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re: Would Tony Vitello take the LSU job if offered?
Posted on 5/19/21 at 9:49 am to SidewalkTiger
Posted on 5/19/21 at 9:49 am to SidewalkTiger
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Bet their wives care way more about cashing the fatter checks than what state they happen to be doing it in though.
Besides, Vitello doesn't have a wife.
I would assume the money would always be the most important thing.
Where would you not live for $1m+ a year?
The only thing I could see deterring a person would be California or NY, because of the taxes.
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Posted on 5/19/21 at 9:56 am to TigerLunatik
Yeah and Saban wishes he never left Louisiana. Facts
Posted on 5/19/21 at 9:57 am to SidewalkTiger
quote:Mostly. I do believe living in Austin was a big factor in Chris Beard's decision. But he was in shitty Lubbock and had already lived in Austin as a grad student before.
Coaches care way less about where they live than this board.
He was already routinely beating Texas at Texas Tech, so it wasn't so much of a no-brainer.
Posted on 5/19/21 at 9:59 am to FayetteNAM
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I would assume the money would always be the most important thing.
Yeah, I never understood why this board constantly brings up location so much during coaching searches and recruiting season.
Coaches seem to care very little about the location of the schools they end up at and recruits seem to care even less.
Posted on 5/19/21 at 10:00 am to XWing atAliciousness
All states are pretty fricking cool when you’re making millions. People really don’t know Louisiana. They talk shite about it but they live in Alabama Mississippi Arkansas lol.
Posted on 5/19/21 at 10:40 am to FiddleHead
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FiddleHead
Coach Tony V isn't going anywhere anytime soon.
Posted on 5/19/21 at 10:54 am to SidewalkTiger
Is it totally 100 percent the money - no, but damn sure plays the biggest role in the decision making. Which it will for both a candidate, and the school looking for a coach.
I'm pretty bad about viewing this stuff from a biased fan perspective - location of school/history/resources/support and all of that but the $$ is the end all. Not only how much ya'll gonna pay me, but how much are ya'll going to do, to ensure I can still keep getting paid.
I'm pretty bad about viewing this stuff from a biased fan perspective - location of school/history/resources/support and all of that but the $$ is the end all. Not only how much ya'll gonna pay me, but how much are ya'll going to do, to ensure I can still keep getting paid.
Posted on 5/19/21 at 10:54 am to hawgfaninc
Money. Lsu is paying PM a considerable amount more than Tony makes.
Lsu is also elite in fan support for college baseball. That matters much less, but its matters.
You know Lsu as an athletic program is going to invest and support their team and coaches. I don't expect Lsu to fall being in any baseball arms race for the most part.
This isn't just limited to Lsu either.
A&M will be looking for a new coach. Based on the recent hires in football and basketball, money whipping will be involved (100 M committed between the two). That new coach is going to have say on what gets done facilities-wise. Blue Bell is about a decade old so it's about time to start doing more upgrades.
Lsu is also elite in fan support for college baseball. That matters much less, but its matters.
You know Lsu as an athletic program is going to invest and support their team and coaches. I don't expect Lsu to fall being in any baseball arms race for the most part.
This isn't just limited to Lsu either.
A&M will be looking for a new coach. Based on the recent hires in football and basketball, money whipping will be involved (100 M committed between the two). That new coach is going to have say on what gets done facilities-wise. Blue Bell is about a decade old so it's about time to start doing more upgrades.
This post was edited on 5/19/21 at 11:02 am
Posted on 5/19/21 at 11:03 am to SidewalkTiger
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Yeah, I never understood why this board constantly brings up location so much during coaching searches and recruiting season.
Coaches seem to care very little about the location of the schools they end up at and recruits seem to care even less.
For recruiting it could be a little different.
I mean how prohibitive will it be for a recruits parents to get to the games.
However all games being on TV/Internet should help with that.
Cheap flights to a close airport, would give two otherwise even schools a leg up, wouldn’t it?
Posted on 5/19/21 at 11:07 am to FayetteNAM
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For recruiting it could be a little different.
I mean how prohibitive will it be for a recruits parents to get to the games.
However all games being on TV/Internet should help with that.
Cheap flights to a close airport, would give two otherwise even schools a leg up, wouldn’t it?
eh, Baton Rouge has a tiny airport (so does Knoxville), and flight to Baton Rouge aren't cheap. I guess Nola is usually cheaper and is onky an hour drive. Regardless, LSU has players from all over the country, so I don't think that's really an issue when it comes to recruiting. Other than Nashville, I'm not sure any SEC school has a big airport in the same city the school is located. Some don't have a big airport anywhere near the school, but that hasn't really affected recruiting (Arkansas, State)
Location can matter, as it does in other sports, based on local talent pool. Louisiana has great in-state baseball talent. Tennessee has ok talent, but they also are in kind of a bubble where they compete with Vandy in middle TN (and everywhere else) and Ole Miss/State for kids from west Tennessee. East Tennessee has had some very good high school players over the years, but they just don't have the volume that other areas have.
This post was edited on 5/19/21 at 11:11 am
Posted on 5/19/21 at 11:08 am to FayetteNAM
A&M's location 100% helps in recruiting across the board.
90 miles from Houston (>7 M Metro)
105 miles from Austin (>2 M Metro)
175 miles from DFW (>7 M Metro)
185 miles from San Antonio (>2 M Metro)
A&M is within a couple of hours' drive of 20 M people. Plus if you recruit out of state, Houston's airport is gigantic. Same with DFW.
Where A&M fails is not having tuition help for out of state people or academic money like private schools.
90 miles from Houston (>7 M Metro)
105 miles from Austin (>2 M Metro)
175 miles from DFW (>7 M Metro)
185 miles from San Antonio (>2 M Metro)
A&M is within a couple of hours' drive of 20 M people. Plus if you recruit out of state, Houston's airport is gigantic. Same with DFW.
Where A&M fails is not having tuition help for out of state people or academic money like private schools.
Posted on 5/19/21 at 11:35 am to FayetteNAM
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For recruiting it could be a little different.
I mean how prohibitive will it be for a recruits parents to get to the games.
However all games being on TV/Internet should help with that.
Cheap flights to a close airport, would give two otherwise even schools a leg up, wouldn’t it?
Location does help just from a being closer to the athlete's home/family standpoint but I mean from the stance that Athlete X won't play/live in Tuscaloosa if he has the chance to live in Miami or Los Angeles.
Just from the viewpoint of a kid going to play a sport, none of the SEC cities are good/bad enough to change a kid's decision on their own.
Posted on 5/19/21 at 11:37 am to topcat88
quote:I wonder how many LSU fans actually believe this garbage he was feeding them. You are being honored, you have to say something
Yeah and Saban wishes he never left Louisiana. Facts
Posted on 5/19/21 at 11:39 am to hawgfaninc
The better question is why would he not?
Posted on 5/19/21 at 11:39 am to ColoradoAg
I'm not sure how Saban actually feels but it would've been easier for him to just stay at LSU and build a juggernaut than to go to the NFL for a few seasons then start over at Alabama so it'd be easy to see how he feels he made a bad decision there.
This post was edited on 5/19/21 at 11:41 am
Posted on 5/19/21 at 11:41 am to SidewalkTiger
Saban wasn’t the same coach at LSU than he is at Alabama. It would be interesting to see where he would be now staying at LSU.
Posted on 5/19/21 at 11:46 am to Vidic
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Saban wasn’t the same coach at LSU than he is at Alabama
How so?
Posted on 5/19/21 at 11:48 am to hawgfaninc
Who was the last head coach pulled away from a major program in a big time conference? Not necessarily just a historical baseball power.
Augie Garrido: Cal State Fullerton - Texas(1996)
Paul Mainieri: Notre Dame - LSU(2006), ties to the University
Dave Van Horn: Nebraska - Arkansas(2002), ties to the university
Jim Morris: Georgia Tech - Miami(1993)
It doesn't happen often, curious to know if there is anyone I'm missing, this is slightly subjective of course.
Augie Garrido: Cal State Fullerton - Texas(1996)
Paul Mainieri: Notre Dame - LSU(2006), ties to the University
Dave Van Horn: Nebraska - Arkansas(2002), ties to the university
Jim Morris: Georgia Tech - Miami(1993)
It doesn't happen often, curious to know if there is anyone I'm missing, this is slightly subjective of course.
Posted on 5/19/21 at 11:49 am to Vidic
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Saban wasn’t the same coach at LSU than he is at Alabama. It would be interesting to see where he would be now staying at LSU.
With at least five titles or so.
Posted on 5/19/21 at 11:50 am to ColoradoAg
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I wonder how many LSU fans actually believe this garbage he was feeding them
He didn’t have to say any of that lol. Since when does Saban go out his way to appease people? Why couldn’t he just say we had a great time here and it was great for my career. Nope he said I should have never left.
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