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I personally appreciate all that Gene has done for WSU baseball and as far as I'm concerned he has my vote of confidence. Gene is faced with a personal paradox of a challenge.
A. He has shown his loyalty to WSU and seems to be extremely loyal to his players, former players, WSU, the program, his subordinates, and the fans.
B. His aforementioned loyalty is the very issue that is keeping him from making a move to discharge Jim Thomas. He simply is incapable from doing it.
This is where ADES absolutely needs to come in and make a strong recommendation that Gene fires Jim Thomas and replace him with the an Assistant Coach that will take over the Head Coaching job in 3-5 years. Gene won't do it. ADES must do it.
Jim Thomas was a wonderful player, but the fact is that WSU has not been a very good hitting team nor always a consistent fielding team under Jim's leadership. WSU has the facilities, indoor facilites, and fan support that demands better performance. Jim Thomas simply isn't getting it done. I thank him for his past contributions, but he needs to find a different line of work.
I personally appreciate all that Gene has done for WSU baseball and as far as I'm concerned he has my vote of confidence. Gene is faced with a personal paradox of a challenge.
A. He has shown his loyalty to WSU and seems to be extremely loyal to his players, former players, WSU, the program, his subordinates, and the fans.
B. His aforementioned loyalty is the very issue that is keeping him from making a move to discharge Jim Thomas. He simply is incapable from doing it.
This is where ADES absolutely needs to come in and make a strong recommendation that Gene fires Jim Thomas and replace him with the an Assistant Coach that will take over the Head Coaching job in 3-5 years. Gene won't do it. ADES must do it.
Jim Thomas was a wonderful player, but the fact is that WSU has not been a very good hitting team nor always a consistent fielding team under Jim's leadership. WSU has the facilities, indoor facilites, and fan support that demands better performance. Jim Thomas simply isn't getting it done. I thank him for his past contributions, but he needs to find a different line of work.
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