Parker

[Tractorman]

If he makes the CWS, he will have a record of approximately 15-4. He will have taken a team on the wrong side of the bubble and swept 2 SEC series and won the other down the stretch. He will be a serious candidate and I wouldn't have a problem with it. This is not like Henderson and I didn't want him to be HC.

I believe he is interviewing on the job. If he doesn't make CWS, he is out of contention. I don't see how you don't give him serious consideration if he does though. Bottom line is he would be one of eight coaches left and had to coach his *** off to make it happen.

 

[CochiseCowbell]

No. Stop.

Wins it all...maybe...but still probably not.

 

[Xenomorph]

If he makes the CWS, he will have a record of approximately 15-4. He will have taken a team on the wrong side of the bubble and swept 2 SEC series and won the other down the stretch. He will be a serious candidate and I wouldn't have a problem with it. This is not like Henderson and I didn't want him to be HC.

I believe he is interviewing on the job. If he doesn't make CWS, he is out of contention. I don't see how you don't give him serious consideration if he does though. Bottom line is he would be one of eight coaches left and had to coach his *** off to make it happen.

Again.. just because you finish cooking the meal doesn't mean you can manage the restaurant.

 

[Tractorman]

Its an unpopular take. Its also a fact. Not saying I would make the move but he would be on the list.

 

[Podgy]

Don't think we have the pitching. We did last year. This year we have bats.

 

[Tractorman]

Again.. just because you finish cooking the meal doesn't mean you can manage the restaurant.

In this case he wouldn't have finished cooking, he would have thrown that **** out, whipped up a new meal that ranked top 8 in the country in short order.

 

[leeinator]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think Henderson had some serious emotional issues going on with his son committing suicide. At least that's what I was told and Cohen knew his heart would not be in it for quite a while. Everything being equal, I would go after Parker as well as he's younger and has more time to prove himself.

 

[anon1758050382]

Henderson finished 3rd in Omaha and didn’t get the job. How is this different?

 

[ETK99]

If he makes the CWS, he will have a record of approximately 15-4. He will have taken a team on the wrong side of the bubble and swept 2 SEC series and won the other down the stretch. He will be a serious candidate and I wouldn't have a problem with it. This is not like Henderson and I didn't want him to be HC.

I believe he is interviewing on the job. If he doesn't make CWS, he is out of contention. I don't see how you don't give him serious consideration if he does though. Bottom line is he would be one of eight coaches left and had to coach his *** off to make it happen.

Pass

 

[CaptainFalcon]

I just don’t see the pitching depth on this team to make a run. The 2018 squad that got hot had two Top 3 round picks in the starting rotation.

We are also quietly getting more and more banged up. We’ve had three different players exit the game due to injuries this weekend, two of which are everyday starters.

 

[Chesusdog]

I mean no disrespect to him, but he's doing it against the bottom half of the league. UM, UK, Mizz aren't really impressive wins. I am happy that we are showing some life and playing our way into the postseason discussion, but we can't afford to hand the program to an assistant coach. It's as reckless, and likely dumb, a move as it was to do with Arnett.

 

[msudawg1200]

We beat the worst baseball team possibly in modern SEC history twice in a row and here we go.

 

[ababyatemydingo]

If he makes the CWS, he will have a record of approximately 15-4. He will have taken a team on the wrong side of the bubble and swept 2 SEC series and won the other down the stretch. He will be a serious candidate and I wouldn't have a problem with it. This is not like Henderson and I didn't want him to be HC.

I believe he is interviewing on the job. If he doesn't make CWS, he is out of contention. I don't see how you don't give him serious consideration if he does though. Bottom line is he would be one of eight coaches left and had to coach his *** off to make it happen.

we don't have tournament pitching depth.

 

[HailStout]

Let’s all just slow down and be happy we made the season respectable. If we make some noise at a regional? Spectacular. But maybe pump the expectatio breaks just a bit.

 

[bulldognation]

No. It would be viewed as yet another lazy hire by Selmon.

 

[QuaoarsKing]

We are hopefully going to announce our new hire before the CWS starts (maybe even before the Regionals), making this question moot.

 

[TheDawg-Pound]

Remember, Selmon let Lemonis go when he did so we wouldn't be having this conversation about keeping him or not. We were never suppose to lose these games. If Parker gets us to CWS he will be considered if at make it do assistant coaches. Even then he wouldn't be top 3 choice I don't imagine. If he pulls a Henderson then that would change things but I still don't think he'd be our top few picks.
I keep thinking about the Oregon state coach. I don't see how he sees a future there unless he just loves living there and isn't worried about the money/ resources as much.

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

Don't think we have the pitching. We did last year. This year we have bats.

Parker didn’t go out and recruit the pitching when he had the chance.

 

[Tractorman]

We beat the worst baseball team possibly in modern SEC history twice in a row and here we go.

We have won 8 out of 9 vs sec. Quit hoping we fail.

 

[Howiefeltersnstch]

Henderson finished 3rd in Omaha and didn’t get the job. How is this different?

Completely different. Henderson was at the end of his career and Parker is a young up and comer. Not necessarily advocating for him but it's not the same. It would depend on who our choices were. I would stick with him over Mingione and Butch in that scenario. Maybe

 

[msudawg1200]

We have won 8 out of 9 vs sec. Quit hoping we fail.

Hoping we fail? This is the most excited I've been about State baseball since the natty run. Hell, this has reenergized me. However, I have enough of a brain to understand that Kentucky, Ole Miss, and Missouri aren't exactly murderer's row. Now, if Parker gets us deep in Omaha maybe we can have a conversation, but because he had success, which I'm glad he has, against the previous mentioned three, no.

 

[patdog]

Good lord people. This team isn’t going to a super regional, much less the CWS. and Parker isn’t getting the job. We fired Lemonis right as we were heading into a very soft ending to our schedule. If Parker had coached us through the first 7 SEC series or Lemonis had coached us through the last 3, the results wouldn’t be much different.

 

[greenbean.sixpack]

Completely different. Henderson was at the end of his career and Parker is a young up and comer. Not necessarily advocating for him but it's not the same. It would depend on who our choices were. I would stick with him over Mingione and Butch in that scenario. Maybe

If you heard Henderson giving interviews, you could quickly tell he wasn't the man for the job. Being the head man at the premiere program in the country involves much more than just coaching, recruiting, etc. So far, Parker has shown me a lot, he's good being interviewed.

 

[greenbean.sixpack]

Good lord people. This team isn’t going to a super regional, much less the CWS. and Parker isn’t getting the job. We fired Lemonis right as we were heading into a very soft ending to our schedule. If Parker had coached us through the first 7 SEC series or Lemonis had coached us through the last 3, the results wouldn’t be much different.

I has hoping Lemon would be fired earlier so Parker would get a longer audition.

 

[patdog]

I has hoping Lemon would be fired earlier so Parker would get a better audition.

Selmon did the right thing. Parker should not be a candidate. By far the biggest weakness on this team is the one area he’s responsible for. If he’d been better at his job we might not have had to fire our coach.

 

[greenbean.sixpack]

Selmon did the right thing. Parker should not be a candidate. By far the biggest weakness on this team is the one area he’s responsible for. If he’d been better at his job we might not have had to fire our coach.

I don't necessarily disagree with your assessment, I just would like to have seen what Parker would have done. I think Parker will be a star.

 

[patdog]

I don't necessarily disagree with your assessment, I just would like to have seen what Parker would have done. I think Parker will be a star.

He has just a few years as an assistant & he’s been ok. Not great. But we’re not in a position where we need to take a chance on a young unproven coach. Especially a pitching coach who staff has one of the worst ERA in the conference despite having the easiest schedule in the conference.

this mentality has been holding MSU sports back for decades. We’re too damn loyal to people we shouldn’t be loyal to.

 

[greenbean.sixpack]

He has just a few years as an assistant & he’s been ok. Not great. But we’re not in a position where we need to take a chance on a young unproven coach. Especially a pitching coach who staff has one of the worst ERA in the conference despite having the easiest schedule in the conference.

this mentality has been holding MSU sports back for decades. We’re too damn loyal to people we shouldn’t be loyal to.

We'd have to miss on a lot of HCs to even get close to hiring an assistant and if we did, it be Elander. I think Parker is going to a big time HC one day though.

 

[Howiefeltersnstch]

If you heard Henderson giving interviews, you could quickly tell he wasn't the man for the job. Being the head man at the premiere program in the country involves much more than just coaching, recruiting, etc. So far, Parker has shown me a lot, he's good being interviewed.

For sure. I still would prefer O'Connor or Wazakowski or some of the supposed top 3 candidates. But he might be the best, might not. I dont give him a ton of credit for improved play tbh

 

[ETK99]

We're beating up on the weakest part of our schedule. We've still got the same issues defensively and pitching wise. We're going to get shipped cross country, probably at least make the ship of that regional and we could do a little damage but we can't overcome our issues completely. I imagine we've got a good idea who we're hiring already and we've got proven coaches interested, so Parker has no shot really.

 

[greenbean.sixpack]

For sure. I still would prefer O'Connor or Wazakowski or some of the supposed top 3 candidates. But he might be the best, might not. I dont give him a ton of credit for improved play tbh

My dark horse is Pollard, strong *** beard game.

 

[BulldogBlitz]

If you heard Henderson giving interviews, you could quickly tell he wasn't the man for the job. Being the head man at the premiere program in the country involves much more than just coaching, recruiting, etc.

I didn't realize Henderson was even a thought at ls-who

 

[johnson86-1]

I don't necessarily disagree with your assessment, I just would like to have seen what Parker would have done. I think Parker will be a star.

Parker looks very promising. Even against the lower part of the league, it’s a credit to him that the team is in this run. The only knock on him is he didn’t rebuild the pitching staff in the portal this off season, and I’m not sure how much of the fault he bears there.

But all of that makes Parker a strong *** candidate for a G5 school or a P5 school that isn’t committed to baseball. He’s not going to get picked up by a school we can’t poach him from if he turns out to be the next big thing. Doesn’t mean we’ll be looking for a coach before he does get to a program we can’t poach him from, but you don’t hire a guy because you’re worried about something like that. He’s just doesn’t have the resume right now and he won’t get the job unless we miss on a lot of candidates. Probably more candidates than have been named on this board.

 

[patdog]

. Probably more candidates than have been named on this board.

yeah. All the names that have been mentioned are from people who really don’t know what’s going on. Maybe one of those names does get hired. But could just as easily be someone nobody’s even mentioned.

 

[Howiefeltersnstch]

IF Parker was the hire and we went to Omaha and Super regional for the first 3 years everyone would say Selmon was a genius for seeing the potential. If he missed regional and had a losing record the story would be what a dumb lazy hire it was. You have to hire a sure thing if you can. And then when that guy schitts the bed everybody says how surprising. He was great at such and such yada yada. See Moorhead/Arnett.

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

0-2 in Hattiesburg will end the Parker talk.

 

[curseddawgs]

It’s hilarious how people are already talking about us making a run. Thankfully we will play meaningful baseball in June but we’ve had much better teams not even make it out of a regional much less a super

 

[SteelCurtain74]

He has just a few years as an assistant & he’s been ok. Not great. But we’re not in a position where we need to take a chance on a young unproven coach. Especially a pitching coach who staff has one of the worst ERA in the conference despite having the easiest schedule in the conference.

this mentality has been holding MSU sports back for decades. We’re too damn loyal to people we shouldn’t be loyal to.

 

[patdog]

It’s hilarious how people are already talking about us making a run. Thankfully we will play meaningful baseball in June but we’ve had much better teams not even make it out of a regional much less a super

Also hilarious that most of this board spent the first 40 games of this season cussing Parker & now they want to hire him as our next coach.

 

[anon1768925248]

There is a lot more to being a head coach than game day decisions. Can he recruit as the head guy? Can he work the portal? Can he put together a roster? Can he hire and develop? Can he run a program year round? There is no reason for us to hire someone where that part of the job is an unknown, no matter how well we finish this season.