Is likely our new pitching coach.
Heard it from someone in athletics this morning.
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Is likely our new pitching coach.
Heard it from someone in athletics this morning.
Head coaching experience, MLB scouting experience, but zero P5 experience in any capacity, so that gives me pause.
He supposedly has an ace pitcher he could bring with him so we'll see
Head coach at Nichols St?
YesQuote:
Originally Posted by Tbonewannabe
Here's their ace.
https://geauxcolonels.com/sports/bas...ob-mayers/5769
Get this guy and I'm okay with the hire. If not, I don't understand
Steve reporting the same thing and saying it's pretty much done. If true, the proof will be on the field next year but as of now I'm very very underwhelmed. We will do what we always do and find a way to talk him up to sell ourselves on a good hire but to me it reiterates we should've bit the bullet this year and canned Lemonis. I hate to be negative Nancy here but this doesn't scratch the itch for me at all.
Interesting. Was good as the pitching guy at LaTech before spending the last two seasons at Nichols where he has been very good.
Fair points. But what do you not like about the guy?Quote:
Originally Posted by Randolph Dupree
He was the associate H/C for Lane Burroughs at La Tech. prior to going to Nicholls so while not P5 he does have some decent experience. Not the kinda hire most were expecting if true but we weren't going to pull the kinda p/c many thought anyway, not with Lemonis being in the position he's in. BTW, Christian Ostrander doesn't have any P-5 experience either, so there's that.
It's not done yet. There's someone still playing that we're talking to, but that one is a long shot, I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by KOdawg1
?We?re looking for an elite guy that?s worked with high-level arms that can develop, not only the pitcher individually, but the staff as a whole − a group that?s tough, that?s chiseled a little bit, that?s competitive,? Lemonis said. ?The individual development day-to-day is huge. I?ve had 1,000 phone calls about this pitching job. This is probably as good of a place to play in America.?
LOL, if some talent doesn't come with Silva, Lemonis is in trouble. Dang, 1000 calls and he makes this hire. LOL, there were no 1000 calls. Nobody was taking this job under this coach on his hot bucket.
Nicholls ERA the 2 seasons before he got there (13 teams in the conference): 4th, 2nd.
His first year they improved to 2/8 (conference got smaller). Year 2 they were 3/8. So he had good numbers at Nicholls, but they were a pretty good pitching team before he got there too and he didn't improve them.
As PC at Louisianna tech (newest to oldest, 12 team conference): 4th, 8th, 2nd. 2 years prior to him: 1st, 3rd. So again, he had good numbers but didn't move the needle above what it was already at.
He seems competent, but no clear improvement at his stops = he's not elite. And that was being compared to lower caliber coaches vs the SEC.
He may be the best hire we've ever made but right now it looks extremely underwhelming.
But like I said, we kept lemonis because A) our new AD shat his pants at the thought of having to do the non-fundraising part of his job, and B) the money men didn't want to fork over the money for the buyout. There is no option of "C) we believe Lemonis + the coach at Nicholls state will get us back to Omaha". Nobody but Todd believes that
Fair. I'd still prefer the AL guy I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by the_real_MSU_is_us
Steve say he is a candidate or it appears it's a done deal?
I'd DEFINITELY prefer the AL guy. Best staff in the SEC? And at a school with no baseball success? That's better than anything Silva or Walton have done.Quote:
Originally Posted by confucius say
If you don?t see that as elite, you?re blindQuote:
Originally Posted by Cooterpoot
And remember MIATM
So Walton didn't want to be treated for radiation burns by the middle of next season?**
Are we sure? I just heard LSU called him before the ink dried.
AL.com is reporting that Jackson is staying at AL as pitching coach despite not getting the head job, which went to Maryland's coach.
All for it if
He brings his brother Anderson to instill toughness
I know how he feels. I didn't get the head job after I got married, but I stayed anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by confucius say