Quote from: fundamentalswin on August 16, 2009, 10:15:58 PM
Who got married?

Eddie, last played varsity in 06, only played fall ball that next school year.  I reread my last post and the whole point of that part was I was planning on asking coach what was going on but he did not show....

^^^ My friend has yet to hear anything despite Coach Hesse saying he'd hear either way so he just assumes he did not get it.  I went to a former players wedding last night and coach was supposed to be there but he did not show.

Quote from: Dr. Acula on August 04, 2009, 02:18:06 PM
Thanks for the update on the asst. coaching search, 08.  From what Gramps posted it sounds like MUC isn't the only one replacing staff members. 

And to answer your question, no I have never played in the alumni game.  By the time I graduated I could barely throw more than an inning because of my elbow so I thought it was probably time to hang it up for good.  I had been pitching since I was 8 and the doc said my arm just had a lot of mileage on it.  I don't have kids, but I would like to be able to throw the ball with them someday without grimacing so I haven't thrown a baseball since my last OAC game years ago.

Wow this sounds a lot like me... I had a very Justin Masterson look to my mechanics and I can't help from my shoulder popping if I throw extensively.  My time at Mount was riddled with too many arm problems, I don't think as you get to your senior year of college your velocity should drop about 10 mph haha...  I did the game last year and threw 3 innings in the alumni game, rather than a sore shoulder I came away with a massive blood blister.

Quote from: Dr. Acula on August 03, 2009, 03:18:05 PM
Bump et al, I found this on youtube.  It sounds like the McPherson and Timken parts will be done in a couple weeks.  The fitness section will be done 9/30 and the fieldhouse will be done mid-October.  Just wanted to pass it along.  We'll see how close to the mark it ends up being!

Timken renovation update

Well that is good news, hopefully I will get to check it out during homecoming weekend.  Dr. Acula do you play in the alumni game? 

Sorry for the absence from the board but I read what I missed and checked with my friend who is a candidate and he confirmed it is Ryan Armstrong.  Speaking of this situation I had mentioned that Hesse wanted to choose the other assistant by the end of last week, well now it is by this Friday so I will keep everyone updated with the latest.

Tinman, welcome to the board.  I checked out the Roy Hobbs team and I think I see your son in there, I graduated 08 so I had one year with him.  Any idea where they want him to play this season?  I know my year on the team with him he was catching then 3rd, then I heard 1st.  With the loss of some key hitters they need his bat in the lineup somewhere..

In the alumni magazine I did recognize one person I knew in the picture of the PA class.  I remember being in some gen ed classes with him and he majored in chemistry I believe.  Here are the requirements for that...

http://www2.muc.edu/Academics/academic_programs/physician_assistant_studies/admission_requirements.aspx

I was shocked to hear the rec center wasn't completed, when my friend went to interview with Coach Hesse.  He said it isn't anywhere close.  I could have swore they targeted next month as the completion date.

Just wanted to update on the Asst. Coach search.  No word from Coach Hesse yet, my friend clarified that he said his last interview was Tuesday and he will decide by the end of the week.  My friend was hopeful he would have heard yesterday.  I guess he is supposed to be getting a call either way the decision goes so I will get a name when the other coach is hired.

I browsed and saw a question about practices at Mount.  The 5 weeks before the season we did 6 days a week as NCAA allows 18 hours a week to practice.  Every day but Tuesday usually goes 6-9 or 8-11.  Tuesday mornings went 5-7:30-7:45.  If you have a 7:45 class you get excused at 7. 

Bump, I wish your son good luck.  Mount is a great school that seems to keep growing.  I can't wait to see the new rec center and welcome center.  It keeps growing now with graduate programs and even engineering programs next fall, try to meet Dr. Geise the president of the school.  He is very personable and a great representative of my alma mater.

Sorry I can't seen to find the edit button but I want to clarify if what I mentioned doesn't seem strange.  Coach Hesse ran track, he was not on Kent's baseball team but rather a grad assistant.

I think it is more of a respect thing.  The guys on the team don't take the head coach serious and while some of it is the usual nit picking of a person in charge, Hesse doesn't really help his case.  He tells stories of when he played for Kent State as a starting outfielder.  He references Bob Todd as if they are best friends.  Coach Hesse is not married or has children but told another coach in Florida that his two sons are off playing division I baseball.

I think he is a very nice person, just not a baseball guy.  He is also the assistant to the AD in the athletic department so I think he isn't someone that ruffles any feathers and doesn't say No to LK very often.  I guess I look at it as Mount has a Romeo Crennel type coach and they need a switch to a disciplinarian like Mangini.  I thought Gilhousen would have taken over the head coaching job within the first 2 years of him coming to Mount but that never came to fruition.

Quote from: inthecrease on July 28, 2009, 10:42:48 PM

Quote from: mucbaseball08 on July 28, 2009, 12:45:28 AM
One of my former teammates and close friends went and interviewed for an assistant coaching job with Coach Hesse this week and he came away with this from the interview.

Quote from: Dr. Acula on July 28, 2009, 01:48:27 AM
Trust me, you're not going to offend anyone on here let alone the other MUC posters.  It's a well documented inside joke that anyone that's ever played there is in on.  But as I've said before, I wouldn't trade the friends I've made and the stories I have for a few wins in college.  Sounds like you're in the same boat.  

We all know how the program is run so sometimes you gotta ask the question of why people are still coming back to coach along side hesse. To quote one of my good friends and former teammates "Everyone bashes him and then they apply 4 a job 2 work under him ... that makes a whole lotta sense..."

I have to agree with him. I need a job, but im not that desparate. Esspecially seeing how other established coaches worked with hesse, why would a young coach with little experience want to attempt to make his name with the purple raiders.

I know what you mean, I'd never want to go work for the man but as 22/23 year olds and my friend wanting to make a career of becoming a baseball coach preferably in the college ranks this is our only in.  Currently he works for a baseball academy in the Cleveland area and coaches a very good freshman in H.S. aged team but would prefer being near a college campus, recruiting and such. 

With us playing for Coach Bunnell I guess my friend saw how he turned a 4 year stint as assistant at Mount to becoming head coach of the Stark County Terriers and now obtaining his masters at North Central so he can soon take over a program of his own.

Quote from: Bump on July 26, 2009, 08:02:02 PM
I didn't know that Coach Ridgley went with Gilhousen to Massillon but it doesn't surprise me. It will be interesting to see how the Massillon baseball program progresses with Gilhousen and the AD's son at the helm. I am not aware of any Stark Co. players going to MU. It seems like Mount usually gets a player or two from Glenoak,  North Canton, Massillon or Lake every year. I wonder if there is any interest in Jeff Wallace as a pitching coach to replace Grove. He has some ties to Alliance and is a good baseball guy.

While I was at Mount I know Jeff Wallace wasn't the biggest fan of jumping through Coach Hesse's hoops.  We were able to use his facility because in return his summer team used our baseball field for home games and summer camps. 

In my two posts please don't think I have any negative feelings towards Mount Union baseball.  They were the best four years of my life but if you were apart of it you know the ineptness of our fearless leader...

Hello everyone,

First post here but I've followed the board for quite some time.  Anyways I am a former Mount Union player and I actually have some answers pertaining to the assistant coach search and some news for the next season.

One of my former teammates and close friends went and interviewed for an assistant coaching job with Coach Hesse this week and he came away with this from the interview.

- Ryan Armstrong, class of 1999 is one of the new assistants for the upcoming season
- My friend is in the final 3, along with 2 other unknown college assistants for the other assistant position and that decision should be made this Wednesday.  Although if you know Hesse he isn't very good at being on time with anything...
- Speaking of Hesse, he will take over pitching coach duties once again.
- Craig Knott has been dismissed from Mount for poor academics, looking to continue playing at a JUCO in Florida.
- Sadly Hesse told my friend that Paul Mariotti was hurt this summer and is going to the Indians team doctor.  Apparently it may cause him to sit out his senior year.  I remember his freshman year he was sidelined with shoulder bursitis
- Lastly someone asked about recruiting.  While Gilhousen was at the school he would rate recruits and prospective players on a scale of 1-5, 5 being the best.  Coach Hesse told my friend that this year the majority of recruits are rated 4/5, this class being the strongest in recent years.  Who is apart of it I do not know, just that Hesse thinks very highly of them.

I'll keep you posted with the coaching update when I find out later this week.