Deep Dive Into The Candidates

[Coursesuper]

ANY coach is a risk. This job is a pressure cooker where the expectations do not match the trophy case. You have to live this job 24/7/365. You have to be ok with a fanbase that is not going to just let you do your job. They want to take pictures and have autographs any time they see you in public. There's no privacy with this job. I have just as many reservations about Brian O'Conner, the supposed front runner, as I do any other candidate.

This is the way it is. This job is a monster

[Quaoarsking]

Different tune this morning about O’Connor than yesterday. It went from likely to stay at Virginia to 50/50

Boom! Time to start measuring everyone's ring fingers!

[Coursesuper]

Different tune this morning about O’Connor than yesterday. It went from likely to stay at Virginia to 50/50

Rosey is inconsistent if he's anything.

[msstate7]

Boom! Time to start measuring everyone's ring fingers!

This would be a big time win

[StarkVegasSteve]

Rosey is inconsistent if he's anything.

I still think he stays at UVA, but you are right. If the reporting has been anything, it has been inconsistent. Just tells me that he is not really sure who is running the search

[parabrave]

I know it wasn't directed towards me, but here you go on the last 5 years for the 5 we seem to be looking at:

Brian O'Conner: 203-96
Erik Bakich: 193-98 (2 Michigan years plus 3 Clemson years)
Mark Wasikowski: 198-97
Dan Fitzgerald: 99-70(only been a D1 HC for 3 years)
Skip Johnson: 179-121

Basically, there's 3 grand slam hires. There's a really good hire that could turn into a grand slam hire. And Skip Johnson is a solid double into the gap.

Also forgot to add how many Regionals, SRs and trips to Omaha.

[StarkVegasSteve]

Also forgot to add how many Regionals, SRs and trips to Omaha.

O’Conner- 3 CWS, 1 Regional, 1 missed postseason
Bakich- 4 Regionals(5 now) and 1 Super
Wasikowski- 2 Regionals(3 now) and 2 Supers
Fitzgerald- Regional this year and 2 missed postseasons
Johnson- 1 CWS, 2 regionals(3 now), and 1 missed postseason.

[Coursesuper]

I still think he stays at UVA, but you are right. If the reporting has been anything, it has been inconsistent. Just tells me that he is not really sure who is running the search

He may know but he's not getting any information out of them.

[BigDawg81]

Either way, he has left himself a lot of wiggle room

[KOdawg1]

Either way, he has left himself a lot of wiggle room

Well, rest assured, he's always going to do that.

Steve has sources. No one can deny that. But he's been all over the place with this, which lets me know those running this aren't giving him everything. He was adamant Wasikowski wasn't contacted about the job "contrary to other reports" even though no one had reported that. All that was reported elsewhere on Waz was that he would have interest and should be considered a candidate. He took him off the hot board and 48 hours later, he's put him back on it and has backtracked a little on all of that.

He came out and said BOC was likely to stay at UVA. Now this morning he's saying that was premature and has backtracked on that too.

He's trying really hard to win a source-off that isn't even there. I get wanting to be right and more importantly, be the first to be right, but it's leading him to some inconsistencies that aren't helping his coverage on this.

[BigDawg81]

Absolutely, he still stands firm in Waz not being contacted by State officials but everyone else says otherwise.

[KOdawg1]

Absolutely, he still stands firm in Waz not being contacted by State officials but everyone else says otherwise.

No one has said otherwise. People have said Waz would be interested in the job and would be a candidate, but no one has said State has contacted him. Steve took that and has run with it in an effort to shoot down others' reporting, but he's arguing an argument no one is making.

[Coursesuper]

No one has said otherwise. People have said Waz would be interested in the job and would be a candidate, but no one has said State has contacted him. Steve took that and has run with it in an effort to shoot down others' reporting, but he's arguing an argument no one is making.

I can tell you right now that not one Mississippi State University Athletics admin official has contacted a single coach.

[basedog]

Seems Virginia has committed more funds to BOC.

[DownwardDawg]

I can tell you right now that not one Mississippi State University Athletics admin official has contacted a single coach.

That makes sense. That'll happen when we "know" who our guy is.

[Cooterpoot]

I can tell you right now that not one Mississippi State University Athletics admin official has contacted a single coach.

Well, their agents are all over it

[StateDawg44]

lolz... no one on here or their "sources" has a clue what is going on

[KOdawg1]

I can tell you right now that not one Mississippi State University Athletics admin official has contacted a single coach.

I'd be surprised if they were. Agents are the one being communicate with.

[StarkVegasSteve]

I'd be surprised if they were. Agents are the one being communicate with.

Agents and Coaches are communicating with the search firm and team we have set up to run this stuff. But he is correct that no Mississippi State athletic dept officials have communicated with people.

[KOdawg1]

But he is correct that no Mississippi State athletic dept officials have communicated with people.

I've never said otherwise...like I'm not arguing that.