The more names that are mentioned ..

[EdwardDrayton]

He's a goofball. It's unprofessional. I don't mind having fun. His teams act like softball teams. Or worse. It's over the top. And then his style of play is more suited for a mid major in California- not a SEC blueblood.

When he was our hitting coach we weren't that great. And it got better as soon as he left and we replaced him with Coggin.

If we wanted a watered down version of the Savannah Bananas and tons of small ball he would be our top guy.

But we don't want that. And hell he just got his ass swept by a team with no coach. So what's the appeal?

Using the team's lack of success this weekend is a weak premise but I get the rest. Obviously Kentucky feels he's worthy of pretty close to top ten money. But no point in wrestling pro and con at this juncture given the Gus Malzahn of baseball buyout number. Hopefully other candidates don't have the same money obstacle.

[Thick]

We?ve seen Ming?s approach via Cohen to an extent. We?re better than that in my opinion. We can recruit better talent then UK, and that was obvious by this weekend. Don?t get me wrong, they have talent, but to be a top program in the SEC/NCAA his approach is not viable year in and year out to compete at a high level on the reg! I think Todd pointed this out in an earlier post.

[EdwardDrayton]

We?ve seen Ming?s approach via Cohen to an extent. We?re better than that in my opinion. We can recruit better talent then UK, and that was obvious by this weekend. Don?t get me wrong, they have talent, but to be a top program in the SEC/NCAA his approach is not viable year in and year out to compete at a high level on the reg! I think Todd pointed this out in an earlier post.

He would be recruiting talent to Mississippi State though. That would improve the talent he's able to get. It feels like he did not make friends with everyone when he was in Starkville which is irrelevant to his coaching ability. But the insane buyout number makes this all a pointless discussion. On to the other candidates.

[CaptainObvious]

Using the team's lack of success this weekend is a weak premise but I get the rest. Obviously Kentucky feels he's worthy of pretty close to top ten money. But no point in wrestling pro and con at this juncture given the Gus Malzahn of baseball buyout number. Hopefully other candidates don't have the same money obstacle.

Even if his buyout was $5000, he should not be a viable HC candidate for THE MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY! Just like Lemonis in 19 & 21, he found a horseshoe up his butt last year and made Omaha! He ain't making it this year and the only way he holds onto those really good Freshmen next year is if UK is either their Dream school or UK has started redshirting Miss America Candidates!

State CAN and MUST do better than Nick Mingione!

[The Federalist Engineer]

If I were Mingione I would not take the MSU job. He makes 1.4M in Kentucky and he can Win the SEC Conference and make Omaha up there. If he can hire and retain good HCs and PCs up there, he can keep that job forever. If he Comes to Starkville he has the Mayberry Mafia to deal with. Starkville and Oxford are full of chip on shoulder fans that will not tolerate what Lexington will accept.

If I were Butch, I don't take the Job either. He is now Mr. Auburn baseball and if JC likes him, the situation is swell. They don't care enough about baseball to make his life hard and he has made 2 Omahas. He is recruiting super well and he was impressive in the portal, even after a very bad year. He makes a top SEC salary too. He was 8-22 last year in the SEC.

Wes Johnson is paid about 300K less than his worth, my estimate, and if he makes Omaha. He will go from 700k to 1M at least, unless Kendall Rogers rumors can bump him even more. MSU should force this raise just to slight dent 500k from UGA's vast and limitless war chest. That two NFL Draft OL's worth in NIL, or maybe just one.