I like to catch as many games as I can in the Metrodome and it always seems like Hamline's assistant coaches are they scouting every game - I see them way more than any other MIAC staff.  Maybe if Verdugo is truly stepping aside he might hand it over to his assistants?  BigPoppa, you must be referring to coach Urdahl from St. Anthony.  Never having done it myself, I can only speculate that making that jump from high school to college is pretty difficult.  I'll bet that Verdugo stays on after all of this. I'm surprised we haven't seen anything from Username on this, he seems like a Hamline homer.

Well there is no official word yet on him stepping down at all. Even if he did the best candidates would probably be in-house wouldn't you think? Who else would be a good candidate?  BigPoppa seems to know of a few.

Maybe he'll stay or they will keep it in-house. They are down this year but I think it's a place that can win.

Maybe it's over my head, I don't understand what the joke is.  I didn't know about the other guys as AD and coach. I would think that Hamline would be an attractive job. I wonder who would apply.

He didn't interview for the AD position at St. Thomas

How common is it for an AD to be a head coach?  I'm sure he could probably do it.

It will be interesting to see. What if he isn't the coach? Will there be a lot of interest in that job given the level that program has risen to in the past 10 years?

So Jason Verdugo is the new AD at Hamline. I wonder who will be the new head coach there?

Quote from: BigPoppa on March 14, 2012, 10:01:12 AM
Is it me or does anyone else think it would be fun to see All-Conference teams battle head to head with other conferences in a post-season tourney? I know it is not feasible, but I think the WIAC would be pretty solid... maybe at the top?! I can see the SCIAC and ASC producing quality teams 1-9 and on the mound as well, but what other conferences would compete? Maybe the MIAC simply based on the arms that St. Thomas pumps out year after year.

The MIAC would certainly be near the top of that. St. Thomas has some great arms but there is a ton of talent spread throughout the conference.  So far this year the WIAC hasn't really fared well against the MIAC; don't sleep on the MIAC.

Quote from: BigPoppa on March 14, 2012, 08:33:16 AM
Third Base is an offensive position. You are willing to trade defensive mistakes for the offense production.

Yeah with the old bats. Now you have to solid defensively all around.

Wow Hamline finally put out a sweep, bringing them to 4-4.  Is it still a perfect 2-0 UST, 1-1 Mac and 4-4 Hamline at the top? Who follows? St. Johns? St. Olaf? How does everyone see the early game results go and how does it give an indicator on how the MIAC will go?

Wow, who would have ever thought someone would pick Hamline to win the MIAC tournament?  Let's not get ahead of ourselves, can they really repeat last year's magic?  They lost some big players in Powell, Rogers, Modrynski and Kreitlow, did they replace those guys?

Dorgan is an animal, he's probably the front runner for player of the year.  Dzurak, pitcher of the year? I doubt it.

My top four are UST, Macalester, St. John's, Concordia.

You really think Hamline has top end players? Who?

Isn't St. Thomas starting to lose some of the better recruits it was getting to other schools?  I'm curious to see how Bethel will be with their new coach.  Does anybody have an opinion on them?

Does Hamline have enough to stay up with the big boys?  Their run seemed lucky last year, what do you guys think?  Who did St. Thomas bring in from their recruiting class?  Can Mac still compete with the loss of their two best pitchers?