Ron Polk Blames The Season Woes On Scholarship Limitations

[ExtremeDog]

From today's Clarion Ledger:

"When we started the season, I said we're young and inexperienced with our skill players, but that our pitching ought to be our thing," Polk said. "But at 11.7 scholarships, we're at the mercy of injuries."

I don't see Ole Miss or USM making these excuses. Please make this the last year of the Ron Polk era.

 

[Goat Holder]

if they are there, which many doubt, and deal with it. It's 17-ing reality, Polk. You ain't changing ****. Man up and do what you gotta do.

 

[dawgoneyall]

pathetic.

If he is admitting he can't compete under the same rules as everyone else then he needs to step down. Yesterday!

 

[cowbell9]

nm

 

[Goat Holder]

for years now. He plays on the same field as everyone else. Maybe he should look into what is causing those injuries.

He has no excuse. His time is done.

 

[independencebowlmainstay]

State has had only one projected starter go down. Pigott will be back, and Weatherford was never starting in the rotation. He has to let this go as some point. He has been fighting this for years with no results. Fact is, everyone is playing by the same rules.

And for the response about Ole Miss and USM not losing three starters....Ole Miss has enough depth on the mound that they could at least get by, and I assure you Bianco wouldn't cry about it constantly. As for USM, is that now what you want to compare the State program too? A CUSA team that is a perrenial two and done team when they get in the NCAA's? Seriously....that is a lame comparison. I don't care if State has 11.7 and USM has 16 schollies. State should still have better players across the board. 20% @ State is better than 60% @ USM everyday.

 

[cowbell9]

Tuesday ( see what happened there). But that was just to see if he could go ( he couldnt). Weatherford is a knock down closer who we miss sorely. So yeah, three.

 

[Stormrider81]

Weatherford is a knock down closer who we miss sorely.

</p>How many opportunities would our clsoer have had had he not been injured? I would think starting pitching would be a bigger problem than closing out games.

 

[cowbell9]

Weatherford could have shiut them down for 2-3 innings. Flat out.

 

[Stormrider81]

compared to our starting pitching getting shelled and it never being up to the closer? I'm not saying the absence of Weatherford isn't hurting. It's obvious it is. What I'm saying is our starting pitching has been much more of a problem.

 

[Coach34]

if we arent icing our pitchers arms after they pitch, all of them need to be fired. The stress that pitching puts on your arm has to be treated with ice.

You dont get a pass for injuries when you are causing them.

 

[Goat Holder]

You dont get a pass for injuries when you are causing them.

 

[JacksonDevilDog]

I can assure you they are icing. The thing I notice is we have midweek guys as our starters now. Pigott used to be a reliever. Crosswhite the same. Bowen the same. Weatherford throws mid-90s, so I can understand some inflsmation at times. Its different throwing 90-100 pitches per outing compared to 30 or so. Its a thought. I know its their second year of starting (pigott and chad) but it might now be taking a tole on them. Plus, when you are 5-9(pigott) it puts a lit if stress on your arm because you don't have as much leverage.

 

[Todd4State]

From today's Clarion Ledger:

"When we started the season, I said we're young and inexperienced with our skill players, but that our pitching ought to be our thing," Polk said. "But at 11.7 scholarships, we're at the mercy of injuries."

I don't see Ole Miss or USM making these excuses. Please make this the last year of the Ron Polk era.

</p> The only way this would be a legit excuse is if everyone else had more scholarships to give, and that's not the case. And for the HOPE scholarship people, well then Polk needs to get more creative.

Also, **** I'm tired of all the excuses. It's always someone else's fault. At least Croom will take some blame from time to time when things don't go right.

 

[MaxwellSmart]

Wait........... never mind.

 

[AROB44]

Just fire McNichol and whomever is the strenght and conditioning coach for baseball !!! They are both pitifiul !!!

 

[patdog]

Weatherford is a knock down closer who we miss sorely.

How in the world could this team possibly miss a closer?</p>

 

[patdog]

if we arent icing our pitchers arms after they pitch, all of them need to be fired. The stress that pitching puts on your arm has to be treated with ice.

You dont get a pass for injuries when you are causing them.

I agree. Not icing a pitcher's arm after he pitches is about the dumbest thing I've ever heard of a pitching coach doing.</p>

 

[Coach34]

they had to ice and run for 12 mintues to make sure the blood was flowing...if we had a lifting day the day after, that pitcher's weight and reps were amended..and the work with the bands was done the day after, not the same night

 

[RebelBruiser]

That's a good point. It seems like every year you're having one or more of your better pitchers miss time with injuries. There has to be something they are doing wrong in the way they handle the pitchers. I just can't imagine someone's luck being that bad. Even as an Ole Miss fan and knowing the curse of Mississippi teams first hand, I think there has to be more to it.

 

[8dog]

to assure us than just saying "I assure you" b/c this soxdawg guy is bringing the thunder and someone needs to provide significant evidence if we are icing.