Ryan Cyr transferring to Kansas

[Uncle Ruckus]

was told this weekend that on one of the away trips, maybe Arkansas, Cyr showed up after curfew and Cannizaro made him dress out and sit on the bus the entire game. Then, as soon as the team got back to Starkville to told him he was done. There's more details that I can't remember, but the source this person got the info from is about as close to the situation as it gets. Anyway, thanks Cyr. You're arm could have been the difference in a SEC title or a 2 seed in Hattiesburg.

 

[DawgatAuburn]

Cyr may not have been holding up his end of the bargain as a team member, but that's not how to handle that as a coach. Leave him at the hotel, dress him out but don't play him..whatever. The bus thing is bush league.

 

[preacher_dawg]

I'm not sure if that was the right way to handle it, but if it were not for Cannizaro's discipline, this team would still be in the cellar.

 

[HD6]

Sometimes you have to make an example out of somebody to get the rest to fall into line. Certainly can't argue with the results.

 

[Original48]

I would argue leaving Mangum at home when traveling to his hometown is more embarrassing and public. And seems his Dad had Cannizaro's back in he matter. I didn't know about Cyr and the bus til now. And this may not have been Cyr's first offense. Don't know. But as said above, can't argue with Cannizaro's results in this ridiculously challenging year.

(meant to post under D@A)

 

[patdog]

Agree. It may be more like he would have been the difference between a #2 seed somewhere without him and not making the tournament with him.

 

[TheStateUofMS]

Better than leaving him in a shed

aye, Pirate?**

 

[coach66]

As I understand it Cyr ran out of strikes.

nm

 

[dog12]

Sometimes you have to make an example out of somebody to get the rest to fall into line. Certainly can't argue with the results.

Agree.

Coach wouldn't have put Cyr on the bus if he didn't already know he was going to kick Cyr off the team when we got back to Vegas.

Since he knew Cyr was gone, he made Cyr an example for the rest of our team.


The object of team sports is to win.

Any player whose #1 priority is not team/winning has to be kicked to the curb.

See Belichick and the New England Patriots.

 

[Hoover Dawg]

Nice take.

 

[Hoover Dawg]

That was overrated too.

#snowflakes

 

[Todd4State]

Not sure if true or not but I thought the team voted Cyr off the team?

 

[Lawdawg.sixpack]

Sounds just like most of the rest of the pitching staff....

 

[DawgatAuburn]

I didn't know the rest were out of line. We don't have to agree on it, but IMO there were better ways to handle it than humiliating him, particularly if he already knew he was going to be off the team. I knew the machismo of this board would love my "take" on this.

 

[coach66]

Well played.

nm

 

[johnson86-1]

I didn't know the rest were out of line. We don't have to agree on it, but IMO there were better ways to handle it than humiliating him, particularly if he already knew he was going to be off the team. I knew the machismo of this board would love my "take" on this.

Is making him sit on the bus humiliating him?

I'm not sure he can just kick him off the team during a road trip. You've got to get him back home (I presume, maybe he had parents there that he could have traveled with?) and I wouldn't want to kick him off and then have him on the bus with the team. I assume the coaches/school are somewhat responsible for players while they're on road trips, so I wouldn't want him cut completely loose from the team and potentially getting into more trouble. And I wouldn't want him in the dugout if I was punishing him by suspending him for a game.

It seems like the bus may have just been the only place to put him. I guess there was a locker room they could have kept him in, but that doesn't seem particularly different.

 

[patdog]

I really don't give a **** how Cannizaro handled it. Plenty of great coaches get accused of being dicks to players who don't do what they need to do to stay on the team. As long as he wins and there's no actual abuse of players going on, I'm OK with it.

 

[ShrubDog]

Sometimes you have to make an example out of somebody to get the rest to fall into line. Certainly can't argue with the results.

Correct sir

 

[KurtRambis4]

It's hard enough to

win with everyone pulling in the same direction, let alone with someone not on board.

Im not so sure he was "humiliated." I'd have to ask him.

 

[Hoover Dawg]

^^^ Didn't play sports