Are we just going to continue on and on and on with what we have? Any chance we'll make changes so that this great baseball I'm watching at regionals across the country might include Louisiana Tech?
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Are we just going to continue on and on and on with what we have? Any chance we'll make changes so that this great baseball I'm watching at regionals across the country might include Louisiana Tech?
Sim's buyout will be cut in half on July 1. At this point, there's no sense in firing Sim before then.
Finding a new head baseball coach should be one of the first things Guice does when he takes over.
I think he'll let the new AD find a new baseball coach.Originally Posted by Dawg06
More stupidity in contract writing. Any coaching buyout should be set as of the end of the sport season and not tied to a specific date, especially not a date 44 days after the end of the season.
Looks like its tied to the fiscal year.
I'm an asshole! What's your excuse?
We need to take a look at the UCA coach. They had a great year and just lost in the regional finals at Miss. State. They actually won three games at Miss. State this year. They also beat Ok. State. He coached at Southern Arkansas for 5 years before coming to UCA. http://ucasports.com/coaches.aspx?rc=161&path=baseball
Last edited by DONW; 06-03-2013 at 11:18 PM.
Amazing how Wichita State is prepared to fire the 2nd winningest active (also all-time) coach with a year left on his contract after an MVC championship 39-win season and a regional appearance while Tech does nothing. And using the July 1 changes as the reason for not already having pulled the trigger is a completely bogus excuse.
Last edited by RealityCheck; 06-04-2013 at 12:46 AM.
I believe our totally lame duck administration is a good excuse.
Agree with your statement.
We can do even better than that, if we will just pony up for the program, but will have to match that to women's athletics to do that.
Wichita State did fire Gene Stephenson today. This man took the WSU program from nothing to seven CWSs, numerous Super Regionals, etc. Did tremendous fundraising resulting in some of the best baseball facilities in the country. Says he would like to continue coaching and hopes someone will be interested.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Stephenson
Wow, Stephenson is a legend. I would love to have him for 3-4 years to right the ship and then get his help on a successor.
Why did WSU fire him?
Basically, WSU has very high exectations for success in their sports programs. Baseball, while still very good, has shown a decline in the past five years from past glory. The school felt it needed some new blood. His firing is a very controversial decision, and I would hate to follow in his footsteps. I would also like to see us get him for a few years to set some higher standards and establish an expectation of winning. He has been making $531,00 a year at WSU.
Do you think it had anything to do with K-State making their first ever Super Regional?
No. WSU was in the same regional as K State. It's not that K State is doing well, it's more that WSU isn't doing as well as they have done in the past. There is a feeling that the program was getting stale.
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