Anybody still wanna keep Henderson?

[stateu1]

What a 17n terrible coach.

 

[patdog]

Has anyone ever said they want to keep him? Not a terrible coach though. He's done a good job with this team. And he's the 2nd winningest coach at Kentucky since the SEC was founded.

 

[Bulldogg31]

I'm not sure anyone said they wanted to keep him. The question was would we still fire him if he won a national title.

Doesn't look like we'll have to find out the answer to that one.

 

[bulldogcountry1]

Did Henderson botch an easy sac bunt?
Did Henderson choke on an easy DP?
Did Henderson throw the ball away on a pickoff attempt?
Did Henderson hit any batters with the bases loaded?
Did Henderson throw any wild pitches?

 

[T-TownDawgg]

I wonder why coaches demand the salaries they do.

 

[MarkDallas]

I don't peruse a lot of other boards, are other fan bases this knee-jerk?

 

[kired]

Well, that did it. Even if he does win the national championship we should still fire him for losing in the first round of the SEC tournament...

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

Tends to be a small but very avid group.

 

[maroonmania]

Did Henderson botch an easy sac bunt?
Did Henderson choke on an easy DP?
Did Henderson throw the ball away on a pickoff attempt?
Did Henderson hit any batters with the bases loaded?
Did Henderson throw any wild pitches?

No, but in a single elimination game, he did leave our hottest reliever in the bullpen until the game was out of reach. Had Self come in after he pulled Pilk then a pretty good chance we would still be playing in the SEC tourney today. But, that being said, the SEC tournament would have only worn us down so I am actually OK being one and done there. Nothing good really comes out of hanging around in the SEC baseball tournament anyway unless you win the whole thing which we don't have the pitching depth to do.

 

[Go Budaw]

I'm not sure anyone said they wanted to keep him. The question was would we still fire him if he won a national title.

Doesn't look like we'll have to find out the answer to that one.

Nobody is “firing” him either way. He’ll either be retained by the new HC as pitching coach, or he won’t be. Or he’ll find another HC gig of his own before that even has a chance to unfold.

The beef some have with Henderson seriously has to be one of the most hilariously stupid things I’ve ever seen on this board. I’d be perfectly fine with him staying on in his former role. He’s easily one of the top pitching coaches in the country who doesn’t already have a full time gig as a HC. And he ain’t bad as a HC either for a program looking for a short to intermediate term person to fill that role. He’d be a great fit somewhere like Alabama that has been down for a long time and needs someone to get them back on their feet before finding their long term guy.

 

[patdog]

No, but in a single elimination game[/S] an exhibition game, he did leave our hottest reliever in the bullpen until the game was out of reach.
Fixed it for you.

 

[engie]

No, but in a single elimination game[/S] an exhibition game, he did leave our hottest reliever who had been previously hurt and on the DL all season and is just starting to round back into shape in the bullpen until the game was out of reach.

Double FIFY

I didn't love his decision making last night to say the least. But I don't understand the gnashing of teeth over it. Or him period, TBH. He's not going to be the head coach here. He's given us more than we should have gotten in this transition year.

What I do know is that there are a ton of people on our message boards that absolutely hated convention and playing by the book for the big inning and letting the starter get as deep as possible in games while Polk was here -- then lost their mind every time Cohen did something unconventional that didn't work. They disappeared when things were clicking only to reappear every time Cohen had a quick hook on our starter or bunted someone over. Now they are screaming from the rooftops about a guy that's already on his two week notice. Basically just an endless cycle of complaining about everything. It's rarely a worthwhile debate IMO because the loudest complainers never notice the same exact decisions being made when they are working out. Leading to a lack of perspective in the initial complaint. Everything that fails isn't a mistake. Sometimes the other guy beats you.

No matter who we hire -- they are going to be complained about on here. Within a couple of years some Random poster will call for their firing in March before we're a national seed in June. It's just the nature of the beast.