In this scenario what would you want Selmon to do in regards to Lemonis?

[MoreCowbell]

I think you keep him in that scenario. I would say if he makes a Regional finals even with everything else the same.

A lot of baseball left but it looks like he has improved over the last two years. Get it going in the right direction and recruit some more guys in here to replace what we are losing.

I would too but when we are inevitably much worse next year there will be calls again for his head. What is recruiting looking like?

[Coach34]

I would too but when we are inevitably much worse next year there will be calls again for his head. What is recruiting looking like?

We are currently 10th in the country for this Crootin Class

There is no reason for us to be much worse next year. Cupp/Mershon in the middle might be the best in the SEC. We gonna need a couple arms in the portal and a couple of position players- but so does everybody else

However- if he were to miss the Tourney next year? That's 3 out of 4 and he gone.

[the_real_MSU_is_us]

We are currently 10th in the country for this Crootin Class

There is no reason for us to be much worse next year. Cupp/Mershon in the middle might be the best in the SEC. We gonna need a couple arms in the portal and a couple of position players- but so does everybody else

However- if he were to miss the Tourney next year? That's 3 out of 4 and he gone.

Glad we can agree that missing the tourney next year = fired.

However, on us being better next year... what Fr contributors do we have on offense? None. Last year we got Jordan, Mershon, and Highfill who could play better than any current Fr. This group can't hit worth a lick right now. Last year we got 3 very flawed but high ceiling pitchers (Loo, Holcomb, and Loftin) this Fr class it seems we got 1 (Stevens). Yes any one of them could blow up and be All SEC I'm not saying they have no potential in this class, I'm saying they have shown us absolutely nothing

[Coach34]

Glad we can agree that missing the tourney next year = fired.

However, on us being better next year... what Fr contributors do we have on offense? None. Last year we got Jordan, Mershon, and Highfill who could play better than any current Fr. This group can't hit worth a lick right now. Last year we got 3 very flawed but high ceiling pitchers (Loo, Holcomb, and Loftin) this Fr class it seems we got 1 (Stevens). Yes any one of them could blow up and be All SEC I'm not saying they have no potential in this class, I'm saying they have shown us absolutely nothing

I'm not saying we would be better next year- but we should be good enough. Stevens, Cupp, Dirtbag, Chance, Spalitta, MacKenzie. I mean we dont really know about some of the freshmen- we arent going to sit Hugesak, Jordan, Hines, Larry...We will def have to get a couple of portal guys to come in

Dont forget about Grant in this Freshman class. Yes he will be coming off surgery but he was very highly rated. We have arms returning next year that should be fine and ready to ball.

I just think the "we're gonna suck next year" is in the same category as Lemon has lost this team or Lemon cant improve the team coming into this year. It's people guessing when they really just dont know.

[the_real_MSU_is_us]

I'm not saying we would be better next year- but we should be good enough. Stevens, Cupp, Dirtbag, Chance, Spalitta, MacKenzie. I mean we dont really know about some of the freshmen- we arent going to sit Hugesak, Jordan, Hines, Larry...We will def have to get a couple of portal guys to come in

Dont forget about Grant in this Freshman class. Yes he will be coming off surgery but he was very highly rated. We have arms returning next year that should be fine and ready to ball.

I just think the "we're gonna suck next year" is in the same category as Lemon has lost this team or Lemon cant improve the team coming into this year. It's people guessing when they really just don't know.

COrrect you didn't say we'd be "better", that's sloppy wording on my part. I understood you meant wed be roughly the same next year. But a LOT of those names you mention currently cannot hit non-con pitching.

Like who's the proven hitters coming back? Mershon, Chance, Highfill (does he come back? I have no idea). That's it isn't it? We need 2-3 hitters that can't currently hit to develop into SEC hitters, a stud Fr to come in and play quickly, and what, 3 Portal players that can ball? This season we got no good Portal pickups, just solid defenders that can't hit. Year before we got what, 2? Ledd and Larry?

We certainly CAN be decent next year but there's a MASSIVE amount of holes to fill. When was the last time we lost 7 of our lineup including the top 3 hitters? Pitching I'm not going to look hard at, Parker deserves the benefit of the doubt. I will panic if he gets a HC job though lol

[TheLostDawg]

COrrect you didn't say we'd be "better", that's sloppy wording on my part. I understood you meant wed be roughly the same next year. But a LOT of those names you mention currently cannot hit non-con pitching.

Like who's the proven hitters coming back? Mershon, Chance, Highfill (does he come back? I have no idea). That's it isn't it? We need 2-3 hitters that can't currently hit to develop into SEC hitters, a stud Fr to come in and play quickly, and what, 3 Portal players that can ball? This season we got no good Portal pickups, just solid defenders that can't hit. Year before we got what, 2? Ledd and Larry?

We certainly CAN be decent next year but there's a MASSIVE amount of holes to fill. When was the last time we lost 7 of our lineup including the top 3 hitters? Pitching I'm not going to look hard at, Parker deserves the benefit of the doubt. I will panic if he gets a HC job though lol

Parker, you're 100% right. We better pay up.
That being said there is no wonder we couldn't pick anyone up. Missing the tournament two years in a row.
I think the portal will look a lot different this year if we continue to find ways to win the games we think that we will

[Todd4State]

Glad we can agree that missing the tourney next year = fired.

However, on us being better next year... what Fr contributors do we have on offense? None. Last year we got Jordan, Mershon, and Highfill who could play better than any current Fr. This group can't hit worth a lick right now. Last year we got 3 very flawed but high ceiling pitchers (Loo, Holcomb, and Loftin) this Fr class it seems we got 1 (Stevens). Yes any one of them could blow up and be All SEC I'm not saying they have no potential in this class, I'm saying they have shown us absolutely nothing

Ah here we go again with none of our players expected improve.**

Our rotation could be Loo, Loftin, and Stevens. And yes I know Loo is draft eligible but I wouldn't be shocked if he comes back as he will still have leverage and a good chance to vault up to the first round. Being able to pitch with both arms also lessens his risk. If not we have Luke Dotson, we get Makhai Grant back, and we're going to be active in the portal with a real pitching coach this time.

C- Highfill or Spalitta. We'll get another catcher in the portal regardless.

1B- McKenzie
2B- Mershon
3B- Henry Allen- one of the top high school prospects this year who we should get through the draft.
SS- Cupp

LF- Aaron Downs
CF- Dante Nori- another top high school prospect I think we get through the draft
RF- Nolan Stevens
DH- Bryce Chance


We'll be better than people think. And we'll go after some corner INF/OF players in the portal and be more than fine and probably a closer as well like Aaron Nixon.

[TNDawg35]

Ah here we go again with none of our players expected improve.**

Our rotation could be Loo, Loftin, and Stevens. And yes I know Loo is draft eligible but I wouldn't be shocked if he comes back as he will still have leverage and a good chance to vault up to the first round. Being able to pitch with both arms also lessens his risk. If not we have Luke Dotson, we get Makhai Grant back, and we're going to be active in the portal with a real pitching coach this time.

C- Highfill or Spalitta. We'll get another catcher in the portal regardless.

1B- McKenzie
2B- Mershon
3B- Henry Allen- one of the top high school prospects this year who we should get through the draft.
SS- Cupp

LF- Aaron Downs
CF- Dante Nori- another top high school prospect I think we get through the draft
RF- Nolan Stevens
DH- Bryce Chance


We'll be better than people think. And we'll go after some corner INF/OF players in the portal and be more than fine and probably a closer as well like Aaron Nixon.

We need that big hitting 1st/3rd baseman to come from the portal. I also wouldnt be against getting a new hitting coach regardless, if either of those situations happened.

[Todd4State]

We need that big hitting 1st/3rd baseman to come from the portal. I also wouldnt be against getting a new hitting coach regardless, if either of those situations happened.

I'm sure we will target at least 2-3 corner OF/INF types with at least one being a third baseman. McKenzie and Downs can play first if we crap out in the portal. I feel pretty confident in Stevens improving.

We lose a lot- so that means we'll probably be fairly active in the portal IMO. Because we should have some NIL money opening up. Including pitchers- I'm guessing we'll bring in a minimum of 8 new players. Of course we have to see how the draft plays out.