Weekend Thoughts From Yet Another Weekend Win over the Rebels

[StarkVegasSteve]

Our staff will make less than Vitello does by himself

I had a player parent try to tell me this weekend we would be paying our next HC 2 million. I looked at him and asked him how many coaches did he think made 2 million dollars in college baseball. He did not know the answer was 2.


It's good to know that even the newer members of the fanbase have the same delusion as some who have been here 20-30 years

[cheewgumm]

We don?t have to match Tenn $ to make a great hire.

That?s a good point- there are only 3.

We can be competitive without being #1.

[confucius say]

There's no need to pay anybody close to 2 million dollars unless we hire a proven commodity like O'Connor.
And If it's coggin ( I doubt it), don't pay him anywhere close to 1 million. You can pay him 700k. Maybe less. He makes 300k now.

Lemonis was paid 1.325 million.

[Santiago]

Our staff will make less than Vitello does by himself

Vitello was not paid that when hired.
Room to grow.

[Coach34]

Yeah if we hire a Top Asst i'm guessing it will be around 750-800K to begin with and added incentives

[StarkVegasSteve]

There's no need to pay anybody close to 2 million dollars unless we hire a proven commodity like O'Connor.
And If it's coggin ( I doubt it), don't pay him anywhere close to 1 million. You can pay him 700k. Maybe less. He makes 300k now.

Lemonis was paid 1.325 million.

There are two coaches that make over 2 mil. TWO. Tony Vitello and Tim Corbin. And honestly, only one of them deserves it. You can pay a hell of a salary to a coach and pay them 1.2-1.3. You don't have to go anywhere near 2.

[Tbonewannabe]

There are two coaches that make over 2 mil. TWO. Tony Vitello and Tim Corbin. And honestly, only one of them deserves it. You can pay a hell of a salary to a coach and pay them 1.2-1.3. You don't have to go anywhere near 2.

Corbin is getting paid for what he did when he had an advantage over every team in college baseball.

[StarkVegasSteve]

Corbin is getting paid for what he did when he had an advantage over every team in college baseball.

Correct. I'd argue that Vitello is the only one worth what he makes.

[Coach34]

Correct. I'd argue that Vitello is the only one worth what he makes.

Fun fact- we have won as many series this year as Tenn

[StarkVegasSteve]

Fun fact- we have won as many series this year as Tenn

That's an absolutely wild stat. Just shows how much those sweeps have killed us. Just give us one of those each and we are 14-13 with a great chance to host.

[confucius say]

TN has dropped off bigly.
Outside of Doyle, they are an average sec team.

[confucius say]

There are two coaches that make over 2 mil. TWO. Tony Vitello and Tim Corbin. And honestly, only one of them deserves it. You can pay a hell of a salary to a coach and pay them 1.2-1.3. You don't have to go anywhere near 2.

Correct. O'Connor is due to be at 1.5. That's the only guy in the discussion I would consider paying close to 2.

[StarkVegasSteve]

Correct. O'Connor is due to be at 1.5. That's the only guy in the discussion I would consider paying close to 2.

I mean I'd probably offer to match it or maybe go 1.6, but we can't go broke paying for a HC. I'd be willing to pay him what OM is paying Bianco. I think that's a shade over 1.6. That's about as high as we need to go.

[The Federalist Engineer]

Pico ... comparing the first 8 starts to the last 5....

(1) He has been a consistent 4 to 6 inning starter this season. No change.
(2) Early, he was a 15 pitch-per-inning guy, now hitting 19-to-20 pitches per inning, so the same inning load is pushing him to 105 pitches for the same 5 to 6 innings ... that he was doing that in 80 pitches....roughly 25% more effort.
(3) Opposition Batting Average Against was 0.214, now .288
(4) WHIP was about 1.00, now 1.6

I can't break it down this way. But they need to keep him under 80 pitches to get the same quality starts as before. Also, potentially rest him for Mizzou and of course the SECT?

Yeah, a borderline NCAA Regional team can't afford to rest people. But Sullivan would do just fine with SEC innings. We would waste his contributions by pitching him versus North Alabama. Maybe pitch Mannell, Pruitt, Burns, or Duke Stone vs North Alabama. Instruct the lads to induce contact and challenge people.

[State82]

Just shows how much those sweeps have killed us.

Exactly. One of the primary rules in this game. JUST. DON'T. GET. SWEPT.

[bulldogcountry1]

The more things change, the more things stay the same. Through all our change, 5 different HCs in the last 9 series against OM, and we have won all but 1 of them, and should've won that one. We just seem to absolutely have Bianco's number at this juncture.

3. Pico has lost it. I don't know what's going on but his last 5 starts have just not been good. He needs to find it again if we are going to have any type of postseason success.

7. We returned back to some of our old ways this weekend. Left 24 on base and I think we left the bases loaded 3 times this weekend and left two on a few other times. We also had 4 errors this weekend.

9. I feel like we'll start seeing some names start leaking on who we're targeting within the next 10-14 days. I think things will start to come into focus a bit. I keep hearing Will Coggin's name A LOT. It seems like O'Conner's name has died down a bit but I think that's more of just him making that statement and some people taking it as gospel. Just like Wes Johnson, I would expect they both have some degree of interest in the job. I also did some digging around on the Eric Bakich and he is definitely a name to keep an eye on. Not saying that's the hire, but the door is cracked there in Clemson.


As always, HailState and GTHOM.

3. He's probably just tired. He's never pitched this much in his life.

7. That stuff just isn't going to fix itself overnight. The difference is that Lemonis' teams these last 4 years just didn't have the metal toughness to overcome the mistakes. His personailty and/or style definitely had a negative effect of players.

9. I just don't understand why would would ever hire Johnson and not Coggin. Johnson left our staff in ruins, he hasn't stayed anywhere more than 4 seasons in his 17 seasons as a college coach, he's only in his second season as a HC (which is not impressive at 53), and a lot of his success is probably because of Coggin and Ammo.

[Todd4State]

The more things change, the more things stay the same. Through all our change, 5 different HCs in the last 9 series against OM, and we have won all but 1 of them, and should've won that one. We just seem to absolutely have Bianco's number at this juncture.


1. You cannot discount how big of a series win this was for us. Without it, we probably struggle to make the NCAAT because even with Mizzou's sweep, their RPI is still in the gutter. So job well done by Parker and the boys.

2. Ace Reese is even better than the player we thought we were getting. I think we knew we were getting a high ceiling player but I don't think we even knew how high the ceiling was on him. I spoke to his parents this weekend and know they want him to stay in Starkville and we need to make sure that happens. He also has been injured since March and has played through it.

3. Pico has lost it. I don't know what's going on but his last 5 starts have just not been good. He needs to find it again if we are going to have any type of postseason success.

4. As bad as Pico was on Friday in Game 1, Siary and Ligon were equally as good in Games 2 and 3. Siary turned into Brooks Auger in Game 2 Friday and Ligon looked like Rickey Vaughn. He couldn't find the zone, but always got out of the trouble. If we can get that out of those two, maybe a shade more control from Ligon, going forward then we could make some noise. Everyone has a good Friday guy in the tournament. The teams that make it have a good Saturday guy and enough of a Sunday guy to get it done.

5. We need Hines to snap out of it. He's gotten better since Lemonis was dismissed but he's still only hitting .274 and was 2-11 on the weekend with 2x as many Ks as hits.

6. Please for the love of God figure out the closer and setup guys. At this point, I would roll with McPherson in the closer role and either let Davis or Dotson be your setup guy. Hungate getting back would be a huge piece for us as well to get back. But we need to define something. We just don't seem like we know what to do with a late lead when it comes to the bullpen.

7. We returned back to some of our old ways this weekend. Left 24 on base and I think we left the bases loaded 3 times this weekend and left two on a few other times. We also had 4 errors this weekend.

8. We don't ABSOLUTELY HAVE to get a sweep this weekend. But we need one to feel comfortable. We definitely need the first two of the weekend or we're going to be all kinds of tense on Sunday.

9. I feel like we'll start seeing some names start leaking on who we're targeting within the next 10-14 days. I think things will start to come into focus a bit. I keep hearing Will Coggin's name A LOT. It seems like O'Conner's name has died down a bit but I think that's more of just him making that statement and some people taking it as gospel. Just like Wes Johnson, I would expect they both have some degree of interest in the job. I also did some digging around on the Eric Bakich and he is definitely a name to keep an eye on. Not saying that's the hire, but the door is cracked there in Clemson.


As always, HailState and GTHOM.

1. We own them. Should have won 3/4 this year over them including the Governor's Cup. The good news is we won but we were so sloppy I don't think Parker can get pushed for the job.

2. Ace is a potential first round pick next year and he will be better defensively at third base. I think he stays.

3. Pico is a guy that needs to have a full week to rest. Some of it may be because of his recovery from Tommy John. I think he has hit a wall and I wouldn't be surprised if we push him back a day against Mizzou.

4. Siary was out of his mind. He might end up like Auger and get drafted if he keeps pitching like that. Check that- he will get drafted. Ole Miss reminds me of Pedro Cerrano. They no like ball that curves. Ligon is what he is. He is always going to struggle with command. He would be a perfect midweek starter honestly but we whiffed too much in the portal.

5. Hines try to do too much and the coaches don't seem to do much about it or he won't listen to them. Neither one is good.

6. Not having defined roles is my biggest complaint about Parker. That and leaving guys in too long- and that might go hand in hand some.

7. We got lucky. If Siary doesn't become Clayton Kershaw for a game who knows how this series turns out? Ole Miss was very sloppy in game three as well. Fun game to watch but also a hard game to watch if you are a big time baseball fan.

8. We're going to have to play well to win. Or at least like we did against Ole Miss. No reason why we shouldn't win this series.

9. I think we have a first tier of candidates and then Will Coggin basically. I think that tier is O'Conner, Bakich, Wes Johnson, and Pollard from Duke. If we don't get one out of that group then I think we pivot to Coggin. Most likely I think we get someone out of that first tier before it even gets to Coggin. I could see some guys like Fitzgerald and Sabins emerge later in the process depending on how the postseason goes. So, I think this is far from over, nothing is a slam dunk but I think we're in a good spot and it won't really heat up until after the regionals.

The only person pushing Bloomquist is Bo Bounds. He got into a pissing match on Twitter last night with Todd about it. He's not coming here. He's at his alma mater and is happy. I have no idea why he's pushing that unless Bloomquist's has some connection to Bo.

Really bizarre conversation honestly. I live in NOLA so I'm used to handling drunks though.

Why would MSU hire a coach that has missed the postseason three times in four years at a blueblood when we just fired a coach who was on pace to make the postseason twice in the same period? Well according to Bo it's because George Horton told him he was a good coach.

It's a shame my Dad isn't a doctor who could buy me my own radio show because at least then Jackson would then be getting quality sports conversation rather than straight garbage.

I had a player parent try to tell me this weekend we would be paying our next HC 2 million. I looked at him and asked him how many coaches did he think made 2 million dollars in college baseball. He did not know the answer was 2.


It's good to know that even the newer members of the fanbase have the same delusion as some who have been here 20-30 years

That is an interesting figure he came up with though. He came up with that from somewhere. Probably not a reliable source but interesting nonetheless. Only because the player's parents typically have meetings with the AD in situations like ours so that they can know where things stand. Also, a lot of times the player's sources are their sons.

[Todd4State]

We will. IF, and I have no knowledge that it will be but, if it is Coggin I imagine the salaries would be

Will-950-1.1

Ammo-350-600

PC-500-750

PC would be higher due to needing an elite PC because Coggin and Ammo handle the hitters.

I could totally see Coggin keeping Parker. Which might be part of why you are hearing Coggin being pushed some right now.

[StarkVegasSteve]

1. We own them. Should have won 3/4 this year over them including the Governor's Cup. The good news is we won but we were so sloppy I don't think Parker can get pushed for the job.

2. Ace is a potential first round pick next year and he will be better defensively at third base. I think he stays.

3. Pico is a guy that needs to have a full week to rest. Some of it may be because of his recovery from Tommy John. I think he has hit a wall and I wouldn't be surprised if we push him back a day against Mizzou.

4. Siary was out of his mind. He might end up like Auger and get drafted if he keeps pitching like that. Check that- he will get drafted. Ole Miss reminds me of Pedro Cerrano. They no like ball that curves. Ligon is what he is. He is always going to struggle with command. He would be a perfect midweek starter honestly but we whiffed too much in the portal.

5. Hines try to do too much and the coaches don't seem to do much about it or he won't listen to them. Neither one is good.

6. Not having defined roles is my biggest complaint about Parker. That and leaving guys in too long- and that might go hand in hand some.

7. We got lucky. If Siary doesn't become Clayton Kershaw for a game who knows how this series turns out? Ole Miss was very sloppy in game three as well. Fun game to watch but also a hard game to watch if you are a big time baseball fan.

8. We're going to have to play well to win. Or at least like we did against Ole Miss. No reason why we shouldn't win this series.

9. I think we have a first tier of candidates and then Will Coggin basically. I think that tier is O'Conner, Bakich, Wes Johnson, and Pollard from Duke. If we don't get one out of that group then I think we pivot to Coggin. Most likely I think we get someone out of that first tier before it even gets to Coggin. I could see some guys like Fitzgerald and Sabins emerge later in the process depending on how the postseason goes. So, I think this is far from over, nothing is a slam dunk but I think we're in a good spot and it won't really heat up until after the regionals.



Really bizarre conversation honestly. I live in NOLA so I'm used to handling drunks though.

Why would MSU hire a coach that has missed the postseason three times in four years at a blueblood when we just fired a coach who was on pace to make the postseason twice in the same period? Well according to Bo it's because George Horton told him he was a good coach.

It's a shame my Dad isn't a doctor who could buy me my own radio show because at least then Jackson would then be getting quality sports conversation rather than straight garbage.



That is an interesting figure he came up with though. He came up with that from somewhere. Probably not a reliable source but interesting nonetheless. Only because the player's parents typically have meetings with the AD in situations like ours so that they can know where things stand. Also, a lot of times the player's sources are their sons.

I've always wondered how Bo even got on the air. Interesting nugget because I had no clue.

[SaintDawg]

I've always wondered how Bo even got on the air. Interesting nugget because I had no clue.

I went to high school with him. He was a year ahead. He was a jerk then and a jerk now. We never ran in the same circles, but I recall him being my first encounter with entitlement. He was very aware at a young age that he came from money because of Daddy. Only sport I recall him playing in school was basketball. Average at best.