Head Baseball Coach
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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!
Prime example of why I didn't renew my BRAA membership. I tried to give them a chance with Mason, but keeping McD and this mess (and I don't even care that much about baseball) is just too much.
8 of the 10 make the tournament. You're telling me we can't even get ourselves to the conference tourney this year (as of now) after going 0-2 in it last year, and the admin is OK with that?!? I'll take my money elsewhere.
The stupidity will end when the entire athletic department and Board are replaced with competent individuals who desire more than a paycheck and pension.
I doubt they make a change this offseason but if they did I would back the Brinks truck up for Joe Urso at Tampa. He has been there for 24 seasons, his record is 1,007 - 287 - 1 all time with 6 D2 national championships. Thats the type of coaches we should be hiring imo.
This has gotten so bad! They have to let this guy go. If they do not ill just sit back and hopefully out live the athletic department
2024 - (20-36), (8-16)
2025 - (20-28), (5-16)
2023 - “When you look at his total resume, it's very impressive," Director of Athletics Chris Massaro said when Meyers’ interim tag was removed in 2023. "I want our fans to know the success he has enjoyed as a pitching coach, the multiple trips to Omaha and the national championship ring he has earned. I think we have a bright future. You learn a great deal from a coach in the way he fights through adversity. I liked how he handled his team and the way he developed his players."
MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee echoed Massaro's praises of Meyers in 2023. "Our Conference USA tournament run this year was very good, and it says a lot when you are playing your best at postseason time," he said. "Coach Meyers and his staff deserve a lot of credit."
2025 - (20-28), (5-16)
2023 - “When you look at his total resume, it's very impressive," Director of Athletics Chris Massaro said when Meyers’ interim tag was removed in 2023. "I want our fans to know the success he has enjoyed as a pitching coach, the multiple trips to Omaha and the national championship ring he has earned. I think we have a bright future. You learn a great deal from a coach in the way he fights through adversity. I liked how he handled his team and the way he developed his players."
MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee echoed Massaro's praises of Meyers in 2023. "Our Conference USA tournament run this year was very good, and it says a lot when you are playing your best at postseason time," he said. "Coach Meyers and his staff deserve a lot of credit."
The baseball team is very disappointing, probably my most disappointing program.
The state has some really great baseball programs and great baseball talent. Enough to sustain two thriving Natty winners. And Coach Pete had us rolling and we certainly weren't behind the curve in baseball facilities......the ability is there.
I feel like football, for all programs at our level, is going to be really hard to be long term successful year in and year out, so riding the roller coaster is understandable. But relative to our ability to compete in baseball, we should be much better than we are.
The state has some really great baseball programs and great baseball talent. Enough to sustain two thriving Natty winners. And Coach Pete had us rolling and we certainly weren't behind the curve in baseball facilities......the ability is there.
I feel like football, for all programs at our level, is going to be really hard to be long term successful year in and year out, so riding the roller coaster is understandable. But relative to our ability to compete in baseball, we should be much better than we are.
There’s no excuse imo for baseball. Facilities are there, we’ve got the money, good recruiting area. We just need the right coach.
Interesting. Here's another perspective....
You would think that when the Chair of the Board has his name on the damn baseball stadium that they would do better to put baseball back on solid footing and make easily justifiable decisions. It just shows the level of incompetence of what's happening at the University. Aside from WBB and tennis there isn't much that's looked good at this school for a while. I remember thinking back 15 years ago that MT was making yet another NCAA Appearance. And I recall thinking about what a quasi-storied program we had then. That was our 13th NCAA Appearance. At the time more than the Vols. More than Vandy. More than other storied, pedigreed non power schools like Southern Miss, FAU, and Coastal Carolina. That's all flipped now. We haven't been back since. Haven't really been close. And now the program is consistently bringing up the rear. After hiring a coach that couldn't get to the NCAA Tournament in his previous stop as a head coach. I simply just can't get my mind around how these people can be this wrong this often. -MT01 (Apr. '24)
I will put any statement I've made on this board up against any statement that either of those two morons have made, and I would be willing to bet the house mine make more sense than theirs do 99% of the time.
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