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re: South Carolina baseball to hire USF's Mark Kingston
Posted on 6/29/17 at 1:46 pm to GameCocky88
Posted on 6/29/17 at 1:46 pm to GameCocky88
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whole Football fiasco
The search itself wasn't a fiasco. The reporting on it was a fiasco.
Ray Tanner clearly was going after the right people for football. Herman (now HC at Texas), Smart (now HC at Georgia), Riley (now HC at Oklahoma), Taggert (now HC at Oregon). The only stupid move on Tanner's part was being used by RichRod.
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Posted on 6/29/17 at 1:46 pm to CNB
From what was reported internally, while we did have interest in Monte, he was never actually offered anything.
Posted on 6/29/17 at 1:50 pm to thunderbird1100
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Really underwhelming hire, has made the NCAAT 3 times, but never advanced to supers. 2-6 in the NCAAT.
At Illinois State and South Florida.
Posted on 6/29/17 at 1:57 pm to AHM21
Should have gone after the guy at Coastal Carolina
Posted on 6/29/17 at 2:02 pm to DBU
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Should have gone after the guy at Coastal Carolina
The coach who just finished his 21st season at Coastal, his alma mater, and is like 60 years old? Because I'm sure that would have been an easy guy to hire away.
Posted on 6/29/17 at 2:07 pm to AHM21
Could have been much worse. Not a bad hire.
Posted on 6/29/17 at 2:08 pm to Vandyrone
It's really not. It's not a huge hire, but I'm excited to see what he can do.
Can't be worse than Holbrook right?
Can't be worse than Holbrook right?
Posted on 6/29/17 at 2:13 pm to AHM21
Should've hired Jon Gruden.
Posted on 6/29/17 at 2:16 pm to AHM21
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South Carolina baseball to hire USF's Mark Kingston
Should have hired Tony Vitello, but glad USC-E didn't. Much harder to succeed at Tennessee than USC-E, in baseball.
Posted on 6/29/17 at 2:17 pm to AHM21
Who?
Lolzos....vitello Finna eat
Lolzos....vitello Finna eat
Posted on 6/29/17 at 2:36 pm to GetCocky11
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The coach who just finished his 21st season at Coastal, his alma mater, and is like 60 years old? Because I'm sure that would have been an easy guy to hire away.
Well I obviously didn't know much about him
Carry on.
Posted on 6/29/17 at 2:44 pm to CNB
I think its a quality hire.
USF beat UF 15-10 & FSU 2-1 this year.
They also lost to the Gators 5-1 in 12 during the Regionals....I was glad and surprised they didnt make it through to play UF again.
They were 42-19.
USF beat UF 15-10 & FSU 2-1 this year.
They also lost to the Gators 5-1 in 12 during the Regionals....I was glad and surprised they didnt make it through to play UF again.
They were 42-19.
Posted on 6/29/17 at 2:48 pm to Arkapigdiesel
quote:Tanner wasn't gonna choose a second consecutive candidate without any HC experience to lead Gamecock Baseball.
Should have hired Tony Vitello,
Holbrook had every bit the buzz of Vitello as a hot-shot assistant/recruiter, if not more. Holbrook also turned down Tennessee after they ran Delmonico out.
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Posted on 6/29/17 at 3:01 pm to 1801
It is a great hire. He is a great coach and his teams overachieved. He is also familiar with the SEC east especially Florida, and he has Florida recruiting ties. USCe fans ought to be excited. You were never going to get Florida's coach, so don't let media BS give you a reason to not like this hire.
Posted on 6/29/17 at 3:52 pm to GetCocky11
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The search itself wasn't a fiasco. The reporting on it was a fiasco.
Posted on 6/29/17 at 5:25 pm to Saku
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So how is USCe a better spot than Florida again?
It's not except for one thing. The Gators are big time overall. Only a few years back, they had the best overall sports program since UCLA back in the 1960-70s.
But y'all need to spend some serious coin to update some facilities.
One question and certainly no flame. Did Florida baseball make money this year?
No, there are two. The fan base in not as interested now as Alabama's. Gradually, y'all have forgotten Steve, Urban and Billy.
I liked it when the Gators could pencil in LSU as a win in almost anything.
Not the same anymore. And UF ball was exciting, fun to watch. Hell, the class of the SEC. To tolerate anything less means you are dropping.
Posted on 6/29/17 at 5:32 pm to CocknDawg
Fantastic hire.
Posted on 6/29/17 at 5:54 pm to AHM21
I see people shitting on Kingston here. I think he'll do a good job. Complaining that he hasn't won a Regional in 7 years as a head coach is funny. Go take a look and see how many years it took Mainieri to finally win a Regional.
FTR He did as good a job if not a better job recruiting at Tulane than Jim Schlossnagle did.
He also brought a near top 10 recruiting class into USF. Not exactly an easy thing to do.
FTR He did as good a job if not a better job recruiting at Tulane than Jim Schlossnagle did.
He also brought a near top 10 recruiting class into USF. Not exactly an easy thing to do.
Posted on 6/29/17 at 6:12 pm to AHM21
Not a wow hire, but a very solid hire for sure.
Posted on 6/29/17 at 8:04 pm to GetCocky11
I agree. Same with this hire. I have no issue with this guy as our coach at all. What is mind boggling is the # Of peole we have reporting on our athletics with nothing to talk about but this for like a month and this guys name isn't mentioned once other than the day he was already in cola for the interview? Wtf have you been doing? Click baiting like a boss.
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