Interesting but unsubstantiated rumor has it that Jody Davis has applied for the Wheaton job.

Was it  Mike Quade'.

The posts about "Gaski'sound eerily familiar to....

Tied for third; but, lost the tiebreaker with every team in front of them.

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Quote from: BigPoppa on May 30, 2012, 01:03:10 PM
Any ideas of who could be the next head coach at Wheaton?

I am hearing Neal Reasland

I hinted at this earlier, but at the top of Wheaton's wish list (and by a wide margin) will be Steve Duncan of WashU (Wheaton '02).  Duncan is a young, intense, highly driven competitor.  He is in a great situation at WashU, so luring him to Wheaton will be difficult.  Duncan was a assistant on two Johns Hopkins World Series teams. He took WashU to the regionals in his second season this year with a very strong first recruiting class and only 3 seniors.   

After Duncan, I have no idea.

Agree that Duncan would be a huge upgrade.

Quote from: Ralph Turner on May 30, 2012, 10:07:57 PM
From my outside observation of Coach Driggers, he and his family lived the lives compatible and respectful of Wheaton life and moral codes, but the players that he brought to McMurry were a bit rougher than the Wheaton mold.  Maybe that explains the success at McMurry.

Put quite frankly, I take a lot of offense when people try and make the comment that Chrisitan athletes aren't tough or successful. We display emotion, we are intense and we as hard as possible to be successful. Someone referenced Bill Harris (Wheaton Basketball) as someone who could display intensity in the right way.  Another example is Mike Singletary. There are many other examples I could give but I don't want to turn this into a religious discussion. And yes, before someone mentions this I could be accussed of (and probably deservingly so) of being unchristian in expressing my dissatisfaction at how the program has been run. Being a christian does not mean we are meek. Being a christian does not mean we can't excel at our endeavors. No serious athlete (christian or not) will ever accept losing as being a part of their life. Your assessment of why McMurry may have been more successful is a missplaced statement. You also make the assessment that every Wheaton student comes from a privileged background. Again, another false assessment. Sure some come from money but that does not apply to every student athlete.

Quote from: BigPoppa on May 30, 2012, 09:17:16 PM
There is no way Luke Johnson lands at Wheaton!!! Doesn't fit the mold there and would not recruit Wheaton-like ball players. I doubt he'd make it through the move in process before the first alum complaint arrived.

This is obvious. We just want someone with the baseball saavy and drive that Johnson displays.

Granted Johnson might be a little rough for Wheaton. I guess we just would like someone that displays a little passion. I have seen Johnson play those mind games with opponents. I guess when I see him, I see a coach you hate if you play against him but love if you play for him.

Take away the profanity and I have no issue with someone who has coaches with passion and can be rough on his players. Players don't need to be babied, they need to be pushed to get better. From what I saw of Johnson, he was always thinking ahead, he had his players backs and was not afraid to take chances to succeed. This is what I mean when I say a coach of Johnson's nature would have helped Wheaton to be more successful. I have seen enough CCIW games to understand it is a tough conference. However, it is a conference that Wheaton could have been very successful in over the past few years. They should have been in the playoffs at least two of the last three years. 

The talent was there. The team had two All Americans (Martin and Golz) this year and one player (Zeller) that was previously named an All American. Combine this with another player(Mller) that was two time all region. Another player that was a quality starter (Rahn) and another all conference player (Swider).

Mr. Y.   Driggers'success came with Elder's players. While I would love to go into specifics about why Wheaton can do better I don't want to go further down the path of negativity.  I have gone too far already.

Give us s coach with a little fire in his belly. This years team as well as three previous two years had plenty of talent and should have been much better and should have been in the tourney. If Wheaton had had Johnson as coach I believe they would have made regionals. This is based on their cuurent talent level and knowledge that Johnson can recruit.

Quote from: BigPoppa on May 30, 2012, 01:03:10 PM
Any ideas of who could be the next head coach at Wheaton?

I am hearing Neal Reasland

Mr Sager I am actually a North Park fan too. I wish Wheaton would have done half the things NP has done with their baseball team. Starting with a head coach that actually cared about the team. My points made in previous posts are only made to debunk some of the points made about Wheaton and the previous tenure. They could have had much better teams except for mismanagement.

Let's face the truth... Baseball is always the stepchild at any school. Are there any other sports where the players have to maintain the field?  No revenue means no money spent on facilities unless there are significant contributions. 

As for earlier comments about maybe Wheaton will be more accepting of the new coach,  I really don't understand where that is coming from. Acceptance is a two way street. Forced out? Really? He took a job that had been open for less than a month. Does this mean that East Texas had someone (Driggers) in mind and forced their coach out?  Strange timing for all actions that have happened. I do not believe that Wheaton was in any way knew this resignation was coming.

Mr. Sager, not looking for sympathy in any way. I know the main donor was not part of the "Wheaton" family. Yes he was able to poke into deep pockets. Don't forget there are many players that have parents with deep pockets. I merely was pointing out that Wheaton was not going to buy any property and by the way there really is not property around Wheaton College to by anyway. Just like there is no property to buy around North Park.

My points about property, field and team performance are made merely to point out that Mr. Driggers was not the "savior" many thought he was going to be. The field may have improved but the team performance digressed. The next sign he gives from third base will be exceed the total he gave over the four years at Wheaton.

The football field at Wheaton would not be real conducive to adding a diamond. They do not have the excess space in the same format that North Park does. IE, there isn't a lot of additional space outside of the sidelines on the football field. The dimensions would be worse than North Park.