Skip Bertman
Skip Bertman
J. Stanley "Skip" Bertmanis a former college baseball coach and athletic director at Louisiana State University. He led the LSU Tigers baseball team to College World Series Championships in 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, and 2000...
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I think the commissioner was impressed with the stadium and with how everything was handled. He knows we'll do what it takes to help keep the Saints. But we didn't talk about next year.
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I think the big deal might have been the lopsided ballgame. A lot of times as a coach, you get embarrassed. I know if you beat a guy by 10 runs or more, he was apt to say, 'You ran up the score.' Sometimes that can be taken to a different level.
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I talked to his friends and told them to take him out and tell him that I wasn't going to fire him. I did not roll over his contract. I don't like rollovers anyway, but that did make a statement. He made some changes and turned it around. He's done a terrific job.
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It could happen that the federal government could tell us not to play the game. It depends on what is happening in New Orleans next week.
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We can get back to some type of normalcy we're used to here and get a Saturday night in Tiger Stadium where we can turn our guys loose and turn the fans loose and for a brief time, three, four, maybe six hours, people can forget some serious, serious problems.
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Stacy looked exhausted. It ended fast. I've seen worse fights in baseball.
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Can you imagine anywhere else in the United States where they had to postpone the first game, move the second game to the road, then not be able to get in a regular home where you really want to play?
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I just left John. He said he has not been contacted, and he said his agent has not been contacted. I feel very good about keeping John, and he feels very good about staying here.
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If North Carolina State offers him $2 million, I think John should interview there because he's not going to get $2 million here. That would be outrageous.
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He's just been a winner in every way. He's a good family man, a great communicator and the kids just love him. He has all that in tow.
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I don't think John would be interested in either of those jobs. I think he likes it here.
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He oversaw budgets, did football scheduling, oversaw maintenance. His job included a little bit of everybody's job. That's what made him so knowledgeable and that's what will make him so valuable to Georgia Tech.
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He's very, very personable, very easy to approach. I think this job proved to be what he was looking for in location, in the financial scenario, in the challenge it offered.
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I don't think they could have gotten the people together to play a game by Saturday. They're used to having a whole year to prepare for a game. We never talked to them, and they seemed more interested in getting the Saints for a game.