Hey man thanks for the info. I would think Louisville will throw the bank at him IF he has any interest in "looking around".
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With Tadlock you have to look at the context.
He took over an average team and had a losing season in year one. He took them to Omaha the next year. They had an average year but had a winning season in 2015. Then Omaha, and then a regional, and now has them number 2 in RPI right now.
Dan McDonnell's first five years- CWS appearance in year one because he likely inherited a talented team, a SR appearance and two regional appearances and he missed once in year five.
Jim Schlossnagle's first five years- Five Regional appearances. No SR much less an appearance in Omaha.
Also if you look at Texas Tech's roster they have two UA All-Americans on it that are freshmen which tells me that their recruiting is picking up. My major concern with him is two fold- He is a former JUCO coach and we need to get away from that. However looking at their roster they only have six JUCO's on the team- one a player that started out at TCU. For comparison- we have SIX JUCO's in our CLASS this year. The other concern I have or really more a question than a concern is if he does come to MSU does he bring his top assistant with him? If he does and we hire another assistant with major scouting ties we will be cooking with gas.
I don't understand why just because he coached JUCO before landing the Tech gig is a negative.
Everything im hearing is confirmation that I was correct about this. Tadlock will be it.
1. McDonnel
2. Tadlock
3. Heefner- I wish.
After hearing people mention McDonnell I'm having trouble getting excited about anyone else.
By my math, McDonnell is a year or two younger than Tadlock yet his track record is twice as long. And going strictly by regional appearances, Texas Tech had at least some baseball history before Tadlock's arrival. Louisville had one regional appearance before McDonnell arrived.
I'm not saying Tadlock wouldn't be a home run hire. But McDonnell would be a grand slam.