Hey everyone. One of the most complicated men every to wear an Auburn uniform, former baseball coach Steve Renfroe, has landed in the world of (top-level) high school baseball.He will coach at Briarwood Christian, which has an outstanding baseball program. Renfroe took over for Lee Hall, the former UAB assistant, who left to spend more time with his family.
First off, Hall is one of the 10 best coaches I've ever seen. I hope he resurfaces around here soon.
As for Renfroe, he is a very good man who is very bad at managing scrutiny. I enjoyed so many swell conversations with him during his tenure under Hal Baird. Once Renfroe became the figurehead after the 2000 season, though, he slowly became a completely different person. He seemed unhappy, paranoid, argumentative and miserable.
That affected his relationship with the players and everything fell apart. He was fired after the 2004 season and has been out of the spotlight since then.
I hope Renfroe finds Briarwood more to his liking. The guy can coach.
heee's bbaaaaccckkk!
ReplyDeleteimpeccable timing i must say. not much substance, though.
ReplyDeletei spent the entire '99 season with AU baseball. i really liked Coach Renfroe. i was sad it didn't work out for him. hope all is well at Briarwood.
ReplyDeleteif a new thread appears, and no one else is around to post with you, did the thread really happen?
ReplyDeleteScottie, did you ever read what Jet said about having 4 posts in a row?
ReplyDeleteWe're just catchin up scottie b
ReplyDeleteDo we still have a baseball program, or is it just a pretty park?
ReplyDeleteauburn baseball has me very depressed
ReplyDeleteBarn sucks at baseball.
ReplyDeleteMaybe Slater can coach third base for him.
ReplyDelete"Barn?"
ReplyDeletePlainsman Park used to be a ton of fun back with Gilleimo, Gross, Faulkner, Dunn, Rich, Bootcheck, and Colter Bean. good times. we won the Super Regional at home in '99 then traveled down to Tallahassee for the Super Regional. that was ugly. we got beat something like 15-2 and 12-1.
ReplyDeleteSean = bammer
ReplyDeleteTHE Barn...excuse me.
ReplyDeleteOne of the most complicated men every<--- typo.
ReplyDeleteWhy is he complicated to wear a uniform? are his appendages twisted like a pretzel or something?
What Barn?
ReplyDeleteWe really do need to step it up in baseball. Maybe this new guy has the answer.
ReplyDeletewell, i understand the complicated in a uniform thing. Renfroe had back trouble from a playing injury many years ago. he spent as much time in the training room as a lot of the players. he was a bit odd at times but a really nice guy.
ReplyDeleteC'mon guys, I was being self-deprecating...it's supposed to be tongue-in-cheek. Apparently I deserve a big FAIL.
ReplyDeleteFAIL.
ReplyDeleteWhat is Steve Renroe's hometown? Anyone know?
ReplyDeleteSean, since the beginning of the semester you've been on Double Secret Probation.
ReplyDeletesorry, i had to.
ReplyDeletewow, look at the set on Aeronaut.
APB out on one DL, Asian head, caucasian torso, likely unclothed, perhaps intoxicated. His presence is missed in HABOTNland.
ReplyDeleteWow, didn't even notice the avatar change, I seriously got one-upped there.
ReplyDeleteMay I say I'm udderly impressed.
ReplyDeleteNice Aero.
ReplyDeleteAero's got it workin'!!!!
ReplyDeleteThis is a huge pickup for Briarwood and I am very glad to see him in that spot.
ReplyDeleteI attempted to walk onto the AU baseball team back in the day and I came away very impressed with Coach Renfroe. He was very enthusiastic and knew everyone's name in 5 minutes despite the fact that most of us were wasting his time. It killed me to see him go out the way he did.
Wow, Finebaum is really on his game today. Stating that Florida fans are arrogant and that bama fans can be arrogant, but they have a right to be. Florida is the new kid on the block...blah, blah, blah. Just tell me how he is even remotely neutral anymore? He is getting worse with age.
ReplyDeletei have decided to forgo most talk radio now with 3 exceptions, 1)HABOTN Radio, 2)The Auburn Football Insider, and 3)Inside the Auburn Tigers Radio (archives). that is all.
ReplyDeleteThe HABOTN just rang up around 600 posts in a 24 hour period and practice hasn't even started. I'm wonderin' if it'll start to resemble a permanent campfire as soon as football starts. THT and Aero will still have to cover the late/early hours.
ReplyDeleteFor a frame of reference, check out the archives from July 28-Aug 3, 08. There were around 10-30 posts per 24 hours. Also check out JGT's perceptions/predictions at that preseason juncture. There are some very prophetic statements and some way off the mark.
Sports predictions are never fully right and rarely even close.
SteveFC has that issue covered, b/c he has predicted every possible QB scenerio outcome.
I've started going to bed around midnight, but I'll do what must be done ;-)
ReplyDeleteI like your play list scottie. I'll have to just try and not be so addicted to other sports talk radio while i'm working.
ReplyDeleteNothing happening today. Wish it was but may be a washout for now. Still in the lead, but no news to report.
ReplyDeleteWhat ya' got Eddie? I'm hearinf nothing is happeneing today.
ReplyDeleteNot a thing is going to happen and i'm not sure when the next good news will be. For perception sakes, if this staff has a big time commitment up its sleeve, it needs to have it go public.
ReplyDelete8 more hours of work and I'm already getting sleepy.
ReplyDeleteAha! I'll go get me another DC!!!
Non-existent news becoming existent would also tend to wake me up.
Man.. wtc
ReplyDeleteThat lighting makes your arm muscle looks like a wee-wee when you are scrolling up / down.
Could you hold your arm at some other angle and take a pic?
we've been quiet about it for the last 48 odd hours but this thing is in our face, man.
I'll see what i can do abou that.
ReplyDeleteMucho gracias.
ReplyDeleteHow is that for you guys?
ReplyDeleteWTC you change that avatar and you I are finished.
ReplyDeleteGet over it, Aero. If the chicks here can look and watch y'all make fools of yourselves over half a boob I think the guys can deal with a little optical illusion.
ReplyDeleteWTC ...
ReplyDeleteDon't worry ... she'll come back to you ... she likes you best.
I had a fatherhood tear in my eye moment today. I went home for lunch today and my 6 year old boy walks up to me, gives me a hug, and says, "You know what Dad? Alabama sucks." My wife looked at me and wanted to know when I was going to tell him that we don't talk that way. She's on restriction for a week.
ReplyDeleteI f-in' hate you bama.
Who else failed to qualify from the 2009 class?
ReplyDeletePlease let it not be Taikwon Page or Coleman.
Nicely done, j-z jr
ReplyDeletej-z
ReplyDeleteI'll pay cash money for the kid. Name your price!!!
straight cash money homey.
ReplyDeleteAlmost quitting time around here. Way too much to do around the house after the workout but I'll squeeze by later on this evening.
ReplyDeleteJ-Z ...
ReplyDeleteAnd people worry about the future of America! They shouldn't when they look in the eyes and listen to the words of our youth.
They hate UAT as much as we do!
God bless America.
let down and heart broken once again by a habotn boy
ReplyDeleteThe other avatar my be for after the kiddies go to bed.
ReplyDeletewtc = Thread Killer
ReplyDeletej-z, that's priceless
ReplyDeleteJ-Z ...
ReplyDeleteNo, I think Steve Renfroe killed this thread like he killed Auburn baseball.
Can someone answer this: do I need to order ESPNU, or will I get ESPNU SEC games on a local channel?
ReplyDeleteSOMEONE TELL ME! THIS IS PUPPET HOUR! ANSWER ME!
ReplyDeleteI think you have to buy ESPNU...not the channel, but the entire network.
ReplyDeleteI don't even know if we get ESPNU, much less what games will be on it. That is a homework assignment for my summer vacation week in August.
ReplyDeleteMichael ...
ReplyDeleteI think this is the way it works ... the 11:21 ESPNU game will be syndicated into local markets the way Raycom was ... go check the archive from the SEC media days because it a list of many of the local markets.
The night ESPNU games, I believe, have to be viewed on ESPNU. The games will be in HD, but the HD availability depends on your provider.
In the Gump, ESPNU is not in HD. Boooo!
You should order it Mikhail. I don't have thay option. Comcast doesn't carry it at all in my area. How do you just not have it available, but 50 miles up the road, there it is. Ugh!
ReplyDeleteThis comment has been removed by the author.
ReplyDeleteESPN regional network stations here
ReplyDeleterats I missed Lemieux
ReplyDeletebut i got
ReplyDeleteJAGR
PF - same way I have ZERO access to SportSouth :-(
ReplyDeleteI have to buy the whole stupid sports package for ESPNU... I think I will just go to my friends house who has it to watch those games. Effin ESPNU.
ReplyDeleteI have to go to the basement for ESPNU and ESPN Classic; they are "digital variety" channels, i.e. >100, so I can only access them in the basement where we have the cable box. Of course, it's a moot point if I don't get a functioning TV down there.
ReplyDeleteis it still puppet hour? can I get a puppet to go? I'm starving and they won't give me a chance to go find food.
ReplyDeleteTHT, sounds like its time to start looking at TVs again.
ReplyDeleteNoVa - the one I want is rumored to hit the shelves Aug 16. HomeTheaterStore.com lists it as in stock, so I ordered. Since no one else had it in stock, I called to verify. They don't have it, but they did try to sell me another model. Losers. I obviously canceled that order.
ReplyDeletePuppets are too stringy to be good eating.
ReplyDeleteSince no one else is around, I'll revive a topic from a couple of days ago.
ReplyDeleteNo beverage with the words light or lite in the name deserves to be called beer.
I'm around... work keeps getting in the way.
ReplyDeleteSince you're around, I'll continue on my beer topic.
ReplyDeleteYuengling is drinkable, I don't cook with anything I won't drink, but that's what I use to boil the bratwurst.
I love a good stout. Real Guinness (not the stuff you can get here) is nectar.
or course, the only beer I drink is root beer.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't know a yuengling from a yingyang
ReplyDeleteBeer is good.
ReplyDeleteAuburn is great
Bammer sucks
Country music is all I listen to
WOW too fast on the trigger.
ReplyDeleteDouble take
This is true, Bama Sucks!
ReplyDeleteSweetwater replaces bottle for bottle of skunk or expired beer (they don't pasturize. so the shelf life is limited).
ReplyDeleteThe only Sweetwater I know is a local chain of microbrewery/restaurant and they don't bottle their beer. It's good. It has the Omnica seal of approval.
ReplyDeleteRemember when generics were so popular and you could get generic beer - white can with black lettering?
ReplyDeletestill slogging away here at work. where are all the "usual suspects" tonight?
ReplyDeleteNo telling where Cincy is in her new wheels. She's probably enjoying the open road somewhere with her iTunes blaring.
no
ReplyDeletewell scratch my back with a hack saw!
ReplyDeletehey cincy; how's the car?
I remember when Coors had to be smuggled in your suitcase flying home from ski trips in Colorado.
ReplyDeleteYeah, the Sweetwater I know is better, and they bottle their beer. It pretty much rules.
ReplyDeleteAnd she's looking for generic beer!
ReplyDeleteI admit I'm a beer snob. I don't drink much or often and when I do, I want something good.
The Sweetwater I know also has excellent grilled salmon and chicken.
ReplyDeletehmmmmm.....I'm still going with the Sweetwater I know as being better, but I bet it would be nice with some good Salmon.
ReplyDeleteGood evening, HOTTICRATS and HOTLICANS.
ReplyDeleteI don't like ANY beer, but I do remember friends who tried the generic beer. I think it was pretty rough. I just remember how funny the can looked - all it said was "Beer".
ReplyDeleteTHT, the wheels are great!! I am currently updating my ipod with new music to have in the car. I have too many choices now - regular radio, ipod or satellite radio. It's fine.
Anyone every had drunk chicken?? Apparently it's a dish were the chicken is cooked with a can of beer inside it? Tell me the guy or gal that created this dish didnt already have one too many.
ReplyDeletePaula Deen's drunken chicken recipe
ReplyDeleteChoices are the enemy of my decision making. My ipod stays on shuffle so I don't have to worry myself with what I want to hear. I am getting sattelite radio before the fall, though. Sounds sweet, cincy.
ReplyDeleteGeneric beer sounds awesome (or awful).
I'm thinking of switching my bachelor party from Vegas to New Orleans so I can go to the LSU game. Any thoughts?
The Transporter 2 is on FX ... one of Jason Statham's finer performances.
ReplyDeleteHello everybody...Once again I am watching the braves BLOW IT!!!!
ReplyDeletebought AU-Tn Tixs today...HOtel is booked...ready to have a good time in knoxvegas
ReplyDeleteBeer can chicken rules....I worry about anything cooked with aluminum, though, after reading a study closely correlating aluminum content and alzheimers in men.
ReplyDeletePF ... What happens with Corndogs stays with Corndogs.
ReplyDeleteAny news on Dyer? Dad called me today and Longshore was running his mouth in MOntgomery about how Auburn fans were giddy about some big commitment coming
ReplyDeleteI've never been to a bachelor party. I'll be in BTR for LSU game. Don't bother inviting me...MrsTHT says NO!
ReplyDeleteSomeone just asked me to work weekend of Ball State instead of my assigned weekend of the UT game. I knew I should have ordered tickets to that one.
Empire Tickets THT....Good seats in UT for 115 a piece.
ReplyDeleteI say good...YOu know Decent Seats. I got lower level end zone.
ReplyDeleteDAMN BRAVES!!!!
I don't like beer, but I love me some beer can chicken. I rub the chicken with Lysanders meat rub and use a "yeasty" (is that a word?) beer. MMMMM!
ReplyDeleteDon't the Braves just pull your heart out and stomp on it?
ReplyDeleteKotchman has had a good night, though
ReplyDeleteI'm still looking for people to share a condo in Sevierville and a ticket for UT.
ReplyDeleteI shared a meal @ Sweetwater with Nova and the beer and salmon was absolutely delicious.
ReplyDeleteKotchman I think was a good trade for tex last year..I mean you werent going to keep tex around so Casey nice pick up. NOt one error while with the braves
ReplyDelete"yeasty" beer sounds scary. I think I would modify the recipe to include the following:
ReplyDeleteapply yogurt. It contains helpful bacteria (live cultures, including acidophilus and bifidus) that destroy yeast. It also works when applied topically. Insert some into the [chicken] using a finger or plastic tampon applicator. Use only plain yogurt with active cultures
Mon are you still livin in WV
ReplyDeleteTHT, keep your hands and or applicator away from my chicken!
ReplyDeleteYes, ATL. We plan to try to move spring/summer of next year.
ReplyDeleteTold you, Monica.
ReplyDeletewtc....that avatar resembles a shaved, dead chicken.
ReplyDeleteMon likes it...so I guess it's got that going for it.
atl,
ReplyDeletewhere did you buy the AU/TN tix, and how much were they?
On the sweetwater debate... if the Sweetwater beer you're talking about is the IPA, I saw it in bottles tonight at the local Publix...
Can some of you beer peeps give me a review of Abita amber beer? Give me a mainstream beer that it would compare to....
Is there a microbrew or high gravity beer that would be comparable to a killians?
Yall must have worn yourselves out last night! Pretty quiet in here tonight.
ReplyDeletecincy ... it is quite quiet.
ReplyDeleteLooks like no news for the week on the recruiting end.
ReplyDeleteOk so where are the peeps screaming about the Braves, they won!!
ReplyDeleteThe week isn't over, I think we'll end it on a good note. I'm referring to 'cruitin'.
ReplyDeleteMaybe so, just thought something would happen today. I hear Dyer is tired of it all and thought he would commit. According to everything you read, AU is WAY ahead and woudl have to do something dumb to lose him. It would just be a boost to get a big name in the fold as we move toward practice.
ReplyDeleteThings seem quiet on the Auburn front, a little too quiet.
ReplyDeleteThis comment has been removed by the author.
ReplyDeleteI'm home from work and found there's a new thread.
ReplyDelete