Please Cohen, put Luke Reynolds back at 3rd.
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He is definitely redshirting. Not sure if he's still on the roster or not.
Collins made a nice diving play towards the line yesterday.
Collins made a nice diving play towards the line yesterday.
So apparently the way it went down was Cohen told Reynolds on Thursday, THE DAY BEFORE THE SEASON STARTS, that he is redshirting. How could you do that to a kid that contributed last year and had a hell of a fall from what I hear?! That is absolutely bush league on Cohen's part. If you don't think the kid is good enough to play this year, tell him at Christmas or early spring semester. If you don't want him to transfer and to stay then why redshirt a guy that played last year? So now Reynolds quit the team, will transfer and have to sit out a calendar year (unless he goes d2). To me that's just bush league and no way to treat a kid.
It's not that cut and dry in college baseball. With limited scholarships most every player has to fight for a spot the next year. It is like a business or the MLB in a way. Hate it for Luke but each coach has to make tough decisions like this most years, and to be honest it is kind of a good thing that shows we have so much talent we have to cut good players.
The previous post wasn't about scholarships. His point is that he was told a month and a half into the semester.
How do we acquire the lost football scholly's from our Northern brethren & put them to use on the diamond?**
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First, I hate it for the kid. But.....I don't fault Cohen, I fault the system. On top of that, every guy on this board wants Cohen to put the best 35 players on the team. If he didn't people would be bitching about that instead of this. As for the timing, first maybe Reynolds was in a battle with someone up until the last week or so for a spot but the other guy out-performed him. Secondly, this is a business and if Cohen had told him at Christmas, and a guy like Gavin Collins breaks an arm on January 20th, then we have a hole at 3rd. I hate Cohen had to do it and I'm sure it bothered him to have to do it as it would anyone. But, that stupid 35 rule is there and you have to play the game. Bottom line is that if you don't want to have it happen, you might want to play better not be outside the 35. Life sux.
This is ********... Cohen has to put the best on the field and do what is best for the future of the program. He shouldn't have to worry about someone's feelings. If Luke was not happy about being asked to redshirt then I'm sure he'd have been less happy about his playing time this year. Mine as well bring Polk back if you're worried about the boys feelings.
So, we're supposed to believe that Cohen puts the best on the field and does what's best for the program? The SOB can't even string together a consistent line-up. He decides to redshirt a player (isn't a senior) who hit over .304 over 92 at-bats (.370 in SEC play), and that's baseball. It would suck to know I'm benched for the season because I went into a slump during the last week of inter-squad scrimmages. Yep, might as well bring Polk back if we're going to play the gut-feeling.
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I get all that. But Luke is a junior this year that contributed last year. And ronpolk if that's the case and Cohen has to put the best on the field then he should've redshirted the entire team last year by your theory. The day before the season starts is not when you tell a junior he's redshirting, after he's been working his *** off and looking forward to the season just like everyone else. I don't have a crush on Luke nor am I worried about his feelings. I'm just saying that's bush league. Now if Cohen gave him fair warning way ahead of time that this was a possibility, then I'll eat crow. But if it was out of blue and he had no clue then that sucks.
Thank goodness we beat those JackRabbits, Cohen has really got it turned around now.**
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I'm sure Cohen believes he's putting the best on the field. Do you think he's intentionally trying to lose games? I guess I could be wrong but I generally operate under the assumption that any coach is putting who he feels is the best player on the field, you know trying to win the game.
I certainly think Luke could have helped this team but I would not have started him over Collins and it looks like Kruger is going to be pretty good too. I don't think I would have given Luke a redshirt or leave option but I don't think I would have started him. Personally I like the lineup that we put on the field yesterday. I'd like to see us stick to that.
I know what his post said. And as I said, with such talent it came down to the last day unfortunately.
I know what your post said and I didn't agree with it. "With such talent", it shouldn't have come down to the last day. The season wasn't going to be lost on this decision. But it did feed Cohen's need to micro-manage.
You just don't get it and I guess none of us can explain it to you. We have that much talent on the team with inky 13 total scholarships, and even though Luke had a good year and is a junior, Cohen has to look at who he has, Collins, Hump and others, plus the current and future freshmen and decide what is best for now and the next few years. Not saying Luke didn't produce but Cohen feels what we have can produce more. Do you guys really think he would get rid of a guy to decrease his chances of winning??!
Yea.... that much talent that lost to FAU twice at home. And no, I'm Not saying that having Luke would've been the difference maker either. And no, I' don't think he would do it to decrease our chances of winning. I know why he did it. I think you're the one that it can't be explained to. And if he thinks the current freshmen are better and other players can "produce more" than why not let him know earlier so he can transfer? It was just dirty. And I'm not trying to throw a boo hoo pity party. I'm just adding to the list of reasons that Cohen is not the right guy for us. Constant tinkering of the lineup, over analyzing every little situation, micro managing to the point that no one can breathe, bad philosophy of hitting and just an overall ******* to play for. And now he shows he has now loyalty to a kid that has busted his balls for a year and a half for him.
I think CUT is a more appropriate term rather than quit. Also.. what happened to Myles Gentry and Trent Waddell? Cutting a guy in February instead of December because you don't want him to follow Thompson to Auburn is bush league.
Cohen's 3 weeks of success 3 years ago is getting pretty stale.. and now we hear about crap like this? What's going on with our baseball program?
Cohen's 3 weeks of success 3 years ago is getting pretty stale.. and now we hear about crap like this? What's going on with our baseball program?
You can say
what you want about this year, or 14 or 15, but 2013 was a great SEASON. Trying to claim we played good for only 10-12 games is just not accurate.
what you want about this year, or 14 or 15, but 2013 was a great SEASON. Trying to claim we played good for only 10-12 games is just not accurate.
I'm as big a Cohen critic as anyone, and I agree with this completely. Just look at the schedule we played in 2013. That team arguably played the toughest conference schedule of any team in college baseball history. To come out of that 16-14 is a hell of an accomplishment. The 2011 team got a little lucky in the postseason to make it to a super. The 2013 team was a CWS team all season long.
Pretend you are Cohen .. take the 40 man roster and YOU pick 5 YOU would choose to cut to get down to 35. Who you gonna cut?
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many things I can say here but I'll stick with a couple...
1)Winning 50+ games is a great season, regardless
2)I didn't realize Starkville was considered "going on the road"
many things I can say here but I'll stick with a couple...
1)Winning 50+ games is a great season, regardless
2)I didn't realize Starkville was considered "going on the road"
Once Kruger gets healthy, he can catch, Collins can DH and Luke Alexander or Humphreys can play 3rd.
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we're supposed to believe that Cohen doesn't put the best on the field and doesn't do what's best for the program?
we're supposed to believe that Cohen doesn't put the best on the field and doesn't do what's best for the program?
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