Outside of the O’Connor hire…

[Deltaduckhunter]

Why do I hear some people praise Selmon?

 

[patdog]

And O’Connor literally fell into his lap.

 

[vandaldawg]

Why do I hear some people praise Selmon?

Not defending Selmon, but that’s kind of like saying, outside of circumnavigating the globe, what else did Magellan really do?

 

[KingVic]

O Connor wasn’t that great of a hire number one. It was good but expected. Number two. Selmon has elevated NIL, resources, better marketing and overall coolness, etc , etc.

If he doesn’t fire Loser Lard Lebtard, then you can complain. But Selmon has crushed it so far.

 

[KingVic]

This is also dumb. Oak is not “circumnavigating the globe” sometimes it’s embarrassing to hear some of our fans try to sound smart.

 

[Deltaduckhunter]

Not defending Selmon, but that’s kind of like saying, outside of circumnavigating the globe, what else did Magellan really do?

Wow, so you clearly think that was all Selmon, not our boosters paying whatever it takes and program/facilities selling O’Connor to make a statement like that.

 

[Deltaduckhunter]

O Connor wasn’t that great of a hire number one. It was good but expected. Number two. Selmon has elevated NIL, resources, better marketing and overall coolness, etc , etc.

If he doesn’t fire Loser Lard Lebtard, then you can complain. But Selmon has crushed it so far.

I must be too old because I’m not seeing the coolness. I’m seeing our brand dying.

 

[vandaldawg]

This is also dumb. Oak is not “circumnavigating the globe” sometimes it’s embarrassing to hear some of our fans try to sound smart.

It’s the best hire in any sport in Mississippi state history. It’s embarrassing hear some of our fans be so stupid.

 

[FlotownDawg]

If a coach is hired that is successful, Selmon has nothing to do with it. If a coach is hired that is not successful, it’s all Selmon’s fault.

 

[vandaldawg]

Wow, so you clearly think that was all Selmon, not our boosters paying whatever it takes and program/facilities selling O’Connor to make a statement like that.

I must be too old because I’m not seeing the coolness. I’m seeing our brand dying.

This is just moving the goalposts. Selmon is the AD. He gets the credit. I don’t see you coming after the boosters for your issues with Lebby. Be consistent.

 

[Deltaduckhunter]

It’s the best hire in any sport in Mississippi state history. It’s embarrassing hear some of our fans be so stupid.

We made O’Connor the 2nd highest paid baseball coach in the country and we have the best facilities in the country. Getting him under those circumstances is not as earth shattering as you seem to think.

 

[Deltaduckhunter]

This is just moving the goalposts. Selmon is the AD. He gets the credit. I don’t see you coming after the boosters for your issues with Lebby. Be consistent.

What does that even mean?

 

[downwarddawg]

Why do I hear some people praise Selmon?

We were told by many folks that Selmon didn't have **** to do with hiring BOC. Selmon admitted to knowing nothing about baseball. So does he get credit? Serious question? I don't know.

 

[patdog]

If a coach is hired that is successful, Selmon has nothing to do with it. If a coach is hired that is not successful, it’s all Selmon’s fault.

In not saying Selmon had nothing to do with it. But In the circumstances that was a very very easy hire to make.

 

[vandaldawg]

We made O’Connor the 2nd highest paid baseball coach in the country and we have the best facilities in the country. Getting him under those circumstances is not as earth shattering as you seem to think.

It’s exactly as earth shattering as I think. The last coaching hire cycle for baseball we were fed the same line. We are elite. We will hire an elite coach. I think O’Connor was on the list then. We ended up with Chris Lemonis and nobody knew who he was.

 

[ETK99]

Why do I hear some people praise Selmon?

Because he's taken our NIL from zero to close to $40MM next season and was turned down by just about everybody last time he tried to hire a coach because of that zero number and our shitting situation. He's got to go make a real hire now.

 

[downwarddawg]

If a coach is hired that is successful, Selmon has nothing to do with it. If a coach is hired that is not successful, it’s all Selmon’s fault.

But many people said prior to Lemonis being fired that Selmon wouldn't be making the baseball coach choice.

 

[BulldogBlitz]

Not defending Selmon, but that’s kind of like saying, outside of circumnavigating the globe, what else did Magellan really do?

He designed some good stuff for academy.**

 

[Deltaduckhunter]

It’s exactly as earth shattering as I think. The last coaching hire cycle for baseball we were fed the same line. We are elite. We will hire an elite coach. I think O’Connor was on the list then. We ended up with Chris Lemonis and nobody knew who he was.

You do realize during last coaching cycle we offered $600k and O’Connor got $2.9M? But it had nothing to do with that, it was all Selmon, huh?

 

[vandaldawg]

What does that even mean?

See Flotown’s post. I’m tired of explaining simple concepts.

 

[vandaldawg]

You do realize during last coaching cycle we offered $600k and O’Connor got $2.9M? But it had nothing to do with that, it was all Selmon, huh?

Selmon is the AD. He gets the credit for the hire. Period.

 

[Deltaduckhunter]

See Flotown’s post. I’m tired of explaining simple concepts.

His post is logical, yours makes no sense.

 

[Deltaduckhunter]

Selmon is the AD. He gets the credit for the hire. Period.

In your simple mind it probably does.

 

[vandaldawg]

His post is logical, yours makes no sense.

Okay, fine. Then refer to his post.

 

[vandaldawg]

In your simple mind it probably does.

Who gets credit for it in your highly complex and oh so insightful mind?

 

[OG Goat Holder]

Sappy Salmuhn didn’t hire OC, our boosters did

 

[HotMop]

Not defending Selmon, but that’s kind of like saying, outside of circumnavigating the globe, what else did Magellan really do?

Funny you should ask, plenty apparently.

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ferdinand-Magellan

 

[aTotal360]

And O’Connor literally fell into his lap.

I'm not on the Selmon bandwagon, but that simply isn't true. Selmon hustled on that deal. He lined up the red carpet treatment and got the money in place pretty quickly. With that said, I wish he had that same energy when it came to hiring football coaches.

 

[DrQuayEvans]

Sappy Salmuhn didn’t hire OC, our boosters did

“Hello, this is Brian O’Conner, who’s this?”

“Hi coach I’m a bulldog club member at Mississippi State and I was wondering if you’d be interested in being our baseball coach. I have pretty good season tickets and I met our AD once!”

“You are exactly the person I was expecting a call from!”

 

[Beretta.sixpack]

Y'all forget why Selmon was hired to begin with....he was the backbone at OU for fundraising, and damn good at it....he was also, at the time, the AD on deck.....We need(ed) more money at the time (and now) more than ever before, or we need(ed) to get out of the SEC.....he has done an incredible job at fundraising.....he also had almost everything to do with getting BOC hired for baseball, and that has come straight from BOC's mouth.....

Hate him on the Lebby hire all you want, but just be glad the intense baz-tard is in Auburn and not in Starkville right now....

No AD or coach is going to be perfect....I like ZS and stand by him......Lebby has lost me.....

Greg Byrne took a part of my soul when he left MSU....that one still stings