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Amen! They're very "grow the game" with their views.Quote:
Originally Posted by sandjunky
They're the ones that kind of fanned the flames on Waz. So that will be interesting to see how that plays out.
D1 has better info but they definitely have biases as well.
That's kind of dumb on our part.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
Waz is a good coach.
O'Conner might also really take it up a notch here. He will have more resources here and he has done it before at places with less.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
I wouldn't be surprised at all if he won a NC or two. I think him being at Virginia holds him back to a degree.
I don't think there's a Grand Slam hire out there that will come to MSU. My first pick would be Tim Corbin, then Vitello, then the VA HC......but all them are on a level that won't consider MSU. So, we get what we get and there's nothing we can do about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by KOdawg1
This. Ming was never ever in the hunt.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cooterpoot
Yep- Clown Show was never going to be State?s coachQuote:
Originally Posted by Homedawg
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Which current assistant is numero uno after the 4 sitting HC's?
BAK is my number 1 choice. No idea what the point would?ve been to fire Lemonis if we get stuck with Walter. I would take many assistants before Walter
Steve reported that Marcus Thames has possibility to come on staff next season. I am curious what that means and what will be his role? He is the hitting coach for the Yankees now.
Player development spotQuote:
Originally Posted by BigDawg81
The Hippie is throwing crap against the wall again. We don't even have a HC and that guy continues to make stuff up. The new Head Guy will bring his staff!Quote:
Originally Posted by BigDawg81
He is the hitting coach for the White Sox. He was with the Yankees through 2021. He and Reggie Willits were on the same staff in New York. Marcus was in Miami in 2022, Anaheim in 2023, and has been in Chicago since 2024.Quote:
Originally Posted by BigDawg81
Yea I have really come around on him. I think he would be able to win here and win big.Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
We're also expanding staff. And some of our coaches may not have staff members in the roles that we are about to have therefore we will have to add staff.Quote:
Originally Posted by CaptainObvious
IF we assume we're adding support staff, you have to feel like we know who we're hiring IMO. The new coach is going to be the one making the call on staff.
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Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
Not necessarily. We told Lemonis he was hiring Jake. Hell, Jake flew on the university jet to go get Lemonis.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cooterpoot
And especially for an off the field role like Player Development, you can hire someone and tell the new HC to deal with it.
Jake was already on staff though and we had to fire a coach midseason for a scandalQuote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
Well then if we already have hired a coach, which we have not, and Marcus Thames is being brought in by that new HC then the hire is not Brian O'Conner and it is probably not a sitting HC. And it's probably either Will Coggin or Reggie Willits.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cooterpoot
Naw, we've been talking about the move to a MLB developmental program expansion for a few weeks now. If that's going to be the case, I'd say Bakich is the guy. It's what Vandy does and he started that. I'm not saying we're hiring Bakich, just that he would fit that situation. Walter would kinda fall there too though. But look at the 1st round picks O'Connor has produced as well. You have to feel like IF such a program is happening a coach would be involved.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
Could be Skip Johnson and Reggie Willits. Which would be underwhelming as hell.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
I don't think we've already got our coach though.
I know we don't because we haven't formally sat down with anyone for an official interview. There were some people that spoke with Mingione when he was here, but it wasn't a formal sit down interview to my knowledge.Quote:
Originally Posted by KOdawg1
I get why some think Skip Johnson would be an underwhelming hire, but that guy is one of the best evaluators and developers of pitchers in college. He has produced a lot of power arms at Oklahoma that have gone on to become high round MLB picks. I think since he's been at OU, he's had around 27 pitchers that have been drafted.Quote:
Originally Posted by KOdawg1
Geeze, that's not a good track record of teams over the last couple of years to be pulling a hitting coach from!Quote:
Originally Posted by KB21
He's not being talked about as a hitting coach for us. It would an be off the field. Player Development most likely.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tripp McNeely
Question for those in the know. Of the main names being mentioned, how many players from those teams would/could we potentially get through the portal if that coach was hired? How many would we actually want? Would this tip the scale in favor of one coach over another?
It would not tip the scales one way or the other. Of the coaches mentioned, Virginia and Clemson have the most players we'd want. But how many of them we'd actually get is probably 2-4 from each of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by SteelCurtain74
He could be our GM. I agree player development is most likely because that makes the most sense.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
We didn't tell Lemonis anything. He agreed to keep Jake on and because he had done an excellent job and he was the key to keeping current recruits.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
Cohen told Lemonis Jake was staying. Jake and Chris both told me that. That's not a source or anything. It came from both of them. I asked Chris at Boardtown on a Sunday in April of 21 about how he basically got hired, wildly interesting story, and I talked to Jake about it early in the 19 season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cowbell
My money is now on Bakich.
I for one hope you are really good at gambling because that is who my first choice would be.Quote:
Originally Posted by ScottH
Me too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
Here's how I would categorize some of the coaches in college baseball, not all of whom are candidates for this job.
The Elite of the Elite
Dave Van Horn/Arkansas
Kevin O'Sullivan/Florida
Brian O'Connor/Virginia
Jim Schlossnagle/Texas
Tim Corbin/Vanderbilt
Tony Vitello/Tennessee
Jay Johnson/LSU
Previous Elite Who Have Fallen Off
Dan McDonnell/Louisville
Tim Tadlock/Texas Tech
Paul Mainieri/South Carolina
Just Below Elite That Could Make The Jump To Elite
Link Jarrett/Florida State
Erik Bakich/Clemson
Dan Heefner/Dallas Baptist
Scott Forbes/North Carolina
Butch Thompson/Auburn
Mark Wasikowski/Oregon
Nick Mingione/Kentucky
Chris Pollard/Duke
Rising Stars
Wes Johnson/Georgia
Dan Fitzgerald/Kansas
Steve Sabins/West Virginia
Kevin Schnall/Coastal Carolina
Mitch Canham/Oregon State
Ben Orloff/UC Irvine
Older Steady Coaches
Elliot Avent/NC State
Mike Bianco/Ole Miss
Skip Johnson/Oklahoma
So Steve, yes I know lol, is reporting over at 247 that UVA is pretty confident they will not be conducting a coaching search.
You're going to be disappointed IMO. But things are about to pick up after today!!Quote:
Originally Posted by ScottH
To note, all at the top of your list is sec but oneQuote:
Originally Posted by KB21
That information is worth less than the information on this threadQuote:
Originally Posted by Chuck3124
Why in the hell he said Marcus Thames might be on staff is beyond me. Good grief.