Corky Palmer
Corky Palmer
Carlton Devan "Corky" Palmeris a retired college baseball head coach. He was the coach of the Southern Miss Golden Eagles baseball team for 12 seasons, before retiring at the end of the 2009 season. In his final season, he led the Golden Eagles to the school's first appearance in the College World Series...
compete main program reason
That's the main reason I wanted them. They're a program that can come in and compete right away.
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I said all along that if he was not going to be ready to assume his rightful place in the rotation than we wouldn't pitch him, and that's what we decided. I talked with Mike and his family, and everybody's in agreement.
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It came down to starting pitching and we didn't get any and we didn't make the plays. I'm as frustrated as I've even been with the starting pitching. We have had one quality start in the last eight games and that will not get it done.
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We've got to build on this. We've still got a lot of ground to cover.
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We got good starting pitching every time out. We swung the bats pretty good, but it all starts on that mound.
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You'd like everything to be fixed right now, but it's not. ... We were playing better earlier than we are right now.
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We're going to really have to pick it up to make a charge for a regional. It's all going to shake out on the field.
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For us, the balance of the season is going to be about whether we can get the help we need in middle relief.
bulk growing weight
He's got some growing to do, I hope. He's kind of got a rangy body; we need some bulk on it. We've got to get some weight on him. That's going to be a big thing, for him to get a little stronger.
played
He's played well. We'll have to see how it goes.
gaining
I don't even have one. I never even think about that stuff. I just want to keep gaining strength.
conference scheduling
I'd like to play 27 or 30 conference games. I think that's better and it just makes scheduling so much easier.
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He's a great kid and really an inspiration to people to play Division I baseball. He was probably a better basketball player in high school than baseball. But he has made himself a very good Division I catcher.
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He is still a few weeks away from being able to pitch effectively. We felt that he needed to take the extra time and fully allow his arm to gain strength before he pitched. I also believe it wasn't fair to him to bring him back for half a season when he can come back and pitch two full seasons at full strength.