Ron Plourde Reviews

Ron Plourde

65 Reviews

Overall Recommendation

43%

Skidmore College - Saratoga Springs, NY

Men's Baseball Head Coach
Division: NCAA DIII
Conference: Liberty League

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Men's Baseball Head Coach

Date: April 21, 2021

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2.6

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Coach Plourde is guilty of playing favorites which causes resentment from one half of the team and adulation from the other half. He makes judgments about players before he meets them and his subconscious really drives his decision making. Other than that I really enjoyed my time at Skidmore and the culture is great.

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Date: April 21, 2021

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Coach Plourde is guilty of playing favorites which causes resentment from one half of the team and adulation from the other half. He makes judgments about players before he meets them and his subconscious really drives his decision making. Other than that I really enjoyed my time at Skidmore and the culture is great.

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Men's Baseball Head Coach

Date: April 15, 2021

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3.2

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Men's Baseball Head Coach

Date: March 25, 2021

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4.2

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Date: March 25, 2021

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Men's Baseball Head Coach

Date: March 25, 2021

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4.2

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4.2

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Date: March 25, 2021

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Men's Baseball Head Coach

Date: March 25, 2021

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3.2

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Date: March 25, 2021

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Men's Baseball Head Coach

Date: July 24, 2020

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5.0

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Coach Plourde was great. As a freshman, we weren’t a successful team whatsoever, by senior year we were competing, and loving each and every game. Coach pushed us to be our best, and I’ll never forget my time playing for him.

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Date: July 24, 2020

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Coach Plourde was great. As a freshman, we weren’t a successful team whatsoever, by senior year we were competing, and loving each and every game. Coach pushed us to be our best, and I’ll never forget my time playing for him.

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Men's Baseball Head Coach

Date: July 24, 2020

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3.2

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3.2

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Date: July 24, 2020

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Men's Baseball Head Coach

Date: July 24, 2020

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4.8

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Coach Plourde is a great guy, knows how to push his players, but is also understanding.

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4.8

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Date: July 24, 2020

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Coach Plourde is a great guy, knows how to push his players, but is also understanding.

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Men's Baseball Head Coach

Date: July 20, 2020

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3.8

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3.8

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No

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Date: July 20, 2020

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Men's Baseball Head Coach

Date: July 19, 2020

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1.4

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1.4

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No

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Date: July 19, 2020

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Men's Baseball Head Coach

Date: July 17, 2020

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3.8

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3.8

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Date: July 17, 2020

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Men's Baseball Head Coach

Date: July 15, 2020

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4.4

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4.4

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Date: July 15, 2020

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Men's Baseball Head Coach

Date: July 15, 2020

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4.2

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Coach Plourde cares about you as a human being first and foremost. Yes, he wants to win ballgames but he also wants you to leave Skidmore a better person than you were when you entered, and that’s the essence of D3 sports. He’s created a culture of love, work ethic, and radiant energy that strengthens us as a team.

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4.2

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Date: July 15, 2020

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Coach Plourde cares about you as a human being first and foremost. Yes, he wants to win ballgames but he also wants you to leave Skidmore a better person than you were when you entered, and that’s the essence of D3 sports. He’s created a culture of love, work ethic, and radiant energy that strengthens us as a team.

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Men's Baseball Head Coach

Date: June 30, 2019

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3.4

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No

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3

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3.4

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No

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3

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Date: June 30, 2019

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Men's Baseball Head Coach

Date: March 4, 2019

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4.0

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Yes

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Coach has changed a ton over the past 4 years. He is now able to relate to his players much better and he has created a family-like culture. Our level of intensity and work ethic has also sky-rocketed over the past few seasons (also thanks to assistant Coach Mick).

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4.0

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Yes

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Date: March 4, 2019

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Coach has changed a ton over the past 4 years. He is now able to relate to his players much better and he has created a family-like culture. Our level of intensity and work ethic has also sky-rocketed over the past few seasons (also thanks to assistant Coach Mick).

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Men's Baseball Head Coach

Date: April 20, 2018

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2.8

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No

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3

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2

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2.8

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No

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Date: April 20, 2018

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Men's Baseball Head Coach

Date: April 20, 2018

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4.0

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4

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4.0

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Yes

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Date: April 20, 2018

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Men's Baseball Head Coach

Date: July 20, 2016

By Verified Athlete

4.0

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Yes

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Hard to want to play for -- shows very little emotion during/before games. The willingness to play for a coach among players is a huge asset to winning ballgames and Coach Plourde just doesn't have that fire.

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4.0

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Yes

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Date: July 20, 2016

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Hard to want to play for -- shows very little emotion during/before games. The willingness to play for a coach among players is a huge asset to winning ballgames and Coach Plourde just doesn't have that fire.

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Men's Baseball Head Coach

Date: June 26, 2016

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3.6

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No

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3.6

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No

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Date: June 26, 2016

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Men's Baseball Head Coach

Date: June 3, 2016

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3.8

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Yes

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I loved playing at Skimdore and under Coach Plourde. I'm not sure that I got better in those four years, but I had a blast and that's why I wanted to play college baseball.

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3.8

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Yes

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Date: June 3, 2016

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I loved playing at Skimdore and under Coach Plourde. I'm not sure that I got better in those four years, but I had a blast and that's why I wanted to play college baseball.

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Men's Baseball Head Coach

Date: June 2, 2016

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4.2

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Ron is a great guy and is very supportive of his players. He was honest with his recruiting and gives all of his players a fair chance. He is somewhat hard to relate to (which I think is ok for a coach). My biggest complaint was that I don't feel many players get better throughout their time at Skidmore, and if they do it is on their own time and not with the coaching staff. Also, in-game management can be occasionally frustrating.

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4.2

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Date: June 2, 2016

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Ron is a great guy and is very supportive of his players. He was honest with his recruiting and gives all of his players a fair chance. He is somewhat hard to relate to (which I think is ok for a coach). My biggest complaint was that I don't feel many players get better throughout their time at Skidmore, and if they do it is on their own time and not with the coaching staff. Also, in-game management can be occasionally frustrating.

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Men's Baseball Head Coach

Date: May 26, 2016

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3.0

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3.0

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No

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Date: May 26, 2016

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Men's Baseball Head Coach

Date: May 25, 2016

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3.0

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Sometimes frustrating because he switchs lineups too much.

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3.0

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No

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Date: May 25, 2016

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Sometimes frustrating because he switchs lineups too much.

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Men's Baseball Head Coach

Date: May 25, 2016

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2.4

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2.4

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No

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Date: May 25, 2016

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Men's Baseball Head Coach

Date: May 25, 2016

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1.8

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1.8

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No

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Date: May 25, 2016

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