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Cohen return? I hope not.
Vic's coming home? Hell yeah.
It'd have to be either Butch or Mingione. The latter seems more likely, but neither would be a homerun.
Standsbury agreed to be recruiter.
No thanks to Mingione.. I can't abide the clownish dugout.
Butch... it'd be a nice 17 YOU to Cohen.
we could throw a lot of money at a much better coach for what it would cost us to get Mingione.
Is Mingione OK...he looks jaundiced. Hope he's alright...but no thanks
If we could have Cohen back in his prime, I'd be all about it.
Butch would be be the meh, easy hire and Ming ain't happening and I'm happy about that
Good lord. I hope not. Would be a typical lazy mediocre Mississippi State hire though.
Cohen The Coach was awesome.
Cohen the ad, not so much.
I think he could have been really good, but even I can’t deny he made some rookie mistakes. But I give him credit for seeing reality and trying different things.
One thing we need to realize about Butch... he inherited a dumpster fire in 2016 and went to the CWS in 2019 and 2022, hosted last year and had a ton of injuries.
Before we say he's meh... he's got 10 times the resume of the last baseball coach we hired.
Before we say he's meh... he's got 10 times the resume of the last baseball coach we hired.
Actually his resume is worse than the coach we just fired if you look at it.
I don’t think it will be Butch unless Selmon pulls a Cohen type thing hiring a Coach. MSU baseball is a better job than Auburn baseball. I’m hoping for O’Connell or Johnson. But I’d keep an eye on Butch mainly because he may be tried of dealing with Cohen.
He's 66 -78 in conference play in since 21. Lemonis was 62-79 in the same span. Not much of an upgrade. In 2019 Auburn finished with a sub .500 record in conference play. Their run to the CWS was getting hot at the right time kind of like Ole Miss did when they won it. In 9 years, he's only had a conference record over .500 4 times, that's including this year. In 6 years, Lemonis had 3 seasons with above .500 conference records. That's not someone I want coaching our program. We just let someone go that could meet that standard. If he's named the next coach, it would probalby indicate that several people told us no.
To @patdog 's point, it would be a lazy hire because it would be a someone Selmon would think he could sell to the MSU faithful because he's "one of us". We have to demand better with this hire than just safe and familiar.
Butch would be a lazy mediocre hire
Badass name too. Butch. Dang right.
That's all I got... it was funnier in my head and I posted it anyway. Funny how bourbon will do that.
I think I would take Cohen back. Not my first call but we could do a lot worse.
I know there are a lot of people who don’t share that opinion and he may have thoroughly torched that bridge on his way out.
I know there are a lot of people who don’t share that opinion and he may have thoroughly torched that bridge on his way out.
If Butch or Mingione are hired that shows this program isn’t serious about getting better
The fact Lemonis coached the last 2 seasons shows that. I’m hoping for the best with this hire, but prepared for another uninspiring hire.
People dissing Butch are simply foolish. He's a heck'uva good coach and has had success at a school that traditionally hasn't put much emphasis on the sport. Plus, his Mother lives by herself and is getting older so I could easily see why he'd like to get back closer to home.
I agree, he may not be my first choice but he would not set us back. He is pretty well respected by the players and does a good job recruiting. I'm not sure why some dislike or think he would be a "set-back" Can't blame him for wanting to be closer to home.
I'm good for Wes Johnson also, he got lots of hate as our assistant but has proven he is ok as HC in his first two season.
How many coaches with losing conference records who didn’t coach at Mississippi State do you want us to hire? Then why are you ok with these two? That’s typical small minded Mississippi State thinking that has held us back for 80 years.
Well, his mom is getting older. Sooo.....ya know
