(05-29-2022 06:17 PM)DallasTiger Wrote:  I have been in turnaround situations and I am assuming that this coach was hired based on his past TURN AROUND experience and success. When you go from 2018: 9-33 overall, 6-15 conference to 2019: 32-24 overall, 17-6 conference; beat #8 LSU, won division, won conference, made NCAA Regional...etc, you are doing something right. This is the same type of scenario that Fuente went through when he came here and also what Calipari went through. Our program needs to be "turned around" and this coach seems to be able to get the job done based on past performance. In the job interview, his ability to turn around a college baseball program would have taken up a large part of the job interview.

Did you happen to look at Rock's first three years?

2005 14-32
2006 31-28
2007 36-27 NCAA

In 5th rated baseball ball conference.

Tigers have constantly been playing in a top 5 baseball conference.

Jackson comes from historically the worst conference in baseball.

Jackson is dramatically stepping up in competition.

(05-29-2022 07:41 PM)AlonsoWDC Wrote:  

(05-29-2022 07:03 PM)shere khan Wrote:  More i think about it, this might work out well.

I can see Memphis getting a SWAC invite in a few years.

This should help towards that goal.

What in the actual hell are you even on about?

Isn’t it special when an alum feels this way about his alma mater?

(05-29-2022 08:07 PM)former guest Wrote:  

(05-29-2022 07:41 PM)AlonsoWDC Wrote:  

(05-29-2022 07:03 PM)shere khan Wrote:  More i think about it, this might work out well.

I can see Memphis getting a SWAC invite in a few years.

This should help towards that goal.

What in the actual hell are you even on about?

Isn’t it special when an alum feels this way about his alma mater?

I believe it's a 2X alma mater

(05-29-2022 08:07 PM)former guest Wrote:  

(05-29-2022 07:41 PM)AlonsoWDC Wrote:  

(05-29-2022 07:03 PM)shere khan Wrote:  More i think about it, this might work out well.

I can see Memphis getting a SWAC invite in a few years.

This should help towards that goal.

What in the actual hell are you even on about?

Isn’t it special when an alum feels this way about his alma mater?

What--should he lie ?----A lot of people have felt this way the last couple years about their alma mater--------whats more special is the happyclappers and coach worshippers that bury their heads in the sand and think/believe the university does no wrong ----------this hire is at best a head scratcher

Since leaving the independent ranks, Memphis has always been in a conference that contends for best of the rest. It isn't where we want, but it isn't exactly the SWAC.

Which in itself seems like a thinly veiled social commentary. Dude probably is all into replacement theory too. Just a coincidence to be sure.

(05-29-2022 08:25 PM)k2tigers Wrote:  

(05-29-2022 08:07 PM)former guest Wrote:  

(05-29-2022 07:41 PM)AlonsoWDC Wrote:  

(05-29-2022 07:03 PM)shere khan Wrote:  More i think about it, this might work out well.

I can see Memphis getting a SWAC invite in a few years.

This should help towards that goal.

What in the actual hell are you even on about?

Isn’t it special when an alum feels this way about his alma mater?

I believe it's a 2X alma mater

Yeah. Dummy that I am.

Lard Vatech is destroying athletics. Oh well.

Time to enter the transfer portal

He didn’t cost much. We gotta come up with 200 billion dollars for Liberty Park, so I get it.

(05-29-2022 06:46 PM)shere khan Wrote:  

Is lard vatech intentionally trying to destroy athletics
.


Tiger High

What a joke

Drops mic.

(05-29-2022 07:51 AM)Eagleonpar Wrote:  

(05-28-2022 08:01 PM)jsw3ent Wrote:  

(05-28-2022 07:52 PM)Eagleonpar Wrote:  

(05-28-2022 06:41 PM)jsw3ent Wrote:  AD--hired Ruin -Katrina and now this guy--I hope they work out--RUIN doubtful ----Katrina might work out---this guy ?????

The last AD that hired a men’s football or basketball coach was named Billy Spook Murphy, but the rest is correct

True enough --kinda anyway---but they were/are under this AD--but I do see your point-----Spook a LEGEND

Maybe as a coach but not a legendary AD

Oh he was a legend as an AD. Just not a good legend. He was an afteraction hire. Always got to coach against Ole Ms because he promised not to recruit Black players.

Let's give the guy a chance to prove himself, whether good or bad, before we jump on him

(05-29-2022 08:04 PM)ncrdbl1 Wrote:  

(05-29-2022 06:17 PM)DallasTiger Wrote:  I have been in turnaround situations and I am assuming that this coach was hired based on his past TURN AROUND experience and success. When you go from 2018: 9-33 overall, 6-15 conference to 2019: 32-24 overall, 17-6 conference; beat #8 LSU, won division, won conference, made NCAA Regional...etc, you are doing something right. This is the same type of scenario that Fuente went through when he came here and also what Calipari went through. Our program needs to be "turned around" and this coach seems to be able to get the job done based on past performance. In the job interview, his ability to turn around a college baseball program would have taken up a large part of the job interview.

Did you happen to look at Rock's first three years?

2005 14-32
2006 31-28
2007 36-27 NCAA

In 5th rated baseball ball conference.

Tigers have constantly been playing in a top 5 baseball conference.

Jackson comes from historically the worst conference in baseball.

Jackson is dramatically stepping up in competition.

Coach Bartow came from Valparasso University and took us to the finals of the NCAA. Let's give the dude a chance to show what he can do.

(05-29-2022 09:34 PM)TigersRuleAll Wrote:  

(05-29-2022 06:46 PM)shere khan Wrote:  

Is lard vatech intentionally trying to destroy athletics
.


Tiger High

What a joke

Drops mic.

Some people on here think they have really great crystal balls. No one gets a chance to suceed, once the crystal ball has spoken.

(05-29-2022 10:15 PM)DallasTiger Wrote:  

(05-29-2022 08:04 PM)ncrdbl1 Wrote:  

(05-29-2022 06:17 PM)DallasTiger Wrote:  I have been in turnaround situations and I am assuming that this coach was hired based on his past TURN AROUND experience and success. When you go from 2018: 9-33 overall, 6-15 conference to 2019: 32-24 overall, 17-6 conference; beat #8 LSU, won division, won conference, made NCAA Regional...etc, you are doing something right. This is the same type of scenario that Fuente went through when he came here and also what Calipari went through. Our program needs to be "turned around" and this coach seems to be able to get the job done based on past performance. In the job interview, his ability to turn around a college baseball program would have taken up a large part of the job interview.

Did you happen to look at Rock's first three years?

2005 14-32
2006 31-28
2007 36-27 NCAA

In 5th rated baseball ball conference.

Tigers have constantly been playing in a top 5 baseball conference.

Jackson comes from historically the worst conference in baseball.

Jackson is dramatically stepping up in competition.

Coach Bartow came from Valparasso University and took us to the finals of the NCAA. Let's give the dude a chance to show what he can do.

Coach Bartow went to the Div ll NCAA tournament 4 times in his 6 years there.

Press Release

(05-29-2022 05:55 PM)BinghamptonNed Wrote:  This is a low risk hire on a guy who is a competent person who might be able to win here. If he does , great… if he is just below .500 and graduates players and keeps us out of trouble he will do about the same as the last guy who did very little but did not cause any harm to the overall athletic program or the University.

I agree.

(05-29-2022 08:04 PM)ncrdbl1 Wrote:  

(05-29-2022 06:17 PM)DallasTiger Wrote:  I have been in turnaround situations and I am assuming that this coach was hired based on his past TURN AROUND experience and success. When you go from 2018: 9-33 overall, 6-15 conference to 2019: 32-24 overall, 17-6 conference; beat #8 LSU, won division, won conference, made NCAA Regional...etc, you are doing something right. This is the same type of scenario that Fuente went through when he came here and also what Calipari went through. Our program needs to be "turned around" and this coach seems to be able to get the job done based on past performance. In the job interview, his ability to turn around a college baseball program would have taken up a large part of the job interview.

Did you happen to look at Rock's first three years?

2005 14-32
2006 31-28
2007 36-27 NCAA

In 5th rated baseball ball conference.

Tigers have constantly been playing in a top 5 baseball conference.

Jackson comes from historically the worst conference in baseball.

Jackson is dramatically stepping up in competition.

Saying he comes from the from the worst conference in baseball and stepping up in competition conveniently ignore his time at a P5 school and time spent with the pros which was longer than at Southern. It makes it sound like his only experience is in the SWAC. He should have plenty of understanding of what would be considered higher talent.

(05-29-2022 09:21 PM)Browning Hall Wrote:  He didn’t cost much. We gotta come up with 200 billion dollars for Liberty Park, so I get it.

Obvs.....what Memphis was “willing” to pay....made the selection pool a “kiddie” pool from Wally World

(05-28-2022 09:10 PM)ncrdbl1 Wrote:  

(05-28-2022 05:08 PM)Alanda Wrote:  Adding some context to the record. Taken from Wikipedia.

2018: 9-33 overall, 6-15 conference

2019: 32-24 overall, 17-6 conference; went 1-2 against Memphis, beat #8 LSU, won division, won conference, made NCAA Regional

2020: 6-10 overall, 3-0 conference; season shutdown due to covid

Resigned 11/30/2020 to take job with MLB.



That was a nice turnaround from his first to second season. Maybe that position with the MLB will help him with recruiting.

Adding MORE context.

Only 2 SWAC teams had winning records in 2019.

Southern and Jackson St.

Only 2 had winning record in 2020.

This season AAC was 5th in conference power ratings, SWAC was 29th.

Jackson St only real baseball school in SWAC.

In 2021 only two players in Memphis were listed in top 50 recruits in Tennessee.

Both inner-city kids and both went elsewhere for college.

Another key detail.

Except for Southern he has never stayed at same job for more than 2 years.

That may end up being a good thing for us.

(05-29-2022 07:12 PM)tigerfan39 Wrote:  

(05-29-2022 11:37 AM)Hernando Hills Tiger Wrote:  

(05-29-2022 10:25 AM)NDTiger Wrote:  Not sure I understand this hire. We have some nice upgrades planned for baseball. I would have thought we’d have hired an up & coming asst coach with some recruiting chops and ties into other asst coaches they could bring into our program. Think Fuente or Norvell but for baseball? Just want a proven winner looking for the next stepping stone.

Affirmative action?

That's a racist statement

Crap, it seems like everything in the world is called racist now. It is like ketsup, they spread it on everything.

Let's give the man a chance. It's not like we're starting from a position of strength anyhow. At this point just some hope for the program would be a good start.

(05-30-2022 10:03 AM)UofMark Wrote:  Let's give the man a chance. It's not like we're starting from a position of strength anyhow. At this point just some hope for the program would be a good start.

Exactly

(05-30-2022 08:34 AM)TIGERBUDDY Wrote:  

(05-29-2022 07:12 PM)tigerfan39 Wrote:  

(05-29-2022 11:37 AM)Hernando Hills Tiger Wrote:  

(05-29-2022 10:25 AM)NDTiger Wrote:  Not sure I understand this hire. We have some nice upgrades planned for baseball. I would have thought we’d have hired an up & coming asst coach with some recruiting chops and ties into other asst coaches they could bring into our program. Think Fuente or Norvell but for baseball? Just want a proven winner looking for the next stepping stone.

Affirmative action?

That's a racist statement

Crap, it seems like everything in the world is called racist now. It is like ketsup, they spread it on everything.

For a certain political group everything is racist.