Is likely our new pitching coach.
Heard it from someone in athletics this morning.
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Is likely our new pitching coach.
Heard it from someone in athletics this morning.
Head coaching experience, MLB scouting experience, but zero P5 experience in any capacity, so that gives me pause.
He supposedly has an ace pitcher he could bring with him so we'll see
Head coach at Nichols St?
YesQuote:
Originally Posted by Tbonewannabe
Here's their ace.
https://geauxcolonels.com/sports/bas...ob-mayers/5769
Get this guy and I'm okay with the hire. If not, I don't understand
Steve reporting the same thing and saying it's pretty much done. If true, the proof will be on the field next year but as of now I'm very very underwhelmed. We will do what we always do and find a way to talk him up to sell ourselves on a good hire but to me it reiterates we should've bit the bullet this year and canned Lemonis. I hate to be negative Nancy here but this doesn't scratch the itch for me at all.
Interesting. Was good as the pitching guy at LaTech before spending the last two seasons at Nichols where he has been very good.
Fair points. But what do you not like about the guy?Quote:
Originally Posted by Randolph Dupree
He was the associate H/C for Lane Burroughs at La Tech. prior to going to Nicholls so while not P5 he does have some decent experience. Not the kinda hire most were expecting if true but we weren't going to pull the kinda p/c many thought anyway, not with Lemonis being in the position he's in. BTW, Christian Ostrander doesn't have any P-5 experience either, so there's that.
It's not done yet. There's someone still playing that we're talking to, but that one is a long shot, I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by KOdawg1
?We?re looking for an elite guy that?s worked with high-level arms that can develop, not only the pitcher individually, but the staff as a whole − a group that?s tough, that?s chiseled a little bit, that?s competitive,? Lemonis said. ?The individual development day-to-day is huge. I?ve had 1,000 phone calls about this pitching job. This is probably as good of a place to play in America.?
LOL, if some talent doesn't come with Silva, Lemonis is in trouble. Dang, 1000 calls and he makes this hire. LOL, there were no 1000 calls. Nobody was taking this job under this coach on his hot bucket.
Nicholls ERA the 2 seasons before he got there (13 teams in the conference): 4th, 2nd.
His first year they improved to 2/8 (conference got smaller). Year 2 they were 3/8. So he had good numbers at Nicholls, but they were a pretty good pitching team before he got there too and he didn't improve them.
As PC at Louisianna tech (newest to oldest, 12 team conference): 4th, 8th, 2nd. 2 years prior to him: 1st, 3rd. So again, he had good numbers but didn't move the needle above what it was already at.
He seems competent, but no clear improvement at his stops = he's not elite. And that was being compared to lower caliber coaches vs the SEC.
He may be the best hire we've ever made but right now it looks extremely underwhelming.
But like I said, we kept lemonis because A) our new AD shat his pants at the thought of having to do the non-fundraising part of his job, and B) the money men didn't want to fork over the money for the buyout. There is no option of "C) we believe Lemonis + the coach at Nicholls state will get us back to Omaha". Nobody but Todd believes that
Fair. I'd still prefer the AL guy I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by the_real_MSU_is_us
Steve say he is a candidate or it appears it's a done deal?
I'd DEFINITELY prefer the AL guy. Best staff in the SEC? And at a school with no baseball success? That's better than anything Silva or Walton have done.Quote:
Originally Posted by confucius say
If you don?t see that as elite, you?re blindQuote:
Originally Posted by Cooterpoot
And remember MIATM
So Walton didn't want to be treated for radiation burns by the middle of next season?**
Are we sure? I just heard LSU called him before the ink dried.
AL.com is reporting that Jackson is staying at AL as pitching coach despite not getting the head job, which went to Maryland's coach.
All for it if
He brings his brother Anderson to instill toughness
I know how he feels. I didn't get the head job after I got married, but I stayed anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by confucius say
There are a few State beat guys and a baseball commit now following Silva on Twitter fwiw
It's pretty much what we expect to get at this stage. No one should have believed we would be able to get anyone of note given our situation. It is what it is now.
Yep..........Should've bagged Fat Boy Slim while the iron was hot.........We're gonna regret it this time next year............Quote:
Originally Posted by EdwardDrayton
I hear that LSU is involved with him nowQuote:
Originally Posted by EdwardDrayton
Yea this is far from over. LSU has muddied the waters there. So obviously those who are saying this guy sucks may want to backtrack a tad.
He may be amazing but his resume shows he's no better than his predecessor at his last 2 stops. It's also hard to evaluate hos recruiting and evalution as he's not been anywhere long enough to get "hig guys" in.
That said, LSU has a competent coach and lots of money to throw at a PC. Of they genuinely think Silva is the best they can get then that's a strong point in his favor. I won't be heartbroken if we loose him though.
LSU hasn't offered him their job yet. They are slowing things down is all.
What I was about to post.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
Sounds like they are trying to flex on usQuote:
Originally Posted by Cooterpoot
Fair, but the all American freshman pitcher he has this year speaks well of his recruiting/evaluationQuote:
Originally Posted by the_real_MSU_is_us
What I have found with our fan base is that it's possible someone can suck and be awesome at the same time and that no matter who else is after said person, 9 times out of 10 they aren't good enough for us.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
Wouldn?t surprise me if LSU takes the coach to get the pitcher. Johnson seems to be the pitching coach at the end of the day (which is probably why he doesn?t keep pitching coaches long) anyway.
And our fans need to chill the **** out a little bit. Just about all of the best coaches had to work their way up and started at smaller schools. If we get him and we suck next year, we can commence the bitching and start looking for a whole new staff. Until then, I doubt anyone really knows how good of a hire it is.
Jay Johnson is a dickhead. Not a lot of guys want to work for him. But it's LSU too.Quote:
Originally Posted by BigDawg81
A lot smoke screen got wasted to keep this under wraps. Now we're back to the beginning.
Don't think it's going to be Silva. I said yesterday there are paths that have clear up some. With Bama PC staying that clears up things a little bit. See who Memphis hires as HC, etc.
Dickhead with a capital D.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cooterpoot
It's all back to Walton. I would expect it to happen pretty fast.
Haha so much for that.
Steve saying now it's not happening. Who the hell knows
Greg Maddux?Quote:
Originally Posted by KOdawg1
Either Walton or Steve Smith. Lets just get this over with at this point. It really is not going to matter because we will be clearing house May 2024 anyways.