the sixpack archives for his opinion on some Cohen related things. He changes his spots often.
http://sixpackspeak.yuku.com/reply/34337#reply-34337
I am a pro-Cohen person, but I remian open to anybody but Raffo.
Cohen will turn this program around in less than a year (contrary to the predictions of patdog. Patdog, I love you man, but there is no way it will take "2 to 3 years" for MSU baseball to be righted if the correct hire is made.).
Next year, given the right hire (or, as mentioned, even a semi-right hire), MUS baseball will be back in the hunt.
I sincerely look for MSU to be a post-season team next year if the proper hire is made.
For MSU to not be in a regional (regardless of the excuses) is an abomination.
...I have to disagree with you on this: I saw MSU baseball on TV about 3 times this past season. I think they won all 3 games.
My point being, they seemed to lack coaching & not talent.
Does the pitching need to be improved? Of course.
But the core talent is there.
There, simply put, was no coaching.
Injuries hurt, of course. But the core talent seems to be there.
The pitching coach, who I liked in the past, needs to be sent packing.
Give this team 2 pitchers who can pitch 4 pitches (instead of 3) and you've got a regional team.
http://sixpackspeak.yuku.com/reply/142861#reply-142861
If Cohen can only win 11 SEC games his first year @ MSU, then it will be proof he is a bad hire.
<div class="scrolling"> <div> ...I saw then on TV about 6 times, and they won almost every game I saw them play on TV.
I guess Jim Ellis said it 1,000 times last year on the radio, but for almost all our games last year, the top players were always hurt. Did Ellis have to say it 2,000 times before it sank it?
Be that as it may, a college baseball powerhouse like MSU does not hire the top up & coming coach in the nation only to have that coach win 11 league games his first year.
That's not a testament to how Polk crashed the program; it's more of an indication that Cohen was a bum hire.
First, please provide us a list of the MSU baseball players that shouldn't be in the SEC.
I know there are some (every roster has them), but since you brought it up, you provide the list.
You are using a bad early season loss when the team was healthy as proof the team would still suck later in the season if the team stayed healthy.
This line of thinking does not speak well to your knowledge of baseball. In fact, it sounds too much like some coach34 crap.
To bottom line it: I don't think Cohen is burdened with a bunch of Belhaven & Millsaps rejects. He has enough talent to be a middle-tier SEC squad this season.
Cohen has too much coaching talent & too much talent to work with to only finish with 11 SEC wins.
But you stick to your Armageddon assessment of this year's squad. Maybe that will score you some sixpack.com points on down the line.
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Notice how his talent arguement has changed. Notice how his benchmark for wins changed. Notice that he says he only watched MSU 3 times last year, then changes it to 6 times.
http://sixpackspeak.yuku.com/reply/34337#reply-34337
I am a pro-Cohen person, but I remian open to anybody but Raffo.
Cohen will turn this program around in less than a year (contrary to the predictions of patdog. Patdog, I love you man, but there is no way it will take "2 to 3 years" for MSU baseball to be righted if the correct hire is made.).
Next year, given the right hire (or, as mentioned, even a semi-right hire), MUS baseball will be back in the hunt.
I sincerely look for MSU to be a post-season team next year if the proper hire is made.
For MSU to not be in a regional (regardless of the excuses) is an abomination.
...I have to disagree with you on this: I saw MSU baseball on TV about 3 times this past season. I think they won all 3 games.
My point being, they seemed to lack coaching & not talent.
Does the pitching need to be improved? Of course.
But the core talent is there.
There, simply put, was no coaching.
Injuries hurt, of course. But the core talent seems to be there.
The pitching coach, who I liked in the past, needs to be sent packing.
Give this team 2 pitchers who can pitch 4 pitches (instead of 3) and you've got a regional team.
http://sixpackspeak.yuku.com/reply/142861#reply-142861
If Cohen can only win 11 SEC games his first year @ MSU, then it will be proof he is a bad hire.
<div class="scrolling"> <div> ...I saw then on TV about 6 times, and they won almost every game I saw them play on TV.
I guess Jim Ellis said it 1,000 times last year on the radio, but for almost all our games last year, the top players were always hurt. Did Ellis have to say it 2,000 times before it sank it?
Be that as it may, a college baseball powerhouse like MSU does not hire the top up & coming coach in the nation only to have that coach win 11 league games his first year.
That's not a testament to how Polk crashed the program; it's more of an indication that Cohen was a bum hire.
First, please provide us a list of the MSU baseball players that shouldn't be in the SEC.
I know there are some (every roster has them), but since you brought it up, you provide the list.
You are using a bad early season loss when the team was healthy as proof the team would still suck later in the season if the team stayed healthy.
This line of thinking does not speak well to your knowledge of baseball. In fact, it sounds too much like some coach34 crap.
To bottom line it: I don't think Cohen is burdened with a bunch of Belhaven & Millsaps rejects. He has enough talent to be a middle-tier SEC squad this season.
Cohen has too much coaching talent & too much talent to work with to only finish with 11 SEC wins.
But you stick to your Armageddon assessment of this year's squad. Maybe that will score you some sixpack.com points on down the line.
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Notice how his talent arguement has changed. Notice how his benchmark for wins changed. Notice that he says he only watched MSU 3 times last year, then changes it to 6 times.