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re: Clarion Ledger: 8 Candidates for MSU Baseball Coach (3 sitting SEC coaches and assistant)
Posted on 4/29/25 at 8:57 am to dallastiger55
Posted on 4/29/25 at 8:57 am to dallastiger55
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OU baseball is way behind on facilities and going to Mississippi State would be a massive upgrade
Not to mention, Softball interest dwarfs baseball
Yeah the OU baseball stadium is pretty old but not terrible. Certainly not near as nice as Mississippi St or Oklahoma States stadiums. OU does have the nicest softball stadium in the Country. OU is about to get a much needed basketball arena next so baseball will have to wait.
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Posted on 4/29/25 at 8:59 am to lsufan1971
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Went to State LSU series at the Dude last year. I was pretty shocked at how many empty seats there were in the grandstands. Probably 7K actual attendance for tge Saturday game
Hence Lemonis no longer being employed
Posted on 4/29/25 at 9:07 am to Zap Rowsdower
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Brad Neffendorf from LSU-Shreveport
I like him.
Posted on 4/29/25 at 9:12 am to anc
I think I’m setting my expectations at Elander or Coggin and will be pleasantly surprised if we can pull a quality sitting head coach.
Posted on 4/29/25 at 9:14 am to lsufan1971
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Went to State LSU series at the Dude last year. I was pretty shocked at how many empty seats there were in the grandstands. Probably 7K actual attendance for tge Saturday game
The dude has always had that kind of weirdness about it, and the new one even more so. Cram a ton of people in the outfield and on grass berms or standing room only areas…. Only for the actual chair backs to be 50% capacity for about 90% of home games.
Posted on 4/29/25 at 9:14 am to Kool Kaliper
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I like him.
I’m not sure what school would be a realistic jump for him to the NCAA but he’s built something special at LSU-S the past few years and I figure a smaller D1 school will be reaching out to him before much longer. Maybe a directional school somewhere.
Posted on 4/29/25 at 9:18 am to anc
Mingione seems like a perfect fit for cowbell culture
Posted on 4/29/25 at 9:21 am to Captain Falcon
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I think I’m setting my expectations at Elander or Coggin and will be pleasantly surprised if we can pull a quality sitting head coach.
This is probably the safest approach to the search as a MSU fan.
We just don't typically make a splash hire which could be the equivalent of plucking a sitting HC. It's possible but I just don't see us doing it.
I wouldn't be upset about either Elander or Coggin. And in that order.
This is a massive hire for "Selmon". As all of the SEC is seemingly paying attention to baseball all of a sudden. If he screws this up and sends us spiraling with a poo poo hire we will get passed in the current form of baseball.
Posted on 4/29/25 at 9:21 am to anc
Missouri’s coach will need a job soon.
Posted on 4/29/25 at 9:24 am to BatonrougeCajun
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Mingione seems like a perfect fit for cowbell culture
Well he has coached at MSU before so he has experienced it and knows that it is also a pressure cooker.
He's done well at UK. I'm just not a fan of his personality. Winning would fix my useless opinion pretty quickly though if he wound up here. Which I don't expect.
Posted on 4/29/25 at 9:26 am to MSU44
UGA is a better job then Hail State with a truckload of talent in your own backyard plus the portal
Posted on 4/29/25 at 9:27 am to anc
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Josh Elander, Tennessee Assistant Coach
Nick Mingione, Kentucky Head Coach
These two seem like realistic targets and potentially good fits. Most of the other guys on the list appear to be fairly entrenched at a school or in a region.
I don't see Wes Johnson leaving Georgia unless it is for Arkansas.
Mingione at State would build the most insufferable program, and the melts on here would be glorious.
If State goes the assistant route, you think it would have to be Elander. Understand the apprehension with the assistant route after Cannizaro, but he was building something before it all fell apart.
No mention of Skylar Meade (Troy)?
Posted on 4/29/25 at 9:39 am to anc
Mississippi St is a Top 10 job in all of baseball. Should be able to field interest from anyone on that list, plus some
Posted on 4/29/25 at 9:43 am to im4LSU
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In no universe would any of these mentioned be lateral or a step down to go to state
No doubt. State is a premier gig in baseball.
Posted on 4/29/25 at 9:44 am to anc
Why is Ostrander not on the short list?
Posted on 4/29/25 at 9:48 am to nicholastiger
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UGA is a better job then Hail State with a truckload of talent in your own backyard plus the portal
While Georgia is loaded with high school talent, baseball recruiting is truly a national thing for top programs and UGA's program is not on MSU's level, by any stretch of the imagination.
Now, Athens is amazing and Wes may think it's a sleeping giant he wants to build up over the course of a decade before retiring, but it's not MSU baseball.
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My personal opinion is Wes Johnson ends up back in MLB eventually.
This post was edited on 4/29/25 at 9:49 am
Posted on 4/29/25 at 9:50 am to anc
I dont see any chance in the bottom 5 on that list.
Our department loves to do the "He's a MSU guy" bs so I bet Will Coggin is a top 3 pick.
Our department loves to do the "He's a MSU guy" bs so I bet Will Coggin is a top 3 pick.
Posted on 4/29/25 at 9:52 am to Cornelius
quote:Tend to agree. Plus, I don't think State would like it if Wes asked to have a rug installed like he did at UGA. Just wouldn't be right.
I don't see Wes Johnson leaving Georgia unless it is for Arkansas.
Posted on 4/29/25 at 9:55 am to Henry Jones Jr
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Out of all those, Skip Johnson feels the most “Mississippi State”.
he drives a car that's missing hub caps?
Posted on 4/29/25 at 10:05 am to SEC Doctor
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By example, would a coach rather be at Chapel Hill making more money or Starkville, Mississippi making less. I know they have good fans but, it's Starkville.
Baseball is #1 in these guys lives, so I think location is less of a factor. Unless his family has objections
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