Dietrich

[Bucksnort_Dawg]

I'm not hearing much on the pack about Jason Dietrich. Seems like a good hire. Too excited too soon??

 

[57stratdawg]

I think the Dickinson guy from Illinois looks pretty good.

 

[Bucksnort_Dawg]

I was a fan of Wes Johnson myself, but Fullerton has had good arms here recently.

 

[Palos verdes]

Pretty sure Dietrich has been offered the job and has accepted.

 

[patdog]

Nobody had heard of him until yesterday, and he still hasn't been officially announced. But, from what little I do know, it looks like the Intense Bastard hit a home run with this hire. May even be an upgrade.

 

[Bucksnort_Dawg]

I don't know if you can upgrade from Butch. But maybe get close to matching him.

 

[patdog]

Didn't mean that comment as a knock on Butch. Unless he is the best pitching coach in the country, it's possible to upgrade. And Dietrich may actually be an upgrade. He comes from a better baseball school than MSU has ever dreamed of being. They play just as tough of a schedule out there as we do. And his staff ERA's the last 3 years have been 2.89, 2.24 and 2.47.

 

[engie]

Didn't mean that comment as a knock on Butch. Unless he is the best pitching coach in the country, it's possible to upgrade. And Dietrich may actually be an upgrade. He comes from a better baseball school than MSU has ever dreamed of being. They play just as tough of a schedule out there as we do. And his staff ERA's the last 3 years have been 2.89, 2.24 and 2.47.

Best in the country and best in the country "for MSU" aren't necessarily the same thing...

Someone will have to prove to me over the long haul that they can be better at MSU than Butch has been all-around. Dietrich's success here and future as a head guy is on a tee for him with the talent already lined up. Probably fair to think we might not know how good Dietrich is overall until we see how his successor does with his recruits...

I know he's had tremendous success in a place where virtually everyone is successful and I'm hopeful he can get more out of guys earlier than Butch did...

 

[Bucksnort_Dawg]

My hope is that Dietrich can have some consistency. A set closer, maybe a setup guy. Something at times we were lacking with Butch.

 

[patdog]

Butch has had some outstanding (though unconventional) pitching staff at MSU. He's also had some terrible pitching staffs. And not just with Polk's recruits either. He's a good coach. But it's far from inconceivable that he's the best pitching coach for MSU that we could possibly have .

 

[MSU Fan.sixpack]

Saw the subject line and was hoping for an update on the Animal

 

[engie]

He had one none-elite staff in his tenure with his own recruits -- last year.