Pure damn sorry..........

[Lee Corso]

Not sure if I have EVER witnessed such crappiness.

 

[rugbdawg]

Cohen needs to go.

Today

 

[Lee Corso]

I now see why Ron Polk was so vocal about Cohen not taking the job.

 

[TheStateUofMS]

I now see why Ron Polk was so vocal about Cohen not taking the job.

Did you forget ******'s?

 

[ronpolk]

I now see why Ron Polk was so vocal about Cohen not taking the job.

He was not vocal about Cohen taking the job. He was vocal about anyone other than Raffo

 

[tatedog]

He was not vocal about Cohen taking the job. He was vocal about anyone other than Raffo

I've got a crazy idea. Let's try to hire a coach who isn't mentored by a vindictive egomaniac.

 

[Hammer Down]

A program of our stature SHOULD keep it in the family if it is practical. Cohen was a home run hire AND an MSU guy. Win/win. It is not even an issue unless we do not make a regional next year.

 

[msstate7]

A program of our stature SHOULD keep it in the family if it is practical. Cohen was a home run hire AND an MSU guy. Win/win. It is not even an issue unless we do not make a regional next year.

Make a regional? Hahahahaha... We aren't getting in the sec tourney, much less a regional

 

[tatedog]

A program of our stature SHOULD keep it in the family if it is practical. Cohen was a home run hire AND an MSU guy. Win/win. It is not even an issue unless we do not make a regional next year.

Why? Look around at the most successful programs right now and how many are "in the family" head guys? The biggest recruit in State basketball history just got pulled in by a guy that probably couldn't locate Starkville on a map 6 months ago. Our most successful football coach in history isn't even from the south. Ron Polk himself isn't a "State" guy either. Add to that our tree got some major poisoning with the way Polk retired and I just don't get the desire to cling to the past.

 

[tatedog]

Make a regional? Hahahahaha... We aren't getting in the sec tourney, much less a regional

He meant next season but the sentiment is the same. Cohen ran with the cleaning up from Polk for a few seasons. Now we have to recover from the new baseball. Next year it will be something else. We lost too many guys to the draft etc etc. It's a shame that Cohen has to deal with all the problems and obstacles and all his peers have it so easy.

 

[msstate7]

Do you think we'll outdraw lsu fans next week? I think attendance is gonna take a big hit on a weekend we should be making money

 

[MSU'92]

You are an idiot. I want Cohen gone and someone not named Polk or one of his players coaching. That hasn't happened in 30 years or so.

 

[KurtRambis4]

Yeah we

should've listened to him and gone w Raffo****

 

[ronpolk]

You are an idiot. I want Cohen gone and someone not named Polk or one of his players coaching. That hasn't happened in 30 years or so.

Didn't realize McMahon was a polk player.

 

[KurtRambis4]

You got

to love him calling you an idiot, then following it up w that statement. What a moron.

 

[ronpolk]

to love him calling you an idiot, then following it up w that statement. What a moron.

I'm on my phone, so I couldn't tell if he was calling me an idiot or not. Of all the people on this board that could call me an idiot he's the one im least concerned with. There are some stupid posters on here but he's arguably the worst.

 

[amcdan2000]

Sorry Polk to me had a reason to be the way he was. He thought it more important to turn out good men more than just winning baseball games. Raffo knew of concern fans had and changes would have been made. Cohen has been talking about the ball change for two years and how they would be ready and prepared. Bull. He's an a**. Yeah Polk is probably puffing a cigar somewhere.

 

[RickyWadePhilpotDVM]

So this is like the Starkville version of "a Michigan man"? Harbaugh may be a big hit, but programs these days don't do well by being insular.

 

[jethreauxdawg]

Today

Agreed. We need a coach who can have us playing for national championships. But where can we find one of those?

 

[GhostOfJackie]

Do you think we'll outdraw lsu fans next week? I think attendance is gonna take a big hit on a weekend we should be making money

I cancelled my plans to go to the LSU series 3 weeks ago. Much like the team cancelled on me 3 weeks ago.

 

[KurtRambis4]

Bless their hearts**

*

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

 

[Hanmudog]

I don't want Cohen fired but status quo should not be an option. There is obviously a problem within our program and Cohen gets paid to figure it out. This is not a "just baseball" type issue with bad luck and tough breaks. We genuinely suck ***.

I don't know enough about the intricacies of baseball to know if we need to fire assistants, change our approach, or punt some players but whatever "it" is needs to get fixed ASAP at the end of the season because another year like this would justify a house cleaning.

 

[KurtRambis4]

It is

amazing. How do these people hold jobs and provide for themselves?

 

[patdog]

Agree completely. Any talk of firing Cohen now is just crazy. He's had 1 bad season in the last 5. I hate it, but it happens. But if he doesn't make some major changes, I'm going to really start wondering if he's the right man for the job, because another season like this one is not acceptable. He needs to make a regional next year.

 

[Hammer Down]

Honestly, he needs to do better. I think we have the talent next year to host, plus, he needs to make up for this year. Our junior class is too strong next spring to simply eek into a regional. Needs to be a strong #2 seed at worst.

Cohen understands all this, though. He played here, no knows the expectations. We are stuck this year with a bunch of average-talent seniors, thus no real leadership from the upperclass. Can't really count on JUCOs, either juniors or seniors, to really be the leaders. They are role players save for special circumstances. Plus, injuries have not helped us. Collins never got going, we lost Gentry, and Young also disappointed. We also lost John Marc Shelly and Will Cox and they would be upperclass pitchers right now. Who knows if they would have helped.

 

[HammerOfTheDogs]

I don't want that Sumbitch Polk anywhere near our program. He quit on State 3 times...THREE TIMES!
1991- "retired' and was talked out of it by LT
1997- "retired" again
2008- "retired" a third time, then threw what my Now-in-Heaven mama called, "A Hissy Fit". Now my sainted Mama, who never had a bad thing to say about anybody or any team (except LSU, she could never stand LSU) said that Ron Polk is an immature little baby, then who am I to dishonor her memory by disagreeing with her?

 

[was21]

aw **** on that....still waiting for his name to be taken off the stadium

 

[I_Love_My_Mommy]

Agreed. We need a coach who can have us playing for national championships. But where can we find one of those?

I'm 100% certain They play baseball in amurrca, Latin amurrca, and Japan. Start there?

 

[amcdan2000]

Sorry Polk never gets a bad rap from me.

 

[patdog]

I've got no problem with him "retiring" in 1991 or 2007. The problem I have with him is he kept coaching us for a total of 14 years in 2 separate stints after he had quit working to win games. Not to mention trying to sabotage the program when we didn't hire Raffo. His name should not be on the new stadium.