Quote Originally Posted by KOdawg1 View Post
But what I'm saying is how do we get in the position where Luke Hancock is our best catcher? Should've taken a portal catcher last year.
There weren't any issues with Hancock catching until this year. He played for LoTan quite a bit. A lot of his issue was our pitchers not holding runners close which was actually the one and only thing Foxhall fixed.

Quote Originally Posted by the_real_MSU_is_us View Post
The biggest argument for keeping Lemonis is "keeping the recruiting classes together". I can buy that for this incoming class. But for classes 2,3, 4 years from now? What player wants to commit to a coach that's missed Hoover 2x and doesn't get contract extensions because he's a hair away from being fired?

I can't believe stringing the situation out would help recruiting long term. Keeping him this next year without an extension seems risky enough in this regard
Our classes our put together 2-3 years out. There are a lot of players that want to play at Mississippi State because of the resources and environment that we have alone regardless of the coach. I'm not sure why you are panicking though. This year is Lemonis's last shot. And like others are saying I don't think a 3 seed in a regional is going to do it for him. There are a lot of moving parts here- but getting Parker was a good first step. Essentially this is all up to Chris Lemonis at this point. MSU has given him sufficient support and believe me that will us get another high quality coach if we even have to go down that path. Our baseball powers that be are not going to just let LSU, Arkansas, Tennessee, Florida, and whoever else just run the league without putting up a fight I assure you.

Quote Originally Posted by CaptainObvious View Post
Good grief! 13-17 and sneaking into a Regional as a 2 seed should not get him an extension after the past 2 seasons. We are in the era of player rentals. If he wants an extension beyond his final year, he needs to build a quick turnaround for 2024 and do more than 2 and BBQ in someone else?s backyard! He created this mess. He has 1 damn year to fix it.

Good gosh we are the most accepting Fanbase of mediocrity short of Rice and Texas El Paso.
If we go 13-17 we would be a three seed not a two. And being a three seed would likely get him fired. So I don't think you have to worry about him getting an extension in your scenario.