Deep Dive Into The Candidates

[basedog]

I would put very little sock in what Rosey knows at this point.

Exactly. SR has to get paid*

[StarkVegasSteve]

I would put very little sock in what Rosey knows at this point.

He's telling people what he's been told, and not telling people what he's being told not to tell. I'm not saying his reporting is 100% accurate, but his sourcing in the Bryan Building is a hell of a lot better than other writers on the beat. So if I have to guess, and it's only a half guess because it lines up with some stuff I have heard, we're keeping a candidate or two on the down low. Kendall Rodgers screwed us with the O'Conner stuff tbh.

[BigDawg81]

Haha. Rosie always has a smart remark when he is right. I called him out on that. Needless to say, he doesn?t like me very well. Haha

[StarkVegasSteve]

Haha. Rosie always has a smart remark when he is right. I called him out on that. Needless to say, he doesn?t like me very well. Haha

I always laugh a little at his "Now That It's Over" pieces. Stuff will have happened that he knew nothing about and he'll act like he knew that is exactly how it was going to go down. My favorite was the Lockhart stuff: "Well I talked to my sources down at Winona and they told me he never sent his papers to Ole Miss. So I knew hours before everyone that it wasn't settled." In reality he started checking into it the minute Jeff Lebby posted that tweet.

[BigDawg81]

I always laugh a little at his "Now That It's Over" pieces. Stuff will have happened that he knew nothing about and he'll act like he knew that is exactly how it was going to go down. My favorite was the Lockhart stuff: "Well I talked to my sources down at Winona and they told me he never sent his papers to Ole Miss. So I knew hours before everyone that it wasn't settled." In reality he started checking into it the minute Jeff Lebby posted that tweet.

My favorite Rosie moment :
At that time, I was listening to the Boneyard cause I did not know about T&L or any other podcast.
He was talking about recruit that was verbally committed to Ole Miss. Rosie didn’t like the recruit because “ He was a tweener yada yada. That recruit eventually committed to State and magically Rosie loved him. That’s when I knew that I was done with Rosebowl. Haha

[StarkVegasSteve]

My favorite Rosie moment :
At that time, I was listening to the Boneyard cause I did not know about T&L or any other podcast.
He was talking about recruit that was verbally committed to Ole Miss. Rosie didn’t like the recruit because “ He was a tweener yada yada. That recruit eventually committed to State and magically Rosie loved him. That’s when I knew that I was done with Rosebowl. Haha

He is the consumate homer beat writer and plays the part PERFECTLY.

Just a few gems over the years:

"Joe Moorhead is going to exceed Dan Mullen at Mississippi State. He really has the respect of the locker room already."
"You know I was always worried about Moorhead. He just never seemed to have the respect of the older players."

"Zach Arnett is who Mike Leach wanted and to me that tells me all I need to know about him."
"I always had my doubts about Zach Arnett and the hiring process. I just had a feeling it wasn't going to work out."

[Coursesuper]

He is the consumate homer beat writer and plays the part PERFECTLY.

Just a few gems over the years:

"Joe Moorhead is going to exceed Dan Mullen at Mississippi State. He really has the respect of the locker room already."
"You know I was always worried about Moorhead. He just never seemed to have the respect of the older players."

"Zach Arnett is who Mike Leach wanted and to me that tells me all I need to know about him."
"I always had my doubts about Zach Arnett and the hiring process. I just had a feeling it wasn't going to work out."

He is a homer that hates to get called out on his BS. Rosey gotta get paid.

[confucius say]

The Steve hate is over the top.
Is he perfect? No. Does he have an ego? Yes. Does he ramble too much? Yea.
But he is the only person on the beat that actually makes the effort to go cover games. The guy works harder than anybody on the beat and loves State. I can respect that.

[Santiago]

The Steve hate is over the top.
Is he perfect? No. Does he have an ego? Yes. Does he ramble too much? Yea.
But he is the only person on the beat that actually makes the effort to go cover games. The guy works harder than anybody on the beat and loves State. I can respect that.

yeah true.
I have noticed in this coach search the On3 guys just make jabs at Steve saying they cover the search differently and will only update when they have information....but Robbie is just listing what the D1 guys say.
At least Steve is putting some information out there, and most likely is helping the admin with smoke screens. That sort of makes it easier to read between the lines on his post.

[StarkVegasSteve]

The Steve hate is over the top.
Is he perfect? No. Does he have an ego? Yes. Does he ramble too much? Yea.
But he is the only person on the beat that actually makes the effort to go cover games. The guy works harder than anybody on the beat and loves State. I can respect that.

I'm not saying I don't respect the hell out of Steve. Because I do. I don't think he's missed a baseball game in 5 years and I doubt he's missed a football games in decades. It is just funny that his opinions sometimes change as often as the wind blows. He has accumulated great sources within the athletic dept and that comes with a lot of perks, but he also is going to get hate for that because he is seen as the University mouthpiece at times.

[StarkVegasSteve]

yeah true.
I have noticed in this coach search the On3 guys just make jabs at Steve saying they cover the search differently and will only update when they have information....but Robbie is just listing what the D1 guys say.
At least Steve is putting some information out there, and most likely is helping the admin with smoke screens. That sort of makes it easier to read between the lines on his post.

Robbie's sources are the D1 guys and what they put out there. He doesn't have many sources in the baseball world and the On3 network doesn't cover it so he doesn't have a national guy to fall back on.

Robertson is taking what is given to him and then he checks up on that so that should be applauded. Robbie can't do that because he doesn't have the rolodex of contacts that Steve has attracted over the years and Robbie does nothing to cultivate any type of relationship with other beat writers. Steve has the ability to play nice when he has to. Same as Hadad, although having the show with Cross and Borkey has helped him out in that regard.

[Santiago]

Robbie's sources are the D1 guys and what they put out there. He doesn't have many sources in the baseball world and the On3 network doesn't cover it so he doesn't have a national guy to fall back on.

Robertson is taking what is given to him and then he checks up on that so that should be applauded. Robbie can't do that because he doesn't have the rolodex of contacts that Steve has attracted over the years and Robbie does nothing to cultivate any type of relationship with other beat writers. Steve has the ability to play nice when he has to. Same as Hadad, although having the show with Cross and Borkey has helped him out in that regard.

I don't think the administration is giving Robbie anything either.
I get it, but Robbie IMO, should not give the smart A jabs about being different, when in reality he just does not have information.
Agree on Hadad. It seems to have been a benefit for him for sure.

[StarkVegasSteve]

I don't think the administration is giving Robbie anything either.
I get it, but Robbie IMO, should not give the smart A jabs about being different, when in reality he just does not have information.
Agree on Hadad. It seems to have been a benefit for him for sure.

Administration is going to give things to people that don't crap on them. That's how access works unless you're a national guy. Robbie isn't and so he doesn't have much on this because On3 doesn't have a national college baseball guy. There's also another facet of this that I don't think any of the beat writers truly know who's actually running the show on this search. This isn't the 2017 or 2019 search. The sourcing isn't going to be the same because Cohen isn't leaking names to Steve every other day to gauge interest

[BigDawg81]

Apparently, Kendall was on supertalk and saying it’s either Waz or Fitzgerald

[Turfdawg67]

There is just some intrigue around Bakich. And look, like him or not, Robertson has the best athletic dept sources and has been dodging the Bakich candidacy as much as possible. If he was not a candidate he would either come out and say he is not a candidate or have some smart ass response saying that Vitello is a candidate too technically.

It was also very interesting that SuperTalk added him to their hot board last week. They did not just get that out of thin air

Exactly. This over-the-top Rosebowl hate is silly. 80% is just because of how he looks, shocking... I know.

ETA... I would be beyond shocked if it was Bakich. Waz is probably our ceiling, so probably Fitz or Walter

[Coursesuper]

Apparently, Kendall was on supertalk and saying it’s either Waz or Fitzgerald

Thats probably pretty solid.

[Coursesuper]

Exactly. This over-the-top Rosebowl hate is silly. 80% is just because of how he looks, shocking... I know.

ETA... I would be beyond shocked if it was Bakich. Waz is probably our ceiling, so probably Fitz or Walter

Waz, Fitz are top tier coaches and Walter is way better than what we had.

[schddog72]

Exactly. This over-the-top Rosebowl hate is silly. 80% is just because of how he looks, shocking... I know.

ETA... I would be beyond shocked if it was Bakich. Waz is probably our ceiling, so probably Fitz or Walter

This may be true, and if so it is well-deserved. So why doesn't he take more pride in his appearance? I literally cringe anytime I read his name or see his pic as some kind of representation of MSU. Ok, I'm an old fart and was taught very early on how important first impressions are. "You only get one opportunity to make a first impression."

[DownwardDawg]

This may be true, and if so it is well-deserved. So why doesn't he take more pride in his appearance? I literally cringe anytime I read his name or see his pic as some kind of representation of MSU. Ok, I'm an old fart and was taught very early on how important first impressions are. "You only get one opportunity to make a first impression."

It's horrible

[BigDawg81]

This may be true, and if so it is well-deserved. So why doesn't he take more pride in his appearance? I literally cringe anytime I read his name or see his pic as some kind of representation of MSU. Ok, I'm an old fart and was taught very early on how important first impressions are. "You only get one opportunity to make a first impression."

Needs to take a bath and wash that nasty head. I don?t care for him but it?s not because how he looks. He is a hypocrite that can?t take the heat but can dish it when it?s convenient for him. A lot of times, he makes it about himself. I can see why Ole Miss fans doesn?t like him. If an Ole Miss beat writer turns us in and puts us on probation, I wouldn?t like him either.