Quote Originally Posted by Tater View Post
The plan in place was Selmon had ~5 years to go prove it and then the job would be his when Cast retired. Joe is retiring earlier than expected. What Selmon did for MSU baseball was done with this knowledge. I'll keep the board updated when I hear more. Right now - 1. Selmon 2. Hocutt 3. Bowman.

What I heard on Alford - he wants into the SEC and recognizes that FSU is going to be a headache getting funding. He's thrown his name in the ring much more than OU is interested in him. He'll likely get an interview; however, he's behind Bowman who will take the job if offered, so keep the shortlist ending at him for now. Sounds like enough of the money people at OU know not to judge Selmon on Lebby, but more on Oak. The OU opinion of themselves is how we see ourselves in baseball.
I can't believe they'd put that much stock in a baseball hire. Most of them couldn't find their baseball stadium if they were standing in front of it. I'm not lying about this, I was sitting by a group of OU fans at the basketball game this year and none of them, of which there were 6, knew who the baseball coach even was. And these weren't students or sidewalk fans, to my knowledge. They dressed well and looked to be very knowledgeable about OU. Knew about Porter Moser and gave me the scoop on the Mateer/Arbuckle stuff and how that went down.