And certainly Cheese too. The season is almost a wash, no need investing more time with Lemon.
Keenum is probably a little more concerned about the funding for research that trump is cutting more than athletics....and not trying to turn this into politics...just stating a probable fact.
Why, when we load the bases with no or one outs, can we not get more than one man home?
That’s the million dollar question. I’m sure Bruce has an answer, but even he would have been able to get those runners home. Especially when you had ducks on the pond with no outs. This baseball team is worse than bad.
I'm know nothing about baseball, but why are we not bunting some in these situations? I see other teams that that effectively.
Keenum lost any juice he had when Thad Cochran retired
We bunt in the wrong situations and watch strikes go by with a bat on the shoulder most times.
It would've been easier to just say State doesn't care about athletics. Look around, we suck in all but one sport, and it was disappointing as well. Fans are out on football if you haven't noticed. Tickets are not going well at all and we all know it's going to get worse this season with another bad year. You better start winning at something if you want athletic support. Fans are having to invest so much more and getting so much less from this school.
I’d imagine the mound visit to go
It would be private donations.. it would not take away from other sports. What’s stupid is someone trying to tell me how to spend my money. Makes me want to stop giving. I give plenty to football… even though I can’t take my family to any games (Autistic Child). So I help pay for everyone else to enjoy. Basketball is the same, but I have zero interest in it. Baseball is the sport I can take my family too. It’s something we can all enjoy together. Especially in the Omaha club where if it gets too much for my child to handle I can go inside for a second. Sports are suppose to be enjoyable and a past time with friends and family. I can guarantee you though if you lose baseball.. you will lose football donation. Some are tied together..
We depend on the wild pitch/pass ball to score in this scenario & we won't get a lot of those in SEC play.
Those donations could go to other things that are more important than a non-rev sport, like more NIL money for football.
Look we need an overhaul. Only our administration can do that. For now, give what you can. I buy tickets and have no desire to go to the games now because we suck and right now it's a hassle going and I lose a whole day that isn't enjoyable. I continue to give in hopes we turn it around. If we keep going down the drain, I'll likely stop buying tickets but likely keep sending my NIL dollars for a while. The administration better look and see what happens when your athletics sucks. Loss of money to the town and school, enrollment doesn't climb, competitiveness decreases. Look at our basketball team with Ray, no one went to those games and there is likely a gap of 4 plus years as a result of students that don't care about basketball. Not being competitive has long lasting impacts. If the administration doesn't get it right, we fall further and further and in today NIL, that's less money which makes it harder to do. That means less competitive coaching hires, recruiting, etc. This needs to be fixed or major changes need to happen. In reality they should have already but the buck needs to stop this year and next year depending on which sport of interest or people need to get to packing
But I’m not giving anymore to football or NIL than I already contribute. I personally get no benefit from it. I understand football’s importance for the school, and I really understand revenue. Reason I have extra to give is because I understand it… but sports is also a leisure activity. I’m not building a business at MSU. We went from schools making too much money off TV deals to the fans have to pay the players.. while schools still keep the money from TV. (Make it make sense). Also they want more donations for buildings and such. If I give more to baseball that’s less than someone has too. It either goes to baseball or I can keep it. Plenty other business opportunities I can invest in and actually get a ROI. I’m willing to give extra on top of my donation to football for baseball. That’s kinda my point it’s extra.
I totally agree with this, do not spend a bunch of money on baseball. BUT can we not fire Lemonis and then hire a young coach at a much lower rate so it's a wash? I have no about his contract and what the buyout is so I'm guessing. But if we go in the hole to fire him, then keep that bum!
