I am really starting to lean towards Dan McDonell....

[DowntownDawg]

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There's only one coach whose name has been mentioned that I would completely pull all support from the baseball team if he was named the head coach, and that is Dan McDonnell.

Here's the thing though.

I'm willing to give who he picks a chance to do the job, as long as it isn't Dan McDonnell. However, I will definitely not be as excited about the future possibilities if Greg goes against Ron's wishes with this decision.

Under no circumstances will I support Dan McDonnell as the head coach though.

No. I will not support Dan McDonnell. I don't like him, his association with Ole Miss, nor his involvement in the way they bent and broke the rules to get players to come to Ole Miss.

Also of note in that thread, according to KB, Pat McMahon would've won a national championship had his recruits not gotten drafted, and David Murray makes KB look like a little girl.

This one thread alone is worth the price of admission.

 

[DowntownDawg]

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There's only one coach whose name has been mentioned that I would completely pull all support from the baseball team if he was named the head coach, and that is Dan McDonnell.

Here's the thing though.

I'm willing to give who he picks a chance to do the job, as long as it isn't Dan McDonnell. However, I will definitely not be as excited about the future possibilities if Greg goes against Ron's wishes with this decision.

Under no circumstances will I support Dan McDonnell as the head coach though.

No. I will not support Dan McDonnell. I don't like him, his association with Ole Miss, nor his involvement in the way they bent and broke the rules to get players to come to Ole Miss.

Also of note in that thread, according to KB, Pat McMahon would've won a national championship had his recruits not gotten drafted, and David Murray makes KB look like a little girl.

This one thread alone is worth the price of admission.

 

[BigErnMcracken]

I want whoever will win. Do I think Raffo is a bad coach? No. Is he the best we can do? Absolutely not and I think because of that, he will not be our coach.

Guys, dont worry, our skipper in charge will get us the best we can get. Greg Byrne, I believe, will prove to be the best hire we have ever had at MSU in any capacity (that includes football, baseball, etc). I think he will do that good of a job as our AD. If you get a chance to talk to him, please do. He is just one of those guys....

 

[vhdawg]

....that thread never dies. And it never gets old. I'm still curious to know what exactly KB21's "support" consists of, so that I know what we stand to lose by possibly hiring McDonnell.

 

[DowntownDawg]

...or worse yet, what if he's instrumental in BAAALLLLLLL 44444444444. I really don't see how the baseball program can survive without him.

The best part of that thread was where he was called out on dogging Byrne, and somebody posted all the great things he had said about Byrne when he was hired, and then we get....

"I wanted Byrne, but now he has crossed Ron Polk. And that is just something you do not do."

 

[RebelBruiser]

....that thread never dies. And it never gets old. I'm still curious to know what exactly KB21's "support" consists of, so that I know what
we stand to lose by possibly hiring McDonnell.

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Probably 2 bleacher seats down the right field line that would easily be filled many times over you hired McDonnell and he came in winning quickly.

 

[BigErnMcracken]

the "knock it out JOOONNNNN" guy sat right behind us for years. Im not sure if he is still there.

We had the same 5 chairbacks since 89' on the right field side, second tier, behind the dugout. We moved to under the canopy (behind the net) on the left field side by the press box. The reason is we were forced out by the amount of trash that had surrounded us. It was awful and we put up with it for about 3 years. Some of the people that show up to our baseball games amaze me.

For everything we say about Bama and Tenn having subway redneck fans, we are the bama / UT of baseball. I guess when you have that many fans you are bound to get them but still. The last straw was the redheaded guy with the beard and no teeth that wears the welders goggles to the games. I'm sure you have seen a pic of him floating around and that baby isnt doctored.</p>

 

[Roy Munson.sixpack]

Boy, dad has had those seats since it was built, and he sat there in the same area before it was built. Its nice being in the shade now, but it just isnt the same. And watching the game through that net f'n sux.

 

[BigErnMcracken]

yeah, that was the year it was built. He bought those seats under the same sort of setup that we had at the Hump. Of course, Im sure they will reseat Dudy Noble in a few years and piss off everyone that paid $500 for their lifetime seat back in 89'.

We should do that to raise more money anyway.

 

[patdog]

the "new" Dudy Noble opened in 1986. And I doubt we ever re-seat at the Dude. We'd have no legal defense against a class-action lawsuit becuase the original seatholders paid $250, $500 or $1,000 in exchange for lifetime rights to those seats. Legally, that's a contract since both sides gave up consideration. And that's a completely different issue than the alleged promise made to season ticket holders at the Hump back in the 70s. Even if that promise were made, the seatholders didn't give up any consideration so it wouldn't have been a contract anyway.</p>

 

[Porkchop.sixpack]

they realize that 85% of the people purchasing those tickets every year are sons and daughters of the then dead people who made the finnancial committment. That is a big problem with the lifetime seats. Lifetime means it ends with death, not with the death of the third generation.

 

[vhdawg]

....then he's been pretty useless the past few years since we haven't had anybody named John, much less one that could knock it out.

 

[BigErnMcracken]

sorry, 86'. My bad

 

[someonestolemyusernamedamnit]

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[Stormrider81]

I doubt it, but if so I would kind of miss the candy and the spirit that guy has. Dude comes to every MSU event I know of so I kind of doubt he'd quit.</p>

 

[Stormrider81]

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[dickiedawg]

He's a reader, not a poster. Hi Ron.

 

[Todd4State]

the Candyman doesn't seem like a Polk Loyalist.

 

[Todd4State]

maybe KB21 thinks it is illegal to recruit players that don't show up at your baseball camp.

 

[independencebowlmainstay]

I can tell you unequivocally that Dan NEVER cheated, and wouldn't have even considered doing so. Whomever the idiot is claiming this is nothing more than bitter because while Dan was here, he ran circles around whatever coach State had on the road at that time. I have been involved with collegiate baseball since 1992, either as a player, roving instructor in the Yankees organization, or during my time as a scout, and Dan is the absolute best recruiter I have ever seen. EVER. There couldn't possibly be a better hire for you guys. I sat with him while watching Cody pitch a game at Hillcrest, and heard him literally sell the Satterwhite's on how it was going to benfit Cody to turn down the million(net) he was going to get from the Indians. And he did.

The stupidity of Ole Miss and State fans when it comes to baseball is laughable. I will say this as an Ole Miss fan....there is without a doubt no question that Ole Miss has the dumbest baseball fans on earth. It isn't even close. It is almost unbearable going to games and watch our idiots scream at the umpires all game.

At any rate, if State offered the job to Dan(and he would take it, trust me on this one), he would have them back at the top of the West in two years. Having Dan recruiting against Reinstetle would be like comparing Belichik(sp) to Orgeron. Mike would have to get back on the recruiting trail to stay competitive. I tell you what...you can have Bianco, and we will take Dan. How about that?

 

[patdog]

Lifetime seats should pass to the spouse, but not to the children.

 

[patdog]

I know for a fact that one of your All-American players wanted to go to MSU but couldn't even get our coaching staff to return his calls, despite the fact he went to our camp. All McDonnell and Bianco had to do to get him was offer him some scholarship money. It's not like they had to bust their *** to recruit him. It was pretty easy.

 

[independencebowlmainstay]

and you are talking about Stephen. That is one player that came because State didn't offer. Dan waxed Polk, McMahon, whomever else's *** on the road while here. Saying one player made this program is stupid. Ole Miss has without doubt surpassed State at this point, but it isn't far enough that with the right person in place, State couldn't reverse that.

Either way, my point was simply that Ole Miss has gotten to where they are mainly due to the hard work of Dan. He built this program with the Head's, Pettway's, Holliman's, Kline's, Wright's, Satterwhite's, Lynn's, etc.....Mike didn't recruit these kids, Dan did. Dan will win wherever he goes, and State couldn't make a better hire. I sure as hell hope they don't make that hire, and go with Cohen. Cohen is half the recruiter and virtually the same coach. Cohen isn't the guy to rebuild your program. He has won in that shoebox of a stadium in Lexington. Look at their home/road splits. They are, at best, an average team outside of Lexington.

 

[DowntownDawg]

...because we have too many idiot fans like KB21 that would have a heart attack if we brought in a head coach that had been an asst. at Ole Miss. Doesn't make a bit of sense, but we won't hire McDonnell.

 

[patdog]

Yes, I was talking about Head. And it was Polk that dropped the ball on him, not McMahon. But where in the hell did you get that I ever said that one player made your program? Nobody builds a successful program with one player.

 

[Mutt the Hoople.buhoops]

Is he a Secret Rebel? Secret Sixpacker? Hobbes from Waynes' board?

 

[Mutt the Hoople.buhoops]

...because we have too many idiot fans like KB21 that would have a heart attack if we brought in a head coach that had been an asst. at Ole Miss. Doesn't make a bit of sense, but we won't hire McDonnell.

Dudy Noble was Head Football coach at OM in 1918.</p>

 

[DowntownDawg]

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