Brass Cannon Posted July 2, 2018 Posted July 2, 2018 A buddy who played college baseball thinks we just upgraded coaches in short term. Long term is recruiting doesnt drop off Class of '66 Old Fart, thebigweave, mdn82 and 1 other 4 Quote
mdn82 Posted July 2, 2018 Posted July 2, 2018 Dude this hire is being universally praised. Like, no one other than you is complaining. He is an awesome coach. And I think that makes him the second highest paid coach in the conference.Lol he has no clue on this. He just wants to manufacture reasons to ***** about Glass. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app johnsoniu, moyemayhem, thebigweave and 1 other 4 Quote
mdn82 Posted July 2, 2018 Posted July 2, 2018 Fred is doing a good job. His only mistake was hiring Allen without a coaching search. He might be OK there but it remains to be seen. Back on subject. Really excited about Mercer.For sure fair. I like what Allen is doing but that hire was rushed. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app Quote
TXHoosierDaddy Posted July 3, 2018 Posted July 3, 2018 This is an A+ hire for IU baseball. I wanted either Mercer or Duncan. I really believe we upgraded coaches as a few have mentioned. Glass has made a few mistakes most notably keeping Crean too long. But he has made two great hires now in Archie and Mercer imo. mdn82, ALASKA HOOSIER, thebigweave and 2 others 5 Quote
Dalton26 Posted July 3, 2018 Posted July 3, 2018 Love this hire!Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mamasa and mdn82 2 Quote
LamarCheeks Posted July 3, 2018 Posted July 3, 2018 When I pored over the list of realistic candidates, Mercer was the guy I liked best. ... Then again, I thought Tom Crean was a good hire back in 2008, so what the hell do I know! ALASKA HOOSIER, MemphisHoosier, mdn82 and 1 other 2 2 Quote
LamarCheeks Posted July 3, 2018 Posted July 3, 2018 1 hour ago, TXHoosierDaddy said: This is an A+ hire for IU baseball. I wanted either Wright or Duncan. I really believe we upgraded coaches as a few have mentioned. Glass has made a few mistakes most notably keeping Crean too long. But he has made two great hires now in Archie and Wright imo. Wright? Quote
Popular Post Class of '66 Old Fart Posted July 3, 2018 Popular Post Posted July 3, 2018 Pretty good endorsement. mamasa, mdn82, MemphisHoosier and 6 others 9 Quote
WayneFleekHoosier Posted July 3, 2018 Posted July 3, 2018 Wright? Probably Mercer from WRIGHT state Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app Quote
Indy Posted July 3, 2018 Posted July 3, 2018 9 hours ago, TXHoosierDaddy said: This is an A+ hire for IU baseball. I wanted either Wright or Duncan. I really believe we upgraded coaches as a few have mentioned. Glass has made a few mistakes most notably keeping Crean too long. But he has made two great hires now in Archie and Wright imo. Absolutely agree with this on so many levels. One of the things I think we are really going to love is how aggressive Mercer will make this team on the base paths. If not immediately then we will certainly see it once he brings his guys on board through recruiting. I think it would have been a colossal mistake to bring back a guy that already left the program once, so I'm very happy we didn't see Glass go Smith, vol 2 with this hire. Now we just have to hope that Mercer is a guy that can not only sustain the program's continued momentum, but also want to be the guy to stick around and continue Indiana baseball to the next level. I'd hope after about ten years of success that this program has finally established itself as not only the best of the Big 10, but one that can stay atop that lofty perch. TXHoosierDaddy, Class of '66 Old Fart, southsidehoosier and 2 others 5 Quote
Popular Post Me So Hornsby Posted July 3, 2018 Popular Post Posted July 3, 2018 Sign me up for that attitude Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app mdn82, southsidehoosier, Hardwood83 and 7 others 10 Quote
LamarCheeks Posted July 3, 2018 Posted July 3, 2018 Looks like he had a baby a couple weeks back (or technically, his wife did). Hope we will be seeing young Grady in cream & crimson duds out at Kaufman Field for years to come. (And I guess his parents live in or near Bloomington -- free babysitting!). mamasa, southsidehoosier, HoosierAloha and 2 others 5 Quote
southsidehoosier Posted July 3, 2018 Posted July 3, 2018 20 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said: Looks like he had a baby a couple weeks back (or technically, his wife did). Hope we will be seeing young Grady in cream & crimson duds out at Kaufman Field for years to come. (And I guess his parents live in or near Bloomington -- free babysitting!). Always nice to have the grandparents near Bloomington as an extra pull. Quote
TXHoosierDaddy Posted July 3, 2018 Posted July 3, 2018 3 hours ago, WayneFleekHoosier said: Probably Mercer from WRIGHT state Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app Yep, clearly I was typing too fast with excitement over this! Quote
Aaron Posted July 3, 2018 Posted July 3, 2018 Traveling for a couple weeks so this will be my only post for a bit but had to chime in on hire. From what I can tell this guy can actually develop players sending tons of unheralded low major guys to the draft. Imagine what he can do with better talent. Appears he also can recruit signing first top 100 class in WSU history. Basically he has all of Lemonis' pluses without his minuses. Also being from Indiana hopefully he can be our Dan Mcdonnell and see us through to the top for a long time. I cannot find anything wrong with this hire and think Lemonis leaving got us a better coach (Lemonis is good with flaws and Mercer like Tracy Smith can do it all and is complete coach). Throughout this proccess Tracy Smith was the mythical unicorn much like Billy Donovan was during basketball. Since getting unicorns is impossible Glass raided Dayton again and got the prettiest horse available that does exist. Great hire. I'm exited. MemphisHoosier 1 Quote
Me So Hornsby Posted July 4, 2018 Posted July 4, 2018 So if anyone can find where these are for sale I would be eternally grateful Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app HoosierAloha and 8bucks 2 Quote
goonaha Posted July 5, 2018 Posted July 5, 2018 On 7/2/2018 at 5:46 PM, Iugradman said: IU went the cheap route again. They do that for every sport except men’s basketball. IU could win national championships in football, basketball, baseball, and soccer and you would complain that they didn't win in swimming and that Glass is too cheap with the swimming program. mdn82, TXHoosierDaddy, thebigweave and 1 other 4 Quote
Class of '66 Old Fart Posted July 5, 2018 Posted July 5, 2018 Rogers is the managing editor d1baseball.com Kendall RogersVerified account @KendallRogers COACHING NEWS | @IndianaBase is going to make a strong assistant coach hire. Hearing @UCF_Baseball pitching coach and former Wright State assistant Justin Parker is headed to #Indiana. Strong get for Jeff Mercer. IUsafety, mamasa, thebigweave and 1 other 4 Quote
Brass Cannon Posted July 5, 2018 Posted July 5, 2018 33 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said: Rogers is the managing editor d1baseball.com Kendall RogersVerified account @KendallRogers COACHING NEWS | @IndianaBase is going to make a strong assistant coach hire. Hearing @UCF_Baseball pitching coach and former Wright State assistant Justin Parker is headed to #Indiana. Strong get for Jeff Mercer. One of the best signs of a strong program is high quality assistants. Great to hear. thebigweave 1 Quote
LamarCheeks Posted July 5, 2018 Posted July 5, 2018 49 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said: Rogers is the managing editor d1baseball.com Kendall RogersVerified account @KendallRogers COACHING NEWS | @IndianaBase is going to make a strong assistant coach hire. Hearing @UCF_Baseball pitching coach and former Wright State assistant Justin Parker is headed to #Indiana. Strong get for Jeff Mercer. I don't know enough about this hire to offer an opinion, but it sure seems like I recall reading that several folks here liked Kyle Bunn. ... Guess Mercer just wanted his own guy, because it seems like Bunn might have been willing to stay. Wasn't he the interim coach after Lemonis left? Quote
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