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DerHntr	Poll: How does Polk react if Raffo is not hired as head coach?		Lead	[-]
Posts: 1049 05/05/08 01:07 PM	Tags : None Just curious about your thoughts on the situation. It is going to be very interesting to see how Polk handles it if Greg does not obey his orders. I am sure I missed an option or two but didn't want the poll to be too long. So, what other actions do you see him taking in the case of a non-Raffo hire? How does Polk react if Raffo is not hired as head coach? (Total Votes: 66) - Closed A. Welcome the new coach publicly and make his transition as smooth as possible but basically step out of the way unless asked for help. (9 / 13.6%) B. Welcome the new coach publicly and wish him good luck but not offer support for a smooth transition. (9 / 13.6%) C. Welcome the new coach publicly but sabbotage him privately. (5 / 7.6%) D. Publicly state that the new coach is not the man for the job and that he should keep Raffo on unless he wants to see complete failure in the program. (25 / 37.9%) E. Say nothing at all and simply walk away with what dignity he has left. (18 / 27.3%) If you're on a message board you are part of the problem. --- Berry Tramel @ The Oklahoman
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Todd4State		#1	[url]	[-]
Posts: 880 05/05/08 01:22 PM	He has already done D.
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DerHntr		#2	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1050 05/05/08 01:29 PM	true he has but i am not sure if he would go through with it again if Raffo is not hired. i would think Raffo had suffered enough through this process at that point. but who knows... Polk could write a damn book about it. If you're on a message board you are part of the problem. --- Berry Tramel @ The Oklahoman
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Paper Dog	Polk knows Raffo is not the man	#3	[url]	[-]
Posts: 736 05/05/08 01:46 PM	Anyone that has seen any of the games this year......and Polk has finished 43 of the 49......knows Raffo isn't happening
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DerHntr		#4	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1051 05/05/08 01:53 PM	he may know that raffo isn't happening but that still doesn't mean he isn't going to act an ass when his wishes aren't adhered to. i personally chose option B and I hope it happens that way. i would rather there be no real continuity between this year's program and next. we need a clean break. If you're on a message board you are part of the problem. --- Berry Tramel @ The Oklahoman
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Porkchop	You are presuming a rational approach to the issue.	#5	[url]	[-]
Posts: 344 05/05/08 02:11 PM Louis Winthorpe III	I don't think that applies here. Go Dogs!
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Shmuley	In an interesting twist ...	#6	[url]	[-]
Posts: 147 05/05/08 02:11 PM	I heard from a former player recently that Cohen cooled somewhat when he was told the position was being offered to someone willing to make a "clean break" from the past. Apparently Cohen has misgivings about being this program's Ray Perkins.
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patdog		#7	[url]	[-]
Posts: 7441 05/05/08 02:14 PM	DerHntr wrote: true he has but i am not sure if he would go through with it again if Raffo is not hired. Yeah. Because if there's one thing Polk has shown us, it's that he knows when to quit beating a dead horse.
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RebelBruiser	I think the better question is...	#8	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1650 05/05/08 03:55 PM Not that there's anything wrong with that	Is there any chance Polk doesn't cause a scene WHEN Raffo is not hired. I'm almost 100% positive that Byrne is going to find someone else for the job. And I'm also pretty confident that Polk will let out a pretty good rant of some sort. Maybe he'll even go so far as to ask the university to take his name off the stadium, so it can just be Dement Stadium. Judging by the way he's acted so far (like a little child), I'd say that it's much more likely that he does something childish and embarassing than for him to step aside, congratulate the new coach on the hire, and step off into the sunset as a gentleman. I'm anxious to see how it plays out. I really feel like it's a ticking time bomb waiting to go off once Byrne makes the official announcement.
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Todd4State	Pat McMahon	#9	[url]	[-]
Posts: 883 05/05/08 04:05 PM	Shmuley wrote: Apparently Cohen has misgivings about being this program's Ray Perkins. was our Ray Perkins. Polk II is our Mike Shula with dementia.
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Todd4State	I think he will do something	#10	[url]	[-]
Posts: 884 05/05/08 04:16 PM	no question about it. Knowing Polk, he will whine from the time the season ends until the announcement is made in June or July. I don't think Polk will take the name off of the stadium because of his ego. He wants people to remember him no matter what, and his ego takes precedent over Raffo. Look at what's going on right now. He should have stepped aside and let Raffo coach on an interim basis, but he has to pick up his parting gifts and get his ovations despite the fact that he already got them in 1997. At least Byrne can ask his Dad how to handle firing someone without Polk's approval- a la Mark Johnson. Oh, and another tidbit about Cohen and Byrne- guess who Cohen replaced at UK? Keith Madison, who used to be MSU's pitching coach and is also a Polk protege. There are a lot of things going on here.
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DerHntr		#11	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1052 05/05/08 05:09 PM	if the son of a bitch holds a press conference over the non-raffo hire I am going to be pissed. if he writes a new manifesto geared specifically to kill byrne in the eyes of the cigar boys and more prominent, contributing alumni I am going to be pissed (especially if it works). if he does anything at all i hope it is only a parting comment to a reporter. the thing that makes me the angriest about all of this is that it has pitted a bunch of bulldogs against each other. raffo may not deserve the available job (or at least that point is debatable for some) but he clearly does not deserve the situation that polk has put him in. it is one thing to vouch for someone and try to help them get a promotion. it is another all together to force the issue. If you're on a message board you are part of the problem. --- Berry Tramel @ The Oklahoman
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Todd4State	I don't think he can hold a press conference	#12	[url]	[-]
Posts: 886 05/05/08 06:53 PM	Anything he says would be through another reporter or someone like Gene. Ultimately, it will have the same effect as bitching to the NCAA. So, let him bitch away. As long as we're winning, I don't really care what he does. Last Edited By: Todd4State 05/05/08 06:56 PM. Edited 1 time.
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dawgoneyall	I just don't see E. happening.	#13	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1585 05/05/08 06:54 PM	.
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ExtremeDog	Like A Grade A Asshole	#14	[url]	[-]
Posts: 2213 05/05/08 09:00 PM Eternal Pessimist	He will be Ron Polk, Mr. Egotistical assbag himself!!
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thetruth08	Raffo	#15	[url]	[-]
Posts: 21 05/05/08 09:33 PM	Raffo WILL be the next coach
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DerHntr		#16	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1058 05/05/08 09:37 PM	first hand knowledge or just your opinion? If you're on a message board you are part of the problem. --- Berry Tramel @ The Oklahoman
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State82	If that happens, we have much bigger....	#17	[url]	[-]
Posts: 444 05/05/08 09:39 PM	problems than the future of the baseball program. It will mean we have hired a complete idiot to head up our athletic department.
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thetruth08		#18	[url]	[-]
Posts: 23 05/05/08 09:40 PM	He will be the next coach somewhere
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KurtRambis4	but if we don't hire	#19	[url]	[-]
Posts: 2562 05/05/08 09:55 PM	polk, who's gonna keep the diamond girls program together??? +1 for ronny's archive and no capitalization
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inthedawghouse	I have talked...	#20	[url]	[-]
Posts: 105 05/05/08 10:10 PM	to him personally. If Raffo is not hired, he wants his name removed from the stadium and he will sell his real estate and move to Arizona. From his own mouth.
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Poll: How does Polk react if Raffo is not hired as head coach?	05/05/08 01:07 PM	DerHntr
Re: Poll: How does Polk react if Raffo is not hired as head coach?	05/05/08 01:22 PM	Todd4State
Re: Poll: How does Polk react if Raffo is not hired as head coach?	05/05/08 01:29 PM	DerHntr
Polk knows Raffo is not the man	05/05/08 01:46 PM	Paper Dog
Re: Poll: How does Polk react if Raffo is not hired as head coach?	05/05/08 01:53 PM	Der