Cohen HAS to go.

[SDDawg]

Freeze just tweeted #flagship. I don't blame him. We've settled for this. We deserve everything we're getting.

Screw him.

[War Machine Dawg]

Go throw money at Tracy Smith and make him say no.

You are obsessed with a guy who is never leaving Dallas Baptist and probably wouldn't be fit anywhere else by all accounts. I'd much rather throw money at Dan McDonnell if we're going that route.

[War Machine Dawg]

Can we call Pat McMahon and get him back atleast as a consultant?

1) Hell no. IF Cohen goes, we need to sever all ties with our MSU baseball coaching tree. Bring in someone from the outside with no connection to the program, hire non-alumni assistants and totally start over. The culture needs to be nuked and rebuilt to fit modern day baseball. A fresh start and clean slate is required.

2) Considering your post count, I'm guessing.....

[msstate7]

My how a year can change things. Starting the '14-'15 sports year, Mullen was feeling some heat, ray was on fire, and Cohen was the man. Now fast forward and Mullen is once again the man, howland is almost legendary before even coaching a game, and Cohen is stomping thru a field of land mines

[confucius say]

Today was horrible. But y'all need to get a grip on reality. Somebody bookmark this thread and bump it two years from now when we are in a super.

[I seen it dawg]

1) Hell no. IF Cohen goes, we need to sever all ties with our MSU baseball coaching tree. Bring in someone from the outside with no connection to the program, hire non-alumni assistants and totally start over. The culture needs to be nuked and rebuilt to fit modern day baseball. A fresh start and clean slate is required.

2) Considering your post count, I'm guessing.....

1. Equals spot,****ing on.

[I seen it dawg]

Today was horrible. But y'all need to get a grip on reality. Somebody bookmark this thread and bump it two years from now when we are in a super.

The staff is average at coaching baseball. The players we need aren't coming to play for that anymore just because of the dude and the atmosphere. Reality is this train is off the tracks. If you don't know make sure and turn up your hearing aid so you can hear the whistle before it blows your ass up.

[State82]

You are obsessed with a guy who is never leaving Dallas Baptist and probably wouldn't be fit anywhere else by all accounts. I'd much rather throw money at Dan McDonnell if we're going that route.

Tracy Smith is at Arizona St.

[Smitty]

You are obsessed with a guy who is never leaving Dallas Baptist and probably wouldn't be fit anywhere else by all accounts. I'd much rather throw money at Dan McDonnell if we're going that route.

Tracy Smith - Arizona State formerly of Indiana

[msstate7]

Tracy Smith is at Arizona St.

He probably responded to the wrong post. I'm the one that covets dbu's coach (heefner)

[Quaoarsking]

Tracy Smith made a Regional 3 times in 9 years at Indiana. Won a Regional once, and advanced to the CWS that year (2013). Winning Big 10 record just 4 times in those 9 years.

[sandjunky]

1) Hell no. IF Cohen goes, we need to sever all ties with our MSU baseball coaching tree. Bring in someone from the outside with no connection to the program, hire non-alumni assistants and totally start over. The culture needs to be nuked and rebuilt to fit modern day baseball. A fresh start and clean slate is required.

2) Considering your post count, I'm guessing.....

Nice....post count smack

[State82]

He probably responded to the wrong post. I'm the one that covets dbu's coach (heefner)

At this moment I'm coveting Desoto Central's coach, Hinds Community College's coach, South Delta Middle School's coach, and any number of others. Much less ASU's or Dallas Baptist's.


Just kidding. Just kidding.


Kind of.

[BossDawg]

Today was horrible. But y'all need to get a grip on reality. Somebody bookmark this thread and bump it two years from now when we are in a super.

2 years? We should be in a super RIGHT NOW! Teams that are 2 years separated from a deep CWS run should not be THIS bad.

[War Machine Dawg]

Tracy Smith - Arizona State formerly of Indiana

He probably responded to the wrong post. I'm the one that covets dbu's coach (heefner)

Tracy Smith made a Regional 3 times in 9 years at Indiana. Won a Regional once, and advanced to the CWS that year (2013). Winning Big 10 record just 4 times in those 9 years.

Yeah, my bad. I just remembered DBU's coach being mentioned previously and assumed it was Smith. Sounds like Smith would actually be a hell of a candidate. I still think McDonnell should be top choice, though.

[War Machine Dawg]

Nice....post count smack

We've had an influx of new posters lately, including one who was caught using an IP on campus in Oxford. You can understand why I'd be skeptical of a poster with fewer than 10 posts mentioning bringing back ANOTHER Polk disciple.

[Smitty]

Tracy Smith made a Regional 3 times in 9 years at Indiana. Won a Regional once, and advanced to the CWS that year (2013). Winning Big 10 record just 4 times in those 9 years.

So Indiana is the equivalent of Mississippi State in college baseball??

Before he got there in 2006 Indiana had 2 winning Big Ten records in 9 seasons and hadn't made a Regional since 1996.

[Quaoarsking]

2 years? We should be in a super RIGHT NOW! Teams that are 2 years separated from a deep CWS run should not be THIS bad.

2013 Champion UCLA missed the Tournament in 2014
2012 Champion Arizona missed the Tournament in 2013 and 2014, and probably 2015 as well.
2010/2011 Champion and 2012 runner up South Carolina probably isn't making it this year.
2009 Champion LSU missed the Tournament in 2011.
2009 runner up Texas missed the Tournament in 2012 and 2013, and presumably will this year too.
2008 Champion Fresno State missed the Tournament in 2010, 2013, and 2014, and only made it in 2009 and 2012 with surprising conference tournament runs. They probably aren't getting in this year.
2008 runner up Georgia has missed the Tournament multiple times since then.
2006/2007 Champion Oregon State missed the Tournament in 2008.

None of these facts make it "OK" that we suck this year. I hate it as much as anyone else. But your attitude of "we were great 2 years ago we still should be!!!" is just not based in the reality of college baseball. Teams have bad years. Cohen just better not make it a habit.

ETA: None of the above elite programs fired their coaches after missing the Tournament, except Georgia, who still let Perno miss a Regional 3 times after 2008 and six times overall before pulling the trigger.

[Smitty]

Slugging pct - 2013
------------
1. Indiana............. .443
2. Illinois............ .406
3. Michigan State...... .377
4. Nebraska............ .368
5. Michigan............ .364
6. Northwestern........ .357
7. Purdue.............. .346
8. Ohio State.......... .341
9. Minnesota........... .340
10.Penn State.......... .311
11.Iowa................ .308



Slugging pct- 2014
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1. Indiana............. .434
2. Iowa................ .390
3. Nebraska............ .384
4. Illinois............ .365
5. Ohio State.......... .363
6. Michigan State...... .359
7. Northwestern........ .350
8. Michigan............ .345
9. Minnesota........... .335
10.Penn State.......... .306
11.Purdue.............. .305

[Quaoarsking]

If you were an Indiana fan, you would have been calling for Smith's head long before he made it to 2013. After the 2012 season, Smith had been at Indiana 7 years with a single appearance in a Regional (in which they were a 4 seed and went 0-2).