Head Baseball Coach
- Thread starter ewglenn
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Potential was shown and I'm good with a chance given. Barring the contract being reasonable...ie buyout.
I saw some bright spots but I need to see the contract. He didn’t really do much to warrant it outside of going 2-2 in the conference tournament.
Wins this season:
25-30 VCU
26-30 SEMO
8-40 St Bonaventure (x4)
37-24 Evansville (1-2 lost series)
21-34 TN Tech
33-26 WKU
16-34 FIU (x3)
36-24 Lipscomb (1-1)
21-37 Rice
39-20 Belmont
28-31 LT (2-2 one win came in tournament)
45-14 DBU (1-2 lost series)
17-36 UAB
38-19 UTSA (1-3 win came in tournament)
25-30 VCU
26-30 SEMO
8-40 St Bonaventure (x4)
37-24 Evansville (1-2 lost series)
21-34 TN Tech
33-26 WKU
16-34 FIU (x3)
36-24 Lipscomb (1-1)
21-37 Rice
39-20 Belmont
28-31 LT (2-2 one win came in tournament)
45-14 DBU (1-2 lost series)
17-36 UAB
38-19 UTSA (1-3 win came in tournament)
Was only above .500 2 out of 6 years at ODU. Of course he coached at South Carolina and that is a prerequisite. 7 years as a HC and 5 of them he finished under .500. Awful hire without looking elsewhere.
Not surprised, more than a little numb to this stuff.
Hope it works out, but won't be shocked if nothing really changes. Because everyday and every season is groundhog day. Rinse and repeat.
Hope it works out, but won't be shocked if nothing really changes. Because everyday and every season is groundhog day. Rinse and repeat.
Man I am getting beat up on Twitter questioning the hire. Am I missing something? Not overly impressed outside of the fact he followed me back almost immediately.
You all realize that our leaders don't even try? Every decision is the least path of resistance. Here was my reaction to this before it even happened...
No. His record speaks for itself. They didn't even try.
I hope we are all wrong and he ends up being a home run hire. For all we know he could have learned a lot from his stint at ODU and since then. I just think open it up and see what else is out there before doing this.
This seems to be pretty much their standard operating procedure in most cases. The instances where there has been an effort put forth in coaching hires, the record has not been particularly good. Any success there is based on luck than identification of a candidate that can build a program and has demonstrated that.
I hope Meyer can be successful. I have no particular ill will towards him, but it does not inspire excitement or any expectations. Maybe that's the intent, the message. We have people that don't want to get out of their comfort zone. Forget about a Championship culture. If it happens, it's luck and an indvidual coach's hard work, nothing else.
Yeah this one is my first big hire as a fan and it really leaves a lot to be desired. At a minimum they should have been interviewing other candidates. The team did have some bright spots this year but I’m not optimistic about the future. I am hoping for the best but expecting more .500 seasons.
Gamecock website says that he is a great guy but is more of an introvert and that is not conducive for recruiting. He must hire some dynamic assistants to have success in recrruiting. Has Massaro released anything as to why he was hired, especially in regards to recruiting?
They really glossed over the fact he was a head coach at ODU (the most important part of a resume). 😂 You cannot make this stuff up.
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Interim Tag Removed from Head Coach Jerry Meyers - Middle Tennessee State University Athletics
Middle Tennessee Baseball head coach Jerry Meyers has had the interim tag removed from his title.
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This athletic department has years of experience putting lipstick on a pig.
No.
People like nice guys. At MT, being nice and having Carolina ties means more than winning.
People like to give him the excuse of a weak pitching staff. They fail to acknowledge that weakness occurred on his watch as pitching coach. Compare the pitching with Meyers here vs Bunn (who just got fired at Houston).
What we needed was an excellent recruiter as HC, to rehire Bunn as pitching coach, and keep Nichols as hitting coach.
Instead, we got the easy hire. We know how this ends. Five years from now Meyers will be a juco coach after a ~.500 career at MT.
Of all the damn SEC programs to choose to latch on to, MTSU chooses South Effin' Carolina. Just a bit better than Vandy. Who is MTSU going to latch onto next? Maybe a Big10 school? Lets latch onto Rutgers!
Does anyone know if we even interviewed anyone else? Seemed like this was decided without even considering anyone else. This hire is completely irrational at any other school but this one.
I'm not sure if it was even posted, but then who follows policies or regulations?
Athletics are not taken seriously at Middle Tennessee. Just accept it. You all know its true.
I guess it's a good thing that I've learned to stop caring about this place, because I can only imagine how the transgressions of our "leadership" would continue to boil my blood if I did.
As I watched the Tennessee - Southern Miss Super Regional in Hattiesburg (could you imagine hosting UT for a Super Regional??), and watching them be just one strike away from the College World Series, I think about the path this program was on and where it is now. I think back to that 2009 season when MT won 44 games. At that time MT was making its 13th appearance in the NCAA Tournament. Southern Miss was making just its 10th but advanced to its first ever CWS that year. Since that 2009 season, USM has been to nine NCAA Tournaments with two regional championships. MT hasn't been back since. At all.
And the guy who failed to do it at Old Dominion is going to do it here??
Just another example of clown show going on in Cope and Murphy. SMDH
As I watched the Tennessee - Southern Miss Super Regional in Hattiesburg (could you imagine hosting UT for a Super Regional??), and watching them be just one strike away from the College World Series, I think about the path this program was on and where it is now. I think back to that 2009 season when MT won 44 games. At that time MT was making its 13th appearance in the NCAA Tournament. Southern Miss was making just its 10th but advanced to its first ever CWS that year. Since that 2009 season, USM has been to nine NCAA Tournaments with two regional championships. MT hasn't been back since. At all.
And the guy who failed to do it at Old Dominion is going to do it here??
Just another example of clown show going on in Cope and Murphy. SMDH
People have failed as HC at one stop and succeeded at another. Not defending the hire, but that does happen. I just wish they had opened it up to other candidates.
Never forget this either: Massaro wanted to hire Watson Brown as his first major hire when he became AD. Thank god Watson didn't take the job, unless you want to argue he would have at least gotten himself fired in 3-4 years and possibly Massaro in the process.
It's the blind leading the blind leading the blind at MTSU. And they will never acknowledge that despite blunder after blunder. We are all just a bunch of idiot internet guys in their minds. LOL.
McPhee and Smith/BOT clearly know what they're doing!
