Tennessee Buzz: Candidates To Watch - Kendall Rogers
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John Adams's column in today's Knoxville News Sentinel had quotes from Rusty Ensor, a former Vol who said that the new coach would have to get power arms and bats and must be familiar with the SEC as an assistant or former player as well as a good fit. When Adams asked about promoting the sport, Ensor said that winning is the greatest promotion and that the baseball program does not need a Bruce Pearl type salesman. Adams also talked about Skip Bertman who put LSU's program on such a high pedestal.
Excellent column.
Excellent column.
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Condensed and snippets so I won't get scolded again........:loco:
Alabama Buzz: Candidates To Watch
COACHING BUZZ Kendall Rogers
HOOVER, Ala. ........where Alabama parted ways with head coach Greg Goff after just one season.
Goffs dismissal actually doesnt come as much of a surprise. Though its uncommon to part ways with a coach after one season, there was some serious fire surrounding him and the program throughout the spring...... It began earlier this season with a letter that circulated the internet......continued with other rumblings, and reached a tipping point Tuesday when he reportedly told up to 10 players their scholarships would be revoked......
Mark Kingston, South Florida:
Todd Whitting, Houston:
Jay Johnson, Arizona:
Greg Lovelady, UCF:
Kirk Saarloos, TCU:
Alan Dunn, LSU:
Mark Calvi, South Alabama: I feel like Calvi is a long shot at the moment, but he has experienced success during his time at South Al and has a championship pedigree from his time at South Carolina.......
Alabama Buzz: Candidates To Watch
COACHING BUZZ Kendall Rogers
HOOVER, Ala. ........where Alabama parted ways with head coach Greg Goff after just one season.
Goffs dismissal actually doesnt come as much of a surprise. Though its uncommon to part ways with a coach after one season, there was some serious fire surrounding him and the program throughout the spring...... It began earlier this season with a letter that circulated the internet......continued with other rumblings, and reached a tipping point Tuesday when he reportedly told up to 10 players their scholarships would be revoked......
Mark Kingston, South Florida:
Todd Whitting, Houston:
Jay Johnson, Arizona:
Greg Lovelady, UCF:
Kirk Saarloos, TCU:
Alan Dunn, LSU:
Mark Calvi, South Alabama: I feel like Calvi is a long shot at the moment, but he has experienced success during his time at South Al and has a championship pedigree from his time at South Carolina.......
He may be the perfect hire but a few things bother me some.
He inherited some pretty good players at MD while they were an ACC team. He played in the ACC his first two years and then moved to the BIG 10. Sorry, but the BIG 10 is pretty terrible. He did have success but the last two years has come back to the pack quite a bit. These last two years he has been playing with "his" players and they have gone 30-27 and are 34-19 this year. Very respectable but not great considering his conference.
During his time at MD he is 4-10 versus SEC teams. Also, I would like to have a somewhat younger coach. He did do a good job at Marist during his other stop as a HC but I have no idea about the competition etc.
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The Rusty Ensor interview/podcast is up now. It's the most in depth thing I've heard or read regarding the search so far...it's about 20 minutes or so.
The Rusty Ensor interview/podcast is up now. It's the most in depth thing I've heard or read regarding the search so far...it's about 20 minutes or so.
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My List based on the coaches above...
1. Kevin McMullen - I don't know why he would leave, they have gone to the Tourney every year he's been there. He's in charge of hitting and those guys hit, they are at the top of the ACC in every offensive category. They have the fourth best record in the ACC and they are having a down year pitching, with an ERA that's worse than ours, but they average 8 runs a game! Statistically, nationally they are in the top 10 as well in most offensive categories. Think UK, Big time offense, OK pitching and some commentators think they could win the whole thing.
We need somebody who is considered a great recruiter, well, check this out.
https://d1baseball.com/features/survey-results-top-30-recruiters/
He got more 1st place votes than anyone else.
Finally, if the goal is to get to the Tourney every year, it helps to know what it looks like, this guy certainly knows what it looks like. He also is well aware of what it would be like to go up against Corbin and "the advantage".
2. Brad Bohannon, he also made that list coming in at #11, he has SEC experience, he's a good recruiter, knows the lay of the land, he'd be ready to hit the ground running. Plus, great recruiters know great recruiters. He seems well respected in the profession too.
After those two I'd go,
Calvi - I think he ends up at Bama, even though the fans seem to want Arizona's Coach...That would be a tough sell, but Byrne could pull it off I 'suppose.
Jewett
and...
Bragga. When I was looking up UVA's NCAA Stats, Tenn. Tech was top 5 across the board offensively...in the NATION! I put the other two guys ahead because of their SEC experience, but I'm not convinced this guy might not be just as good.
Nor am I convinced that Matt Riser couldn't be just as good as Calvi, after all, he's pretty much owned him head to head since he's been at Southeast Louisiana, but he's pretty young, which is kind of intriguing to me and he has recruiting ties down there which is good.
Kirk Saarloos played out at Cal State Fullerton, so I doubt this would be a possibility, but he's down there with Mosielo at TCU and apparently he's a great recruiter. Pretty young guy too, but is considered to be a rising star.
The guy at Southern Miss has done a good job there, used a lot of JUCO kids to get there which kind of turns me off, but hey, they are going' and we are sitting'...
Szefc, when I look at the roster, only two players, both from Louisiana, are on the roster from the south, the rest are from the North East so this is a no for me.
I could see a scenario in which it could be a former player, but they would have to have a great plan for the staff. I'm not usually for this because inevitably, half the fan base will end up hating them, i.e. Fulmer, Majors, Warlick...but...what do I know.
GBO!!!
1. Kevin McMullen - I don't know why he would leave, they have gone to the Tourney every year he's been there. He's in charge of hitting and those guys hit, they are at the top of the ACC in every offensive category. They have the fourth best record in the ACC and they are having a down year pitching, with an ERA that's worse than ours, but they average 8 runs a game! Statistically, nationally they are in the top 10 as well in most offensive categories. Think UK, Big time offense, OK pitching and some commentators think they could win the whole thing.
We need somebody who is considered a great recruiter, well, check this out.
https://d1baseball.com/features/survey-results-top-30-recruiters/
He got more 1st place votes than anyone else.
Finally, if the goal is to get to the Tourney every year, it helps to know what it looks like, this guy certainly knows what it looks like. He also is well aware of what it would be like to go up against Corbin and "the advantage".
2. Brad Bohannon, he also made that list coming in at #11, he has SEC experience, he's a good recruiter, knows the lay of the land, he'd be ready to hit the ground running. Plus, great recruiters know great recruiters. He seems well respected in the profession too.
After those two I'd go,
Calvi - I think he ends up at Bama, even though the fans seem to want Arizona's Coach...That would be a tough sell, but Byrne could pull it off I 'suppose.
Jewett
and...
Bragga. When I was looking up UVA's NCAA Stats, Tenn. Tech was top 5 across the board offensively...in the NATION! I put the other two guys ahead because of their SEC experience, but I'm not convinced this guy might not be just as good.
Nor am I convinced that Matt Riser couldn't be just as good as Calvi, after all, he's pretty much owned him head to head since he's been at Southeast Louisiana, but he's pretty young, which is kind of intriguing to me and he has recruiting ties down there which is good.
Kirk Saarloos played out at Cal State Fullerton, so I doubt this would be a possibility, but he's down there with Mosielo at TCU and apparently he's a great recruiter. Pretty young guy too, but is considered to be a rising star.
The guy at Southern Miss has done a good job there, used a lot of JUCO kids to get there which kind of turns me off, but hey, they are going' and we are sitting'...
Szefc, when I look at the roster, only two players, both from Louisiana, are on the roster from the south, the rest are from the North East so this is a no for me.
I could see a scenario in which it could be a former player, but they would have to have a great plan for the staff. I'm not usually for this because inevitably, half the fan base will end up hating them, i.e. Fulmer, Majors, Warlick...but...what do I know.
GBO!!!
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