Comments on: Murphy Resigns At ASU

By: jimlassiter

jimlassiter — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:22:12 +0000

It will be more clear when the investigation becomes public!!!!

By: bbfan

bbfan — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:58:27 +0000

Gosh, if USC got Murphy I might take the paper bag off my head and root for the Trojans publically.

By: John Coktoston

John Coktoston — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:31:36 +0000

Crazy news to say the least, but this had to be something BIG. Regardless of any personality conflicts Murph was having with the athletic department, etc…he would never on his own just “quit” 2 months before the season starts & just after siging 13 new recruits. The news came as a shock to the players as well. The only way Murph resigns is (1) he had a gun to his head & had no choice (b/c of an off-field issue) or (2) there’s a job in the big leagues waiting for him (which is highly unlikely). He’s been trying to get “more money for the program” for the last 10 years…if he knew he didn’t have support from the Athletic Dept, he would have coached out the season & then looked for another high profile coaching job when the 2010 was over. NO WAY HE QUITS ON HIS OWN…the “rest of the story” will come out in the following days, i’m sure of it.

By: TheDoggie

TheDoggie — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:27:39 +0000

One other name to look out for come time for this national coaching search is a name just as synonomous with ASU baseball in recent history as Murphy’s: Tim Esmay. The players love him, he’s a “true Sun Devil”, and he is one of the main reasons those CWS teams hit as well as they did.

By: PhxTitan

PhxTitan — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:43:12 +0000

Murphy’s next gig: USC. Wild *** guess. He gets to put the hurt on Love, get on with a program that desperately wants its groove back, and has the resources. But can potential future NCAA sanctions follow a coach? I doubt it. Where else can USC find the RIGHT time & candidate to re-vector? Would be quite the spectacle if ASU got slammed by sanctions and USC started frequenting the CWS.

By: bbfan

bbfan — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:44:13 +0000

The surprising thing is this: Usually in an occurance this big…by now (6-8 hours later) someone usually has come forward “in-the-know” with a reason for the occurance that pans out.

We have heard nothing close to concrete.

I bet Cory Hahn’s phone is ringing off the hook.

I would not be happy if I just faxed in my NLI

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:13:34 +0000

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. My favorite person in all of baseball! This is not cool.

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:59:33 +0000

There’s speculation that the assistant coaches resigned as well — any word on that?

By: CJ

CJ — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:51:35 +0000

The NCAA is gonna come down on ASU soon, me thinks. Murphy bailed out before they could slam him with some serious sanctions. I’d be sad if I weren’t an Arizona grad. Now ASU’s only consistently good athletic program could bite the dust. Oh, darn.

By: PhxTitan

PhxTitan — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:02:30 +0000

What a loss for ASU. He certainly added flavor and spice to the program. It’s guranteed to bland no matter who they hire relative to Murphy’s vim and vigor… who was very comfortable in his shoes and with whatever he said. Stunning.

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By: Garrett

Garrett — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:36:52 +0000

Wow is the only thing you can say. Coach Murphy is already considered as one the top college baseball coaches of all time. The way everything has happened really makes you wonder if something has happened that the public has not been made aware of yet. It will be interesting to see if anything new comes out over the next few days.

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:13:02 +0000

Knutson was just confirmed as interim coach.

By: Robert Smith

Robert Smith — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:10:20 +0000

Family discussion came up a couple of weeks ago where I suggested that Clint Myers might be waiting in the wings coaching ASU softball for a chance at the head baseball job. Seems a likely possibility at this time.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:38:25 +0000

Pure shock here. Clearly there is more to the story and it’ll be fascinating to hear more about this in the coming days. I just hope that ASU gets someone in who can keep the program humming along.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:17:23 +0000

Wow. This is a major shocker. I would think that this would put Travis Jewett in the head spot as the interim coach for the time being. I can’t see them putting Knutsen in that spot with his up and down track record at UW. One would think that there is a significant story here. Hopefully it’s not health related. The Devils are losing one of the best coaches and recruiters out there. They may also lose Jewett if they hire someone else. Jewett is one of the best up and coming coaches in the country. He’s a very good recruiter as well. I just don’t know that ASU is going to name him head coach with no prior D1 head coaching experience.

By: texd

texd — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:08:36 +0000

Other evidence that this was not planned out in advance can be seen in the fact that the press release simply says “An interim head coach will assume responsibility for the program until his replacement is selected.” Had ASU gotten even a couple hours advance notice, they probably would have already settled on who the interim coach would be.

I’m actually surprised they don’t have a contingency plan in place for all their coaches, thus being able to name an interim coach within one or two phone calls.

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By: Luke Gude

Luke Gude — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:02:49 +0000

Unbelievable! ASU’s program is in great shape, so it would seem that Murphy’s resignation was not entirely his own decision. How will this affect the team and players this year? This opens up an excellent job opportunity.

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:45:11 +0000

Whoa! This can’t be an end of career decision. Resign right after fall ball with three months before the start of spring ball. Is something up? Not like Murphy hasn’t had some drama the last couple of years.