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[Homedawg]

If we finish number 21 in the country as a 2 seed, which is 5 spots out of hosting, there is ZERO chance he gets canned. If you think that, well I can't help you.

[the_real_MSU_is_us]

That's not necessarily the case. According to Perfect Game, our '24 class is #12 (11 commits) and '25 is #13 (9 commits). That is above mediocre - but like Football, it is behind a number of "have's" in the SEC. We will need to add to it - and there is a whole lot time between now and then. If anything, the right hire can build on that if needed.

Recruiting g is mostly done 2-3 years out. The '24 class commited during the NC season, the '25 was still before Lemo was truly on the "hot seat". The classes after that will be kids who looked at a team missing Hoover coached by a guy on a very hot seat and said "yeah. I want to go there". Hard to get elite players that could easily pick UF, Vandy, or Arky instead

[Cooterpoot]

If we jump from 2 years of not making Hoover to finishing the year ranked #21 as a high 2 seed somewhere Lemonis will survive. It's still not where we want to be but thats a huge positive jump from where we've been.

Oh, he will. But he shouldn't receive an extension either. I think a lot has to play out. Let's see how things go. The only unknown left this off-season is Montgomery and that's probably a good situation for anyway. Looonnnggg way til spring.

[confucius say]

Oh, he will. But he shouldn't receive an extension either. I think a lot has to play out. Let's see how things go. The only unknown left this off-season is Montgomery and that's probably a good situation for anyway. Looonnnggg way til spring.

I'd say extend without any additional buyout. Just for appearances and to help recruiting.

[Cooterpoot]

I'd say extend without any additional buyout. Just for appearances and to help recruiting.

Yeh, that buyout can't go up. But I wouldn't go the 4 years on it either. You want that 4 years, get us to a super. It's easy to get a 2 seed in the SEC if you make post season.

[BuckyIsAB****]

Guess C34 isn't the only one who sees light at the end of the tunnel....

We cant say the football polls not respecting us but then wave these around to make us feel better. There is no reason for us to be ranked.

[the_real_MSU_is_us]

We cant say the football polls not respecting us but then wave these around to make us feel better. There is no reason for us to be ranked.

Football amd Baseball are on completely opposite ends of the spectrum for us. We get slightly too much national attention in baseball and not nearly enough in football

[99jc]

We are ranked and the Rebs are not this must be a mistake

[smootness]

Football amd Baseball are on completely opposite ends of the spectrum for us. We get slightly too much national attention in baseball and not nearly enough in football

I think that is the point.

[Goldendawg]

We cant say the football polls not respecting us but then wave these around to make us feel better. There is no reason for us to be ranked.

Yeah, it's like we, like all schools are sky high when a commitment is highly ranked, but if we disagree or he is re-ranked lower then rankings mean nothing. Kind of like when we lose a recruit, "we didn't want him anyway".***

[Coach34]

There is no reason for us to be ranked.

Alot of these polls are looking at the number of draftable players teams have going into 24.

Absolutely will be drafted- Jordan, Hines, Loo, Holcombe, Dohm, Simmons, (Montgomery should he come aboard)- that would be 7 draftees. Tenn was 2nd in the SEC this year with 8 draftees. 3 other teams had 7- UPig, Candy, and A&M

Possible draftees- Larry, Ligon, Auger, Hugesak, Kohler

We dont lack for talent or experience going into 24. Need to land Montgomery and we should be back where we need to be

[Goldendawg]

My source heard Montgomery stays at Stanford. Hope he's wrong and we get him. Hail State!

[TNDawg35]

My source heard Montgomery stays at Stanford. Hope he's wrong and we get him. Hail State!

Is your source the LSU guy on Twitter? There is a video of one of their media guys saying they are done in the portal and because of that Montgomery is going back to Stanford.

I will say, he is taking way too long and should have already announced it he was actually coming here.

[basedog]

I don't think he is coming to StarkVegas, I think he goes back to Stanford. I hope you sunshine pumpers are correct in saying we are going to be good once again. Things I heard from the last year doesn't give me the "ray of hope". I've never ever felt this way about baseball at Msu. But I feel really good with football and both basketball programs.

[the_real_MSU_is_us]

I don't think he is coming to StarkVegas, I think he goes back to Stanford. I hope you sunshine pumpers are correct in saying we are going to be good once again. Things I heard from the last year doesn't give me the "ray of hope". I've never ever felt this way about baseball at Msu. But I feel really good with football and both basketball programs.

Agreed on all counts. The justified optimism for the other sports really highlights how far our baseball program has sunk

And I see this baseball optimism for next as unjustified. Lemo failed epically in '22, then failed epically again in '23. "But we fired Foxhall!", "but Hines and Jordan will be studs!" Yeah, those are true. And there were good excuses made for the '21 season too: "well we got hit woth a ton of injuries, '23 will have better luck", "the team took a victory lap after winning the Natty, getting their asses kicked this year will light a fire for '23", "Lemo knows hes used up his goodwill and will work hard to fix us" etc etc. Hard not to see "Holcombe is too talented not to cut his ERA in half next year" in the same light

[NWADAWG]

I don't think he is coming to StarkVegas, I think he goes back to Stanford. I hope you sunshine pumpers are correct in saying we are going to be good once again. Things I heard from the last year doesn't give me the "ray of hope". I've never ever felt this way about baseball at Msu. But I feel really good with football and both basketball programs.

If he does stay at Stanford, a repeat of them losing to us in a super at Dudy would be top shelf stuff to watch.

[Coach34]

I was sent a list of top 10 returning pitchers in the country for 24 based on stuff/spin rates and such.

Dohm was at 8
Holcombe was 10th

State, LSU, and Wake had 6 of the top 10 returnees

[Homedawg]

My source heard Montgomery stays at Stanford. Hope he's wrong and we get him. Hail State!

This is a possibility. A real one.

[Saltydog]

Wouldn't surprise me at all. It's taking WAY too long. Another blow to bucket boy.

[the_real_MSU_is_us]

I was sent a list of top 10 returning pitchers in the country for 24 based on stuff/spin rates and such.

Dohm was at 8
Holcombe was 10th

State, LSU, and Wake had 6 of the top 10 returnees

Not sure what your point is. Dohm's fastball has nomovement and got hit in SEC play, Holcombe can't locate.

They're on the long list of guys who have SEC stuff, but need to improve. Obviously Holcombe more than Dohm. We simply need a very high % of our talented guys to make said improvements and that's statistically unlikely