Tennessee Buzz: Candidates To Watch - Kendall Rogers

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Selling Points for UT:
SEC - Best Conference in the USA
Facilities: Not as good as some places but Very Solid IMO.
Coaching Staff: Need Leadership , development and Experience with
a head Coach that can relate to 18-21 year olds in the SOUTH.
Kids want to see the Head Coach out on the Recruiting trail.

Recruiting note: kids want to stay as close to home as possible and with out of state Tuition. I foresee Scouting the State of TN and the Southern Region. Lots of Summer clubs out there that play a lot of baseball. Contacts with those Summer clubs is Vital but MOST importantly the HC has got to show the kids He's invested by time in the Recruiting field...
Examples:
UK's Coach - Very Active Recruiter.
Vandy's Coach - Very Active Recruiter.

Bottom Line: These kids DREAM of playing in the SEC and they want to play for a Coach that is Invested and THE BEST are the ones that are Out there Beating the Bushes.

Coaching Staff that will work at UT.
Young Energetic Guy that knows the SEC.
Staff with EXPERIENCE...TN has that now.
Simcox and Helton BRING alot to the table IMO.
Pitching Coach added to the staff.

So: here would be my formula for UT.... Chris Burke or BB as HC. , Simcox and Helton and hire a seasoned pitching coach.
 
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I'll go a step farther their dream is to play in the Major leagues first if their a good player, lets get someone in here with that experience maybe it's Mansolino or whomever but if I was still young I would go somewhere that could help me fulfill my dream. again you can't manufacture that experience at the Major league level. I would think Mansolino could use his contacts in Professional baseball to help him and his staff find good players. Just a thought I'm intrigued by all of this as you can very well tell. I don't think any HC in the SEC has Mansolino's experience. Thoughts please
 
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3rdsac29 said:
I'll go a step farther their dream is to play in the Major leagues first if their a good player, lets get someone in here with that experience maybe it's Mansolino or whomever but if I was still young I would go somewhere that could help me fulfill my dream. again you can't manufacture that experience at the Major league level. I would think Mansolino could use his contacts in Professional baseball to help him and his staff find good players. Just a thought I'm intrigued by all of this as you can very well tell. I don't think any HC in the SEC has Mansolino's experience. Thoughts please
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Minor league coaching doesn't mean much IMO. Scouting would mean more in terms of contacts in recruiting. I would take Lawson over him and I can't stand the thought of him.
 
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BruinVol said:
Minor league coaching doesn't mean much IMO. Scouting would mean more in terms of contacts in recruiting. I would take Lawson over him and I can't stand the thought of him.
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This. Nothing about his resume indicates that he should be anywhere near a list of potential candidates for the job. If he wants to coach at a place like UT he is going to have to start out somewhere much lower and prove himself
 
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You must be kidding me, he has been a coach where every player is trying to get to. You are comparing college baseball to professional baseball including his 13 years in the Major leagues start out lower than UT and work his way up lol. He currently deals with all the 17 to 22 year olds that UT or any college didn't get because they were to good. How many players get to the major leagues their first year in professional baseball none. As a matter of fact look up how many UT players have reached the major leagues and stayed for 10 yrs as a matter of fact 3 yrs vs how many have been drafted. Again work his way up LOL.
 
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Read the post one of Garner's coaches. Where in that information is he not qualified. We have been going the conventional route for awhile where has that gotten us. You couldn't have gotten a better resume than Serrano's how did that work out.
 
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3rdsac29 said:
You must be kidding me, he has been a coach where every player is trying to get to. You are comparing college baseball to professional baseball including his 13 years in the Major leagues start out lower than UT and work his way up lol. He currently deals with all the 17 to 22 year olds that UT or any college didn't get because they were to good. How many players get to the major leagues their first year in professional baseball none. As a matter of fact look up how many UT players have reached the major leagues and stayed for 10 yrs as a matter of fact 3 yrs vs how many have been drafted. Again work his way up LOL.
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Cool story. Nothing that he has done so far points towards success as a college coach. Nothing to indicate how he will be during recruiting, in terms of evaluating talent, getting players to commit initially, and then convincing them to come to campus after the NFL draft. Nothing to indicate how well he can run and promote a program and fight for the increased support that this program needs. And nothing really even to indicate at this point his ability to develop people. I don't want to hear about how the Phillies minor league record has improved while he has been there as nobody cares about your minor league record, it is all about promoting players to the majors and how they succeed there. And really most of the improvement in the Phillies organization can be attributed to the fact that they finally got out of some of the horrible contracts that they were stuck with and able to go into full rebuilding mode rather than the half rebuild half were paying some players alot of money so we need to try to win mode that they had been in for awhile.
 
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If anyone can convince a kid on how tough it is to make the major leagues vs going to college and get your degree first because percentages are against you is him he's lived it and the recruits wouldn't have a Better guy in place to lean on about the difficulties of making it to the major leagues out of high school, Junior College, or even college heck maybe we'll keep some of our juniors that aren't drafted very high.
 
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He's the field coordinator currently it's only a guess but I'm willing to bet the organization leans on him to help them decide whether to advance a player if that's not evaluating talent I don't know what is. Again everything as far as success is concerned regarding Serrano was in place how did that work out?
 
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3rdsac29 said:
If anyone can convince a kid on how tough it is to make the major leagues vs going to college and get your degree first because percentages are against you is him he's lived it and the recruits wouldn't have a Better guy in place to lean on about the difficulties of making it to the major leagues out of high school, Junior College, or even college heck maybe we'll keep some of our juniors that aren't drafted very high.
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I've given this some thought since you originally posted last night.

If this guy wants a shot at the Tennessee job, don't you think Garner would pick up the phone and put a word in for the guy?

Isn't that how it works?

A bunch of guys on a message board have absolutely no shot at making it happen, lol.
 
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3rdsac29 said:
Check out the post about one of Phil Garner's coaches very interesting stuff. Please tell me what you think thx.
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You forgot to add that opinions that agree with you are the only ones welcome.

Remember you asked for opinions and you got them. Don't ask if you can't handled all sides.
 
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Maybe he did I wouldn't know, maybe someone on the hiring committee checks on this forum what the public consensus is just out of curiosity and they read about him can't hurt. Again don't know for sure if he would even consider it sounds like he's in a high profile job but you never know until you ask. Maybe the committee hears something he says that they like and whether he's their guy or not they can use for our program.
 
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3rdsac29 said:
Maybe he did I wouldn't know, maybe someone on the hiring committee checks on this forum what the public consensus is just out of curiosity and they read about him can't hurt. Again don't know for sure if he would even consider it sounds like he's in a high profile job but you never know until you ask. Maybe the committee hears something he says that they like and whether he's their guy or not they can use for our program.
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Well if that is even a remote possibility...

STREAM VIDEO OF ALL THE GAMES YOU MORONS!


:p
 
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I can handle opinions, I'm just responding to the opinions that are presented. I think everyone has the right to their opinion myself included.
 
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Just for comparison's sake, the resumes of the coaches of SEC teams that made the NCAA tournament last year.

Kevin O'Sullivan
-15 years as an assistant coach in college with 8 of those years being at Clemson

Paul Mainieri
-3 Head coaching jobs in college including Air Force and Notre Dame

Rob Childress
-Extensive experience as a college assistant including 7 years at Nebraska

Tim Corbin
-8 year assistant at Clemson

Chad Holbrook
-Assistant coaching experience at both North Carolina and South Carolina

Andy Cannizaro
-Yankees scout to LSU assistant for 3 years before taking Mississippi State head coaching job

Mike Bianco
-4 years LSU assistant followed by 3 year Mcneese State head coach

Hmm, I seem to see a trend with these SEC coaches that took their program to the NCAA Tournament last year
 
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Look, Mansolino has a great resume of baseball experience. It would be a tremendous risk to give a soon to be 61 year old who has never coached at the Division 1 level where you have to comply with NCAA rules, the keys to a SEC program. Not going to happen.

There's a guy coaching in the SEC right now with a very similar resume. Doug Sisson at Auburn has done it all minor league manager, major league coach, organization field coordinator. He's also previously been an assistant in the SEC. His pure baseball qualifications are better than virtually any coach on any staff in America. That alone doesn't make him a good fit to be a Head Coach in the SEC. Managing people, resources, alumni, working with administration all while working within NCAA rules are necessities of a head college coach. You are the face of the program.
 
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I think we forget that coaching in the sec is a big deal. It is tough, but money, facilities, atmosphere and opportunity to make your mark nationally is off of the charts. Other than a manager at the big league level it pays better. Need to be picky.
 
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