Butch gets Auburn to a national seed….

ZombieKissinger

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7 CWS appearances and natty with a 70% win percentage is so far ahead of what Butch has done it's laughable but carry on with your insanity. If we miss we can always give Butch a call.
I should’ve asked earlier, but did he give some signal that he’s interested? Is this insider info that’s made its way to SPS? There’s a lot of smoke, so I assume there’s some kind of basis for that but not clear on what it is
 
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I should’ve asked earlier, but did he give some signal that he’s interested? Is this insider info that’s made its way to SPS? There’s a lot of smoke, so I assume there’s some kind of basis for that but not clear on what it is
At this point any names are just pure speculation and not based on any inside information. People who really know what is going on are not talking about it.
 

cadawg26

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Butch would be so mediocre. No national titles to his credit. Just so inconsistent year in and year out.
 

ETK99

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I should’ve asked earlier, but did he give some signal that he’s interested? Is this insider info that’s made its way to SPS? There’s a lot of smoke, so I assume there’s some kind of basis for that but not clear on what it is
No idea but it's being insinuated by a lot of people who cover State. Regardless, it's worth a shot with him being attempt #1. If h declines, keep moving down that list. I'm sure Butch is there somewhere.
 

patdog

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No idea but it's being insinuated by a lot of people who cover State. Regardless, it's worth a shot with him being attempt #1. If h declines, keep moving down that list. I'm sure Butch is there somewhere.
It’s well worth our best shot. But I’ll be very surprised if he doesn’t get a raise & extension and more NIL support at Virginia from this. Butch wiuld be an ok hire but I doubt he’s interested at all.
 

greenbean.sixpack

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It will be one of these four: Brian O'Conner, Erik Bakich, Dan Fitzgerald or Mark Wasikowski. Personally I can't see BOC leaving.

I'd have no problem with Butch, just don't hear his name associated with our search, that may be a good thing.
 

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It will be one of these four: Brian O'Conner, Erik Bakich, Dan Fitzgerald or Mark Wasikowski. Personally I can't see BOC leaving.

I'd have no problem with Butch, just don't hear his name associated with our search, that may be a good thing.
Why? Because Rosebowl said it?
 

patdog

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It will be one of these four: Brian O'Conner, Erik Bakich, Dan Fitzgerald or Mark Wasikowski. Personally I can't see BOC leaving.

I'd have no problem with Butch, just don't hear his name associated with our search, that may be a good thing.
I going with none of the above. And I doubt Butch is even interested.
 
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cadawg26

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Plot twist- We are hearing all these rumors about Brian o Connor from “insiders” that know nothing and we are actually pursuing Tony Vitello.
 
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Perd Hapley

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7 CWS appearances and natty with a 70% win percentage is so far ahead of what Butch has done it's laughable but carry on with your insanity. If we miss we can always give Butch a call.
This is kind of a pointless argument both ways. Whether BOC or Butch is interested, and will be the next head coach, is something that is already known by all 3 parties (MSU, O’Conner, and Butch). O’Conner is obviously above Butch on the list, but Butch could reasonably be #2. MSU powers that be know whether or not O’Conner and Butch are possibilities. There is no point in arguing which we should ask first, we’re already way past that point.
 

The Cooterpoot

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This is kind of a pointless argument both ways. Whether BOC or Butch is interested, and will be the next head coach, is something that is already known by all 3 parties (MSU, O’Conner, and Butch). O’Conner is obviously above Butch on the list, but Butch could reasonably be #2. MSU powers that be know whether or not O’Conner and Butch are possibilities. There is no point in arguing which we should ask first, we’re already way past that point.
Except nobody knows that. We don't know if a coach has made a decision or not. We don't know if an offer has been made beyond our first choice.
 

Indndawg

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….which Cohen did once, and Lemonis did twice…..and we act like this dude would not be a grand slam hire?

Whether or not he would come is another conversation. But a lot of Butch hate been thrown around.
I wouldn't be opposed to Butch
 

Indndawg

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It’s well worth our best shot. But I’ll be very surprised if he doesn’t get a raise & extension and more NIL support at Virginia from this. Butch wiuld be an ok hire but I doubt he’s interested at all.
Probably, but his family has told me that he wants to come back to NE MS
 

DoggieDaddy13

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Don't see us getting BOC or any 'high' profile coach.

It's a new era and we are going to always be several millions shy of the blue bloods and the gun runners.

And, even if we had the millions, baseball is baseball and why the 17 would we go all in on baseball?
 
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CaptainFalcon

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Would have no real objection to Butch but also know a little bit about his family situation and think he would probably be hard to pull away from Auburn. He may be from Mississippi but he has a ton of roots in Alabama, too.
 
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Perd Hapley

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Except nobody knows that. We don't know if a coach has made a decision or not. We don't know if an offer has been made beyond our first choice.
It is a 100% certainty that O’Conner has been offered the job, if there is any mutual interest at all between him and MSU. We fired Lemonis a month ago, and his season ended a week ago. He doesn’t need, nor would he receive, longer than 2-3 days max after being done playing to provide an answer. The die is already cast with O’Conner either way.

Butch potentially is in play if O’Conner said no, and that very well could require a longer timetable obviously. For that reason alone, I think it is pretty unlikely that he is a serious candidate because we don’t have the luxury of waiting up to another month to fill the position. But IF he’s the #2, he has also 100% already been interviewed and offered the job as well. I just don’t think he is.

We’ve been at this a month now. We are either getting one of our top 1-3 choices and are just letting the seasons play out, or we are getting rejected left and right by a lot of people and are having to go really far down the list. But either way, we already know where things stand with the top candidates that we are after.
 

greenbean.sixpack

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BOC was always a pipe dream. He's got a natty, 55 years old and been at UVA for many years. So he's not out looking to add a natty before he hangs it up. Now if his goal is to stack natties, then Starkvegas will be the place to do it. I'm glad we went after him (if we did).

I don't know who our next target is, one of these three: Erik Bakich, Dan Fitzgerald or Mark Wasikowski, but don't know who is priority of those. Fitz and Bakich are the "light's out" recruiting guys from what I've read and I'm assuming that's what we're looking for.

Obviously I have zero inside information, but I did see Salmon at Harvey's shortly after he was hired and saw him at several football and basketball games, so I'm probably as connected as anyone else on this board (other than Bruce, of course).
 
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IBleedMaroonDawg

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Nobody hates Butch, they just believe there are better options

It's not a matter of hate or different options; it's just that since we have the Polk version 2, we are hesitant about having anyone who's a repeat. That's all.
 

basedawg

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Things are quiet for a reason. But lots of action behind the scenes. Wonder when Virginia and the Aggies make announcement? I also wonder the Coaches meeting with players since their season ended.
 

StateCollege

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Don't see us getting BOC or any 'high' profile coach.

It's a new era and we are going to always be several millions shy of the blue bloods and the gun runners.

And, even if we had the millions, baseball is baseball and why the 17 would we go all in on baseball?
The new era likely plays in our favor for baseball. While we may not have as much money as most of our peers, we are always going to allocate a higher percentage towards baseball than most (rightly or wrongly is up for debate).

It is likely that many athletic departments will allocate money away from baseball when revenue sharing kicks in. Especially some of the programs of potential candidates like Clemson, Oregon, and possibly Virginia too.
 

Perd Hapley

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What do you mean “huh”? This isn’t hard.

O’Conner is a Top 5 coach in all of college baseball. We’ve been looking for a month. We aren’t getting anyone better than him. IF he really did communicate legit interest, then there isn’t any chance that we didn’t offer him the job already. If we called his folks to gauge interest and he said “meh” or “17 you”, then maybe we did not offer him the job. Either way though, the people who need to know if he’s coming or not already do know.

Certain guys are only a 1 or 2 question interview, and it’s “how much would it take to get you here” and/or “this is our NIL budget, does that work for you?”, and he is one of those guys.
 

paindonthurt

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What do you mean “huh”? This isn’t hard.

O’Conner is a Top 5 coach in all of college baseball. We’ve been looking for a month. We aren’t getting anyone better than him. IF he really did communicate legit interest, then there isn’t any chance that we didn’t offer him the job already. If we called his folks to gauge interest and he said “meh” or “17 you”, then maybe we did not offer him the job. Either way though, the people who need to know if he’s coming or not already do know.

Certain guys are only a 1 or 2 question interview, and it’s “how much would it take to get you here” and/or “this is our NIL budget, does that work for you?”, and he is one of those guys.
Was Schlossnagle a 1 or 2 question interview?