Possible Replacement For Serrano?

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BruinVol said:
WKU was the northern most School in the sunbelt, a good baseball league, and did very well. Much much harder to win at WKU than FAU/FIU/Troy/south al....ect


Odu, the northern most school in cusa, is far far far harder to win than rice/southern miss and others in that league that is a hell of a baseball league.

I will have to look up CTR resume
But I the sunbelt/cusa experience is way ahead of the southern conference IMO.

Pawloski was a big name when he got the auburn job
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I realize the geography of WKU since I lived in BG for 7 years. The Sun Belt was annually a 2 bid league. Its not a great baseball league. It's top 7 probably, but that's about all there is that's any good in college baseball. He finished above 4th once, once, once in 6 years. That's not doing "very well".

Because of the Tuition Incentive Program that WKU offers it makes it much easier for them to go out of state and recruit. Assuming you can convince a kid to come, WKU can recruit TX, Cali and FL much better than many of the counterparts, save the schools located in those states. The 11.7 and you're lack of in-state talent doesn't handicap them nearly as much as schools similar in stature.

This "northern" geography bit is overblown too IMO. Norfolk, VA and BG, KY aren't the Dakota's. Yes, it's cooler than the Gulf Coast in March but it's not like we're practicing with snow on the ground. UVA, UNC and UofL have all proven you can win big and do so consistently at this geography and with kids from this geography.
 
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I haven't read thru the entire thread but has Ash Lawson's name been mentioned?

Also Bakich from Michigan used to be at Vandy and recruited very well there. Don't know about Chris Burke since he has never coached but he couldn't do much worse than what we have seen from Raleigh and Serrano and if you watch do the color on the games he calls he definitely knows the game and relates well to players.
 
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We are going to find out how much UT cares about baseball soon. The UT AD has had a full year to figure out what happens next because every single commentator, media member, etc..predicted a finish like this. CDS' contract situation was known to us and everyone involved in collegiate baseball.

CDS will be moving on to USA baseball when the college season is over, something to keep in mind. Most of the coaches worth having will be playing in the NCAA Tourney and nothing will happen until that has run it's course which makes following a coaching search really, really, long.
 
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bowlinggreenvol said:
I realize the geography of WKU since I lived in BG for 7 years. The Sun Belt was annually a 2 bid league. Its not a great baseball league. It's top 7 probably, but that's about all there is that's any good in college baseball. He finished above 4th once, once, once in 6 years. That's not doing "very well".

Because of the Tuition Incentive Program that WKU offers it makes it much easier for them to go out of state and recruit. Assuming you can convince a kid to come, WKU can recruit TX, Cali and FL much better than many of the counterparts, save the schools located in those states. The 11.7 and you're lack of in-state talent doesn't handicap them nearly as much as schools similar in stature.

This "northern" geography bit is overblown too IMO. Norfolk, VA and BG, KY aren't the Dakota's. Yes, it's cooler than the Gulf Coast in March but it's not like we're practicing with snow on the ground. UVA, UNC and UofL have all proven you can win big and do so consistently at this geography and with kids from this geography.
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Sounds like you are glad Finwood is gone. Must be a much more successful time with him out of town.
 
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BruinVol said:
Sounds like you are glad Finwood is gone. Must be a much more successful time with him out of town.
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I don't care either way but I don't need someone who's likely never seen a Finwood game, let alone a microcosm of his career, explain how good he is, because they looked at pictures of his employer's facilities. I said he's not a bad coach but you act like he was tearing the Sun Belt up. His leaving came unexpectedly and put WKU in a bind so they promoted from within; turned out to be a mistake. They're one year into the Pawlowski hire; I'm not worried. He should've never been fired from AU and his team still holds the school record for the most SEC wins in a season. You couldn't find a coach with a better resume to come to a school like WKU.

Like I said before, if I'm hiring a mid-major coach I'm looking at someone who's been consistent. Not up and down. That's the whole point here. Finwood is 8th then he's 1st then he's back to 5th.
 
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bowlinggreenvol said:
I said he's not a bad coach but you act like he was tearing the Sun Belt up. His leaving came unexpectedly and put WKU in a bind so they promoted from within; turned out to be a mistake. They're one year into the Pawlowski hire; I'm not worried. He should've never been fired from AU and his team still holds the school record for the most SEC wins in a season. You couldn't find a coach with a better resume to come to a school like WKU.
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I agree I like Polowski as long as he stays away from the boos
 
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BruinVol said:
Sounds fishy to me. Why arrested to start with is my question

Anyway I agree he is a good coach
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I believe that's why charges were dropped, because there was nothing incriminating. State troopers around there, which is who got him, are rednecks of the highest order. I got threatened with arrest after being pulled over for a normal speeding violation, got written up for wreckless driving because he wanted to do it. Went to court and all charges were ultimately dropped and the trooper couldn't testify because he had been fired for BS like this. That's been 8 years so I'm not saying it's still the same but I wouldn't be surprised.
 
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And so it starts...

"I've talked to some friends in the know back in Knoxville and I can tell you I feel 100% confident in saying this, Dave Hart met with former Clemson baseball coach Jack Leggett last week. That absolutely happened without a shadow of a doubt. Is he looking to hire him? Is he consulting with him about the job and possible candidates?.. That I can't be sure of, but I am positive they met this week. Leggett is 62 and has an excellent resume.

I'll keep you in the loop if I get anything else here.

Your Vol Colonel"
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The Tony Basilio Show
 
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bowlinggreenvol said:
Would basically be the same as hiring Barnes. It's not ideal but could be worse. After he f'd us with the Raleigh recommendation I'm not sure I'd heed his consultation.
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Good comparison. If you follow my post in the hoops forum you know I am not a fan of Barnes and darn sure won't be a fan of leggett if hired here.
 
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Finally, someone brings up a coach with a resume that is better than CDS. Jack Leggett is a legend. UCI, when Serrano left, hired Mike Gillespie, an old school legend and he has been successful. Also, I am sure Leggett would love the opportunity to compete in the SEC and he has contacts throughout the South that he could tap into. He knows how to run an elite program and has had to recruit in the South for talent. Not sure how he was able to spread the 11.7 scholarships around at Clemson. I still believe CDS is the best option personally, but my only valid argument has been....who are you going to get that is better...and is the AD and the program willing to evaluate why CDS was not able to be successful (and it wasn't coaching moves).
 
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I say give Serrano a 4 year extension and replace some coaches with some that are great recruiters,it seems to be more a lack of recruiting than the X's and O's

it isn't like he is a bad coach
 
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governmentmule said:
I say give Serrano a 4 year extension and replace some coaches with some that are great recruiters,it seems to be more a lack of recruiting than the X's and O's

it isn't like he is a bad coach
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Actually, I think the coaches we have now are probably the best recruiters we've had...Simcox, in his first year just hasn't had the time for it to pay off, hay was already in the barn for 2016 and there's not much he or Thomas can do for 2017 or 2018 under these circumstances...it took too long, it's unfortunate for everybody.
 
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Serrano is the CEO of the UT baseball program. As the chief decision maker within the baseball program he totally flubbed his staff decisions when he was hired. You pay decision makers to make good decisions.
 
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FGT said:
Serrano is the CEO of the UT baseball program. As the chief decision maker within the baseball program he totally flubbed his staff decisions when he was hired. You pay decision makers to make good decisions.
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You kind of look at that pretty simple...don't ya think?
 
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