I don’t particularly enjoy what I do for a living, & I’m not looking forward to heading to my office on Monday. However, I’d rather be there than employed as the AD at Mississippi State right now. Whether you like Selmon or not, it’s got to be pretty miserable. Can’t imagine trying to find bright spots & “sell” our athletic teams when they keep losing & looking so bad in the process.
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You sell the Tennessee and Texas games, is what you do. And you have a team coming in next week that has been destracted to oblivion all week(s), meanwhile our kids are wanting that SIXT WIN.
Miserable? His annual salary is $1.25 million with annual bonus and incremental raises. Sign me up. Hell, fire him and I’ll do it for half that. Then I’ll use the other half and get us a left tackle.
I’m guessing we already pay our current left tackle more than $625K. You’re not going to find a great on for half of Selmon’s salary.
You’re not understanding. I would have fired Lebby on my first day. Then I would have hired Brian Newberry and Drew Cronic. I probably could have gotten both my tackles for $500k. In that scheme, my money wouldn’t be competing for the same tackles as everyone else, the massive, pass first protectors seen in pro-style or spread offenses. That scheme prioritizes athletic, agile run blockers who enable the option’s misdirection and perimeter threats, and have the ability to pull and get to the second level. Guys who are intelligent, tough, guys who love football and hate to lose. I’d find those type tackles and I’d pay for them with a lot less money.
No we don’t.
LSU is working to put together $25 million for kiffins NIL in years to come and yall think we spent $15 million on this team.
Just make sure you got the proper ratios of white and black players***
I don’t know what’s going on inside the basketball program. If State wins the Egg Bowl, everything will be forgiven. You know how this fanbase works. If you win the EB and go to a bowl game, that’s a good season. State was predicted to win 3 or 4 games. We are at 5. The fanbase is pissed because of boneheaded coaching decisions that cost games, blowing leads and starting a stale Quarterback. Like I said, if State wins the EB everything is forgiven.
Maybe if Selmon hadn’t made the lazy hire of his friend from Okie his job wouldn’t be so miserable.
Ron Polk, your one to be talking. In 29 season you coached almost 600 players, and not one single black player ever.
Btw, we currently have the 4th highest amount of black football players in the SEC.
1. LSU 65% black- record 3-4 (overall 6-4)
2. Georgia 62%- record 7-1 (overall 9-1)
3. Florida 60%- record 2-5 (overall 3-7)
4. State 58%- record 1-6 (overall 5-6)
5. South Car. 56%- record 1-7 (overall 3-7)
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It’d be a real conundrum. Those types of tackles probably like to go to the service academies (& have big plans outside of football)..
Polk had a few black players. But in almost 30 years you could count them in your fingers. Maybe only 1 hand. Always p*ssed me off he just completely ignored about 1/4 of the pool of potential players.
The fact that you took time to look that up shows you may truly be a lunatic.
There weren't that many black players in all of college baseball except for the HBCU schools during Coach Polk's time. If they were good, they either went pro or they took a full scholarship for football. They weren't taking less money to play baseball. In my time period there was Joe Carter Alvin Davis and Barry Bonds that played at major programs. Otherwise there was the Harold Myles, JO Doss, Glenn Young that played on teams I was on.
^^^^ This ^^^^ The player had to be able to pay for the majority of their college experience, there were some black players like Glen Young that were on football scholarship that played baseball as well.
Dawgs Bite did a series of articles on Ron Polk years ago. He recruited players that were members of Who's Who in American High School. His reasoning was the number of players that make it to the Majors was so low that he wanted them to be successful in the classroom and ultimately in life. A lot of players he recruited didn't sign as well so we have no way of knowing how many black players he recruited. The articles interviewed several players from other schools that didn't sign with State. They said Polk still sends them cards on their birthdays and anniversaries. I wonder if those articles are still available.
Pat. Stop this BS. They worked together for less than a year in different buildings. Did they know each other yes but stop posting this idea they were best friends. Selmans two closest friends are Shane Beemer and Zach Taylor with the Bengals. I know you hate Lebby but get a grip
I don’t know for sure that Lebby was a bad pick because I have no idea who else was a viable candidate. However, Selmon certainly failed in the public relations department with that being his choice. Anytime the new boss comes in and starts bringing in his people from a prior job, they need to be stellar out of the gate or it will devolve quickly. Lebby walking into a decimated roster is well understood, him making stupid decisions at pivotal moments in game is why people are giving up on him.
Two great players I thought of that played a little after me are Frank Thomas and Bo Jackson. Both of them went to school on a football scholarship. It was in a documentary were Frank talked about how Pat Dye kept him on a football scholarship at Auburn even though he was concentrating on Baseball. It was something Coach Polk had fought the NCAA all his career about the 11.3 scholarships.
Black players… white players…
Maroon is all that matters.****
Maroon is all that matters.****