Deep Dive Into The Candidates

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Originally Posted by KOdawg1

Butch is down the list for me, but us hiring him would still excite me. He runs a good program and embraces the transfer portal which is something our next coach needs to do.

Before anyone jumps in, yes, I know it's not happening.

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Nobody on this board knows if it's happening or not. Everyone is guessing.

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Originally Posted by KOdawg1

My excitement meter for potential hires:

BOC: 10/10
Bakich: 10/10
Wasikowski: 9.5/10
Butch: 8/10
Pollard: 8/10
Walter: 7/10
Fitz: like a 6; he'd be a good coach but it's kinda meh for me
Skip Johnson: 5/10

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I'm with you.

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Originally Posted by DownwardDawg

Nobody on this board knows if it's happening or not. Everyone is guessing.

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People who would know are pretty adamant that Butch ain't happening. Steve is BFF's with Cohen, so he probably has a pretty good source on that.

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Originally Posted by Quaoarsking

Nebraska's just stole a bid knocking out another bubble team. Cal Poly in the 1st inning trying to do the same thing.

Get O'Connor to Starkville ASAP!

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And Cal Poly steals a bid too. Although I would still personally find them a spot if I were on the committee, it seems unlikely that they'll be in now with 2 spots evaporating today.

Get O'Connor to Starkville ASAP!

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Originally Posted by Tripp McNeely

Because he's already too busy recruiting the portal for State to be worried about making a regional with his old team this year!

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LOL

It's not getting past these three. Salmon's future depends on this hire and he knows it. If he wants to get a bigger job, he will have to knock it out of the park with this hire.

BOC
Bakich
Wasikowski

Butch would be an underwhelming hire

I have only one time had inside knowledge of a coaching hire. A long time ago! When internet was in its very early stages.

Story: I had a good friend that played football at Georgia tech. He became a very big booster at Ga.Tech. He was very close friends with the then head coach Bill Curry. For several years he would invite me and wife to Atlanta for Ga.Tech vs Georgia football game. He sideline passes for he and I. One year the game was being played in Atlanta. Friend told me to ride with him that he wanted to go to coach Curry’s house the day before the game to deliver his Christmas present to Coach Curry. We arrive at coach Curry’s house were greeted by coach Curry and asked to come in. Coach Curry told friend and me to promise not say a word but that he had just accepted an offer to become head coach at the University of Alabama. This ended up being approximately two weeks before it was publicly announced. It was very hard for me to keep the secret but I did.

So I assume most coaching hires are usually done way in advance of public announcements. Therefore I would believe that who ever our new baseball coach is either already decided or very close to being a done deal.

Selmon is doing the work and now it's a waiting game simply for timings sake. This is how a real coaching search should be coordinated.

Take it FWIW, but the latest report from Rosey is not great. Sounds like UVA is going to do everything they can to keep O’Conner. I had always kind of had doubts that we would get him, and had expressed those. I had grown a little more optimistic in the last 48-72 hours that we would pull it off. And look, we may still be able to pull it off, but I would say the chances are not as good as most hope.

I have said from the jump that something just felt like Erik Bakich would be the hire when it is all said and done and I do believe that is where we turn once the O’Conner courtship has officially ended.

Feels like it'll be Tom Walter or Dan Fitzgerald which would be solid hires but disappointing

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Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve

Take it FWIW, but the latest report from Rosey is not great. Sounds like UVA is going to do everything they can to keep O’Conner. I had always kind of had doubts that we would get him, and had expressed those. I had grown a little more optimistic in the last 48-72 hours that we would pull it off. And look, we may still be able to pull it off, but I would say the chances are not as good as most hope.

I have said from the jump that something just felt like Erik Bakich would be the hire when it is all said and done and I do believe that is where we turn once the O’Conner courtship has officially ended.

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Hopefully we get good news in an hour and can start finalizing with him directly, rather than Virginia getting another week to reel him back in.

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Originally Posted by KOdawg1

Feels like it'll be Tom Walter or Dan Fitzgerald which would be solid hires but disappointing

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Walter would be more disappointing than Fitzgerald. I think people could get behind Fitzgerald. Walter, without Muscara, would probably be one of the more underwhelming hires we could make. And Muscara will get that Wake job the second Walter leaves.

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Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve

I have said from the jump that something just felt like Erik Bakich would be the hire when it is all said and done and I do believe that is where we turn once the O’Conner courtship has officially ended.

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As of yesterday, I will be surprised if you are not pleased.

SR may be right or he may not. I'm sure Virgina doesn't want to see BOC walk away, we shall see very soon IF the damage can be fixed at Virgina or has it gone too far. Anything can happen in today's world. SR knows about as much as many of us, LOL!

I'm hoping for BOC but there a few others that I would love to get also. Btw, anyone on the so-called list is better than the Bucket Coach we had, what a shame as his history came back to cost him a gifted job. Better days ahead.

I am sure that Virginia feels optimistic about O’Connor and I am also pretty sure that we were optimistic on keeping Dan Mullen until we wasn’t. I would like BOC but I also thought that Fitzgerald is type of that we would hire.

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Originally Posted by basedog

SR may be right or he may not. I'm sure Virgina doesn't want to see BOC walk away, we shall see very soon IF the damage can be fixed at Virgina or has it gone too far. Anything can happen in today's world. SR knows about as much as many of us, LOL!

I'm hoping for BOC but there a few others that I would love to get also. Btw, anyone on the so-called list is better than the Bucket Coach we had, what a shame as his history came back to cost him a gifted job. Better days ahead.

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Steve at least is getting information from the admin, not for the HC, but to navigate the audience. If he is preparing the masses, it says something. Or information to help with distractions for the week.

Steve's statement doesn't really mean anything. He's "right" either way.

O'Connor stays at Virginia - no search - Steve was right!
O'Connor leaves Virginia - they promote their associate head coach who's been there for 20 years - Steve was right!

I really don?t listen to Steve. Maybe he knows but he always wiggles out if he is wrong.

I think Virginia has to let the players what is going on this week. With school out players going home need to know or want to know what there options are for summer ball and of course portal options.

If BOC stays it will be known shortly now.