I must admit - Wes Johnson is kinda an out of left field name for Kendall to throw out there. Wasn?t expecting that one.
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I must admit - Wes Johnson is kinda an out of left field name for Kendall to throw out there. Wasn?t expecting that one.
And it's not happeningQuote:
Originally Posted by Medic601
why, he too edgy and have too much fire in his gut?
Some of these guys are using Kendall to get a raise
Big buyout and a wifeQuote:
Originally Posted by Pancho
Been discussed a ton. His wife hates Starkville supposedly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pancho
She refused to move full time to Starkville when they were here in 16 and wanted him to get out at the first opportunity.Quote:
Originally Posted by DownwardDawg
Most of the coaches Kendall mentioned have already signed extensions in the past year. Most of them have large buyouts.
You better hope so. Your credibility will be completely down the toilet if we hire O'Connor.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
He would be a great pull. If his buyout really is only 500K its very possible. As I said with Sully- there are a few guys that have been somewhere awhile and it could be getting stale- they have about 10 good years left and this could be the right moment. Would love to see itQuote:
Originally Posted by Quaoarsking
I hope another guy gets fired soon so Kendall Rogers has something better to do that speculate like a monkey with a typewriter. Just name ever coach in America, even Joe Torre.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
These D1 kids are not that clever.
They need to get some articles on portal kids and portal drama.
I hear Selmon and Buck Showalter have been exchanging phone calls. I mean? he does have State ties.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Federalist Engineer
LOL. If he is it's probably for advice and references.Quote:
Originally Posted by Medic601
I could actually see Buck maybe having some success as a college coach because he is known for managing young rebuilding teams throughout his career. That said, if you hire him you better have an elite pitching and hitting coach that are also elite recruiters because most MLB people that go to college struggle with that. That was a big reason why Jimmy Bragan wasn't going to work out and why Polk had to bring in a lot of JUCO guys.
To be fair, and I say this with respect because you are one of the most knowledgeable baseball posters this site has ever seen, but dude, the Elander guy is the real deal. He gets the portal. He gets nil. And he can flat out coach hitters. If he were to come and we got Parker to stay or someone as good as he is, then we would have hit a homerun I think!Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
This is a very good take. I don?t really think heefner would be the coach everyone thinks he would be. Otherwise this is one heck of a post.Quote:
Originally Posted by HoopsDawg
Solid counter point. This is a very solid thread. Lots of people with great ideas!Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
+1Quote:
Originally Posted by Cowbell
I wouldn't want Buck for our coach, but I think he'd be a great fit for a general manager role that scouts and identifies talent.
Bo mentioned this morning he had heard in the past 48 hours conversation on the Kansas coach also.
He has baseball friends, so it was interesting to hear that this morning.
He is an interesting candidate and one I am sure will get a look. Was at DBU with Heefner for 9 years and then took the RC job at LSU for a year before taking the Kansas job. He is a Midwest guy and has really built Kansas into a player in the Big 12 in very short order. Actually has people coming to the ballpark and has gotten the students involved. He would not be at the top of my list but he would be worth a call if you missed on a few.Quote:
Originally Posted by Santiago
Kansas coach is a big reach/risk
Dan Fitzgerald. Spent most of his career at Dallas Baptist, which is a program that evaluates and develops talent better than any program in the country. He and Wes Johnson were both on that staff at one point.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
Or a NIL donation. Those should be the only reasons.Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
The Wes connection is how he got the LSU RC job. Wes thinks very highly of him. Hiring him or Wes is as close as you will get to hiring Heefner. And they do not come with the hard line religious stances or the hard line stances on alcohol. And honestly, that is probably the deal breaker on Heefner even over the hard line religious stances. He would have very strong stances on alcohol being allowed in the LFL. He would be vehemently against it.Quote:
Originally Posted by KB21
The thing is we fired Lemonis and Cann our last two coaches because they couldn't handle the pressure that comes with our program and neither was a great manager.Quote:
Originally Posted by preachermatt83
Those are the two biggest question marks with Elander.
Parker's staff is 10th in the SEC right now. I would be Ok if he left.
Agree. He built KU's program with JUCO's and the portal. Which I get. He had no choice. But would he continue to do it that way here?Quote:
Originally Posted by Cooterpoot
Yeah. I don't think very many of our fans would have an issue with the Bible Study aspect. A lot of players would probably have gone regardless. MLB has chaplains and such like Burke Masters.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
Alcohol however- that's been a part of the LFL since students parked their pick up trucks behind the fence. Safe to say that is here to stay.
It's rumored that this is the reason he hasn't taken any other jobs. It was the dealbreaker with Texas A&M. With that said, if Heefner were ever interested in this job, you don't go after anyone else. That guy is a top 5 coach in all of college baseball who is completely happy at a small Baptist school outside Dallas.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
I agreeQuote:
Originally Posted by KB21
Chris Pollard is trying to endear himself to the Mississippi State fanbase. The Duke baseball slogan this year that he tweets out is #BlueCollar
If he’s talking to him it could very well be about money. There are a lot of former players that are not involved with the program due to various factors. It’s time to get them all together and he would be one of the guys to help that happen.Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
Yeah, I'm not against Fitzgerald, but that would be a big time risk.
Yes, all coaching hires are risks, but he would be a big one.
I'd like to know what some of our MLB guys think about who should be the next HC. Since we have been missing the Mangum-type leadership, maybe his opinion should carry some weight.
That is very true. And maybe some insight into anything else the program might need.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coursesuper
We aren't hiring Showalter. My stance on the hire is go after the top P4 possibly looking to make a move, then the riskier P4 guys like the Kansas coach, then P4 assistants. I'm not fooling with a single G5 guy. I'm not scared to go assistant but that's my last route if we failed at bigger fish.
I'm calling O'Conner, Bakich, and O'Sullivan first.
If none of those bite, I'm going to the Pollard, Wasikowski, Wes Johnson, Vaughn, Mingione (no thanks on that buyout), Fitzgerald tier.
Then I'm going to Will Coggin and Josh Elander.
You can go ahead and exclude both Wes and Ming. Vaughn isn't coming either IMO. I seriously doubt Coggin too, but if you miss on everybody he's there.Quote:
Originally Posted by KOdawg1
Nah, I'll keep them on there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cooterpoot
Make your own list and exclude them.
No we’re not and he won’t do it anyway. But he and a couple of others are the key to funding we desperately need.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cooterpoot
Nailed it! We need Buck involved in to bring some folks together and get this thing done right!Quote:
Originally Posted by Coursesuper