So what? Seriously? Do you want to press forward with what we got?
If we can't recruit good enough talent to sweep Austin Peay and Georgia southern with the resources we have something is wrong. This is deeper than talent. It's huge misses by this staff and huge under development. We aren't getting guy developed like we were. Guys that are making big leaps from year 1 to year 2 to year 3 to 4. Just not seeing. All these guys are exactly the same as when they arrived if not worse. That's on lemonis and his staff
NIL is not an issue. At all. None. I can tell you that with great certainty.
I'm gonna say after Bama takes 2 of 3, which will come right after Vandy has obliterated us the weekend before, and OM beats us at Trustmark Park that Wednesday before the Bama series
I don't know where you get this plug and play stuff. It took Cohen's intensity to get this thing back on track, and now that's worn off. MSU ain't ever been plug and play. It breaks down like this:
Bro I don't think the NIL and portal is the problem. It's the recruiting approach.
You just really can’t coach that way in any sport anymore and it workout like it all ways did….because of the transfer portal ect.
I disagree wholeheartedly with that. In many ways it may even help you weed out the pvssies. You can always replace them.
Lemonis for sure has his favorites (hancock, etc) that are going to stay in the order daily, regardless of how they perform. And it does seem he has a shorter leash on some other guys, that seem to be more talented.
I guess I need to clarify for you. You just really can’t coach that way in ANY sport anymore and it workout like it all ways did….and expect to keep top talent that could easily go somewhere else equivalent or better….because of the transfer portal ect. You CAN coach this way and keep average talent and below average talented players. It’s whatever you want to do or believe, but things are not the same anymore. It is what it is.
If I had to make the decision, it would come down to the short-term trajectory of the program. If things get worse in locker room and you start seeing players quit, then you have to make the move. Otherwise, it's probably best to try to let Lemonis ride it out until the end of the season. It's not like we are going to hire someone mid-season, unless someone at OU is interested.
Yes it does per a clarion ledger article
One year snap shot due to the stadium. That is going to reverse here soon.Yes it does per a clarion ledger article
Mississippi State athletics 2023 fiscal year: Bulldogs' deficit exceeds $5 million
Despite a record revenue of more than $115 million, Mississippi State athletics reported a deficit exceeding $5 million in the 2023 fiscal year.www.clarionledger.com
Pretty sure we've operated at a negative in baseball for the last 3 years. Although I'd have to go look it up. Maybe longer than that.
Because we aren’t charging FMV for licenses. In 2029 all that changes but right now, at most, we book $150 per chairback for license. I’d imagine all premium seating and lounges go up significantly that year too. Last years loss may be bigger bc of the Fox buy out but I don’t know that for sure bc I don’t know how that’s structured.
And then, attendance goes down. And then, we can concentrate on football and basketball (hopefully) like we should have been doing with “the Meddler.”
Right. I realize we could be charging way more that we are. But i'm pretty sure we've been operating at a loss for more than just a year... and so that we can. continue to claim high attendance figures.
It doesn’t matter what we charge for those chairbacks, they are going to sell out so I don’t think claiming attendance figures has anything to do with it. Plus our biggest crowds are actual.
Attendance isn’t going to go down. All those seats will sell. I promise you. I asked a ticket holder what they would do if they bumped it to $500 per seat and the response was “see if we can add seats”
There will be a number where they dont sell.. and we'll know it if we hit it.
I know. Due to the stadium. Point is it won't be that way forever. Things cost money.
Everyone does paid attendance like that. It’s definitely dumb.
Agree, that was just to satisfy the lifetime folks from the old stadium, and ensure the new one gets paid for.
It was also to justify charging $1800 per seat so we could get a cash infusion to pay for the stadium.
NIL isn't a problem for us in baseball. Outside a handful of teams, we're as good or better than others. This staff made the poor evaluations and haven't developed squat. Lemonis himself admitted they got a little lazy after the championship thinking guys would just jump to State. So get out of here with that BS!
I’m not sure how much it matters. If you make the decision to retain him after the past 2 years, you may as well give him all the rope to hang himself.
Boosters and AD should have left him alone and not made him fire Foxhall. Just let it all ride.
It always has. The only revenue producing sports for the university are men’s basketball and football.
So, then go after John Grisham and hire great assistants to accompany his leader$hip.
150$ per seat?
I'm saying Georgia. It is a home set against a perennial also ran after starting the season with three potentially brutal series. If the first three go predictably bad it will bring out the knives and a series loss here will bring out the axe.
It certainly does currently.
