Polk named names in the Nashville interview. ...

[Shmuley]

He mentioned Palmeiro and Clark specifically as 2 former players he asked to call Byrne and lobby him to hire Raffo.</p>

 

[dawgstudent]

to congratulate him on the job. See, even The Thrill knows that Polk is not bigger than the university.

 

[DerHntr]

i wonder if clark was listening on the other line and thinking to himself..."who the 17 cares?" don't get me wrong i am sure he still loves MSU but is he really so involved that he would actually call the AD and tell him to hire someone? really? i just don't see it but then again i don't know Clark personally.
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edit: i also wonder if a call from Polk to Clark is like getting that once a year call from your old crazy ***, senile, drunk uncle during the holidays. you listen and smile and then forget about it til next year.

 

[MaxwellSmart]

tried to call between the two press conferences. Must not have let Polk bother him too much.

 

[dawgstudent]

[No message]

 

[patdog]

No problem at all there. But that's a completely different thing that having them on his side with the comments he made. We know for a fact that Clark called to congratulate Cohen and was said to be excited about the hire. No word on Palmeiro but I bet he feels the same way.

 

[MaxwellSmart]

called to say "coach Polk wants us to tell you to hire Raffo, but we are sure you will do the right thing."

 

[beachbumdawg]

decided to back polk out of spite for Clark</p>