Here's the thing about college baseball coaches. You simply do not find many that has a good job who is willing to move around. Yes, Mississippi State is a destination job in baseball, unlike in football. Every so often, you will find a John Cohen who moves from Kentucky to Mississippi State or a Paul Mainieri that moves from Notre Dame to LSU. However, those guys are few and far between.

Teams have been going after Brian O'Connor for several years now, and he has let every single one of them know that he has absolutely no interest in leaving Virginia.

The timing of this also makes it difficult to get an established guy. While seeing a head college baseball coach change jobs is rare, it is even rarer to see one change jobs in November/December of the year, during fall ball, or just after fall ball. You do not have ample time to build a staff, because most assistants are pretty well set where they are at as well.

What John did here was get the guy who is pretty much the hottest assistant coach on the market right now. This is really not much different than Auburn hiring Butch Thompson last year. I wonder if Butch wishes he had waited a year?