EMU is way behind on lots of infrastructure projects. Practically the whole state is (ie deferred maintenance). This is we need alumni to donate. If, like me, there is something about EMU that you are greatful for, then donate towards it. If there is something that EMU has done that you are angry about, then donate towards something you like. The library and Rec need work and there are always student scholarships.
Lastly, tomorrow is the Undergraduate Symposium. Stop by the nice, and relatively new student center, to see what students have done this year.

(03-28-2019 09:12 PM)masttg Wrote:  EMU is way behind on lots of infrastructure projects. Practically the whole state is (ie deferred maintenance). This is we need alumni to donate. If, like me, there is something about EMU that you are greatful for, then donate towards it. If there is something that EMU has done that you are angry about, then donate towards something you like. The library and Rec need work and there are always student scholarships.
Lastly, tomorrow is the Undergraduate Symposium. Stop by the nice, and relatively new student center, to see what students have done this year.

Truer words may never have been spoken!

(03-28-2019 09:12 PM)masttg Wrote:  EMU is way behind on lots of infrastructure projects. Practically the whole state is (ie deferred maintenance). This is we need alumni to donate. If, like me, there is something about EMU that you are greatful for, then donate towards it. If there is something that EMU has done that you are angry about, then donate towards something you like. The library and Rec need work and there are always student scholarships.
Lastly, tomorrow is the Undergraduate Symposium. Stop by the nice, and relatively new student center, to see what students have done this year.

Yes I make a modest yearly donation. As much I tried not to learn anything at EMU Business School they succeeded in giving me much practical business and management skills that I ever realized. That degree open up a door I've been blessed with for over three decades. I am grateful to the U for my degree and try to show my appreciate by a modest yearly gift. I hope others feel as I do and will do likewise. I know the EMU Foundation appreciates any amount. Its not the amount you give but that you gave.

(03-30-2019 08:22 AM)emu79 Wrote:  

(03-28-2019 09:12 PM)masttg Wrote:  EMU is way behind on lots of infrastructure projects. Practically the whole state is (ie deferred maintenance). This is we need alumni to donate. If, like me, there is something about EMU that you are greatful for, then donate towards it. If there is something that EMU has done that you are angry about, then donate towards something you like. The library and Rec need work and there are always student scholarships.
Lastly, tomorrow is the Undergraduate Symposium. Stop by the nice, and relatively new student center, to see what students have done this year.

Yes I make a modest yearly donation. As much I tried not to learn anything at EMU Business School they succeeded in giving me much practical business and management skills that I ever realized. That degree open up a door I've been blessed with for over three decades. I am grateful to the U for my degree and try to show my appreciate by a modest yearly gift. I hope others feel as I do and will do likewise. I know the EMU Foundation appreciates any amount. Its not the amount you give but that you gave.

Yes! When more alumni donate to their school, then the more likely it is that the school will be healthy into the future.

(03-28-2019 07:48 PM)Jerry Weaver Wrote:  

(03-28-2019 09:14 AM)Mike1989 Wrote:  

(03-28-2019 12:50 AM)ljmhurons Wrote:  I made it to the home opener, an easy win against Northwestern Ohio.

The playing surface looked in good shape, but the stadium could use some work.
- The OF fence needs paint.
- The bricks used for fundraising that are laid in the walkway in the stands behind HP are in awful shape. They're stained and unlevel. Some are chipped or broken.
- The area behind the stands looks like a construction site.
- The bathrooms are blocked by portable toilets.

Poor condition and opening day.

Mr. Doom and Gloom is not happy unless he points out all the negatives. GOYA and go fix the stadium to your level of greatest. Your pathetic.

Mike stop it, you are better than this. Please ignore the incredibly unintelligent and vindictively negative posts from our resident troll. Wrestling is GREAT, wrestling is WONDERFUL, but wrestling is gone. Move on.

Your right Jerry. Just tired of constant negativity toward everything about EMU. Will ignore our trolls.

(03-30-2019 10:49 PM)Mike1989 Wrote:  

(03-28-2019 07:48 PM)Jerry Weaver Wrote:  

(03-28-2019 09:14 AM)Mike1989 Wrote:  

(03-28-2019 12:50 AM)ljmhurons Wrote:  I made it to the home opener, an easy win against Northwestern Ohio.

The playing surface looked in good shape, but the stadium could use some work.
- The OF fence needs paint.
- The bricks used for fundraising that are laid in the walkway in the stands behind HP are in awful shape. They're stained and unlevel. Some are chipped or broken.
- The area behind the stands looks like a construction site.
- The bathrooms are blocked by portable toilets.

Poor condition and opening day.

Mr. Doom and Gloom is not happy unless he points out all the negatives. GOYA and go fix the stadium to your level of greatest. Your pathetic.

Mike stop it, you are better than this. Please ignore the incredibly unintelligent and vindictively negative posts from our resident troll. Wrestling is GREAT, wrestling is WONDERFUL, but wrestling is gone. Move on.

Your right Jerry. Just tired of constant negativity toward everything about EMU. Will ignore our trolls.

It's not possible. Some of you are so obsessed with me you clutch your pearls about me in conversations I'm not even part of.

Oestrike is littered with debris, needs paint and has outhouses for bathrooms. If you're okay with that then just say so instead of trying to make this about me.

I'M OKAY WITH IT. It will not return to its glory.

Dear Friends,
This is turning into a discussion of how bad things are with the buildings/facilities, when the exact opposite may be true.
We have a relatively new library, we have an almost brand new science building, Pray-Harold was just remolded a few years ago, Strong Hall has been completely remodeled and opened this year, Sill Hall is going to be reworked, and Jones-Goddard is being considered for remodeling for the new engineering programs. I also believe the Olds Recreational Building is up for renovations, and a new Health Center is being built, and lastly the new construction at Rynearson. How much more does anyone want done?
The complaints of Oestrike Stadium can be addressed, but keep in mind, a lot of money was spent on the infield there in Lyke's last year as athletic director.

(04-02-2019 08:26 AM)Ken Barna Wrote:  Dear Friends,
This is turning into a discussion of how bad things are with the buildings/facilities, when the exact opposite may be true.
We have a relatively new library, we have an almost brand new science building, Pray-Harold was just remolded a few years ago, Strong Hall has been completely remodeled and opened this year, Sill Hall is going to be reworked, and Jones-Goddard is being considered for remodeling for the new engineering programs. I also believe the Olds Recreational Building is up for renovations, and a new Health Center is being built, and lastly the new construction at Rynearson. How much more does anyone want done?
The complaints of Oestrike Stadium can be addressed, but keep in mind, a lot of money was spent on the infield there in Lyke's last year as athletic director.

Agree, 100%.

EMU has done wonders over the last 25+ years, to make EMU a really, really nice campus.

And one can add Pease which was remodeled not that many years ago to Ken's list.

The only thing I would add, and we discussed it before, was the desolate land on Huron River Dr. on the eastern edge of campus.

Wish EMU would buy it, if they haven't, and at least turn it into beautiful green space. It is a gateway to the campus...

Once again, I think we sometimes act like adolescents who stand in front of the mirror and find a lot of problems with their appearance when no one else notices.

We forget how beautiful the campus is and that the small imperfections can be fixed with money and time.

(04-02-2019 08:26 AM)Ken Barna Wrote:  Dear Friends,
This is turning into a discussion of how bad things are with the buildings/facilities, when the exact opposite may be true.
We have a relatively new library, we have an almost brand new science building, Pray-Harold was just remolded a few years ago, Strong Hall has been completely remodeled and opened this year, Sill Hall is going to be reworked, and Jones-Goddard is being considered for remodeling for the new engineering programs. I also believe the Olds Recreational Building is up for renovations, and a new Health Center is being built, and lastly the new construction at Rynearson. How much more does anyone want done?
The complaints of Oestrike Stadium can be addressed, but keep in mind, a lot of money was spent on the infield there in Lyke's last year as athletic director.

My point was only about Oestrike. It was in poor shape for opening day. Or any other day for that matter. Dirty portable toilets blocking the bathrooms, etc.

Oestrike is a nice little stadium if kept up, but it has a serious problem. The stands are always in the shade for afternoon games. it was positioned completely wrong considering that the game are played when it's still cold out. Fans compensate for this by standing along the fence of each baseline hoping to get some warmth from the sun.

A few of the upgrades to Oestrike have backfired. There didn't use to be fencing down the baselines so fans would bring lawn chairs and blankets and sit on the grass. It was a nice atmosphere considering few people wanted to sit in the stands. Now there is a solid fence/wall and people have to stand.

They tried to improve seating by removing the solid walls behind the seats and replacing them with fencing. It let in some light (not direct sunlight), but it also let in wind.

The condition of Oestrike is symbolic of the athletic department. Build a palace for the football team and give the baseball team outhouses.

On opening day there were maybe a dozen fans along each baseline, another dozen in the stands and one or two in the outfield. On the Eagles web page EMU claimed attendance was 315.

One thing our poster fails to mention is that the baseball stadium backs to the CBP construction site. I have never seen a construction site which looked pretty.
I watched the D.C. United soccer stadium go up. Dirty portable toilets happen.

(04-02-2019 10:07 AM)emu steve Wrote:  One thing our poster fails to mention is that the baseball stadium backs to the CBP construction site. I have never seen a construction site which looked pretty.
I watched the D.C. United soccer stadium go up. Dirty portable toilets happen.

You're excusing poor management. Baseball season didn't suddenly spring up out of nowhere. And other maintenance issues had nothing to do with construction. Send a guy with a paint brush to the outfield to touch up the fence. Have someone power wash and re-lay the donor bricks. There aren't that many. And stop lying about attendance.

We hired an athletic director that isn't a facilities manager or project manager -- that is why they need to hire other people that specialize in this...

WE DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY.

(04-02-2019 11:36 AM)JonesGoddard Wrote:  We hired an athletic director that isn't a facilities manager or project manager -- that is why they need to hire other people that specialize in this...

WE DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY.

Lame excuse. If you see bare wood on the outfield fence you get a bucket of green paint and a brush. A child could figure that out. You pick up the junk so it doesn't look like a junkyard. You fix the donor bricks. Very inexpensive fixes that a ten minute walk around the stadium would reveal.

We waste money. The football team stays at hotels the night before home games.

I want to bring this thread back and focus on the EMU baseball program at the current moment. I’m a huge college baseball guy; I was a walkon in my undergrad days. So, I realize part of my perspective is probably emphasizing things that most EMU students, faculty, staff, and alumni do not care about. I realize EMU baseball’s lowly status in the grand scheme of things (unlike some of our wrestling fans), but I feel compelled to give my assessment of the current state of things. The AD needs to know that people care about EMU baseball.

In short, the program is broken and needs new leadership. Where to begin? How about the atrocious hitting? Team average of .254, with OPS of .688. So, this is a poor hitting team with little power, that strikes out twice as much as it walks. This is hard to do at the college level with aluminum.

The pitching staff might be the worst I’ve ever seen. The staff ERA is 7.66!!!!! It has given up more than 550 hits in 394 innings. To put this in perspective, the average player has a .334 average against our staff; that’s the average — imagine what the good hitters have done.

Eric Roof did not deserve this job last year, and he has done nothing to change anyone’s mind. We had a great opportunity to get away from the Michigan State mafia, but we didn’t, and here we are. Athletic coaching hires are often made in an attempt to replicate the existing system of an excellent program. So, for example, when EMU hires it’s next basketball coach, I would hope that they look at people who have created their own successful systems at other institutions (e.g., Ferris State), or someone who has been a part of an already successful system (e.g., an MSU assistant).

However, this is baseball, and in baseball MSU is among the dregs in the Big 10. I have no interest in MSU’s fingerprints all over our baseball program any longer. Roof was an instrumental part of the previous failed regime; he’s just a worse version of Van Ameyde. We need someone from a staff that has elevated its program, not sunk it. I’d love to hire someone from Erik Bakich’s staff; the UM program was nothing before he arrived. I want a slice of whatever it is they are doing over there. This isn’t a MSU vs. UM thing. This is about finding someone from a staff who has shown it can build a program from scratch. There are other examples besides Bakich’s staff; his is just local and obvious.

We need to do this and quickly. My fear is that we continue to sink and go the way of the Buffalo (Bulls).

(05-05-2019 08:35 PM)holybovine Wrote:  I want to bring this thread back and focus on the EMU baseball program at the current moment. I’m a huge college baseball guy; I was a walkon in my undergrad days. So, I realize part of my perspective is probably emphasizing things that most EMU students, faculty, staff, and alumni do not care about. I realize EMU baseball’s lowly status in the grand scheme of things (unlike some of our wrestling fans), but I feel compelled to give my assessment of the current state of things. The AD needs to know that people care about EMU baseball.

In short, the program is broken and needs new leadership. Where to begin? How about the atrocious hitting? Team average of .254, with OPS of .688. So, this is a poor hitting team with little power, that strikes out twice as much as it walks. This is hard to do at the college level with aluminum.

The pitching staff might be the worst I’ve ever seen. The staff ERA is 7.66!!!!! It has given up more than 550 hits in 394 innings. To put this in perspective, the average player has a .334 average against our staff; that’s the average — imagine what the good hitters have done.

Eric Roof did not deserve this job last year, and he has done nothing to change anyone’s mind. We had a great opportunity to get away from the Michigan State mafia, but we didn’t, and here we are. Athletic coaching hires are often made in an attempt to replicate the existing system of an excellent program. So, for example, when EMU hires it’s next basketball coach, I would hope that they look at people who have created their own successful systems at other institutions (e.g., Ferris State), or someone who has been a part of an already successful system (e.g., an MSU assistant).

However, this is baseball, and in baseball MSU is among the dregs in the Big 10. I have no interest in MSU’s fingerprints all over our baseball program any longer. Roof was an instrumental part of the previous failed regime; he’s just a worse version of Van Ameyde. We need someone from a staff that has elevated its program, not sunk it. I’d love to hire someone from Erik Bakich’s staff; the UM program was nothing before he arrived. I want a slice of whatever it is they are doing over there. This isn’t a MSU vs. UM thing. This is about finding someone from a staff who has shown it can build a program from scratch. There are other examples besides Bakich’s staff; his is just local and obvious.

We need to do this and quickly. My fear is that we continue to sink and go the way of the Buffalo (Bulls).

Agree. Luckily, baseball has a few young, wealthy and engaged alumni. And the AD loves baseball.
The decision to keep Roof seemed to be about ease and cost and not about program growth or excellence.

I read that the father of Nick and Nate Jones passed away.

(05-05-2019 08:51 PM)masttg Wrote:  

(05-05-2019 08:35 PM)holybovine Wrote:  I want to bring this thread back and focus on the EMU baseball program at the current moment. I’m a huge college baseball guy; I was a walkon in my undergrad days. So, I realize part of my perspective is probably emphasizing things that most EMU students, faculty, staff, and alumni do not care about. I realize EMU baseball’s lowly status in the grand scheme of things (unlike some of our wrestling fans), but I feel compelled to give my assessment of the current state of things. The AD needs to know that people care about EMU baseball.

In short, the program is broken and needs new leadership. Where to begin? How about the atrocious hitting? Team average of .254, with OPS of .688. So, this is a poor hitting team with little power, that strikes out twice as much as it walks. This is hard to do at the college level with aluminum.

The pitching staff might be the worst I’ve ever seen. The staff ERA is 7.66!!!!! It has given up more than 550 hits in 394 innings. To put this in perspective, the average player has a .334 average against our staff; that’s the average — imagine what the good hitters have done.

Eric Roof did not deserve this job last year, and he has done nothing to change anyone’s mind. We had a great opportunity to get away from the Michigan State mafia, but we didn’t, and here we are. Athletic coaching hires are often made in an attempt to replicate the existing system of an excellent program. So, for example, when EMU hires it’s next basketball coach, I would hope that they look at people who have created their own successful systems at other institutions (e.g., Ferris State), or someone who has been a part of an already successful system (e.g., an MSU assistant).

However, this is baseball, and in baseball MSU is among the dregs in the Big 10. I have no interest in MSU’s fingerprints all over our baseball program any longer. Roof was an instrumental part of the previous failed regime; he’s just a worse version of Van Ameyde. We need someone from a staff that has elevated its program, not sunk it. I’d love to hire someone from Erik Bakich’s staff; the UM program was nothing before he arrived. I want a slice of whatever it is they are doing over there. This isn’t a MSU vs. UM thing. This is about finding someone from a staff who has shown it can build a program from scratch. There are other examples besides Bakich’s staff; his is just local and obvious.

We need to do this and quickly. My fear is that we continue to sink and go the way of the Buffalo (Bulls).

Agree. Luckily, baseball has a few young, wealthy and engaged alumni. And the AD loves baseball.
The decision to keep Roof seemed to be about ease and cost and not about program growth or excellence.

Thanks for your thoughts. Regarding your second and third sentences, I’ve heard those things as well. Unfortunately, your fourth sentence brings the veracity of the previous statements into question.

Wealthy/engaged alums and an engaged/conscientious AD do not allow the easy/cheap hire of Roof to happen.

(05-05-2019 08:51 PM)masttg Wrote:  

(05-05-2019 08:35 PM)holybovine Wrote:  I want to bring this thread back and focus on the EMU baseball program at the current moment. I’m a huge college baseball guy; I was a walkon in my undergrad days. So, I realize part of my perspective is probably emphasizing things that most EMU students, faculty, staff, and alumni do not care about. I realize EMU baseball’s lowly status in the grand scheme of things (unlike some of our wrestling fans), but I feel compelled to give my assessment of the current state of things. The AD needs to know that people care about EMU baseball.

In short, the program is broken and needs new leadership. Where to begin? How about the atrocious hitting? Team average of .254, with OPS of .688. So, this is a poor hitting team with little power, that strikes out twice as much as it walks. This is hard to do at the college level with aluminum.

The pitching staff might be the worst I’ve ever seen. The staff ERA is 7.66!!!!! It has given up more than 550 hits in 394 innings. To put this in perspective, the average player has a .334 average against our staff; that’s the average — imagine what the good hitters have done.

Eric Roof did not deserve this job last year, and he has done nothing to change anyone’s mind. We had a great opportunity to get away from the Michigan State mafia, but we didn’t, and here we are. Athletic coaching hires are often made in an attempt to replicate the existing system of an excellent program. So, for example, when EMU hires it’s next basketball coach, I would hope that they look at people who have created their own successful systems at other institutions (e.g., Ferris State), or someone who has been a part of an already successful system (e.g., an MSU assistant).

However, this is baseball, and in baseball MSU is among the dregs in the Big 10. I have no interest in MSU’s fingerprints all over our baseball program any longer. Roof was an instrumental part of the previous failed regime; he’s just a worse version of Van Ameyde. We need someone from a staff that has elevated its program, not sunk it. I’d love to hire someone from Erik Bakich’s staff; the UM program was nothing before he arrived. I want a slice of whatever it is they are doing over there. This isn’t a MSU vs. UM thing. This is about finding someone from a staff who has shown it can build a program from scratch. There are other examples besides Bakich’s staff; his is just local and obvious.

We need to do this and quickly. My fear is that we continue to sink and go the way of the Buffalo (Bulls).

Agree. Luckily, baseball has a few young, wealthy and engaged alumni. And the AD loves baseball.
The decision to keep Roof seemed to be about ease and cost and not about program growth or excellence.

AD is from an SEC school - the best baseball conference in the country. I think the baseball program will right the ship - eventuallly - though maybe not under the current coaching staff.

Yeah, what are the odds Roof gets renewed? He's on a one-year contract, correct?