He just went to Virginia and sunk MILLIONS of dollars into their athletic department, and is described as "one of its greatest benefactors." The damage LT and Polk did to this athletic department continues to amaze me. Good article by Veazy on the UVA baseball program. http://www.clarionledger.com/articl...1109/Now-thriving+Virginia+once+dodged+bullet
Thanks Polk and LT for banishing John Grisham from MSU
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He just went to Virginia and sunk MILLIONS of dollars into their athletic department, and is described as "one of its greatest benefactors." The damage LT and Polk did to this athletic department continues to amaze me. Good article by Veazy on the UVA baseball program. http://www.clarionledger.com/articl...1109/Now-thriving+Virginia+once+dodged+bullet
to take shots at Polk, this one was McMahon's doing. He refused to extended a guaranteed, invited walk-on spot to Grisham's son. He was afraid it would should favoritism. Lord knows we don't want to show favoritism to one of our richest alums. It still pisses me off thinking about that.
just like it is posted, Mac 17ed that up. That and one more thing like it led to Mac giong to UF.
I believe Cohen played on one of Grisham's favorite teams at MSU judging by the foreward that Grisham wrote for that book about MSU baseball several years ago. It would be nice if Cohen touched base with him and got him back on campus now that all the previous dickweeds are gone.
good God I'm going to be sick...what a 17ing way to start my shift.... I need to shake this off or my numbers will suck today...
please Cohen.. get Grisham back in the fold... do something... whatever it takes
please Cohen.. get Grisham back in the fold... do something... whatever it takes
At some point, LT should have gone to Mac and said you're going to give this kid a scholarship. Then again, LT would never have even had the thought to do such a thing. The president at the time was also a 17up too, if I recall correctly.
In my book, LT shoulders quite a bit of blame for this one.
In my book, LT shoulders quite a bit of blame for this one.
after all the ridiculous hubbub on this board over Iupe's kid getting a walk-on spot for basketball. The Iupes, while obviously not as rich as John Grisham, still have a ****-ton of money to donate.
That's why I was never upset with Stan letting Iupe on the team.
And I'm going to kind of respond to several in this thread- I think there is a very good chance that Byrne and Cohen will extend an olive branch to Grisham. Mainly because it makes sense. Especially with some major stadium renovations that will be forthcoming.
And McMahon and Raffo were stupid to not allow Grisham on the team. Heck, he apparently was good enough to play for an ACC school. Let him walk-on and take the field in the 9th when we have a big lead on Valley. Is that so bad?
And while that was a McMahon feuax paux, Polk has had his share of similar feux paux's. Mark Gillaspie's son who ended up being a first round pick and then Bryce Brentz who just got invited to Team USA from Middle Tennessee.
Legacies have very little to do with talent evaluation as much as they are about goodwill. If they turn out to be great players, that's a huge plus.
And I'm going to kind of respond to several in this thread- I think there is a very good chance that Byrne and Cohen will extend an olive branch to Grisham. Mainly because it makes sense. Especially with some major stadium renovations that will be forthcoming.
And McMahon and Raffo were stupid to not allow Grisham on the team. Heck, he apparently was good enough to play for an ACC school. Let him walk-on and take the field in the 9th when we have a big lead on Valley. Is that so bad?
And while that was a McMahon feuax paux, Polk has had his share of similar feux paux's. Mark Gillaspie's son who ended up being a first round pick and then Bryce Brentz who just got invited to Team USA from Middle Tennessee.
Legacies have very little to do with talent evaluation as much as they are about goodwill. If they turn out to be great players, that's a huge plus.
Bernie Hutchinson? He was in the batting cage and McMahon told him to get out and let someone who was gonna play get in there. Bernie then left MSU, went to Ole Miss and killed us every chance he got. Bernies dad is a surgeon from Tupelo and he is now in Corinth. How about that cash flow we missed out on?
in Texas. Supposedly, what I heard was that Raffy wanted to wait and see who the new coach was going to be and how all of that was going to shake out. Thus, he went JUCO.
He struggled a little bit at the plate- hit in the 250's when I last checked a month or so ago. But he showed that he has the potential to hit for power- seven home runs.
He was drafted out of HS by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 22nd round, so I suspect that unless he falls off of the map, we're going to have to offer him some scholarship money to get him.
I don't know where he is on Cohen's radar, but with Russ Sneed graduating, we're going to need a third baseman, although I would really like to get Jackson Posey from Sumrall HS. I do think Palmeiro could play the corner OF spots and of course DH, so I think there could be a place for him.
He struggled a little bit at the plate- hit in the 250's when I last checked a month or so ago. But he showed that he has the potential to hit for power- seven home runs.
He was drafted out of HS by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 22nd round, so I suspect that unless he falls off of the map, we're going to have to offer him some scholarship money to get him.
I don't know where he is on Cohen's radar, but with Russ Sneed graduating, we're going to need a third baseman, although I would really like to get Jackson Posey from Sumrall HS. I do think Palmeiro could play the corner OF spots and of course DH, so I think there could be a place for him.
Logan Power. I mean, his brother Mark only played for The Legend, we couldn't bother to recruit little brother? Now Logan is the all-time RBI leader at Mississippi. Damn, I hate the way we've let Mississippi steal baseball away from us. Enjoy it while it lasts, Mississippi fans.
I had no problem letting Iupe sit on the bench and play meaningless minutes. It would have been really easy for McMahon to let Grisham's son ride the pine in order to kiss *** to one of the wealthy alumni. Hell it's a common practice to give those spots on the end of the bench to the kids of former players and such.
Don't misunderstand. I agree with Iupe being allowed to sit, and I think it was ridiculous that McMahon wouldn't let Grisham sit. What does it hurt? It's just a walkon spot.
Logan Power's sister was not only a Diamond Girl, but she was also MSU's HC queen.
And I think Jake Morgan's brother was a drum major at MSU. (Or at least he's related)
And I think Jake Morgan's brother was a drum major at MSU. (Or at least he's related)
is that the roster limits are going to keep us from doing that. In baseball we're going to have eight spots for walk-ons, and it would be crazy if there were eight legacies in any particular year.
But here's the bad thing about the baseball players- most of the guys we have mentioned were/are good productive players. Many of the Mississippians were Dandy Dozen and were very good in high school. It's not like these were guys that no one knew about that just happened to be relatives of former MSU baseball players.
That makes it much worse to me.
It would be like Notre Dame not recruiting Nick Montana. It's stupid. These players should be fish in the barrell when it comes to recruiting.
But here's the bad thing about the baseball players- most of the guys we have mentioned were/are good productive players. Many of the Mississippians were Dandy Dozen and were very good in high school. It's not like these were guys that no one knew about that just happened to be relatives of former MSU baseball players.
That makes it much worse to me.
It would be like Notre Dame not recruiting Nick Montana. It's stupid. These players should be fish in the barrell when it comes to recruiting.
Tell possibly our richest alum to 17 himself because his books suck. Are you that stupid?
For the record, I can't stand his books either. But the SOB is loaded and we aren't exactly rolling in cash.
For the record, I can't stand his books either. But the SOB is loaded and we aren't exactly rolling in cash.
Jackson Posey as well. However, IMO there is a slim chance that he plays 3rd base in college. He's a big kid at 6'4 and will probably need to move to 1st base, LF or RF in college. I don't know if he's agile enough to play 3rd base in the SEC although I certainly could be wrong. Has a good arm though and also pitches. As a sophomore he was strictly a DH and is one heck of a hitter.