New Baseball Coach
- Thread starter Jartard
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I think this is an awesome hire to be honest. Beals has taken teams to regionals on multiple occasions. His recruiting base here at Marshall can stay similar to what it was at Ohio State. I think AD Spears knocked it out of the park.
The Sunbelt is ranked higher than the BIg 10 in baseball. Far and away better than the MAC. CUSA is alos better than the Big 10 and way better than the MAC.
I have limited college baseball knowledge, but this seems like as close to a “home run” hire as our program could get.
I think it’s a great hire myself.
It is a very nice get for Marshall. Hes been the head coach at high level division one baseball program. Was Head Coach at Ball State before that. He has taken teams to regionals. He’s an established Baseball mind who will give the program stability/credibility. Marshall has a lot to offer athletes. New stadium. Great Baseball conference.
Akron is a dumpster that dropped the program in 2018 and is now privately funded. They just fired former Reds great Chris Sabo.
You know your baseball program is a dumpster fire when taking over a historically terrible program with no home field for at least the next two years is a step up, lol.
Hopefully y’all can chill some on the baseball subject. Lol. We have a new coach. They’re working on a field. Chillllllllll…….
Yes.
Perhaps. Still nothing more than some guys clearing an empty lot. NO permits applied for, no plans stamped, no signs that anyone is actually building a baseball field as of today.
The permit board, which looked to have two-dozen approved permits is literally posted at the entrance lol.
He's a tad slow. Still thinks the FB team is going 6-6 or worse.
Shit. The moron didn’t know McDonald’s was still behind the stadium. Not a surprise. Traveling to NM State takes all his time.
Permits for what?
Sorry there are no existing permits or plans for a baseball stadium filed with the multiple levels of government necessary. Just permits to clear an empty lot. That is all.
And, BTW, the types of signage posted in front of a worksite don't tell you what they are building. Read a book.
Sorry there are no existing permits or plans for a baseball stadium filed with the multiple levels of government necessary. Just permits to clear an empty lot. That is all.
And, BTW, the types of signage posted in front of a worksite don't tell you what they are building. Read a book.
I would have to say the permits are already existing, or will be provided, particularly when it's known that the city passing out the permits actually took part in the funding of the stadium. I read where the city of Huntington and Marshall University contributed $10,000,000.00, while the state of West Virginia provided the balance, which was close to $14,000,000.00.
Would the city of Huntington and the state of West Virginia fund the construction of a baseball stadium, and then turn around and not provide the permits? Sounds highly unlikely to me.
Would the city of Huntington and the state of West Virginia fund the construction of a baseball stadium, and then turn around and not provide the permits? Sounds highly unlikely to me.
How can you clear an empty lot, lol. If it is empty, then it is already clear. Level you mean? In that case it is already leveled and has been for a while with materials on-site and foundation excavation already in process.
I'm going to assume that you have never worked construction a day in your life, because while building permits will not always state the end product, in this case "building a baseball stadium" like you need, each individual one explicitly states one of the various levels of construction approved.
I HIGHLY encourage you to take the quick drive down to the construction site and look for yourself.
Idk. A fellow in the know at the bowl game told me they would be pouring concrete for the dugouts very soon
Back on the original topic of the coach though, has anyone heard any rumblings of the assistants Beals is bringing with him?
I´m sure he will keep Sandefur and Coons. I support that if so. Beals doesn´t know anything about the players. The assistants do. See how it goes for a season and go from there.
I've read stories about the new baseball stadium for many decades. Never have actually seen one.
The last time we had this thread, a poster who works in the very department that would approve such things stated that none of the requirements had been met.
Believe it when I see it.
Pretty sure that poster returned and updated his comment.
I went to chipotle and grabbed a late lunch today. For fun, drove by the new baseball stadium site on my way back to work. There were like 6 large movers going that were digging and carrying piping and equipment, giant piles of piping and rebar and like 40 guys working on site… and that is just what I could see driving by.
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No way that was happening. Sam has already told us they didn’t even have permits
This is great! Not only does it look like we are getting a stadium, but since we don’t have any permits, we are getting an illegal stadium. I hope it has one of those entrance doors that has the sliding window where the person on the other side checks you out before he lets you in.
Here ya' go, Samantha. It shows numerous building and land permits for that exact location all approved within the past 14 months:
https://www.cityofhuntington.com/business/building-permit/database/d99kadk
