Veazy`s Wed. blog quotes from Polk

[thatsbaseball]

<h3>Polk prefers Raffo</h3>

Polk prefers no search. He believes none is needed and State would be best served to simply name his longtime assistant Tommy Raffo as his successor.</p>

"I've made it plain with Greg how I feel," Polk said. "Tommy's been with us 19 years as a player and a coach. He knows the program, he knows the alumni. He knows the summer camps. He knows our players and their parents and they know and respect him. The continuity would be smooth.</p>

"I've made my feelings known to Greg (Byrne) and everybody else. I respect Greg and the job he has to do but if he decides to go elsewhere, he'll do it without my blessing."</p>

And what about Cohen, who played for Polk from 1988 until 1990, and was a three-year teammate of Raffo?</p>

"I've talked to John and he knows how I feel," Polk answered. "I have all the respect in the world for John but there's one person I want to see get this job and that's Tommy."</p> <h3>Ron Polk can go to hell !</h3>

 

[Columbus Dawg]

If people keep asking the question, he's going to keep answering it the same way. He's taking up for his guy and I can respect that. Now that he has said his peace, I wish he would defer to Byrne, but as we've seen with the NCAA that's not his style.

 

[rebel law]

What in the world is the deal with Polk and the damn summer camps?

 

[GoToHellOleMiss.sixpack]

that he's acting like such an *******. When you have to continually try and put pressure through the media that usually means that you don't really have any influence.......which in this case is a good thing.

Look for Greg to do a national search and make a good hire. He doesn't want the first "important" thing he accomplishes to be a bust.</p>

 

[skydawg1]

You really don't know? The summer camps are one our main recruiting tools.

Rarely do we sign a kid who has never once attended an MSU summer baseball camp.

 

[Todd4State]

WE need to go find the recruits rather than expect them to come to us. That's why it's called RECRUITING and not baseball camp all-star team.

Beyond ridiculous.

 

[cowbell9]

....it IS a very important recruiting tool for obvious reasons. Camps are critical. And we are very,very good at them. However, I dont think it is extremely difficult to run them successfully.

 

[Seven Year Plan.nafoom]

Even as an Ole Miss fan, State Baseball Camp kicked ***...when I was 8.</p>

 

[State82]

beyond a 400' radius from Dudy Noble Field.