Carroll has hired Northland's head coach to take over the baseball program.
http://www.midwestconference.org/news/2013/6/25/BB_0625132054.aspx

Looks like a good move to me.

Carroll job is posted and it looks like they have some additional duties attached to make it full time.

http://www.carrollu.edu/campus/employment/pdf/HeadBasebal%20Coach1213-092_13.pdf

If I understand right they were able to find funds to make it essentially a full-time position. Using adjunct courses and some other funds. Doesn't look like it is posted yet. Guess the luxury of being a private school is you don't have to jump through the hoops that a public school would. How about a former Notre Dame and professional player who lives in the area and isn't really doing something full time?

Just curious what term I could have used that had been better in your opinion?

BTW, you will note my first post said he was "released". That could be fired or it could be at his request. I really don't know which, I just new there was a change. I think people made some assumptions about what the word released meant, but I chose it carefully.

Didn't have a reason to post here and when I was critical of this very person I was taken to task. Seems I may have been vindicated on that one, but don't know for sure. That said, had I not posted here would you have known this information? Or don't you want to know what is going on with teams?

I don't know that I will hear reasons until sometime next week...but frankly after watching him in action a couple of years ago this is not a shock to me.

They have named the football offensive coordinator Peter Jennings the interim coach.

The previous coach, Jason Kosanke, resigned after the season was over. This was Hassel's third season there.

And I do have to admit, I am one who is smiling. The people I feel sorry for are last year's seniors who got cut by Hassel after three years on the team.

The word came from one of the Seniors on the team. They don't know much but are scheduled for practice today when they expect to learn more.

Derek Hassell has apparently been released as Carroll coach. Don't know who is stepping in as yet.

BTW, one thing I did want to clarify, I have been led to believe that they have found funds so that between adjunct teaching and other funds the head coach position is full time.

BTW-to say I am hiding behind my user name is a bit disingenuous.  All you have to do is look at my user name and you can see my e-mail and see who I am.

You know that you and I have had conversations about this at the time.   Further, I did try and talk with Coach Hassell last year via e-mail originally and got a total brush-off.  He made no attempt whatsoever to engage parents at any time.  Now maybe that was because he knew he was going to let virtually all of the players loose at the end of the year.  I also had conversation with the Carroll AD about issues that I saw.  What I said was backed up with documentation.

Frankly, the Carroll program needed a change under Kosanke, and I think the players were excited about the change.  I just think that they expected that they would get a chance to compete and contribute and it didn't occur.

I was responding to the poster saying that the players quit last year.  That wasn't true at all.

I notice you haven't refuted any of my points because you can't they are accurate. 

If you want the respect of your players you do the little things...you honor your seniors, you try and keep guys who have been with the program for 3 years around for their fourth (my son would not have been included in this group as he as only there for two), you sit down with your players and explain why they aren't playing and what they can do to improve, when you play a D1 or D2 school you take all of the players along so they can see what that experience is like, you keep accurate records of all of your games so that when you post statistics they are correct.  You try and keep your bench players involved, whether it is charting pitches, keeping a book, getting them some "garbage" time in the game, or giving them a spot start in case you have to rely on them sometime during the season.

As I said, time will tell this year.  Maybe his relationship with the players will be better now that they are players he recruited, that is what I said at the end of my post.  You are right, they did win their last four.  We will see what that means down the road. 

The complacency last year was largely the coach.  The kids on the team wanted to win, and felt they could win, but he made it clear from early on that he had no interest in this particular group of players....early on in the season the word was that they had "better enjoy the year because there were 17 recruits coming in to take their places".  Hard to play for a coach when that is his attitude about you.  He had his favorites.  One player made all conference as a utility player.  That player was clearly a favorite.  He finished fourth in the team in hitting, struck out 7 more times than any other player on the team, did finish second in RBIs and tied for 3rd in RBIs.  He also led the team in errors with 18, and an ERA of over 9.  But he was loved by the coach, made every start and somehow got all conference.  The players saw this.  Hard to support something like that.

Maybe things will be better now that he has "his" players.  Hope so.

Frankly I am not convinced that there is a big talent difference between UW-M and the big three WIAC schools.

So far they are 0-5.  After watching the Coach last year I don't know if he has the patience to wait a few years.