Oh so you are saying the context of a program a coach inherits matters? Interesting coming from you.
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I'll wait for a good argument why not. No one has said anything about his capability. Just that we are going to blow the program up and start from scratch.
I have yet to hear anyone actually make a cogent argument why he's not qualified. Someone said misuse of bullpen Friday night. In that same vein, he led Evan Siary to strike out 15 Rebels (although that's no longer impressive because according to many now a series win over a ranked Ole Miss team is no longer a good win).
I'm not saying he should be the guy. I'm just saying I still really haven't seen why not other than we need to blow everything up and start over, even though the same people admit this team should be good enough to win.
I think the main reason we should blow the program up and start from scratch is the need for a cultural overhaul. Unfortunately Parker is associated with some of the worst baseball we have seen in a long time, so he has to go. You can?t be in the background going through the motions and then when you get your shot, you want to lead a culture change. Should have been fighting that fight a long time ago. Thank him for stepping in to lead the rest of the season and conduct the coaching search as planned.
No head coaching experience (I realize other assistants have been thrown out there, but would prefer to have someone who has run a whole program). Poor recruiting when it comes to pitchers, which is his specialty. Waits too long to take pitchers out, almost cost us the game last night.
We NEED to clear out this staff.
When we say that we are our own worst enemies this is what we are referring too. We have a choice, we can commit to being a top tier program that will compete for championships, conference and national or we can be Misitippy Tate and stay in our own way. These guys are not capable of running a program at this level. Making the right decisions during a game is just a part of the puzzle that is managing the entire program. This program is a monster and we have leadership that can manage it.
he'll probably have 1 loss at the iron bowl might oughta find another comparison
I just want to make sure I'm clear. I'm not saying we should hire Parker.
But by everyone who is commenting on here, it sounds like you all are guaranteeing we are going to make a big hire. I just want to make sure that's the case.
I don't want to settle for Parker. If we can get a much bigger name you do it. But I'll be very interested in the responses if we go out and hire an assistant with no head coaching experience to blow our program up.
So are you all saying we for sure are hiring a big name with head coaching experience?
Nothing's ever "for sure," I think there's too much smoke about a bunch of sitting ACC, Big 12, or SEC head coaches not to expect one of them to work out. I definitely have my heart set on O'Connor, but there are still good potential hires out there if he doesn't come.
Now if all of them do tell us no, and we're looking at Coggin vs. Elander vs. Parker, I can at least see the argument to consider Parker at that point, but I still think I'd have him at #3 out of those, given what all of them accomplished as assistants.
Nothing is guaranteed. But the odds of us not finding someone that has experience, wants to make a million dollars, and wants a ton of resources at a blueblood in the best college baseball conference in America is low. Plus we're likely a regional team. This isn't a complete dumpster fire. It will be a rebuild but it won't be like the one Cohen inherited.
Yes there are some Dan Heefner's out there that aren't coming. There are also some Brian O'Connor's who might.
And on top of that if we can't find someone that wants what I outlined then I think we have to pivot to Coggin. That's our best chance at success if we completely whiff on everyone.
And I will add most people in the industry seem to think we will hire a sitting head coach. We'll see if they're correct