Dan McDonnell

[Carbaryl]

There is a whole lot of talk this weekend that Dan McDonnell is a serious candidate to take the head coaching job.I was told McDonnell isn't happy at Louisville because of a couple of issues(no idea what those could be) and he is showing serious return interest in the State job.McDonnell,Jim Schlossnagle,and Tim Tadlock are the top 3 with Butch,Mingione and a couple of others in the next group.

 

[Apoplectic_Objurgator]

Can we really trust anyone associated with Louisville to be clean? The odds that every major program can compete for a championship tells me this is more than luck and coaching?

 

[patdog]

McDonnell would be a home run hire. He’s a winner & a great recruiter. And he does it the right way.

 

[Shmuley]

The Bastard HAS to make the Saban hire here. He has no other option. “No” is not acceptable as an answer. Whatever it takes, John. Do not get on that plane without our Saban.

 

[BulldogBlitz]

I agree. We need a coach to go with our 16 world series championships.

 

[o_dawgnabit]

How much do you trust your source? Because those three names are huge! I was hoping Tim Tadlock would be a candidate.

 

[57stratdawg]

Would be a home run

 

[Carbaryl]

How much do you trust your source? Because those three names are huge! I was hoping Tim Tadlock would be a candidate.

Pretty trustworthy.Now he didn't say we are getting any of those three,just that those were the top three and McDonnell has returned more than a passing interest.We're going to have to pay north of a million to get one of those top three.

 

[bulldogcountry1]

Whoever we hire, I hope it's a coach who doesn't let his players act like meathead d-bags. We've played numerous good teams over the years like that, and I don't want any part of it. It's easy to say "all I care about is winning", but long-term success seems to follow the coaches who can keep things under control. Our fans really relate to the hard-working, tough blue collar approach more so than roid rage and pimping singles in the 1st inning.

While I don't think Corbin is in play, it's obvious that they do all the little things right, and are very much team oriented. They even take the field as a group every inning. If any of these big names floating around fits that, then don't take no for an answer.

 

[o_dawgnabit]

.We're going to have to pay north of a million to get one of those top three.

We should be willing to do it. We need championships

 

[Todd4State]

The Bastard HAS to make the Saban hire here. He has no other option. “No” is not acceptable as an answer. Whatever it takes, John. Do not get on that plane without our Saban.

Yep. It's time to go Alabama football and get this thing right.

Cann = our Mike Price.

 

[MSUDawgFan86]

Pretty trustworthy.Now he didn't say we are getting any of those three,just that those were the top three and McDonnell has returned more than a passing interest.We're going to have to pay north of a million to get one of those top three.

Pfft that’s easy. Do it. Pass the collection plate around a full Davis wade and have everyone put in about $16. I’ll cover a few cheap bastards in the crowd.

 

[olblue.sixpack]

There is a whole lot of talk this weekend that Dan McDonnell is a serious candidate to take the head coaching job.I was told McDonnell isn't happy at Louisville because of a couple of issues(no idea what those could be) and he is showing serious return interest in the State job.McDonnell,Jim Schlossnagle,and Tim Tadlock are the top 3 with Butch,Mingione and a couple of others in the next group.This info is from today and from an in the know State baseball person.

He was very vocal in his support of Tom Jurich and was not happy when he was cut loose.

Makes $1 million per year with retention bonuses.

 

[olblue.sixpack]

Pfft that’s easy. Do it. Pass the collection plate around a full Davis wade and have everyone put in about $16. I’ll cover a few cheap bastards in the crowd.

Spending other people’s money - a long standing message board tradition.

 

[MSUDawgFan86]

Spending other people’s money - a long standing message board tradition.

The first cheap bastard has been accounted for. I got you sir now move along. I’m jk. Would be a HR hire. Or we could go cheap and do worse.

 

[patdog]

If we're even talking to those guys, we're willing to pay the money.

 

[E-Man]

Yep. It's time to go Alabama football and get this thing right.

Cann = our Mike Price.

I hate to be the bearer of bad news on your line of thinking, but Alabama hired Mike Shula after Mike price.

I get your point, though.

 

[Go Budaw]

Yep. It's time to go Alabama football and get this thing right.

Cann = our Mike Price.

I hope not, because if so that means we have a Mike Shula hire coming up.

 

[MedDawg]

Spending other people’s money - a long standing message board tradition.

Spending University of Alabama Football National Championship money. Thanks, Bama!

 

[The Peeper]

Not doubting you Carbaryl, just your source. I find it extremely hard to envision Cohen filling in boosters on the status of a hire that's is most likely 90 days away. We've all seen "boosters" before wanting to act like they are "in the loop" but I find it hard to see Cohen telling anybody anything at this point in the game.

 

[coach66]

Well, if it happens the one thing for sure is the Epic meltdown in Sharkland.

He is their dream coach.

 

[aTotal360]

Let's preemptively start calling him Dan McDonald just in case...

 

[patdog]

Or investing that money in the right coach instead of wasting a few hundred thousand less on the wrong one.

 

[patdog]

Indeed. A lot of their fans have been wishing Bianco had taken the LSU job back when Skip retired for all these years.

 

[johnson86-1]

There is a whole lot of talk this weekend that Dan McDonnell is a serious candidate to take the head coaching job.I was told McDonnell isn't happy at Louisville because of a couple of issues(no idea what those could be) and he is showing serious return interest in the State job.McDonnell,Jim Schlossnagle,and Tim Tadlock are the top 3 with Butch,Mingione and a couple of others in the next group.This info is from today and from an in the know State baseball person.

I don't doubt he's willing to listen, but with coaches like that, probably upwards of 90% of the time they're willing to listen but all it takes for the current program to match and/or correct some gripes (like not investing in a particular facility) to retain them.

Hopefully this is a Jimbo Fisher situation and not Saban to UT or Malzahn to Arkansas.

 

[patdog]

Dan McDonnell isn't like most other coaches. He probably would have stayed at Louisville for the rest of his career. But with the turmoil and turnover at Louisville, he may be looking to get out now.

 

[olblue.sixpack]

I don't doubt he's willing to listen, but with coaches like that, probably upwards of 90% of the time they're willing to listen but all it takes for the current program to match and/or correct some gripes (like not investing in a particular facility) to retain them.

Hopefully this is a Jimbo Fisher situation and not Saban to UT or Malzahn to Arkansas.

UofL is adding about 2,600 seats to their facility. Believe it or not, they just started charging for admission to regular season games this season - $10.

 

[Shmuley]

Don McDougal.

 

[messageboardsuperhero]

Showing interest in a position in March that won’t be filled until June is a little different than actually getting a McDonnell, Schlossnagle, or Tadlock to sign on the dotted line. It’s hard to tell how much of the interest is serious and how much is agent talk. O’Sullivan leveraged the South Carlina job last summer for a better deal at Florida, so hopefully that’s not what is happening here.

Either of those three names would be major hires though. Make it happen Cohen.

 

[Carbaryl]

To update this
Same source says it's going to be McDonnell or Schlossnagle.Schlossnagle is said to be pushing for the job even harder than McDonnell the last few weeks but both are in play.Cohen has a tough decision to make,one that he might very well have already made.I expect stuff to really start leaking during regional week.

 

[engie]

To update your update, I know for certain that Schlossnagle's ~ $1.4mil buyout was voided when Del Conte(TCU AD) left for Texas. $0 buyout.

It's possible McDonnell's is also voided in the firing of Tom Jurich, but I have not seen that actually put in writing anywhere.

My source says Tadlock, although that seems unlikely to me personally, given that he has over a $1mil buyout from what I can tell that will stay in effect. Could pay the other guys $250k more in the initial contract just to make up the difference on the buyout....

 

[TaleofTwoDogs]

Pfft that’s easy. Do it. Pass the collection plate around a full Davis wade and have everyone put in about $16. I’ll cover a few cheap bastards in the crowd.

Better make it $20 - got to cover taxes and benefits. Plus you don't have to make change at the gate. **

 

[Carbaryl]

To update your update, I know for certain that Schlossnagle's ~ $1.4mil buyout was voided when Del Conte(TCU AD) left for Texas. $0 buyout.

It's possible McDonnell's is also voided in the firing of Tom Jurich, but I have not seen that actually put in writing anywhere.

My source says Tadlock, although that seems unlikely to me personally, given that he has over a $1mil buyout from what I can tell that will stay in effect. Could pay the other guys $250k more in the initial contract just to make up the difference on the buyout....

I'm told for whatever reason there hasn't been much contact with Tadlock from State.That would be interesting to know who truly has a buyout.I can't get into the details but knowing which one has a buyout would give away who the leader in the clubhouse is.I say leader because nothing is final till someone signs a contract in my view.

 

[Philly Dawg]

Sounds like an ideal candidate.

 

[patdog]

Depends on who Cohen really wants. If he thinks a coach is the guy who's going to make us a consistent contender for 10+ years, I don't know that a $1M buyout would be a deal breaker. I have no sources and no inside knowledge on this and would be happy with any of the 4 names I've seen people throw out as being the guy per their source.

 

[PineGroveBully]

If we spend money in support of Mississippi State sports, it's OUR MONEY.

dann that'd make a nice billboard

 

[engie]

Quiet from State's end, lot of chirping in the scouting profession, which seems like how Cohen does things. We shall see. I'd also be happy with any of the 4 and disappointed with practically anyone else.

 

[Carbaryl]

Depends on who Cohen really wants. If he thinks a coach is the guy who's going to make us a consistent contender for 10+ years, I don't know that a $1M buyout would be a deal breaker. I have no sources and no inside knowledge on this and would be happy with any of the 4 names I've seen people throw out as being the guy per their source.

It's not a deal breaker at all.I can't get into the details but knowing who has a buyout would give me a clue to who might be the leader in the clubhouse when added to some workings that's been going on behind the scenes the past few days.I would go all in on who I believe is the next coach if I could find out if McDonnell's buyout is still there.

Either way I feel really..really.. good about the next coach being McDonnell or Schlossnagle.

 

[o_dawgnabit]

Some of our writers said not to expect things to leak on our end to protect the search. Steve said on one of his podcasts that several scouts have been reached out to join the next coach on staff but no one has said who the guy is. With how much talk the scouts are doing I think it’s only a matter of time

 

[Carbaryl]

Some of our writers said not to expect things to leak on our end to protect the search. Steve said on one of his podcasts that several scouts have been reached out to join the next coach on staff but no one has said who the guy is. With how much talk the scouts are doing I think it’s only a matter of time

Steve also said a day or so ago in his chat that he expects the next coach to be McDonnell or Schlossnagle so there seems to be some smoke building.