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[RutherfordBHayes]

I think the 89 team was just as good as 85. Much better 1-9 offensively. Jobes wasn't as good as Morgan but other than that I'd take 89 in best of 7

This.
1989 was the best team ever. Consensus #1 most of the year. Flubbed it in the Regional.

 

[patdog]

89 team was loaded. Polk had a few really bad postseason failures and that one and 83/84 are at the top of the list. Those three teams could have easily won a national championship

 

[PineGroveBully]

Dr Everett Kinard

 

[wtw2400]

Polk

Absolutely not. He did not win a National Championship at Mississippi State even with some of the most talented teams this sport has ever seen. He coined the phrase "that's baseball" simply because he did not have the coaching ability to support a top 15 Baseball Program. This Program would be Top 10 or Top 5 if he was one of the best coaches in the sport like a Skip Bertman or a Augie Garrido.

Gary Henderson in one season won half as many games in the College World Series as Polk did in his 29 seasons at Mississippi State.

This program was a great program before that man got here and has even better since he left. I will never forgive that man for selfishly allowing LSU to surpass this program. And that is why I am still waiting for this programs Saban or Bryant.

 

[wtw2400]

89 team was loaded. Polk had a few really bad postseason failures and that one and 83/84 are at the top of the list. Those three teams could have easily won a national championship

A few? That man was a God of failing in the postseason and after 1989 he was a God of getting owned by LSU.

Polk only succeeded in the 1980's SEC because he had 0 competition. Once he had to face competition with teams like Miami, Texas, North Carolina, or Southern California, he simply could not compete with the elite coaches of this game.

Polk was an average coach who benefited from weak competition and elite talent. And even with all the elite talent, he could never win in the postseason.

 

[mdm3045]

Clark, Rafy, Mangum, Rooker

Clark, Rafy, Mangum, Rooker

 

[fedxdog]

I realize Del Unser played in the 60’s but he had a 15 year career in MLB. Hard to beat that.

 

[She Mate Me]

I realize Del Unser played in the 60’s but he had a 15 year career in MLB. Hard to beat that.

Definitely deserves to be in the discussion. This thread continues to show just how many fine players we've had through the years.

 

[AlSwearengen]

89 team was loaded. Polk had a few really bad postseason failures and that one and 83/84 are at the top of the list. Those three teams could have easily won a national championship

Our best teams and all teams under Polk bunted at a t-ball level and would be totally shut down by an off speed pitcher. Polk did a lot but it was always bewildering how bad at bunting his teams were. I’m not a bunting fan, but at the very end of the year, when teams are good and games are tight, you better be able to do it.

 

[RutherfordBHayes]

Absolutely not. He did not win a National Championship at Mississippi State even with some of the most talented teams this sport has ever seen. He coined the phrase "that's baseball" simply because he did not have the coaching ability to support a top 15 Baseball Program. This Program would be Top 10 or Top 5 if he was one of the best coaches in the sport like a Skip Bertman or a Augie Garrido.

Gary Henderson in one season won half as many games in the College World Series as Polk did in his 29 seasons at Mississippi State.

This program was a great program before that man got here and has even better since he left. I will never forgive that man for selfishly allowing LSU to surpass this program. And that is why I am still waiting for this programs Saban or Bryant.

Definitely Polk. He’s #1.

If not winning a National Championship is criterion to keep him off....

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

Clark, Palmeiro, Boo and Rooker. 17 Ron Polk for his apathy in the 1990s and 2000s and for the way he tried to sabotage the program when he left.

I feel this way as well but I also believe it is time to let it go. We have all made big mistakes or handled things like **** just because we thought we were right.