Baseball

[BayouDawg]

Oh i agree. I was thinking he had more OM ties than that. I think there were rumors that he was interested if OM came open though. Would be behind it if we put out feelers though

Yea I have no idea. He may very well have more bear ties than that. But I hope he'd be on strick's list if this season does go south.

[ScottH]

Bianco isnt going anywhere anytime soon- so McDonell will do whats best for him. Much like getting Howland- we wont have a problem finding a new coach if we have to go that route

Howland didn't have a job.

McDonnell is already a top 10 paid coach. He is well entrenched in the city. And Louisville is committed.

No doubt we'll get a great coach. Like I said I'd call Godwin first.

[BayouDawg]

Howland didn't have a job.

McDonnell is already a top 10 paid coach. He is well entrenched in the city. And Louisville is committed.

No doubt we'll get a great coach. Like I said I'd call Godwin first.

Godwin was the hitting coach at UM a few years ago. He wasn't brain washed by the psychos there too was he?

[chainedup_Dawg]

I have no doubt we'll find a great coach if it comes down to it. I just hope we can find a guy with a history of teams that play with fire in their gut. We have played uninspired for so long I'm tired of watching it

[Coach34]

Howland didn't have a job.

McDonnell is already a top 10 paid coach. He is well entrenched in the city. And Louisville is committed.

No doubt we'll get a great coach. Like I said I'd call Godwin first.

Cohen is a top 5 paid coach at a blue blood SEC school about to build a baseball mecca...we will be fine

[BayouDawg]

Cohen is a top 5 paid coach at a blue blood SEC school about to build a baseball mecca...we will be fine

There's really no reason why we can't have a solid program year in and year out. We should be able to reload and be in the national conversation every year. We have the money and facilities to hire a damn competent staff. Who knows, maybe Cohen can get it together. I'm not holding my breath on that one though

[maroonmania]

I guess I don't understand. I mean we have all of these folks giving Cohen ultimatums that he better win or else, yet then we have people complaining when he signs possibly the most highly regarded freshman class ever and gives them the bulk of the scholarship money to get them to come to school when many could have gone pro. Yes, I'm sure some of the veterans certainly don't like it but we were essentially the worst team in the SEC last year! What did those players expect Cohen to do assuming Cohen wants to keep coaching here which I think he does? I hate the way things are with scholly money and roster restrictions in college baseball but Cohen didn't make the rules. Probably should have given a few guys more warning but everyone on the team KNEW that we had to get down to 35 to start the season. I have NO doubt that Cohen probably could handle a LOT of things better with the players but he has to be the one to make tough decisions on scholly money and roster decisions and he needs to make those trying to put the best players on the field to win some freakin' games. We've already had Polk use the approach to keep players on scholly that weren't producing and never cut players if they were veterans and that didn't work so great in his 2nd stint very well either. Sorry, but most good college players are only around for 3 years so if they aren't producing by their SO seasons they probably aren't going to give you much more. Just seems like a lot of fans here want it both ways and that's difficult when trying to turn a program around quickly from a year like last year. Now, with that said, I am surprised about Reynolds. I mean our 3 best hitters last year, and wasn't even that close, were Robson, Cody Brown and Reynolds and one of those guys is apparently now off the team (Reynolds) and another (Brown) has been MIA the first 3 games.

[OSCAR]

Reynolds was told he could redshirt if he wanted to stay...on Feb 19 he was told...

Yep...ding ding ding! Here is the problem. I'm not going to pretend to follow the baseball offseason but Reynolds was a consistent veteran leader.

That's like asking a girl you were engaged to who gained some weight to postpone the wedding and you expect the family to all still like you.

[Backwoodsdawg]

I think you are full of shit.

Unfortunately Taog, hack is correct. Word is he is lying to the kids about what their rolls are. Telling them they will have big opportunities then totally going in different direction. This can and is already not sitting well with the players old and new. There are certain kids on this team that bring swagger to the line up. They have the wow and it factor and are winners and they have been talked about on here a lot. They make the other players play harder because of the way they play the game and they are sitting in the dugout for most of the game.

[dawgoneyall]

Hearing Cohen has some work to do to win back the players right now. Locker room isn't happy with him allegedly. Hope they can get it fixed. This season is critical to the program with the funding needed for the stadium expansion.

Heard some of the really big shots are unhappy with Cohen.

Big money talks. That's life.

[Coursesuper]

Heard some of the really big shots are unhappy with Cohen.

Big money talks. That's life.

It's been that way for awhile now.

[Political Hack]

To be clear, I am still a Cohen fan. I think he knows how to build and develop a program. I think he's just an old school grit and guts type player and he expects these kids of today to be the same. It's not like that anymore. You have to approach kids differently.

[Alphadog]

Unfortunately Taog, hack is correct. Word is he is lying to the kids about what their rolls are. Telling them they will have big opportunities then totally going in different direction. This can and is already not sitting well with the players old and new. There are certain kids on this team that bring swagger to the line up. They have the wow and it factor and are winners and they have been talked about on here a lot. They make the other players play harder because of the way they play the game and they are sitting in the dugout for most of the game.

Granted I know next to nothing about what goes on with this team. However it seems to me that about everyone is getting a chance to play so not sure who would be complaining able it playing time. Muerlins is horrible for playing upperclassmen over more talented freshman and Cohen is horrible for cutting upperclassmen for more talented freshmen. Which way do you guys?

[Joe Schmedlap]

Lots of good points here.

I guess I don't understand. I mean we have all of these folks giving Cohen ultimatums that he better win or else, yet then we have people complaining when he signs possibly the most highly regarded freshman class ever and gives them the bulk of the scholarship money to get them to come to school when many could have gone pro. Yes, I'm sure some of the veterans certainly don't like it but we were essentially the worst team in the SEC last year! What did those players expect Cohen to do assuming Cohen wants to keep coaching here which I think he does? I hate the way things are with scholly money and roster restrictions in college baseball but Cohen didn't make the rules. Probably should have given a few guys more warning but everyone on the team KNEW that we had to get down to 35 to start the season. I have NO doubt that Cohen probably could handle a LOT of things better with the players but he has to be the one to make tough decisions on scholly money and roster decisions and he needs to make those trying to put the best players on the field to win some freakin' games. We've already had Polk use the approach to keep players on scholly that weren't producing and never cut players if they were veterans and that didn't work so great in his 2nd stint very well either. Sorry, but most good college players are only around for 3 years so if they aren't producing by their SO seasons they probably aren't going to give you much more. Just seems like a lot of fans here want it both ways and that's difficult when trying to turn a program around quickly from a year like last year. Now, with that said, I am surprised about Reynolds. I mean our 3 best hitters last year, and wasn't even that close, were Robson, Cody Brown and Reynolds and one of those guys is apparently now off the team (Reynolds) and another (Brown) has been MIA the first 3 games.

[Political Hack]

I can sympathize with maroonmania too. I understand why he'd use the underclassmen to push the upperclassmen, but not at the expense of getting our butts whipped by FAU. Develop players, use competition, etc... but not at the expense of winning. We're 1-2 with a relatively soft opening weekend and a brutal schedule throughout the rest of the season. We can't afford to lose games to Directional College of the State University from the SWAC this season. It's time to win ball games.

[Blackout]

To be clear, I am still a Cohen fan. I think he knows how to build and develop a program. I think he's just an old school grit and guts type player and he expects these kids of today to be the same. It's not like that anymore. You have to approach kids differently.

I don't think it's that all the way. I think he thinks "this is how we have to play baseball to win in this ballpark" and tries to mold people into that when his premise is completely off base to begin with. He overthinks everything and doesn't just do what will lead to the real success.

1. Hitting coach
2. Stop meddling
3. Achieve success

[Coach34]

Granted I know next to nothing about what goes on with this team. However it seems to me that about everyone is getting a chance to play so not sure who would be complaining able it playing time. Muerlins is horrible for playing upperclassmen over more talented freshman and Cohen is horrible for cutting upperclassmen for more talented freshmen. Which way do you guys?

It's just hard to fathom with the problems we have had hitting- a guy that hit .300 last year for us cant even get a spot on the team this year.

And when you get shutout by a team that had you down 10-2 the day before- it looks even more stupid.

It's win or be gone this season- Cohen is coaching for his job. We'll see where it goes- but it's not off to a rousing start

[AROB44]

It's just hard to fathom with the problems we have had hitting- a guy that hit .300 last year for us cant even get a spot on the team this year.

And when you get shutout by a team that had you down 10-2 the day before- it looks even more stupid.

It's win or be gone this season- Cohen is coaching for his job. We'll see where it goes- but it's not off to a rousing start

I have to say that I just don't believe this....maybe the majority of this board agrees, but not me. Seem to hear this on every coach whose team is currently playing. Guess Howland will be on the hot seat next year after the first loss.

[maroonmania]

It's just hard to fathom with the problems we have had hitting- a guy that hit .300 last year for us cant even get a spot on the team this year.

And when you get shutout by a team that had you down 10-2 the day before- it looks even more stupid.

It's win or be gone this season- Cohen is coaching for his job. We'll see where it goes- but it's not off to a rousing start

Well where the heck is Cody Brown? Has he even had an AB? He was the best overall hitter we had last year in terms of both average and power. Where is he?

[Blackout]

I have to say that I just don't believe this....maybe the majority of this board agrees, but not me. Seem to hear this on every coach whose team is currently playing. Guess Howland will be on the hot seat next year after the first loss.

Don't be retarded Cohen was awful his first 2 years and it was understood as to why. Howland will be much improved though, Cohen regressed in year 2. Cohen came in DFL in the league last year.

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