Raffo to Arkansas State
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it was Polk making stupid promises that he had no place to make that did him in. When Raffo's emotions die down and he starts seeing clearly again, I suspect he will have more contempt for Ron Polk than he will for Greg Byrne/Mississippi State.
He may already feel this way.
He may already feel this way.
Yea I am happy for him. He is a Bulldog through and through and wish the best for him. I think there is a large distaste for him because of the coaching search but he wisely never said a thing.
Mutt the Hoople said:
</p>But it remains to be seen if Ron Polk won't hang around with him.
I hope Raffo tells him to stay away, but I have a feeling that if Polk wants to "help out", Raffo won't stop him.
I am happy he got the job. He might end up back in the SEC if he excels there. Good luck to him.
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that it looks weird to see Tommy Raffo wearing anything other than MSU stuff. I see that they have softball unis to, so that should make him feel a little more comfortable.
Oh, and you know that gap is where the jersey buttons, right? (Broken sarcasm meter?)</p>
Oh, and you know that gap is where the jersey buttons, right? (Broken sarcasm meter?)</p>
Man, you're talking about a low pressure job. Kessinger won 20 games last year for them, and they wanted him back.
Maybe Kessinger figured that he would try to save them the trouble of firing him, and he resigned, only to find out that they were going to give him an extension.
In some ways this is a good job, and in others it's not. Again, there's low pressure, I think their biggest crowd ever was 1,000 and change. That's good in that there is maybe an opportunity to build something there, obviously he will get all the time he needs as the AD seems to have low expectations of the program, and the alumni apparently don't care either.
It's going to be hard to recruit there. There isn't a whole lot of population in that part of the country, and pretty much all of the really good players are going to Fayetteville. I did notice that they had a few players from Memphis and a few from St. Louis. I'm sure that he is really going to have to sell the program to the community, and that's where his connections to Polk may help him out.
All in all, this is a good first job for two reasons- if he does well and wins there, he can maybe get an SEC job down the line, and on the other hand, if he sucks, no one there will care, and he can probably just stay there for as long as he would like. Seems like a win/win for him.
Maybe Kessinger figured that he would try to save them the trouble of firing him, and he resigned, only to find out that they were going to give him an extension.
In some ways this is a good job, and in others it's not. Again, there's low pressure, I think their biggest crowd ever was 1,000 and change. That's good in that there is maybe an opportunity to build something there, obviously he will get all the time he needs as the AD seems to have low expectations of the program, and the alumni apparently don't care either.
It's going to be hard to recruit there. There isn't a whole lot of population in that part of the country, and pretty much all of the really good players are going to Fayetteville. I did notice that they had a few players from Memphis and a few from St. Louis. I'm sure that he is really going to have to sell the program to the community, and that's where his connections to Polk may help him out.
All in all, this is a good first job for two reasons- if he does well and wins there, he can maybe get an SEC job down the line, and on the other hand, if he sucks, no one there will care, and he can probably just stay there for as long as he would like. Seems like a win/win for him.
and his leaving was kind of a mutual agreement type thing. I know they offered him one year, but if you really want to keep somebody, you offer him more than one year. It wouldn't shock me to see Kessinger look for a job outside of baseball.
Not to get politcal, but is there a more pathetic special interest group in America than them. If there was a group that I would go out of my way to piss off, it is them. The only saving grace for them is the fact that they get bikini models to go nude to get their point across.</p>
they did a protest in B'ham a few years ago with a nude woman painted in body paint as a tiger in a cage. Rick and Buba sent Speedy over with a truck that they backed in right beside her cage and ate hamburgers all day and gave them away to the public. It was so funny
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