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re: anybody know what ron polk is doing
Posted on 12/13/12 at 1:50 pm to slidog
Posted on 12/13/12 at 1:50 pm to slidog
He was "rebelling" for 20 years against Title IX - ever since MSU was the first to show college baseball with potential to be a revenue-generating sport. He felt like the sports making the money shouldn't be saddled identically to those that aren't scholarship-wise(he has a point). In his second stint at MSU, he because 100% obsessed about fighting the NCAA over this - as well as lottery scholarships(which really is a huge, huge disadvantage to MSU/OM). He quit recruiting and basically let the program go in order to wage his private war. Still did OK for awhile because the program reputation sold itself, but even that eventually crashed and burned when Ole Miss got serious about baseball and started taking all the players that had traditionally gone to MSU without really having to be recruited.
He's a volunteer assistant at UAB now with former player Brian Shoop - and that's exactly where he wants to be. He "could" take almost any job he wanted, but he's all about the game in it's purest form... Dude is basically married to baseball(never has been IRL). He still has a home in Starkville and office at MSU, and he comes back weekly.
He's a volunteer assistant at UAB now with former player Brian Shoop - and that's exactly where he wants to be. He "could" take almost any job he wanted, but he's all about the game in it's purest form... Dude is basically married to baseball(never has been IRL). He still has a home in Starkville and office at MSU, and he comes back weekly.
This post was edited on 12/13/12 at 1:53 pm
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Posted on 12/13/12 at 1:58 pm to engie
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Dude is basically married to baseball(never has been IRL). He still has a home in Starkville and office at MSU, and he comes back weekly.
A very close person to me delivered to his house way back when. He told me that Coach Polk had a recliner in the middle of the living room and a TV on the floor. That is all.
Posted on 12/13/12 at 2:00 pm to engie
Still can't adequately convey the extent to which Polk hurt and split the fanbase in the way he left. It's been 5 years now, and the fanbase still isn't fully reunited under Cohen - although it's getting alot closer now that we are back to winning and ALMOST back to the elite level that we expect.
Polk's feelings have subsided - since Raffo got the Arkansas St job and has done well there and MSU has moved on to have success under Cohen. But he will never fully support MSU under Cohen because he disagrees with Cohen's processing of players and his managing style. Without Polk's 100% stamp of approval, there will always be some division there within our fanbase.
Polk's feelings have subsided - since Raffo got the Arkansas St job and has done well there and MSU has moved on to have success under Cohen. But he will never fully support MSU under Cohen because he disagrees with Cohen's processing of players and his managing style. Without Polk's 100% stamp of approval, there will always be some division there within our fanbase.
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