Jim Wells to step down

by BigCountry85 on Jun 21, 2007 4:10 PM CDT Comment 2 comments

I know there aren't a lot of baseball fans out there that read this, but word is Jim Wells is on his way out. Word his he met with his assistant coaches and one of them leaked it to a friend. Wells was great for the program, but it has peaked under him.
http://tidesports.com/article/20070621/TSBASEBALL/70621005/1011 Hopefully they'll get Bobby Pierce from Troy(he played at Bama) or John Cohen from Kentucky(he's from Tuscaloosa and played for Bham Southern and Ron Polk at Miss. State). Pierce just interviewed for the Tennessee job but didn't get it. They gave it to the coach from Western Carolina. It's hard to believe he's better than Pierce.

Pierce Bio:http://troytrojans.com/index.php?s=&change_well_id=2&url_article_id=371

Cohen Bio:http://www.ukathletics.com/index.php?s=&change_well_id=2&url_article_id=10202

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Thanks for the scoop.

I'm going to bump this to the main page to make sure everyone gets a look.

by Todd on Jun 21, 2007 7:03 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Thanks for the link

I saw this on the bottom of the screen last night as I watched Rice collapse again. This is a bit of a suprise to me. Just last year LSU made a strong push to get him. Supposedly, Mal was able to keep him by upgrading facilities. Perhaps Wells knew he was about to retire and never really considered LSU. I still think we have some facility upgrades that are needed.

Obviously this year was a disappointment, but under Wells Bama has been up and down (with the exception of ca. 1996-99). I hate to see him go, but I agree that he was past his prime and we can take a step forward. Wells was a great coach, but with Pierce or Cohen we will be just fine.

The UT folks here in Knoxville are not very happy with the replacement of Delmonico. Of course their situation was different, since Delmonico was fired and Wells is leaving on his own to apparently spend time with his family.

Roll Tide

I wouldn't piss off the boys from Alabama . . .

by I hate UT on Jun 22, 2007 6:51 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs