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05-20-2025, 01:34 PM
#241

Originally Posted by
StarkVegasSteve
Erik Bakich says hello. And he is not the first offer.
You can find out who that is pretty easily. There is an interesting YouTube video out there after Notre Dame wrapped up their season in 21. The comments made will lead you to the first offer. He will not accept, but we are swinging big.
Link Jarrett?
I'd be fine with hiring him, but are we really going to pull him away from his alma mater?
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05-20-2025, 01:41 PM
#242

Originally Posted by
Quaoarsking
Link Jarrett?
I'd be fine with hiring him, but are we really going to pull him away from his alma mater?
NO
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05-20-2025, 01:53 PM
#243
If our offer order goes: 1. Jarrett, 2. Bakich, 3. O'Connor, 4. Wasikowski, we're getting a really good coach, and I'm betting on O'Connor.
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05-20-2025, 02:07 PM
#244

Originally Posted by
Quaoarsking
Link Jarrett?
I'd be fine with hiring him, but are we really going to pull him away from his alma mater?
No. Which is why I said he will not accept it. But there was some interest there.
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05-20-2025, 04:56 PM
#245

Originally Posted by
StarkVegasSteve
No. Which is why I said he will not accept it. But there was some interest there.
Wait. Interest by who? If he has shown interest, I can think of only 3 reasons he wouldn't get it or take it. They don't show interest just to string ADs along.
1) we didn't reciprocate the interest
2) both parties couldn't come to gather on the specific "commitments"
3) He is milking FSU for a stronger "commitment".
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05-20-2025, 06:17 PM
#246

Originally Posted by
CaptainObvious
Wait. Interest by who? If he has shown interest, I can think of only 3 reasons he wouldn't get it or take it. They don't show interest just to string ADs along.
1) we didn't reciprocate the interest
2) both parties couldn't come to gather on the specific "commitments"
3) He is milking FSU for a stronger "commitment".
Word is FSU made alot of promises last year and then went back on them. Pissed him off to the point where he is "looking". Heard same thing about Bakich. They pretty much told him they were not allocating a,lot of funds and football and basketball would get the majority.
People have to remember. The house settlement is coming. Schools are picking and choosing what they spend money on, and baseball is a distant thought for most. Luckily for us, we are going all in sounds like. Coaches are going to jump at the opportunity to have a job like that no matter what some posters on here say. There is a reason we are getting big name interest.
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05-20-2025, 06:34 PM
#247
House settlement my ass. That’s a big bunch of BS.
Football programs are spending 30MM or more this year on their teams. They aren’t going back to 10-12MM. You guys are kidding yourselves with all that. This dream of policing money to the players is just that- a dream
Walk like the King or walk like you don't care who the King is
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05-20-2025, 07:26 PM
#248
you don't have faith in tuberville and saban? why is the house deal a load of baloney?
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05-20-2025, 09:26 PM
#249

Originally Posted by
Coach34
House settlement my ass. That’s a big bunch of BS.
Football programs are spending 30MM or more this year on their teams. They aren’t going back to 10-12MM. You guys are kidding yourselves with all that. This dream of policing money to the players is just that- a dream
This^^
A lot of folks don't understand how it's going to go.
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05-20-2025, 09:28 PM
#250

Originally Posted by
Coach34
House settlement my ass. That’s a big bunch of BS.
Football programs are spending 30MM or more this year on their teams. They aren’t going back to 10-12MM. You guys are kidding yourselves with all that. This dream of policing money to the players is just that- a dream
Completely different discussion with regards to baseball.
Fact of the matter is for many schools they simply don't have 30 million just laying around and it's going to take time for them to build that up.
One way to fill the gap even if it is firing a rock at Godzilla is to take it from baseball. And that may very well benefit us this job cycle.
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05-20-2025, 09:38 PM
#251

Originally Posted by
Todd4State
Completely different discussion with regards to baseball.
Fact of the matter is for many schools they simply don't have 30 million just laying around and it's going to take time for them to build that up.
One way to fill the gap even if it is firing a rock at Godzilla is to take it from baseball. And that may very well benefit us this job cycle.
Schools are going to pay whatever it takes to win. LSU, Tenn and others will keep spending 6-10MM in NIL on baseball no matter what the ****ing House says
You guys thinking the House BS will help us are delusional
Walk like the King or walk like you don't care who the King is
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05-20-2025, 09:44 PM
#252
Its going to cost 1.3MM or so just to try and keep Reese and McPherson. 2 players. We bout to find out if we are a big boy and if crowds matter
Walk like the King or walk like you don't care who the King is
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05-20-2025, 10:07 PM
#253

Originally Posted by
StarkVegasSteve
No. Which is why I said he will not accept it. But there was some interest there.
Why would he be interested?
If you listen to that video you referenced he basically talks about is the atmosphere at State and the crowd.
Which many on here say is irrelevant.
So why would that matter? Why would he have any interest?
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05-21-2025, 08:41 AM
#254

Originally Posted by
Coach34
Schools are going to pay whatever it takes to win. LSU, Tenn and others will keep spending 6-10MM in NIL on baseball no matter what the ****ing House says
You guys thinking the House BS will help us are delusional
Which is exactly why guys like O'Conner are interested in our job***
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05-21-2025, 08:43 AM
#255

Originally Posted by
cheewgumm
Why would he be interested?
If you listen to that video you referenced he basically talks about is the atmosphere at State and the crowd.
Which many on here say is irrelevant.
So why would that matter? Why would he have any interest?
Because our fans take our crowds for granted. Is the crowd going to win a game, identify recruits, run practice, etc- no.
But having support helps attract people who can.
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05-21-2025, 08:48 AM
#256
Saying crowd sizes DON’T matter is an oversimplification of the NIL problem. Could you imagine Bryant-Denny or Death Valley with 1/3rd capacity?
Yuck
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05-21-2025, 08:52 AM
#257

Originally Posted by
cheewgumm
Why would he be interested?
If you listen to that video you referenced he basically talks about is the atmosphere at State and the crowd.
Which many on here say is irrelevant.
So why would that matter? Why would he have any interest?
Crowd size indicates overall interest in the program. It is not going to win you recruits or games but it may show a potential hire that we give a 17 and will care when it comes to giving towards NIL.
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05-21-2025, 10:53 AM
#258

Originally Posted by
Coach34
Its going to cost 1.3MM or so just to try and keep Reese and McPherson. 2 players. We bout to find out if we are a big boy and if crowds matter
Or if a HC change plays a factor.
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05-21-2025, 11:00 AM
#259

Originally Posted by
bulldogcountry1
Or if a HC change plays a factor.
I mean we had a booster out of Houston pledge 3 mil a few weeks ago for baseball NIL. 1.3 will not be a problem. And after today, I think the number for McPherson will go down a good bit.
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05-21-2025, 11:58 AM
#260

Originally Posted by
StarkVegasSteve
I mean we had a booster out of Houston pledge 3 mil a few weeks ago for baseball NIL. 1.3 will not be a problem. And after today, I think the number for McPherson will go down a good bit.
No it wont, he has talent, a ton of it, one outing is not going to change that.
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