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Well, what do you think is going to happen in Sept., when the team meets and half of them aren't there from last year? You think Veazey is going to ask about that? Being the closet Rebel he is, you're darn sure he is. What about the fact that we've signed about 20 guys for next year and lose 10, with a roster limit of 35? Don't you think that people would want to know why he has signed so many guys?


Please, step away from your bubble. This isn't the YMCA where we are obligated to make sure that everyone has a good sports experience. I bet that some of the players that get cut take it better than some of the people that are defending them for whatever reason. And you know what? When they get cut, the sun's going to come up tommorrow. They'll be fine. They'll either go to a JUCO, and then try to move to the next level or they'll go somewhere like Arkansas State or Delta State, and things will be fine there. This may be the best thing that happened to them, sure it looks bad, but more often than not, things work out for the best.

Understand that baseball at this level is about winning. Polk has poisoned our fans into thinking that it's about random chance and making sure that we get guys that look like good college boys who somehow are subjectively "classier" than say, the players from LSU because they don't get excited when they do something good or pump their fists or cuss from time to time. If that's what you think baseball is, you're wrong. And Polk was wrong to. If you notice, there's a scoreboard in the outfield, and until they take it down, getting a higher number of runs than the other team is all that matters to me. And it should be all that matters when you're playing baseball. Winning. Everything else is excuses and bullshit.

And you know what? If they can't handle being told that blowing an eight run lead isn't acceptable, to their face, to the media, or through a <17> owegie board- I don't care, then they don't need to be at Mississippi State, or anything else involving the SEC. And shit, I know Kinneson wouldn't accept that at Delta State. If they don't want the coach to say that they're bad or stay with the program, maybe they should have performed better. And if anyone says- "Well they did the best that they can"- well if that's their best, then they need to leave. Their best ain't good enough.

And all of this "Well, him talking bad about the players will hurt recruiting" is bullshit. If it is, tell me why we have three pitchers that can throw in the 90's as recruits in this current class? Tell me why we have a guy that hit 20 home runs in Alabama in this class? Tell me why we have a guy that went 15-0 for a HS in Alabama this year and single handedly took his team to the Championship round? Tell me why we have one of the top juniors as a verbal commitment and a guy, who I think is the top junior Kaleb Barlow visiting SBW saying he is "very interested" in MSU?

I'll tell you what's hurting MSU- is the loser mentality of fans who think that a player will do better if you "tell him he is good". What's hurting MSU is the loser mentality of fans who feel the urge to e-mail Cohen for yellling at a player, even though they have no clue why Cohen is yelling at the player. It couldn't possibly be because the guy screwed up. I mean, the guy did read Polk's book. It's just the damn loser mentality period.

If you want championships, you have to work hard and you have to have talent. None of this other bullshit.

Peace.