Former coaches returning to campus

[moou]

I asked a rebel friend (one of the good ones) if Houston Nutt will be invited when they honor the Cotton Bowl teams. he just laughed. he did say he thinks Freeze would receive a good welcome if they honor the Sugar Bowl team. Even said he would probably receive a cordial welcome if he showed for a game this year.
Except for Polk i think any of our old coaches would be well received, even Croom. i remember Bob tyler was here when the Sun Bowl team was honored. Did Bellard ever make it back to campus? I'm not sure if Croom's ego would let him show up.

 

[dickiedawg]

Polk would absolutely be well received by fans. (Cohen may be understandably bitter with Polk- but I assume he's moved past that)
I'm not sure Croom would get more than obligatory applause.

 

[RocketDawg]

I think Croom would be welcomed. He's a good guy, just not a very good head coach (even though he might think he is).

 

[maroonmania]

Wasn't Polk already back for the 85 baseball team reunion? Thought he was introduced along with all of the team members at the football game.

 

[dawgoneyall]

Polk would absolutely be well received by fans. (Cohen may be understandably bitter with Polk- but I assume he's moved past that)
I'm not sure Croom would get more than obligatory applause.

Don't think Cohen ever had a problem with Polk...was the other way around.

Y'all can love Polk all you wish but don't count me in.

 

[Croom's knee socks]

Yea at the 2014 arky game I think. Polk wore jogging pants and his hair looked like he just rolled out of bed.

 

[bulldogbaja]

Yeah I agree... Croom not only really wasn't a good football coach, he somehow made our program dirtier and lost any last shred of discipline that Jackie left. We probably had more players arrested under Croom than Jackie and Mullen combined.

 

[mount lefroy]

Polk would absolutely be well received by fans. (Cohen may be understandably bitter with Polk- but I assume he's moved past that)
I'm not sure Croom would get more than obligatory applause.

Polk is on campus more often than you think. Saw him at the post office last week.

 

[Croom's knee socks]

Polk is on campus more often than you think. Saw him at the post office last week.

Probably mailing his latest novel of complaints to the NCAA he just finished typing out on his Murder-she-wrote style typewriter

 

[dickiedawg]

Cohen never stated publicly anything negative about Polk. But it would be hard not to resent your college coach for very publicly campaigning against you for a job you really want, in favor of another of his former players. Even very obviously getting thrown out of a game he's coaching against you just to give the other guy a chance to prove he's a better coach (that whole thing was insane).

 

[CoolDawg]

Bellard came back to campus about 5 years ago when the 1980 team was being honored. I was proud that he and MSU made peace because Bellard got diagnosed with cancer less than a year later and has since died. After a few years have passed, I have always looked back charitably on previous head football coaches and their time at MSU. However, for some reason, I do not have any warm feelings at all about Sly Croom and I don't think I ever will. His arrogant, know it all attitude, and insistence on keeping the West Coast Offense and Woody McCorvey when both were failing miserably, will forever be seared in my memory.

 

[thekimmer]

That is funny....

Probably mailing his latest novel of complaints to the NCAA he just finished typing out on his Murder-she-wrote style typewriter

My first thought when I read that was there is no more quintessential place to find a guy like Polk than the post office. He was probably buying/mailing postcards. His next stop was probably to drop off some film for developing.

 

[HumpDawgy]

All of our coaches should be applauded. If you don't applaud what coach Polk did for MSU baseball, then you don't know baseball.

I know he didn't handle things well with his second retirement, but he did a lot for our program.

As for Croom, I would still applaud him. He was not a good head coach and that is why he has not led another team since his firing. He was brought in as an iconic hire to help us through probation and keep us out of any further NCAA trouble. He did that, but we were awful. He finally had a decent incoming recruiting class and decided to not prepare for that year's egg bowl in which we were severely beaten. You don't get to keep your job when that happens. Even with all that, I would still applaud him for taking the job. I don't believe Jimbo was even considering taking the job.

 

[The Peeper]

I would give Croom the same golf clap someone gets for a 3' par putt. Polk, well I'd want to hear some remorse or apology before warmly welcoming him after he acted like a brat about Raffo and sent up the trial balloon about taking his name off the stadium and since we know he won't do that I don't have warm fuzzies about him