Lots of chatter so some may need to brace themselves

[Pancho]

This is the truth, we only fill it a couple of times a year and if there is post season baseball.

as long as the guy in section 103 row M seat 10 isn't doing his ole miss prick impersonation and demand to see your ticket on your phone

[ZedFedder]

I am good with virtually everyone we are tied to except for Walter.

[StateDawg44]

I am good with virtually everyone we are tied to except for Walter.

Yep. Just doesn?t have the track record.

[Coursesuper]

Yep. Just doesn?t have the track record.

He’s winning at Wake Forest, Wake Forest. He has been extremely successful and consistent at a very tough place to win. I’m not sure what you people want, but we can do one hell of a lot worse and just fired much worse. Guy can manage a program well.

[KB21]

He’s winning at Wake Forest, Wake Forest. He has been extremely successful and consistent at a very tough place to win. I’m not sure what you people want, but we can do one hell of a lot worse and just fired much worse. Guy can manage a program well.

That, and if both Marek Houston and Ethan Conrad get drafted in the first round, that will be 9 first round draft picks for Walter since 2000.

[DownwardDawg]

Yes it would. I agree with what Aaron Fitt said about it a couple of days ago- it would be similar to LSU hiring Johnson from Arizona.

He has Oregon as basically a lock as a National Seed at this point. Has taken Oregon to Super Regionals the last two years and has gone to a retinal every year he has been there. They have a very real chance to go to Omaha and they have gradually gotten better every year he has been there.

Was an assistant at Florida under Andy Lopez so he is familiar with SEC baseball. And has coached all over the country meaning he has connections that can be valuable in recruiting and the portal potentially.

Thanks for the information.
Sounds solid.

[Todd4State]

He’s winning at Wake Forest, Wake Forest. He has been extremely successful and consistent at a very tough place to win. I’m not sure what you people want, but we can do one hell of a lot worse and just fired much worse. Guy can manage a program well.

The concern with him is how much of his success is tied to Corey Muscara his pitching coach. If we were to hire him there is a very real possibility that Muscara is hired to replace him at Wake Forest. There is also the inevitable situation where Muscara comes with him and leaves after a year or two.

We would be much better off hiring Wasikowski or Bakich or O'Conner and then trying to hire Muscara as our pitching coach.

[KOdawg1]

Swing for BOC, Wes, and Bakich.

If none of them bite, Wasikowski and Chris Pollard are excellent Plan B's.

I think we won't have to get past that.

[Coursesuper]

The concern with him is how much of his success is tied to Corey Muscara his pitching coach. If we were to hire him there is a very real possibility that Muscara is hired to replace him at Wake Forest. There is also the inevitable situation where Muscara comes with him and leaves after a year or two.

We would be much better off hiring Wasikowski or Bakich or O'Conner and then trying to hire Muscara as our pitching coach.

He was smart enough to hire him, I’d say that makes him a very solid program manager with a consistent program in a very hard place to win.

[KB21]

He was smart enough to hire him, I’d say that makes him a very solid program manager with a consistent program in a very hard place to win.

Tom Walter also spearheaded getting their pitching lab build and operational. It opened in 2019, so by the time Muscara got there in 2022, they were starting to see the results of the lab.

[Santiago]

All said, schedule easier, less pressure....but the guys are playing with more swagger. Even the guys coming off the bench.
Whether here or somewhere else, Parker is an up and coming coach. He seems to bring that quiet swagger, and interacts better with players.

edit: I know we are swinging for the fences on coaches and we should. But currently the one running the show for regionals is doing his job.
It is the beard man. Beards win .

[CaptainObvious]

If Parker wants the job, I say it is 40-50% chance Selmon and Keenum over-react to the success against 4 of the last 5 opponents. You could say Helen Keller could see the sweep of Missouri coming. But 25-7, 13-3, and 12-1? Probably not expected from this team. Also, sweeping UK has happened before and State essentially owns Bianco no matter who our coach is. I definitely believe hiring Parker would be an over-reaction to this current run against suspect competition. Needs to be a sitting established successful head coach. Period. Sentence. End of paragraph. Last page in the book!

[Santiago]

If Parker wants the job, I say it is 40-50% chance Selmon and Keenum over-react to the success against 4 of the last 5 opponents. You could say Helen Keller could see the sweep of Missouri coming. But 25-7, 13-3, and 12-1? Probably not expected from this team. Also, sweeping UK has happened before and State essentially owns Bianco no matter who our coach is. I definitely believe hiring Parker would be an over-reaction to this current run against suspect competition. Needs to be a sitting established successful head coach. Period. Sentence. End of paragraph. Last page in the book!

It might be more about see how he navigates the regionals as well though.
Selmon has seen Parker for 2 years, and knows who the kids respond to.
It was not just that we won those games, but how our players are playing. It is a different swagger as well, which seems to match Parker.

AND, really it is more about are we striking out on all those "really interested in MSU" coaches we are swinging the fences for.

[Coursesuper]

If Parker wants the job, I say it is 40-50% chance Selmon and Keenum over-react to the success against 4 of the last 5 opponents. You could say Helen Keller could see the sweep of Missouri coming. But 25-7, 13-3, and 12-1? Probably not expected from this team. Also, sweeping UK has happened before and State essentially owns Bianco no matter who our coach is. I definitely believe hiring Parker would be an over-reaction to this current run against suspect competition. Needs to be a sitting established successful head coach. Period. Sentence. End of paragraph. Last page in the book!

They are not the ones driving this search. This has been known since day one.

[Quaoarsking]

If Parker wants the job, I say it is 40-50% chance Selmon and Keenum over-react to the success against 4 of the last 5 opponents. You could say Helen Keller could see the sweep of Missouri coming. But 25-7, 13-3, and 12-1? Probably not expected from this team. Also, sweeping UK has happened before and State essentially owns Bianco no matter who our coach is. I definitely believe hiring Parker would be an over-reaction to this current run against suspect competition. Needs to be a sitting established successful head coach. Period. Sentence. End of paragraph. Last page in the book!

4-5% maybe, but even that's probably overstating things.

[bulldogcountry1]

Building up a program with no history, limited support, and limited resources is admirable, but it doesn?t mean you?ll be automatically be successful at a place with history, massive support, and significant resources.

[Todd4State]

He was smart enough to hire him, I’d say that makes him a very solid program manager with a consistent program in a very hard place to win.

But the question remains- is Walter a late bloomer or did he get lucky in hiring Muscara?

I would prefer to hire someone like Wasikowski with Muscara as the pitching coach because that is a much safer route for us.

[CaptainObvious]

4-5% maybe, but even that's probably overstating things.

4 or 5 % chance Selmon and Keenum "over-react?" I think the % chance they "over-react is much higher!" Not over 50% so that is why I qualified my point by saying we need to hire a sitting established successful Head Coach! I just don't trust Keenum who is Selmon's boss. These "so-called" behind the scenes baseball super supporters better tell Keenum they will withhold their large yearly donations if he doesn't support spending their donations on NIL and more than $2 million in total staff payments and decides to go cheap and stand pat with remaining staff!

[Quaoarsking]

4 or 5 % chance Selmon and Keenum "over-react?" I think the % chance they "over-react is much higher!" Not over 50% so that is why I qualified my point by saying we need to hire a sitting established successful Head Coach! I just don't trust Keenum who is Selmon's boss. These "so-called" behind the scenes baseball super supporters better tell Keenum they will withhold their large yearly donations if he doesn't support spending their donations on NIL and more than $2 million in total staff payments and decides to go cheap and stand pat with remaining staff!

I don't know how to quantify whether they will "overreact," but there's almost no chance that Parker is going to get the permanent job.

There are too many successful head coaches out there that are interested in our job to think they'll all ultimately turn us down, and even if they somehow do, I doubt we hire Parker over Coggin anyway.

[PGHBulldogBG]

I don't know how to quantify whether they will "overreact," but there's almost no chance that Parker is going to get the permanent job.

There are too many successful head coaches out there that are interested in our job to think they'll all ultimately turn us down, and even if they somehow do, I doubt we hire Parker over Coggin anyway.

The only way I would hire him is if we wins the natty which is about as likely as us winning 10 games in football this year