Ron Polk to speak on Max Howell's station
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Doesn't take back anything he said.
Has nothing to say to GB. Won't cross paths on campus with GB.
Only returns to campus to see friends in the collesium & baseball office.
Generally repeating the same gripes - deserved to name his replacement more than GB did.
Sees no way he can ever work with GB in the future.
Has nothing to say to GB. Won't cross paths on campus with GB.
Only returns to campus to see friends in the collesium & baseball office.
Generally repeating the same gripes - deserved to name his replacement more than GB did.
Sees no way he can ever work with GB in the future.
Supports Cohen 100%. Says he will be great for Mississippi State, etc. Cohen has hired a great staff and our players will be taken care of.
Will not take name off stadium because of former players who asked him not to.
Not sure of his future plans. May stick around and help Cohen and help at practices. Would look into assistant coaching elsewhere if another school asks. Would not work as a paid coach and certainly not as a head coach. 65 years old and time to slow down.
Will not take name off stadium because of former players who asked him not to.
Not sure of his future plans. May stick around and help Cohen and help at practices. Would look into assistant coaching elsewhere if another school asks. Would not work as a paid coach and certainly not as a head coach. 65 years old and time to slow down.
FlabLoser said:
the state college board won't let him.
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And of course he will stick around. What's he going to do all day? Write letters to the NCAA?
I guess this means that he won't be on Raffo's staff at Arkansas State, which does and doesn't surprise me.
patdog said:
</p>the Polk apologists said IF he did. If Cohen wants to keep him around, I have no problem with that. It's like another free assistant coach that will allow our real coaches to do other things with the team.
Setting aside my personal feeling about Polk, the last thing Raffo needs is for Polk to follow him to Arkansas State. Having Polk there would be a lose-lose situation for Raffo. If he's not successful, he loses. If he is successful, there would always be that doubt that Polk was the one really behind the success. If Raffo ever wants a chance at a big-time coaching job, he's got to be his own man at Arkansas State.
patdog said:
</p>I disagree with are recruiting, mainly because he didn't do that the second time he was here. My question to you is why do think having him around is a bad thing? Cohen is not going to let Polk tell him how to coach, and he has shown that he has the balls to do his own thing, no matter what Polk wants. If he does something crazy, it will stay within the program, and if it gets out, he's a senile old fart. I would worry if Raffo was the coach, but not with an experienced coach like Cohen. I'm sure that if Polk becomes a distraction or causes problems, Cohen will kick his *** back to his luxury box, or tell him to go hang out in Jonesboro for a little while.
It seems to me you just want him gone because you're pissed off about the past seven years, and that's fine. But the fact is he does have some use, even if it's hitting fungos to infielders while our staff is out recruiting or working with other players, and anyone in the press that interviews him after this year is only looking to stir the pot, which is their job, but he won't be taken seriously.
for suggesting that you would eventually come around to accepting polk's continued presence around starkville as an OK thing, since he obviously had "mended fences." you were correct in suggesting that his presence is nothing but a complete negative at least, and brings the potential for an unmitigated disaster ... aGAIN. he's nothing but a washed up piece of ****.
As long as Polk is around, this whole issue is never going to go away. It's just not. We need to move on. And the best way for MSU to move on is for Polk to move out. And it's not a matter of "if Polk becomes a distracton." He is a distraction and will continue to be as long as he's around.
As for any use Polk may have, that's laughable. I'm pretty sure if our coaching staff needs somebody to hit fungoes to the team, they can find a walkon to do the job just fine. And him helping us in recruiting? Cohen ran circles around Polk in recruing when he was at Kentucky and Polk was at MSU. I somehow think Cohen will do just fine on his own at MSU.
As for any use Polk may have, that's laughable. I'm pretty sure if our coaching staff needs somebody to hit fungoes to the team, they can find a walkon to do the job just fine. And him helping us in recruiting? Cohen ran circles around Polk in recruing when he was at Kentucky and Polk was at MSU. I somehow think Cohen will do just fine on his own at MSU.
...wait and see what the gnome does when Cohen decides to cut one of "his boys."
He just needs to be gone. Period.
He just needs to be gone. Period.
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As far as i'm concerned old Ron can just graze out in the pasture of Left-field Louge and watch us play or lock himself in the skybox or piss away his time typing letters to the NCAA. Who cares what the hell Ron does or where the hell he does it.
This basterd, thats right TERD, has been smelling up the air with his foul excrement ever since this **** went down last month.
If Cohen accepts Ron's ****** amends fine. If Ron wants to be a baseball fundraiser fine. I just wish he would keep his *** out of the media and stop going on these *****-foot radio shows and continue slinging mud on Byrne.
I wish Cohen would tell him OK, you can help us but just stop being a douche-bag about Byrne otherwise POOF! BE GONE! Polk.
This basterd, thats right TERD, has been smelling up the air with his foul excrement ever since this **** went down last month.
If Cohen accepts Ron's ****** amends fine. If Ron wants to be a baseball fundraiser fine. I just wish he would keep his *** out of the media and stop going on these *****-foot radio shows and continue slinging mud on Byrne.
I wish Cohen would tell him OK, you can help us but just stop being a douche-bag about Byrne otherwise POOF! BE GONE! Polk.
and I would rather our walk-ons practice playing, especially with the impending roster cuts across the country. I'm just saying that any help that we could get would be helpful, and there are a lot of menial tasks that Polk can do that would help out. I hate to say it, but the guy does know a lot about baseball. He may not be able to manage worth a flip, but he can help a guy with some fundamental things- except for bunting of course.
And yes, all of this will go away eventually. The radio people that are interviewing Polk are only doing that because all of this happend about a month ago, and it's the summer. If we lose a game to Ole Miss, I doubt that the media will go to Polk to ask him what he would've done. It just won't happen.
At any rate, I really don't think Polk will do just a whole lot with the team anyway. Mostly what he will probably be doing is sitting in his luxury box talking to his friends. And if he becomes a distraction, I'll let Cohen handle it.</p>
And yes, all of this will go away eventually. The radio people that are interviewing Polk are only doing that because all of this happend about a month ago, and it's the summer. If we lose a game to Ole Miss, I doubt that the media will go to Polk to ask him what he would've done. It just won't happen.
At any rate, I really don't think Polk will do just a whole lot with the team anyway. Mostly what he will probably be doing is sitting in his luxury box talking to his friends. And if he becomes a distraction, I'll let Cohen handle it.</p>
We're going to be just fine in the coaching / fungoe hitting category without Polk. I'm pretty sure Cohen and his staff have got that figured out. As for interviews, yeah, I'm sure nobody's going to want to interview the former coach with his name on the stadium who just happens to be hanging around every time we're on TV. And I'm sure no sports radio talk hosts would want talk to the winningest (in terms of games won, not winning percentage) coach in SEC history during the season. Because we all know they really don't have nearly enough time to cover all the interesting stuff in the 3 hours per day they're on the air. Especially after football and basketball are over.
Cohen is hanging out with him, or rather allowing Polk to hang out with him?
You're totally blowing Polk's "impact on what he says" out of proportion. If he says something bad, what does that matter? It sure hasn't hurt our program recently as far as getting a good coach. Do you think that people look down on MSU baseball or care that Polk is mad because we didn't hire Raffo? You also have to remember LT is gone, so there's no safety net for Polk anymore.
And like I've said 500 times, we'll see how many interviews Polk gets this time of year. When Cohen begins to turn the team around, that will be the story, not what happened a year ago.</p>
You're totally blowing Polk's "impact on what he says" out of proportion. If he says something bad, what does that matter? It sure hasn't hurt our program recently as far as getting a good coach. Do you think that people look down on MSU baseball or care that Polk is mad because we didn't hire Raffo? You also have to remember LT is gone, so there's no safety net for Polk anymore.
And like I've said 500 times, we'll see how many interviews Polk gets this time of year. When Cohen begins to turn the team around, that will be the story, not what happened a year ago.</p>
And I suspect last month's blowup won't be the last one if he stays around. I'm not saying the world is going to end (or Cohen isn't going to build us back into a true consistent condender) if Polk stays around. But all things considered, it will be better, and one less distraction, if he leaves. As for the interviews, you're just wrong about that. Polk will be able to get an interview pretty much any time he wants one. It's not like these sports talk guys aren't desperate for something, anything, to fill their air time.
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