished, demonized, or otherwise made to be publicly ridiculed by the league for totally juvenile behavior this weekend. I don't care if he had "reason" to argue or not. His deliberate attempt to highjack this series for the very obvious reason did no good for his legacy nor for the candidacy of Raffo. If I were Raffo, I'd be pissed, if not embarrassed, probably both.

 

[Porkchop.sixpack]

Today's call was a damned good reason to argue. But, if you got thrown out of the previous two games, perhaps you should consider that the team needs you coaching, not sitting in the visitors dressing room smoking a cigar.

 

[Indndawg]

to have a coach doing crap like this on purpose, only they do is just shake their heads and play

 

[Stormrider81]

We win that game and we are one game under .500 overall, we've just gone on the road and beaten a pretty darn good team 2-1, and we begin chipping away at the hole we dug ourselves in conference with some of the weaker teams coming up soon. Instead our coach gets himself thrown out for the 3rd straight game leaving his hitting coach to manage what is probably the biggest of the season so far. If I were a player I'd be ticked off and wondering whether getting Raffo hired is more important to Polk than turning around this season. If I were a team captain I might consider walking into Polk's office and asking him to manage us instead of going to such lengths to promote his buddy.

 

[dawgoneyall]

an apology for his actions. Even if he apologies I doubt it would be real.

If he would only disappear. Now.

I have gone from having a lot of respect for what he has done to a complete dislike of the man for what he is doing and his putting his petty self importance and his wishes above the good of MSU.........starting over 15 years ago.

Only at Mississippi State!!!!!!!

 

[bulldogcountry1]

to say he got tossed on purpose just so raffo can take over. why does that even have to happen?

 

[lawdawg02]

how many games does he get thrown out of each year? i agree with the other poster that sunday's argument was necessary. but come on. he "just happened" to get tossed in all 3 games? i don't buy it. he wanted to get tossed. he wanted the showdown of raffo v. cohen. and msu lost.

 

[bulldogcountry1]

nm.

 

[Stormrider81]

Does he want to have his farewell tour where he gets his ego stroked by every team we play from here on out or does he want Raffo to be his successor? If it's the former he will keep doing what he has been doing. If it is the latter he will put his ego aside and step down immediately allowing Raffo to be interim coach, which would possibly make his resume look better if he finishes the season strong.

 

[8dog]

that Raffo's finishing the season should have any impact on him as a potential candidate. I just don't think a baseball coach really shows anything by coaching in 30 games. The most important aspects of being a baseball coach to me are the recruiting and the work done in the fall and in January/beginning of February.

 

[Stormrider81]

But the reality is him finishing the year strong as interim coach would improve his resume (over zero head coaching experience now). Should we hire him over candidates that have successfully run their own programs? Absolutely not, but that's not what I'm saying. If you are a pro-Raffo guy then you want him to get his shot in order to trump up more support by finishing strong. And make no mistake, if that happened a good portion of our fanbase would get in behind him, certainly more than is behind Raffo now.

The best chance Raffo has of getting this job is getting a shot to somewhat prove himself. If Polk is truly invested in Raffo becoming his successor he needs to set his ego aside and give the man a better chance than he has currently with no head coaching experience whatsoever.</p>

 

[lawdawg02]

perhaps the biggest hole in raffo's resume is ZERO head coaching experience. the only chance between now and the summer to change that is to be the interim head coach at msu. and actually, if he was named interim in the next week or two, we could have guys get healthy and get to a less-tough part of the schedule, setting up nicely for a late-season run - which would look very good for raffo. </p>

 

[bulldogcountry1]

if polk hands over the keys and steps back, there is plenty of time to at least get a feel for what raffo can do. the odds are pretty high nothing significant will happen, and it will further prove that he isn't qualified. if he pulls off a miracle and the team shows significant improvement (which won't happen), then it's a win for everyone.

there is no advantage whatsoever for polk to stick it out. if he's just wanting the respectful appreciation by opposing fans, then he can just drive himself.

 

[oem]

that Raffo's finishing the season should have any impact on him as a potential candidate. I just don't think a baseball coach really shows anything by coaching in 30 games. The most important aspects of being a baseball coach to me are the recruiting and the work done in the fall and in January/beginning of February.

</p>Good point. I always felt that once you got the roster put together, managing a baseball game is one of the simplest things in sports. Obviously there are times in a game where decisions need to be made - when to bunt, when to start the runner, when to change pitchers, when to pinch hit, etc - but that ain't brain surgery.

 

[MadDawg.sixpack]

You are not bigger than the university, despite what the dipshits on GP think

Or the dipshits on SPS.

 

[patdog]

Good point. I always felt that once you got the roster put together, managing a baseball game is one of the simplest things in sports. Obviously there are times in a game where decisions need to be made - when to bunt, when to start the runner, when to change pitchers, when to pinch hit, etc - but that ain't brain surgery.

Yeah, and coaching in a football game isn't all that difficult either. You just throw your starters out there and then decide when to run, when to pass, when to play zone and when to play man, with the occasional 4th down punt / field goal/ go for it decision thrown in there. It's really not that complicated either.

Seriously, where do you people get that a baseball game is all that simple to manage. There is literally at least one decision to be made by both managers on every pitch.</p>

 

[8dog]

Yeah, and coaching in a football game isn't all that difficult either

who said that? I think that one of the points of one of my posts was that baseball is so unique in that you can throw 9 guys out there and a large part of your work is done. football is a completely different story.

There is literally at least one decision to be made by both managers on every pitch.

Couldn't disagree more with that, particularly considering that the best game we pitched all year was called by our catcher.

 

[patdog]

Couldn't disagree more with that, particularly considering that the best game we pitched all year was called by our catcher.

All that means is that our catcher made a lot better decisions than our manager had been making all year long. There were still decisions to be made on every pitch. But I'm calling ******** on that story anyway. Either the catcher called most of the pitches the whole year or the pitching coach called most of the pitches the whole year. No way the pitching coach (or Polk) just decided, "What the hell. I think I'll take today off and let the catcher call the pitches today."</p>

 

[oem]

Good point. I always felt that once you got the roster put together, managing a baseball game is one of the simplest things in sports. Obviously there are times in a game where decisions need to be made - when to bunt, when to start the runner, when to change pitchers, when to pinch hit, etc - but that ain't brain surgery.

Yeah, and coaching in a football game isn't all that difficult either. You just throw your starters out there and then decide when to run, when to pass, when to play zone and when to play man, with the occasional 4th down punt / field goal/ go for it decision thrown in there. It's really not that complicated either.

Seriously, where do you people get that a baseball game is all that simple to manage. There is literally at least one decision to be made by both managers on every pitch.</p>

I bet you are a real joy to be around at the Little League park.</p>

 

[patdog]

I bet you are a real joy to be around at the Little League park.

WTF does Little League have to do with anything? College baseball has about as much in common with Little League as it does with Dominos.</p>