Kendall says they may land a big fish.
That has to be Lemonis, right? ***
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Kendall says they may land a big fish.
That has to be Lemonis, right? ***
You mean a team that made a regional fired their coach!!??!?!?!?!
For some reason, we have posters that can't understand that John Cohens weird ass was our AD when we made the last hire. No one wanted to work for Cohen. Things are much different and better now. We can land "ALMOST" anyone we want with our baseball support. Watch this next hire.
They'll never hire a good coach **Quote:
Originally Posted by StateDawg44
That would be the dream. We don't have to fire him, we don't have to suffer through 1-2 years of his underachieving, and the people who like him get to save face too.
Then we can unite as a fanbase around the new guy (Justin Haire as the floor, maybe someone "better") and get back to the "State Standard" that Lemonis hasn't been living up to these last 3 years.
Prayers it's Lemonis but it's Godwin I believe, maybe Haire but he's not a big fish really.
Godwin would not take a job with a coach fired for regionals and super regionals *** Nope. Ain't happening.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cooterpoot
Maybe a couple of our guys on this board can guest post today over there and remind them of their 30 year history(other than Tanners 3 year run) and remind them they are on par and should be happy.
We gonna wait and make it just a tad more difficult on ourselves so we can compete with another in-state SEC school next year.
So.... we need to pivot to East Carolina and that job opening . Momma is calling Lemonis home, at least to the Carolinas but not South Carolina.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cooterpoot
But but but you can't fire a coach after they make a regional!!**
South Carolina hasn't made the commitment we have to baseball. If they do now and they have the resources if they want to- I could see them pulling Lemonis. He has been mentioned as a candidate.
The fan list of names on their board is entertaining. They can pull a coach for sure, but they have some loftier names they wish for. Basically, any typical fan base.Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
Will be fun to see their hot board today.
The 247 mod said he expected this announcement of firing tonight, so it came early being this morning.
And if he takes it, he will waltz right to USCe with David Mershon in tow. Just be careful what you wish for. We can do better, but we sure as hell can, and have before, done worse.
is Mershon not going pro, assuming in the top 10 rounds?Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
I could see them wanting to hire Lemonis to get Parker back
We need to worry that they skip Lemo and hire Parker as the HCQuote:
Originally Posted by DawgFromOxford
He has another year of leverage and I am sure a chance to go home and play for the home state would entice him to stay.Quote:
Originally Posted by Santiago
Correct. We will need to up his pay to keep him if I had to guess.Quote:
Originally Posted by BrunswickDawg
I would assume the new HC likewise has a few star recruits coming our way with him.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
I'll be surprised if Mershon doesn't sign pro. He's getting drafted without a doubt.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
Not if it’s Justin Haire. He would have to completely rebuild. And btw I love Haire. Think he is a rising star, but he would have to completely rebuild through the portal and do it without Justin Parker out of all likelihood.Quote:
Originally Posted by Santiago
That's not happeningQuote:
Originally Posted by BrunswickDawg
Not to pile on Lemonis, but I would honestly trust Haire's evaluations for rebuilding this team , than Lemonis .Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
It is probably my urgency in this off season, is to get the coach that knows how to evaluate the portal.
What has Haire shown you in the portal that gives you that confidence? I really believe people are basing their opinion on Haire solely off the fact that he got Zach Neto. Great signing, but he kind of got lucky. I mean no one was screaming sign the San Diego HC when he found Kris Bryant. No one has been knocking down Scott Stricklin’s door to come coach and he found Charlie Condon.Quote:
Originally Posted by Santiago
I think SC hiring Lemonis would be a disaster for us, because I'm sure he would take Parker and Mershon with him.
Outside of a few superstars who can afford to be choosy, "portal recruiting" is all about money. Nobody is great or terrible at it.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
Whether our coach is Lemonis or Haire or someone else, I except whoever to reload well enough in the portal to make it back to a Regional next year. The question is can we have a coach who won't underachieve, have bad fundamentals, make boneheaded in-game tactical decisions, etc.
Everyone says that next year is a rebuilding year. What better time to hire a new coaching staff when expectations are low. Just sayin.
But that is my point. Why do people trust Haire to rebuild through the portal better than Lemonis?Quote:
Originally Posted by Quaoarsking
I don't know that Haire will be any better at portal recruiting than Lemonis. He'll probably be about the same.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
I don't think Haire will underachieve like Lemonis for the reasons I listed. That's the difference. If Haire (or another solid coach) had been our coach this past year, I think we are better than 17-13, better than a 2 seed, and better than a team that lost in the Regionals.
That he built a competitive regional team at a school that has nothing.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
He has a potential 2nd round pick this year.
But probably more about saying I have seen Lemonis enough to have doubts on his rebuilding, or really why he is in this spot anyway. That is more of it. Just saying a winning coach working with less, and who is hands on, might have a better skillset.
I think we would run the bases better than what we saw. There is that.
Hearing Petry to the portal. Going to cost a pretty penny.
I thought the story with Condon was that he was given a walkon spot as a favor to another coach not on the UGA staff. Total luck how he panned out.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
He is winning at ..... Campbell. I get you are pushing on me on my posts on this, but I did not bring him up on the thread.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
I would assume Pollard is the first call, if South Carolina doesn't get him. Pollard is recruiting at Duke, and that is the type I had in mind for resetting our recruiting and evaluations.
Cue the "WhAt abOuT tHis YeAr?" commentsQuote:
Originally Posted by Santiago
So is Randy Hood at UNCW. Why is his name not being brought up. So is Jim Penders at UCONN. Why is no one mentioning him. Jordan Bischell is doing wonders at Cincinnati. Why is no one mentioning his name. Hell Gary Gilmore at national championship at Coastal. Why did we not hire him in 19. Some of you have gotten so damn fixated on Haire that anything else is a failure. The guy is a good coach. But there are 30 Justin Haire’s out there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Santiago
I like Haire a lot. I think he would do good. But some of you think he is going to come in Year 1 and solve all the issues. He is not. He will be about the same as Lemonis. Slightly better some years and slightly worse others.
Haire would be down our list a ways. He's not a top coaching candidate here IMO. He would be a MEH hire here. Not great, not terrible.
It'll be lsuQuote:
Originally Posted by HoopsDawg
Oustanding.......Post of the day..........Rep. given.......
Sure, any of those sound like good hires. The fact that it's not "Haire or bust" and actually there are a lot of good names out there that we could probably hire is further evidence that we'll be fine if Lemonis leaves us.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
He's the floor. If we hire someone better, great. His name is only being brought up to disprove the meltdowners who say we'll never be able to hire anyone beyond a D3 or JUCO coach.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cooterpoot