BG Baseball shakeup

transfer2BGSU · Post by **transfer2BGSU** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 9:39 am

It seems to me that this is someting that should have been directed to the Athletic Director instead of a web site.

skiing 4 life · Post by **skiing 4 life** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 11:09 am

This is something to be brought up to whoever out wonderful athletic program sits on. Once again eddie comes in here not knowing what he is talking about. Something has to be looked at in this sitsuation. 9 PEOPLE DO NOT QUIT PLAYING A DIVISION 1 PROGRAM BECAUSE THEY CAN NOT TOLERATE A LITTLE BIT OF HARASSMENT....GET A CLUE PEOPLE....THIS COACH DOESN'T CARE FOR THESE KIDS AND OBVIOUSLY WANS OUT SO I THINK WE SHOULD ALL SEND HIM ON A FAIRWELL.

BGDrew · Post by **BGDrew** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 11:14 am

Can we please move on past this?

skiing 4 life · Post by **skiing 4 life** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 2:31 pm

factman i find you incredibly full of no facts....obviously you are great friends with danny and we can all tell from the way you write...please set aside your relationship and really look how he treats his baseball players

FalconFamily · Post by **FalconFamily** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 5:01 pm

I do believe that Mr. Yost's letter went to Paul Krebs in the Athletic Dept. Since he is leaving, I'm afraid it has fallen on deaf ears. Obviously this is a hot topic for this forum, as there have been over 1300 views. There is some consistency throughout the thread & I doubt folks could make these things up.

factman · Post by **factman** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 7:28 pm

skiing4life seems to put everyone down for not knowing what they are talking about, but I am wondering why anyone should believe him.
Why does he have any credability? Why should we believe him? I don't!
Maybe he's playing guitar in Mr Yost's band!!

Jeff_Yost · Post by **Jeff_Yost** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 7:37 pm

It was my understanding that we have been discussing possible problems with the BGSU baseball team. I am sorry for my computer signature in my initial post. it's just a computer signature.

My music, and people name calling should not be a part of this important discussion. I will gladly take any insults via my personal e-mail or AIM.

BGSU baseball is important, or should be,

Jeff Yost

skiing 4 life · Post by **skiing 4 life** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 8:14 pm

factman you know nothin and i think i was a little closer first hand than you ever were...the only thing you know is what danny tells you and guess what i know.....HE LIES!!!

Jacobs4Heisman · Post by **Jacobs4Heisman** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 8:16 pm

skiing 4 life wrote:factman you know nothin and i think i was a little closer first hand than you ever were...the only thing you know is what danny tells you and guess what i know.....HE LIES!!!

Exactly how close, as in, who are you?

3bagger · Post by **3bagger** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 8:30 pm

Skiiing4life may be a former player. Maybe he is a former player who quit the team. All of this controversy does nothing but hurt the players currently on the team. Nice of you to think of the guys still playing...guys who are busting their humps trying to win ballgames. Didn't you ever think this is all a huge distraction?

Oh yeah, BGBall06, tell me...since these players "gave up" chances to play at other schools...where could some of these guys have been offered scholarships? Of the 5 players who quit, only one was highly recruited out of high school...maybe two. One was a walk-on, another was a middle infielder with below average fielding ability, another was a first baseman with a slow bat. Just calling it like I see it. Here's to the Falcons rising above and winning some ballgames. If you did play in the program and left, maybe you should move on with your life. If a change needs to be made, I'm sure the proper people will make the decision. 3bagger...out.

factman · Post by **factman** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 3:51 am

If "skiing 4 life" was a former player, would you want that "attitude" on your team?

He may well have been closer to the program than myself, but I do know I have been around and observed BG baseball for a long time, and know previous Coaches Young, Purvis , Platzer as well as Coach Schmitz. I don't pretend to know everything that goes on, but I do know what I observe, and I do know I have talked to current players and parents about this situation, and many of them are as dumbfounded as I am, not about Coach Schmitz, but about the change in attitudes and actions of a couple of the players involved in the past month or so.
College baseball is a little different than some of the revenue sports, where they are ALL on "full" rides. In baseball, many of the players are on only on 10-20% scholarship or less, as there are only 11.7 scholarships for the entire team (30-35 players),and there are usually 2-5 players on a team at any one time, that are either walk-ons or recruited walk-ons with no financial aid. It is a long tough grind to play any college sport, and I think baseball may be the toughest, with the number of games, and the amount of travel, and the hours of practice, to balance the academic and athletic commitment that is needed to suceed in both, and this is certainly a factor in some of these players decision to quit. They may be a senior, or already graduated, maybe in their last semester, and don't see a lot of playing time in their future, and won't lose the scholarship money for the rest of the academic year anyway, so some choose to quit and find a way to take the easy way out to save face. Others see their non athlete classmates partying it up their senior year, and want to join in on the fun, which can be limited, when you are trying to be a college athlete. It is certainly a problem at any school with the "fringe" or "role" players, that are not in the "everyday" lineup, especially in a program where you are expected to make a comittment, and follow the rules.

skiing 4 life · Post by **skiing 4 life** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 5:37 pm

factman....i do not doubt that you know a whole lot of what goes on because i know and saw how much you were around. The fact is that the players are not going to tell you what they really think about the sitsuation knowing how close you are to the coach. These players are not stupid and know that you will probably tell the coach what they say, right after what they tell you. So no i do not think they will tell you what they really feel like. My time is over playing baseball and i know what i saw and heard, and what i saw and heard was nothing that resembles the great coaching i have seen in my life.

DrDesert · Post by **DrDesert** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 9:22 pm

BGBall06 wrote:First of all, to Mr. Yost and all of you bloggers who speak the truth – Thank you. I only wish it wouldn’t have taken 4 years to get these issues out for all to see.

Let’s keep our eye on the ball – this is not about one sole issue and one sole player. These issues did not start this season with the ultimate resignation of 9 young men, including 5 seniors. These are deep-rooted problems that have been tainting the team every week, every year, of these seniors’ BG careers. Sadly BGSU baseball has lost 5 dedicated seniors, hardworking, ethical players who have given their all for college baseball. The senior year Mecca within their reach, these guys quit not because of playing time, but because of the 4-year abuse that has been shelled out on a regular basis. They reached a breaking point and refused to settle for disrespect. Unfortunately Coach Schmitz never took the opportunity to get to know any of them, and probably doesn’t even realize what he has lost.

Coach Schmitz does one thing very well – recruiting. We are all guilty of falling for his “recruiting charm”. These players gave up offers at other schools in which they could prosper – and for what?! To play ball in a situation where favorites are chosen, where they are not trusted, and where they are demeaned instead of praised.

We all know that college athletes have to put up with hard-core coaching – no one disagrees with that – but the blatant disrespect for players and their families by Coach Schmitz is intolerable. Instead of teaching and working with players on their game, they are benched and ridiculed in front of peers for minor mistakes. No coaching is done – winter spring, summer or fall, only a failed attempt to manage players in a negative capacity. If Coach Schmitz were a business man his company would be bankrupt and he would have massive lawsuits for negligence.

Hopefully these 9 players and 5 seniors have helped bring some of these issues to the forefront. I respect each of them and their difficult decision to end their careers. The have shown maturity, strength and courage. Standing up to Coach Schmitz and BG Baseball has shown more integrity then they ever could have on the field.

Your statement is correct and well-spoken. This situation is eerily close to the BG basketball situation and we're getting the same results....players who have their athletic spirits destroyed and who decide they don't need that kind of treatment in their lives. I was close to BG baseball under Coach Purvis....close enough to be on the field for four years. I also have first-hand knowledge of the way things are now and Coach Schmitz is not even close to being the baseball man and class act that Coach Purvis was. I watched him play his son and it was the most blatant act of nepotism that I will ever see in any organization in my lifetime.....and I had no reason to be concerned about that situation, so it wasn't a personal bias.

skiing 4 life · Post by **skiing 4 life** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 2:30 am

thank you dr. desert for realizing what kind of man he is...i am not alone when i say he is not a good coach.

Jeff_Yost · Post by **Jeff_Yost** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 10:45 am

I hope that this thread has affected Coach Schmitz in a way that is beneficial to himself, the team, and the BG baseball program. I wish I could have/would have spoken up a few years back. I wish the team the best, and I thank everyone for what has already been a revealing discussion.

Jeff Yost

BG Baseball shakeup

confused...

constructive...? hopefully.