Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Mississippi State's Former Skipper Unhappy

Ron Polk is the outgoing Head Baseball Coach for Mississippi State University and he is NOT HAPPY with his replacement. Polk is Mississippi State's winningest coach and the winningest coach in the SEC in all sports. He has just completed his 28th and final season with Mississippi State. During the past 28 years he has led the Bulldogs to a 1116-557-2 record and a record of 1350-669-2 over his entire career. With the hiring of former Kentucky baseball coach John Cohen, Polk has said that he will remove his name from the stadium, remove the banners that display his name and number and have the Mississippi State program removed from his will.

This is certainly not the way to create a smooth transition for the players that you have left behind, regardless of whether your hand-picked successor was passed over for the job.

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