re: Back to the drawing board for AU baseball

Are you related to Galloway some how?



I don't know the guy personally, but I've never heard anything good about the guy.

Potentially having our pitchers ruled ineligible isn't a big deal?? GTFO

Duval is a bitch for snitching, and Golloway is a douche for not paying him. If caught that infraction would frick us for however long those pitchers were ruled out, so yeah, that's a big deal.

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I have heard that Jacobs burned bridges with Dunn and he is not an option.

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You have bad information.

I'm not a big fan of Joe Simpson as an announcer. I just don't like his style and I think he doesn't contrast with Caray very well but I respect him enormously as a person.

He had this to say about Galloway when Auburn hired him away from Oklahoma:

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Joe Simpson, an All-America outfielder at OU under legendary former Sooners coach Enos Semore, didn't hold back when contacted by telephone Tuesday afternoon.

“I'm so thrilled that he's gone that they could hire a basset hound and it would be an improvement,” said Simpson, an Atlanta Braves broadcaster the past two decades.

“I haven't had anything to do with the program since near the end of the Larry Cochell era. I didn't want to have anything to do with it as long as Sunny Golloway was the head coach because I think he's a sorry individual. I think he's a bad guy. I want to thank Auburn University for taking him off our hands and getting him out of Norman.”

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That's a tough thing to say about anyone to a newspaper ESPECIALLY when you're in the business of being a broadcaster.

Fundamentally I think he's a good coach. If you subtract the fact that he's an insufferable a-hole then it would be impossible to fire the guy.

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Aight. So heres what happened to put the nail in the coffin for CSG. Soctt Duval runs the summer Auburn baseball camp for high school kids. He is in charge of the whole thing. Coach Jenkins was a volunteer to help the camp. On the last day of the camp Sonny went out there told Scott that it was the worst camp that he'd ever seen in his life and that Scott wasn't going to get paid for it. He said the same thing to coach Jenkins. And they never got paid like they were supposed to. A couple weeks later some pitchers were throwing bullpen with coaches, which is a NCAA infraction and some of our pitchers could get ruled ineligible for it. Coach Duval sees this going on and snaps a couple of pictures and videos. He took the pictures to Jacobs. Jacobs called Sonny into his office and asked him if the pitchers were throwing during the summer illegally. Sonny says no then Jacob shows him the videos, catching Sonny in a lie. Duval had been treated as poorly as some of the players and had enough of CSG's bs.

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I had heard (good source) that the problem was he was forcing injured players to pitch when told by training staff that they were not ready (tapes probable showed this also) and was not an NCAA concern. I think I got what Auburn wanted folks to hear. PAM indicated this was a compliance issue, so I tend to believe your account of the matter.

ETA: Went to the Tread on TOS you referred to and seems it was somewhat debunked.

) The player you keep referring to is a former player of mine. I have a real hard time believing that he is telling you this info, while he and his dad are saying the exact opposite.
2) Lying to your boss, especially when boss has video/picture proof, is grounds for dismissal at any job. Secondary violation or not.


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I have known Scott since 1975 and we are close friends. Even if he may have been shafted on a camp he is very loyal to the people he works for and would not behave as described. He says the premise of this OP is false. It is one thing if Jay or Brian report this, it something totally separate when some random dude with a keyboard spouts off.

JJ better have the evidence.

As first reported by Brandon Marcello of AL.com:

"For Coach Sunny Golloway to be fired by Auburn is outrageous. The allegations against him are pretexttual. Coach Golloway has made no mistakes. If some, who want him gone, say mistakes were made, they are the mistakes of others who have conspired to make him the victim. If it is necessary in the coming days to air these matters, folks from Jay Jacobs on down -- but not Sunny Golloway -- will be the ones wishing Auburn had handled this differently.

"This is a program that hired a disgraced Bruce Pearl, yet now seeks to make a good man and good coach, who is nothing but a winner, the fall guy.

Sunny Golloway is not only a winner; he's a fighter. He has four years left on his contract. There are good arguments, which we are prepared to test in court, that he actually has a lifetime contract. If serious offers of severance are not soon forthcoming, we will be fighting this matter in some forum, quite visibly, as long as it takes to redeem Coach Golloway's good name and to provide just compensation for him and his family

I think it was a mistake to fire him. Most of you are good with winning a few games in the regular season, only to fail in the playoffs. We'll get some guy from a directional school, only to be looking for a new coach in five years. The only real evidence we have is from players he kicked off the team. So what? Baseball parents are the worst. They bitch when their kid doesn't play. '97 was the last year we went to the CWS. Better pull the tapes out, because we won't be going any time soon.

Dragging Bruce's name into his mess. frick him.

I won't stop. This is a message board. (It maybe hard for you to believe) but it's purpose is for people to express views. If you have a hard time with other view points, I suggest you find another outlet for your posting experience.