in Selmons office. Leomonis thanks for the Ring but I have lost all confidence in you and you are hereby relieved of all duties. Gatrou you are promoted to manager are this is your chance to excel.
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in Selmons office. Leomonis thanks for the Ring but I have lost all confidence in you and you are hereby relieved of all duties. Gatrou you are promoted to manager are this is your chance to excel.
Hire Jake in the interim, bring Polk back down to the dugout for fielding, and go get Russ McNickle for the pitchers. If we get on a win streak Polk can smoke on the fieldQuote:
Originally Posted by parabrave
The Polk, Russ thing will absolutely never happen.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
The Polk part was said in jest. I think Russ probably would come back for a couple of months to help out. He is unemployed at the moment so he has some free time. Regardless, we would need a pitching coach and our staff may be worse under Jay Powell. He has never coached at even the JUCO level, much less the best conference in college baseball. McNickle has done it for over 20 years. The only other option is see if you can pull Roy away from the 44 Prime bar long enough.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coursesuper
Russ will not be a part of this.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
Well then we better hope 44 Prime pushes back Happy Hour til after practices and games.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coursesuper
I?m not going disagree with that.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
It is bad my friend. It is bad that we are looking at that option and seriously considering it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coursesuper
Im not considering it I?m living it. I?m here also and I can?t make myself go to a game. I?m just a better person if I stay away. Looks like that?s going to be an extended thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
Obviously, none of this will happen. But, come July 1, everything needs to be in place. I know Dr. Keenum has a plate full, but he needs to stress to Selmon that this Charlie Foxtrot will NOT be tolerated and he has about 3 months to right this ship and get the best staff in place. Selmon isn't dumb. All he has to do is look at DNF to know we don't play around with this program.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
Thankfully I moved to DFW a couple of years ago so I am not right next to it. Unfortunately I have to be in Starkville this weekend and will unfortunately be at the games. Oh well, at least I have a good reason to get hammered.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coursesuper
Where you live man? I'm right north of the DFWQuote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
You know I was not for a mid season firing until yesterday but now I am 100% on board with it. This team is not getting better. They need a breathe of fresh air around the program. Maybe Jake can provide that. Do I believe he can? No. But I had low expectations for Henderson too so what do I know.Quote:
Originally Posted by State82
Live right across the bridge from downtown in Trinity Groves. Across the street from St. Rocco’s.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cowbell
Baseball is the one sport on the entire campus that State fans will not put up with a subpar product. It's really the only sport historically we can take pride in. This BS we are watching now is just plain embarrassing.Quote:
Originally Posted by State82
Not a fan either but now we are talking about the future of the program not only just this one year,Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
Given this happened on the road in poor weather I would like to see how we look against Vandy at home next weekend but if it's a repeat of this weekend then I'm good to make the change whenever. It's not like we could do any worse. Thanks Cohen. now I'm even more glad your butt is at Auburn because if you were still here I would be ready to fire you too.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
Jay PowellQuote:
Originally Posted by Coursesuper
Good thing Kentucky did not have to play in the bad weather like we did.
Jay has never coached at the JUCO level and he is also not going to leave JA high and dry to be an interim pitching coach. He has zero shot at the full time job and will not leave his job to do that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cooterpoot
The only reason I am remotely comfortable with broaching Roy’s interest in the job is the fact that he does not have a full time job. And the fact that he was in the bigs for 12 years and around a couple of the best pitchers of all time for a few of those years.
I was thinking same thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Patrick Tibbons
Get the 17ing excuses out of here - UK had the same 17ing weather we had - it just highlighted which team is mentally weaker than the otherQuote:
Originally Posted by maroonmania
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Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
We ranch for a living so a little further out of that traffic thankfully / you are in it!Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
I could live with this as long as the next 5 days us spent putting a plan in place by our AD.Quote:
Originally Posted by maroonmania
It's an interim deal. Do what you have to do. He played here. He knows enough and the babying will stop.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
Well, really won't matter. We all know that unless something is going on with Lemonis off the field we won't make a move until the season ends if we even make one then.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cowbell
I would go for this. Maybe Lemonis will resign with an agreed upon settlement.Quote:
Originally Posted by parabrave
I would love to hear that convo. “Hey Jay, we need you to quit your job and come coach pitchers for a month and a half on an interim basis. You have zero chance at the full time job though.”Quote:
Originally Posted by Cooterpoot
Hell, I?ll take that offer. I cannot be any worse than what we have now!
Stop wasting money on club sports and give it to Arnett and Jans. Problem solved. Let Dudy Noble become the best intramural field in the country.
If you have played MLB baseball for 10 years you are qualified to be an interim pitching coach for a SEC baseball team.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
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Originally Posted by RockyDog
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Lemons will be the head baseball coach in 2024 regardless of what happens this year. I'm also not convinced Slowthrow will be canned either. I just don't believe we will do anything about it.
Youre going to be surprisedQuote:
Originally Posted by BulldogBear
There?s a great big world out there away from topics about State baseball. Go enjoy it! You opinion is worth less than a half a penny on this topic.Quote:
Originally Posted by RockyDog
I don't believe anyone in their right mind believes that.Quote:
Originally Posted by BulldogBear
Yea if we don't show MASSIVE improvement I don't think he's here next year. And let me say this because I've been very vocally against Lemonis for about 10 months now, but he truly is a great guy. A quick story, I was at Boardtown on a Sunday back in 21 and was just enjoying my afternoon and a guy came up and asked was anyone sitting beside me, it was Lemonis. We sat there and talked for an hour or so about everything, baseball, life, etc. He stopped to take pictures with kids and talked to them, not just blow them off. I saw all that to say that, although I may be tough on him, he really is a great ambassador for our university and our program.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawgface
Every positive thing you just said about Lem is 100% true. He's just a good dude and approachable and personable and that's why this hurts so bad. It's not like he's a butthole who people can't stand and want him gone.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
At this point I wouldn't say that. He is embarrassing us right now- and the cigar boys are not going to put up with this for much longer.Quote:
Originally Posted by BulldogBear
I wouldn't be surprised if Foxhall is fired soon. If that happens they're putting Lemonis on notice. Turn this around now or you're next.
There are going to be some changes regardless.
I?d take a butthole if he could get these clowns to perform up to their press clippings.Quote:
Originally Posted by Commercecomet24