Lots of chatter so some may need to brace themselves

[basedog]

Seems we will get a P5 HC for baseball. Plus he or they have been to CWS. We shall see. I?m good with ?he or they?.

It?s early and things could change.

[cheewgumm]

If it?s Butch Thompson I?d be happy

[KOdawg1]

BOC, Butch, Tom Walter, Skip Johnson

[cheewgumm]

BOC, Butch, Tom Walter

👍🏼

[Cloak]

Current AI Predictions with Odds -

1️⃣ Butch Thompson – Auburn HC +355 Mississippi native, ex-MSU pitching coach, and the name almost every insider mentions first.
2️⃣ Brian O’Connor – Virginia HC +455 Reports say State is willing to spend; chatter he’s listening, even after a polite public “I’m happy here.”
3️⃣ Tom Walter – Wake Forest HC +615 ACC power-builder; multiple hot boards have him climbing fast this week.
4️⃣ Nick Mingione – Kentucky HC +900 Nine years on MSU’s staff, fresh off SEC Coach-of-the-Year honors; buyout is real but not prohibitive.
5️⃣ Skip Johnson – Oklahoma HC +1150 Has history with AD Zac Selmon; Sooners resources good but not SEC-level—watch leverage plays.
6️⃣ Wes Johnson – Georgia HC +1325 Early favorite slid after he publicly said, “I love Georgia,” yet insiders say door isn’t fully shut.
7️⃣ Will Coggin – Georgia Associate HC +1565 Starkville native, MSU alum, lauded recruiter; gets serious buzz if big-name targets pass.
8️⃣ Justin Parker – MSU interim HC +1900; a regional push could make “remove the interim” a real option.
9️⃣ Chris Pollard – Duke HC +1900 Built Duke from the basement; holds a master’s from MSU and keeps surfacing on every board.
10 Willie Bloomquist – Arizona State HC +3235 Name floated by 247Sports but little traction so far.

[KOdawg1]

I'm obviously hoping for a BOC or a Bakich, but if I were a betting man, I'd lean towards Tom Walter.

Which isn't a bad hire. It's just not the grand slam some are hoping for.

[BigDawg81]

Kinda funny that this is brought up. I was told a couple of hours ago by someone that I have talked to for awhile now that we got our guy lined up. Those were his words. I don’t know if that’s true but we will see.

[Political Hack]

I would not be mad about a lot guys on that list, but BOC would be a grand slam imo.

[BuckyIsAB****]

Id be thrilled with Butch

[KOdawg1]

Id be thrilled with Butch

I've come around on Butch a lot. He makes sense here in a lot of ways. Only thing I don't like about Butch is the "WTF" years he has sprinkled in.

But he would do well here.

[DownwardDawg]

I'm sticking with my original prediction.
It's Butch.

[Cruz]

basedog mentioned "he or they" - so that could mean Tom Walter with Corey Muscara agreed to come as PC. That would not be a bad pull.

[KOdawg1]

basedog mentioned "he or they" - so that could mean Tom Walter with Corey Muscara agreed to come as PC. That would not be a bad pull.

I can't imagine WF lets Muscara walk without naming him the head coach.

[basedog]

One thing that is a fact, u don’t have to win your conference to win a Natty. Look at us and Ole Dixie, make a regional and get hot. If you make a super regional u got a 50% chance of going to CWS.

[DawgFromOxford]

basedog mentioned "he or they" - so that could mean Tom Walter with Corey Muscara agreed to come as PC. That would not be a bad pull.

Maybe it?s just me but I?d be a bit underwhelmed with Walter. Quick Outside looking in glance, he hasn?t done much of note in his tenure there until Muscara showed up. Sure Muscara can come with him but what happens when Muscara leaves for a head coaching job himself? Then we are left with a guy who had made a regional in 2 out of 11 years.

[ZedFedder]

Walter is the only guy mentioned I would not want.

[Coach34]

Butch would be a solid hire. But he is about to be 55 and to
Me it?s meh. Could we do worse? Absolutely

I?m hoping for a guy in his 40?s- the problem with that is that those guys don?t want to live in StarkVegas because of schools for their kids. It?s not a coincidence the 3 guys named in this thread are all in their 50?s. Older kids. Good strategy by the AD I guess

[Todd4State]

The thing about Butch is- and this is why he doesn't make sense to me IF this is true- he is very old school. Allegedly we are going to try to become more pro/modern with everything.

And that's part of the reason why I think Walter is being mentioned because Wake Forest has one of the best pitching labs/pitching coach/analytical team in the game but as others have said that is more Muscara and if we hire Walter I'm not sure that there is a guarantee that he would be coming with him and if he did come how long would he be here? That's a very legit concern.

That's also why I think Wes Johnson has been mentioned a lot because he is also very modern.

Guys like Brian O'Connor, Erik Bakich, and Pollard from Duke- if you hire one of them two of them are guys with Omaha experience and Pollard is a guy that has very little to work with at Duke and is an elite guy at identifying talent- those are guys that are probably going to feel like they entered the Death Star when they got here. I think that could be very appealing to one of them.

I don't think Skip Johnson is a real candidate personally. And actually Selmon being a Wake Forest alum might be why Walter is getting mentioned to a degree.

[Todd4State]

Butch would be a solid hire. But he is about to be 55 and to
Me it?s meh. Could we do worse? Absolutely

I?m hoping for a guy in his 40?s- the problem with that is that those guys don?t want to live in StarkVegas because of schools for their kids. It?s not a coincidence the 3 guys named in this thread are all in their 50?s. Older kids. Good strategy by the AD I guess

MSMS is moving to Starkville on campus. As far as schools go I'm not sure it would get much better than that.

[PGHBulldogBG]

I am good with any of those on the list except Walter or ASU coach who I know nothing about and not sure where his name came from. Walter had a 1 year fluke trip to Omaha because of his pitching coach. This would be bad and really make me question Selmon. I think anyone else on the list would be solid though