BOC gonna bring any dudes with him?

[DawgatAuburn]

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[DawgatAuburn]

I nominate this one:

Tomas Valincius

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And his high school teammate:

Henry Ford

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[OG Goat Holder]

Ford is in the portal

 

[Faustdog]

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I nominate this one:

Tomas Valincius

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And his high school teammate:

Henry Ford

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Man, Ford looks like a player and we need a first baseman. Would be nice.

After reading that UVA board a little I wouldn't mind skimming their top 5-6 players. "But how could they choose Starkville?"

 

[MStateU]

I'm super excited about this hire and I'm not "pre-shtting", but let's remember that we finished with a better record and 30 points higher in the rpi than Virginia. Let's not get super upset if he doesn't get a bunch of Virginia players from the portal. I'm sure he will cherry pick a few and he knows which can help.

I'm fired up about this staff though. Can't wait to see who they bring in.

 

[GoToHellOleMiss.sixpack]

I'm not "pre-shtting", but ......

Classic "pre-shitting"

 

[maroontide06]

What is the coaching staff looking like so far?

 

[WrightGuy821]

I'm super excited about this hire and I'm not "pre-shtting", but let's remember that we finished with a better record and 30 points higher in the rpi than Virginia. Let's not get super upset if he doesn't get a bunch of Virginia players from the portal. I'm sure he will cherry pick a few and he knows which can help.

I'm fired up about this staff though. Can't wait to see who they bring in.

We're also losing a lot of starters, doesn't hurt to bring in some of the more proven guys off the UVA roster but we certainly shouldn't take everybody. We should go after Valincius and Ford for sure and maybe Lanzendorfer and Becker after that

 

[Msuirondawgs]

 

[Mud84]

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Starkville in his future!

 

[stateu1]

What's their palate for potato salad like?

 

[eckie1]

I’m also curious how he’ll handle our current commitments. A buddy of mine’s nephew is a commit, and I hope he ends up in Starkville!

 

[pseudonym]

 

[CaptainFalcon]

Valincius was their best pitcher and has a brother who was a second team All Big 10 outfielder at Illinois. Both are in the portal with do not contact tags.

 

[onewoof]

What's their palate for potato salad like?

Hear me out...

 

[BulldogBlitz]

BOC gonna bring any Hoos with him?

FIFY

 

[pmack3641]

Heard that Ace may be staying since Connor is the new coach not sure about any others.

 

[dickiedawg]

Lanzendorfer

Sounds made up.

 

[Darryl Steight]

Heard that Ace may be staying since Connor is the new coach not sure about any others.

Would be huge to steal LSU's biggest recruit!**

 

[eckie1]

I’m also curious how he’ll handle our current commitments. A buddy of mine’s nephew is a commit, and I hope he ends up in Starkville!

The intel I just got was that this kid got a call at 11 PM last night from Oak, and that he was his first phone call. True or not, sounds like we’ll see the kid in the maroon and white!

 

[MStateU]

Hear me out...

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I triple dog dare you to go post that on Virginia message board.

 

[TaleofTwoDogs]

Don't get too excited about recruiting, I have it on the highest authority that nobody worth their salt would want to play in a plastic stadium. The potato salad is piss poor at the concessions too.

 

[ronpolk]

Heard that Ace may be staying since Connor is the new coach not sure about any others.

The real answer here is Ace was always going to hear out who the next coach would be. He knows he could end up anywhere he wants.

 

[Lawdawg.sixpack]

Lanzendorfer…. Sounds made up.

 

[Villagedawg]

Classic "pre-shitting"

As a 50 plus year State fan, pre-shitting is often the only way to prepare emotionally for the devastation that is inevitably coming for you.

 

[Dawg1976]

Don't get to excited about recruiting, I have it on the highest authority that nobody worth their salt would want to play in a plastic stadium. The potato salad is piss poor at the concessions too.

Yeah but we have bbq smoking out in the left field lounge.

 

[00Dawg]

Our portal shopping list in my personal descending order of priority:
Catcher
Proven P4 Starting Pitcher
2 Outfielders
Proven Closer
Starting Pitcher
(big gap because we have options on the roster)
First Baseman

The easy vision for #'s 2 and 3 is Ford plus the Valincius brothers. Nunnallee is another easy fit for that OF spot as well.
Another possible UVA target might be Matt Augustin...he was their closer in 2024 and sat out 2025 with an injury.

Offhand, my moral compass hates the thought of raiding another school's roster/recruits after we grab their coach, but if they're all going to depart anyway, we might as well grab what we need. At some point this scenario will likely happen to us, but being nice now won't help us then.

 

[msstatelp1]

What is the coaching staff looking like so far?

He’s bringing almost all his current UVA staff which everyone seems to think is a top notch staff. Wake Forest is now finished so we should hear one way or the other about their pitching coach soon.

 

[Shmuley]

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Over under on number of local travel ball dads with the impression that their son had a chance to play at state about to learn that their son is headed to JUCO?

 

[missouridawg]

Hear me out...

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What did you use to prompt an image generator for this? That's incredible.

 

[Msuirondawgs]

 

[pseudonym]

After initial research, here are the players I want (all currently in the portal):

• Tomas Valincius - do not contact
• Eric Becker - do not contact
• Aiden Teel - do not contact
• Henry Ford

Does Jay Woolfolk have eligibility left? I'm guessing no.

 

[Darryl Steight]

Back in 1994 or so, I was living and working in Memphis. I listened intently to 560 am, the sports talk station, every night for any State-related news I could get. There wasn't much. But one night, I was in my car in the parking lot of Albertson's, when Keith Easterwood started talking about us. He was reporting some recruiting news, and I remember crystal clear him saying, "Richard Williams is building a monster in Starkville." A year and a half later, I always remembered him calling it as we mowed down Cincy and then UConn.

So I don't say this lightly, but I think Brian O'Connor is building a monster in Starkville right now. I think some of you boys need to get on board.

 

[Msuirondawgs]

 

[Darryl Steight]

PS. We really need to keep Ace Reese.

 

[preacher_dawg]

 

[jethreauxdawg]

How does the do not contact tag work?

 

[jethreauxdawg]

Back in 1994 or so, I was living and working in Memphis. I listened intently to 560 am, the sports talk station, every night for any State-related news I could get. There wasn't much. But one night, I was in my car in the parking lot of Albertson's, when Keith Easterwood started talking about us. He was reporting some recruiting news, and I remember crystal clear him saying, "Richard Williams is building a monster in Starkville." A year and a half later, I always remembered him calling it as we mowed down Cincy and then UConn.

So I don't say this lightly, but I think Brian O'Connor is building a monster in Starkville right now. I think some of you boys need to get on board.

Is Easterwood the same guy who called into Vernon’s show about HS basketball recruiting?

 

[randystewart]

How does the do not contact tag work?

It means they are in the portal but not open to being recruited. They already know where they are going

 

[jethreauxdawg]

It means they are in the portal but not open to being recruited. They already know where they are going

So they were recruited before entering the portal?