Let's play guess the author....

[DowntownDawg]

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<div style="font-style: italic;" class="messagebody"> Yeah. Our fans just don't understand the situation and the uphill climb MSU has just to be competitive in baseball.

Look at the coaching search Georgia had when they replaced Ron Polk after Ron put Georgia baseball back on the map. Vince Dooley contacted Jim Morris at Miami first, and Morris turned him down before Dooley could even ask him if he wanted the job. Vince was also turned down by Rick Jones at Tulane, Dave Van Horn at Nebraska at that time, Mike Martin at Florida State, Keith LeClair at East Carolina, and Steve Smith at Baylor. Georgia has much more to offer relative to having money to get good players there as well as the recruiting base in the State of Georgia, and they still couldn't convince these coaches to come to Georgia.

Coach Polk served as an advisor to their committee in the selection process and publicly recommended Dave Perno for the job. Dave Perno was the only assistant coach Georgia looked at. Their final four for the job were Jim Anderson from Minnesota, Joe Hudak from Winthrop, Pete Dunn from Stetson, and Dave Perno from Georgia. It's interesting that three of those finalists are Ron Polk proteges. In the end, they hired Dave Perno, continued the philosophy that Ron Polk put into place, and have gone to two CWSs since then and are well on their way to another. I bet they are glad Vince Dooley listened to Ron Polk and took his recommendation for that job.

Now, what makes people think that the head coaches that turned that job down will be interested in coming to Mississippi State? At MSU, there is no HOPE scholarship. There is about a tenth of the high school baseball talent in Mississippi as their is in Georgia. The new head coach will be going head to head against programs that have the benefits that MSU doesn't have. What makes anyone think a coach will be willing to go into a job where he will essentially be hand cuffed?

I don't mind a national search, because I believe that in the end, Tommy Raffo will get the job whether it is a national search or not. I just think it would serve the program best at this point to go ahead and announce that Tommy is getting the job. </div>

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Discuss.

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[gtowndawg]

that could post something that stupid, but I'll go with KB21.

 

[DowntownDawg]

....and I don't suppose salary, facilities, crowd support, and tradition play any role in who we could attract.

 

[JacksonDevilDog]

KB21, you dumb son of a *****. I hope to God that raffo doesn't get the job so there will be less of your opinion on Swan lake. Just because you are a doctor doesn't mean you know more than anyone else. If swindoll and Murray are disagreeing with you, you're a 17ing bafoon.

 

[Stormrider81]

He's got the woe is me stuff going before football season even arrives.

"I just think it would serve the program best at this point to go ahead and announce that Tommy is getting the job."

How would upsetting the fanbase, compounding the current apathy many feel concering our baseball program, and cutting ourselves short before we even take a look to see if more qualified candidates are interested serve the program best? If Ron Polk recommended a national search or said we should hire from without rather from within this idiot wouldn't be pining over Raffo like he is now. It's really pathetic that this guy happily accepts every word out the Legend's mouth as if it were mother's milk. Earth to KB: you are by far in the minority that thinks that, at this point, it is in the best interest of MSU to forego a national search and immedately name Raffo as Polk's successor. Shut up.</p>

 

[Coach34]

there are fans like this at every school, but 17...

Hey KB...you hide and watch buddy- when we offer a national name, their *** will be in S'ville coaching baseball.

Tommy Raffo is NOT going to be the next head coach.

 

[jwbigcreek]

watch out for KB, he's got his own blog now (sorry if Germans).

http://kbsportsblog.blogspot.com/

 

[saddawg]

that silly bastard? I know a brain dead, registered redneck, coast rat with homicidal tendencies who I went to State with who is desperately trying to find out. He says he is going to drag him from the stands and pile drive him on home plate at Dudy Noble. That's one game I would make sure to be at.

 

[Todd4State]

that silly bastard? I know a brain dead, registered redneck, coast rat with homicidal tendencies who I went to State with who is desperately trying to find out. He says he is going to drag him from the stands and pile drive him on home plate at Dudy Noble. That's one game I would make sure to be at.

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