Lots of chatter so some may need to brace themselves

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Originally Posted by DawgFromOxford

It's the reason why I haven't been back to a game in a couple of years (that and we've sucked). I'm not driving 3 hours to then have to stand for 3 hours. I'm not mad about it, just means I won't be going to any games in person. I get why we don't put eye sore bleachers out there.

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I?ve never had problems getting chairbacks on stubhub whether it?s me and my son or all seven of us. Seats are easier to come by than people say.

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Originally Posted by Pinto

I?ve never had problems getting chairbacks on stubhub whether it?s me and my son or all seven of us. Seats are easier to come by than people say.

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Right. A lot of fans just get upset because they expect to be able to buy a chair back ticket the Wednesday before SWB without any commitment.

The truth is, outside of SBW, LSU, and UM, you can easily get chair backs on Stubhub or just get GA at the gate and sit wherever you want.

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Originally Posted by bulldogcountry1

Right. A lot of fans just get upset because they expect to be able to buy a chair back ticket the Wednesday before SWB without any commitment.

The truth is, outside of SBW, LSU, and UM, you can easily get chair backs on Stubhub or just get GA at the gate and sit wherever you want.

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This is the truth, we only fill it a couple of times a year and if there is post season baseball.

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Originally Posted by CaptainObvious

We don't need a larger stadium. We also don't need berms in both sides. Add seats even if they are fancy cushion Chairbacks in one or both of those. Have a portable bleacher system built that can be rolled out for those big events! The right field area where the students gather 100 humans deep is dangerous and there will be a major accident out there eventually when most of the students are drinking and not paying attention to the game! But so be it out there. But general admission folks need seats even if ticket sales are limited!

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What I would like is the ability to take my family of 4, with two children under 10, to a game and have somewhere to sit without hailing to race to get to the berm. I don't care if it's bleachers and they charge $25/ticket, I could stomach that. There were about 5-6 times where we wanted to go up to a game but said screw it because we didn't want to stand the entire time. We would go more but travel soccer takes up several weekends. I'm sure many families are in the same boat.

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Originally Posted by Interpolation_Dawg_EX

What I would like is the ability to take my family of 4, with two children under 10, to a game and have somewhere to sit without hailing to race to get to the berm. I don't care if it's bleachers and they charge $25/ticket, I could stomach that. There were about 5-6 times where we wanted to go up to a game but said screw it because we didn't want to stand the entire time. We would go more but travel soccer takes up several weekends. I'm sure many families are in the same boat.

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seems like a resonable request.

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Originally Posted by Interpolation_Dawg_EX

What I would like is the ability to take my family of 4, with two children under 10, to a game and have somewhere to sit without hailing to race to get to the berm. I don't care if it's bleachers and they charge $25/ticket, I could stomach that. There were about 5-6 times where we wanted to go up to a game but said screw it because we didn't want to stand the entire time. We would go more but travel soccer takes up several weekends. I'm sure many families are in the same boat.

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Right there with ya!

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Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve

No there's not. Not in the NIL era. Players want to go where they are going to get paid and where they can have a good experience. That is almost every SEC school.

Coaches want to coach at places that can get players and is committed, from an NIL standpoint, to baseball.


Arkansas has a nice stadium, LSU has a nice stadium, Ole Miss has a nice stadium, Florida has a nice stadium, Tennessee has a nice stadium and is upgrading, South Carolina has a nice stadium, Auburn has a nice stadium. Like half the SEC has nice stadiums. And they can still play in our stadium even they don't come here. Stadiums don't matter. Not in today's age.

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What I'm saying is by showing commitment to the program we can attract an elite coach and that will help us attract elite players. Baseball players are different. They know that the real money is in MLB. They don't care as much about NIL for the most part unless it's a guy that's like Hunter Hines who is a good college player but really doesn't have great MLB prospects. Even then no one is going to break the bank for a guy like that. NIL is a factor- but for most players having a coach that can develop them and get them to MLB is the biggest thing. It's a chicken and the egg argument. Use the stadium and facilities to attract the elite coaches by showing commitment and then those coaches attract the elite players. Look at our search- many of the candidates are candidates because why? Most of the schools aren't showing a commitment to baseball to them. Like O'Conner. I've heard rumors about Vitello being upset at Tennessee because they have drug their feet on some things and that may eventually lead to him leaving.

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Originally Posted by Coursesuper

Yes, they have MLB on both ends of the state not far from them, they know baseball will never be a sport that generates much interest there. They know where to put the funding that they need to use and that's in football and basketball.

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It's the same situation as Georgia and Florida really. There is enough talent in that state for them to be competitive in the SEC and there is no excuse for them to be where they are right now. Most people that live in Missouri would prefer to go to Mizzou than most places- meaning they should have a monopoly on players in that state. Missouri State and SEMO State are much better programs right now and Mizzou should be ashamed. Their coach right now isn't the answer either.

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Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve

I think the eventual plan will be to leave one of the berms, probably right field, and convert the left field berm into chairbacks, but they will be season ticket chairbacks I doubt we ever see portable bleachers in this stadium. It would kill the 360 concourse. AND WE WILL NEVER HAVE GA CHAIRBACKS. The only thing I could see them doing is extending the upper deck down the lines and putting metal bleachers there.

I've softened my stance on never putting bleachers into the new stadium over the years. I still am not a huge fan of it but also understand we probably need to have it because a lot of people don't want to sit on grass or have to stand the entire time.

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I think we can make portable bleachers work for the few games we need them. As you know it would only be a few times that we would ever actually really need them. And when we are playing Arkansas State or whoever we can just move them out of the way.

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Originally Posted by bulldogcountry1

Right. A lot of fans just get upset because they expect to be able to buy a chair back ticket the Wednesday before SWB without any commitment.

The truth is, outside of SBW, LSU, and UM, you can easily get chair backs on Stubhub or just get GA at the gate and sit wherever you want.

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Exactly. And I like having that option. And yes, you do have to pay for it but before the new stadium we really didn't have that option at all.

Perspective MSU coaches and players want to see Wins.

Finishing strong on the season and people blasting HR is providing new memories.

Nobody is thinking about Bucket anymore, they see a team blasting HRs and hopefully in the top end of the nation in hitting and making noise in the postseason.

The program is looking good and potentially blasting an ACC champ in a regional is going to make ACC coaches take note.

Getting back to coach talk- looking at things we'd have to pay a small fortune for Bakich, Wes, or Walter unless I missed a clause somewhere.. O'Connor and Wasikowki would be cheap. After those it's an assistant. I can't see this falling below Wasikowski. I think you'd pay more for O'Connor and it would take it to get him to leave. If we have to wait very long to name a guy it's not O'Connor, I'd bet Wasikowski. Bakich is getting a lot of talk right now though, which seems odd with his buyout. Anyway, I'm more concerned with the search than a regional location.

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Originally Posted by Cooterpoot

Getting back to coach talk- looking at things we'd have to pay a small fortune for Bakich, Wes, or Walter unless I missed a clause somewhere.. O'Connor and Wasikowki would be cheap. After those it's an assistant. I can't see this falling below Wasikowski. I think you'd pay more for O'Connor and it would take it to get him to leave. If we have to wait very long to name a guy it's not O'Connor, I'd bet Wasikowski. Bakich is getting a lot of talk right now though, which seems odd with his buyout. Anyway, I'm more concerned with the search than a regional location.

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If we go the assistant route, I would rather just keep the guys we have. That's less of a gamble than anybody with no experience as HC

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Originally Posted by Cowbell

If we go the assistant route, I would rather just keep the guys we have. That's less of a gamble than anybody with no experience as HC

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State fans have raised enough hell about hiring assistants in everything, I really don't think an assistant will get it. It would be stupid to pass on Was.

Assuming no O'Connor, bakich, or Johnson, Rank these 5 in order of preference:

Walter
Was
Parker
Coggin
Elander

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Originally Posted by confucius say

Assuming no O'Connor, bakich, or Johnson, Rank these 5 in order of preference:

Walter
Was
Parker
Coggin
Elander

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Was
Walter (not a big fan though so I don't care after Was)
Either or on Coggin/Elander
Parker (could move up over those two)

Walter has a big buyout

Coach Kawasaki ........ Would this be a good hire? I have paid much attention to Oregon baseball lately.

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Originally Posted by confucius say

Assuming no O'Connor, bakich, or Johnson, Rank these 5 in order of preference:

Walter
Was
Parker
Coggin
Elander

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Was
Walter
Elander
Coggin
Parker

Prediction: 2 out of O'Connor, Bakich, and Wasikowski are coaching at Mississippi State and Texas A&M next year.

The third could go to Missouri if they decide they want to fully commit to being a good baseball program, but I doubt it.

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Originally Posted by DownwardDawg

Coach Kawasaki ........ Would this be a good hire? I have paid much attention to Oregon baseball lately.

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Yes it would. I agree with what Aaron Fitt said about it a couple of days ago- it would be similar to LSU hiring Johnson from Arizona.

He has Oregon as basically a lock as a National Seed at this point. Has taken Oregon to Super Regionals the last two years and has gone to a retinal every year he has been there. They have a very real chance to go to Omaha and they have gradually gotten better every year he has been there.

Was an assistant at Florida under Andy Lopez so he is familiar with SEC baseball. And has coached all over the country meaning he has connections that can be valuable in recruiting and the portal potentially.

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Originally Posted by Quaoarsking

Prediction: 2 out of O'Connor, Bakich, and Wasikowski are coaching at Mississippi State and Texas A&M next year.

The third could go to Missouri if they decide they want to fully commit to being a good baseball program, but I doubt it.

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Mizzu ain’t gonna go there.

Admittedly, I've been an "O'Connor or Bust" guy since the day he fired Lemonis, but either Bakich or Wasikowski is acceptable if O'Connor doesn't work out. All 3 of those coaches have consistently won in the regular season, not just a random Cinderella run in the tournament or anything.