Link Jarrett?Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
I'd be fine with hiring him, but are we really going to pull him away from his alma mater?
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Link Jarrett?Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
I'd be fine with hiring him, but are we really going to pull him away from his alma mater?
NOQuote:
Originally Posted by Quaoarsking
If our offer order goes: 1. Jarrett, 2. Bakich, 3. O'Connor, 4. Wasikowski, we're getting a really good coach, and I'm betting on O'Connor.
No. Which is why I said he will not accept it. But there was some interest there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Quaoarsking
Wait. Interest by who? If he has shown interest, I can think of only 3 reasons he wouldn't get it or take it. They don't show interest just to string ADs along.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
1) we didn't reciprocate the interest
2) both parties couldn't come to gather on the specific "commitments"
3) He is milking FSU for a stronger "commitment".
Word is FSU made alot of promises last year and then went back on them. Pissed him off to the point where he is "looking". Heard same thing about Bakich. They pretty much told him they were not allocating a,lot of funds and football and basketball would get the majority.Quote:
Originally Posted by CaptainObvious
People have to remember. The house settlement is coming. Schools are picking and choosing what they spend money on, and baseball is a distant thought for most. Luckily for us, we are going all in sounds like. Coaches are going to jump at the opportunity to have a job like that no matter what some posters on here say. There is a reason we are getting big name interest.
House settlement my ass. That’s a big bunch of BS.
Football programs are spending 30MM or more this year on their teams. They aren’t going back to 10-12MM. You guys are kidding yourselves with all that. This dream of policing money to the players is just that- a dream
you don't have faith in tuberville and saban? why is the house deal a load of baloney?
This^^Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
A lot of folks don't understand how it's going to go.
Completely different discussion with regards to baseball.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
Fact of the matter is for many schools they simply don't have 30 million just laying around and it's going to take time for them to build that up.
One way to fill the gap even if it is firing a rock at Godzilla is to take it from baseball. And that may very well benefit us this job cycle.
Schools are going to pay whatever it takes to win. LSU, Tenn and others will keep spending 6-10MM in NIL on baseball no matter what the ****ing House saysQuote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
You guys thinking the House BS will help us are delusional
Its going to cost 1.3MM or so just to try and keep Reese and McPherson. 2 players. We bout to find out if we are a big boy and if crowds matter
Why would he be interested?Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
If you listen to that video you referenced he basically talks about is the atmosphere at State and the crowd.
Which many on here say is irrelevant.
So why would that matter? Why would he have any interest?
Which is exactly why guys like O'Conner are interested in our job***Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
Because our fans take our crowds for granted. Is the crowd going to win a game, identify recruits, run practice, etc- no.Quote:
Originally Posted by cheewgumm
But having support helps attract people who can.
Saying crowd sizes DON’T matter is an oversimplification of the NIL problem. Could you imagine Bryant-Denny or Death Valley with 1/3rd capacity?
Yuck
Crowd size indicates overall interest in the program. It is not going to win you recruits or games but it may show a potential hire that we give a 17 and will care when it comes to giving towards NIL.Quote:
Originally Posted by cheewgumm
Or if a HC change plays a factor.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
I mean we had a booster out of Houston pledge 3 mil a few weeks ago for baseball NIL. 1.3 will not be a problem. And after today, I think the number for McPherson will go down a good bit.Quote:
Originally Posted by bulldogcountry1
No it wont, he has talent, a ton of it, one outing is not going to change that.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
Right... thank goodness ED has a few resident experts who have it all figured out already.***Quote:
Originally Posted by Cooterpoot
Both things can be true. Yes, LSU etc... will continue to spend money but most places won't.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
The schools in the conference where it just means more will for the most part continue to dole out money for baseball. But remember that LSU, Tennessee, Texas, Florida, Alabama. Auburn, Georgia, Kentucky all spend money on the Olympic sports too! Gymnastics, Swimming, Diving, soccer, etc.... They are going to still spend the lions share on Football and Men's Basketball, with Baseball, Women's Basketball, Softball getting what's left over.
Let's all root for Virginia to lose tonight.
I don't know if that necessarily knocks them out of a Regional but it would prevent them from playing their way into a lock this week. Beat case scenario, UVA isn't picked and we announce O'Connor next week sometime.
We will not announce a new HC until we are done playing. That I can 100% guarantee you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Quaoarsking
Well, Steve Robertson has said otherwise, so who knows?Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
Rosebowl, that?s the kind of concrete info that I want to hang on to.Quote:
Originally Posted by Quaoarsking
I dont see any way we announce a coach before that school is done playing. So if we do- that means we are hiring a coach that didnt make a Regional or is an Asst coach. No coach is going to create that nightmare going into a Regional/Super/CWSQuote:
Originally Posted by Quaoarsking
Or its some type of pro coach
I mean I could be wrong, but it would floor me if we announced a HC while our team was still playing, or had yet to play. My gut, and some rumblings I have heard, tells me the hire will break June 3rd, be announced by the university June 4th, and the press conference will be June 5th. Unless we make a Super then all bets are off when it will be announced.Quote:
Originally Posted by Quaoarsking
Edit to Add: This also works on the premise that the other coach does not have a team still playing. If that is the case, that would also push the timeline.
I would say the odds are that we'll announce around the time the CWS is played just because I think our candidates will likely be involved in Super Regionals most likely unless our top target is eliminated at that point.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
Yea I was kind of operating off if O’Conner is the hire. If it is someone else, the timeline could shift. I do think it is the same days though. I think it breaks one day, the next day the university officially announces it, and we have the presser the day after.Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
As mentioned repeatedly on here, through no fault of O'Connor, UVA is probably not going to a Regional without a run in the ACC Tournament, so there's an opportunity to hire a coach while we're still playing but his old team isn't.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
I completely agree we won't hire a coach until his team is done, but if we go on a surprise run, that shouldn't delay us.
Wes Johnson just got a raise and extension through 2031 with Georgia.
Good for Wes. I kind of always figured his candidacy was for a raiseQuote:
Originally Posted by KB21
That's the point, we'll still be behind several SEC schools we're behind now. We won't move up in the pecking order much if at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hot Rock
That's what most who were associated with Mississippi State felt about Wes being a candidate.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
Wes’ wife literally never moved full time to Starkville the year he was the asst. He was never going to be the HC.Quote:
Originally Posted by KB21
That is a lifetime for Wes and his track record on jobsQuote:
Originally Posted by KB21
It will be hard for things to not leak if a coach finishes their season before us.
edit: not from Selmon, but from the other side of things.
I think it's O'Conner.