Are you asking who we want as #1 preferred? Or who is #1 mostly likely hired?Quote:
Originally Posted by BigDawg81
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Are you asking who we want as #1 preferred? Or who is #1 mostly likely hired?Quote:
Originally Posted by BigDawg81
The latterQuote:
Originally Posted by The Federalist Engineer
I'll say this with first hand knowledge via a top UGA baseball donor - UGA has come around on baseball and they have the facilities and NIL support to finally awaken that sleeping giant.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
His buyout is large like Wes and Walter's so I still doubt those with high buyouts. I can't see us blowing close to $10MM on a couple staffs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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Originally Posted by Cooterpoot
Well Parker is 3-0 .:............ LOL!!!
I think after a series win against Ole Miss we should revisit this.
With how Siary looked, how we won the series, and how this team seemingly has rallied, and some of the comments that have come out from some of the "bigger" coaching targets we've mentioned, is the collective thought still that Parker would be an underwhelming hire?
Yes. It still would be an underwhelming hire. Look no further than our bullpen management issues this weekend. I mean, we leave Pico out too long on Friday in game one and then we didn’t just go to McPherson in the ninth last night.Quote:
Originally Posted by MetEdDawg
I think if you are going to go to Parker route, then you better find one hell of a recruiter to be the recruiting coordinator. That might be a more important higher for him than any of the other position coaches. Because we have seen what he can do when he has a talented pitching staff. I think we have pieces that are talented right now, but we are an underwhelming staff overall
Here we go. No, no, no, no, and hell no. Clean house!!!' I knew our fans would start this crap with any fleeting success. Kentucky and Ole Miss aren't that good in the midst of top level SEC which is where we want and need to be.Quote:
Originally Posted by MetEdDawg
Hell no.Quote:
Originally Posted by MetEdDawg
Not to mention if he comes back the odds are at least Gautreau comes back as well.
We need a program reset. Bringing anyone back from this current staff doesn't make any sense and it would make firing Lemonis not make any sense either if we're basically just going to keep the staff and replace him with Bobby Austin essentially.
True. And to be honest other than maybe winning one more game against Kentucky I don't think Parker has really done anything that Lemonis wouldn't have done if he was still our coach.Quote:
Originally Posted by msudawg1200
Just no.Quote:
Originally Posted by MetEdDawg
If he makes a super regional you have to consider it
I don’t think we will have that problem, and this program is not one for ojt. Right now it’s just baseball, but the program as a whole is a monster with to many moving parts. In today’s environment it would be more much more prudent to make all efforts to hire someone who has proven they can handle something more challenging.Quote:
Originally Posted by BuckyIsAB****
No you dontQuote:
Originally Posted by BuckyIsAB****
Need to move a different direction. Whole staff overhaul. Cannot keep Parker. This is not a place you ?try out? head coaching. Were a big boy school. Let?s act like it.
If we hire Parker, Selmon should be firedQuote:
Originally Posted by MetEdDawg
RidiculousQuote:
Originally Posted by MetEdDawg
"Consider it" in the sense that he would be a fallback if a dozen other candidates say no, sure.Quote:
Originally Posted by BuckyIsAB****
If we didn't hire Henderson (who had years of SEC head coaching experience) after taking us on a deep Omaha run, we won't hire Parker after just a Super Regional unless there's just no one else.
Oh so you are saying the context of a program a coach inherits matters? Interesting coming from you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by SPMT
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by MetEdDawg
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by MetEdDawg
We NEED to clear out this staff.
Does it really have to be said? He's part of the reason we are where we are.Quote:
Originally Posted by MetEdDawg
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by MetEdDawg
If Alabama fires DeBoer this fall, will they hire one of his coordinators to be the new head coach?Quote:
Originally Posted by MetEdDawg
he'll probably have 1 loss at the iron bowl might oughta find another comparison
^This, plus many of the other posts. As I stated in my original post that everything associated with Lemonis has to go. Total culture change. I knew our gullible fans would start this keep Parker crap if we won a series or two with him.Quote:
Originally Posted by MBDawg601
^This too. Some of our fans are such sheep.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coursesuper
BEE EYE N G OHQuote:
Originally Posted by Quaoarsking
If you thought his management of the game last night won it, you didn't watch. His stupid defensive sub in the OF almost cost us the game and his pitchers walked 12 guys and almost blew it. He got lucky last night and his guys got shelled game one too.Quote:
Originally Posted by MetEdDawg
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by MetEdDawg
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.
Nope. Kiffin isn't one of his coordinators.Quote:
Originally Posted by Quaoarsking
More like guy because he just left Pico out there to rot. Which isn't any better and maybe worse.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cooterpoot
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by MetEdDawg
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
Yep. That's been the wordQuote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State