There was a lot of pushback on him last year as a candidate. Tbh with you I don't remember where I stood on it, but I agree he has a high ceiling. Making the finals at OU is impressive even if they sucked the next year.

Tadlock gets a phone call

and so does Esquer

Skip gets another phone call and so does McDonnell

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There was a lot of pushback on him last year as a candidate. Tbh with you I don't remember where I stood on it, but I agree he has a high ceiling. Making the finals at OU is impressive even if they sucked the next year.

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Happens to the best of us, am I right?

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Tadlock gets a phone call

and so does Esquer

Skip gets another phone call and so does McDonnell

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Tadlock has been completely unimpressive since he was last extended by TTU.

it's Trev's job to dig into what's been going on at the schools of the various coaching candidates

Tadlock and Esquer concern me in the NIL era. McDonnell too honestly. Louisville has missed the tournament 3 of the last 4 years.

would A&M hire a coach that hasn't been to Omaha previously?

(current situation excluded)

I doubt Coach Earley gets less than 2 seasons to prove himself. He'll rightfully get time to recruit, and the portal makes up for all the excuses and why I don't say he'll get at least 3 seasons.

Depends what school they are coming from. I personally think we have to make a very low risk high reward hire given our current situation which means a big fish, but I'm not the AD.

He shouldn't. Regardless this thread isn't to discuss if we should fire him it's to discuss replacement options if we do.

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I think O'Sullivan can be had but this board would explode given Florida's season.

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I don't think his wife would make the move after last season's event.

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I doubt Coach Earley gets less than 2 seasons to prove himself. He'll rightfully get time to recruit, and the portal makes up for all the excuses and why I don't say he'll get at least 3 seasons.

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Earley is going to get hammered on the recruiting front. Already was before the season started.

Tadlock has been royally screwed in the nil era because they moved all that money away from baseball. he needs to be better at fundraising if he wants to succeed.

I dont know what the excuse for Whitting is.

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Tadlock has been royally screwed in the nil era because they moved all that money away from baseball. he needs to be better at fundraising if he wants to succeed.

I dont know what the excuse for Whitting is.

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Whitting is not the easiest coach to get along with. He has a reputation of being difficult the way he runs his program & players.

They've had folks yell at them about it in Florida too.

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trouble said:

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I think O'Sullivan can be had but this board would explode given Florida's season.

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I don't think his wife would make the move after last season's event.

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Maybe last year when it was fresh. I would be surprised if it was still a problem considering it was just 2 random guys.

Yeah, just a wierd slide from good to bad. maybe he upset the fritters and can't access that sweet sweet landrys money anymore.

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You didn't list Tadlock and assume it's because he's at his alma mater. He could turn our program around.

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Tadlock is trending the wrong direction since we tried to hire him.

Killzone3abc said:

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swimmerbabe11 said:

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trouble said:

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I think O'Sullivan can be had but this board would explode given Florida's season.

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I don't think his wife would make the move after last season's event.

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Maybe last year when it was fresh. I would be surprised if it was still a problem considering it was just 2 random guys.

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I thought they determined those two jackasses weren't even former students. Regardless, I can't see O'Sullivan ever coaching here willingly after that.

Supposedly he was legitimately interested last year. Admittedly the source on that isn't a guarantee though. Plus as trouble says they've gotten similar comments from their own fanbase.

Canham. Number 1 choice

Agreed. Two years is fair.

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trouble said:

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I think O'Sullivan can be had but this board would explode given Florida's season.

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Hes who I want. Home run hire

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Sullivan would be my #1.

Bama HC next.

Hate saying it but keeping Earley would be a mistake as he will also keep Kelly. Same results, different players.

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trouble said:

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I think O'Sullivan can be had but this board would explode given Florida's season.

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Hes who I want. Home run hire

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Vaugh would be my #1, too.

Bama HC next.

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Have another coffee and reread that.

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dcg4403 said:

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trouble said:

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I think O'Sullivan can be had but this board would explode given Florida's season.

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Hes who I want. Home run hire

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Vaugh would be my #1, too.

Bama HC next.

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Have another coffee and reread that.

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lol

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trouble said:

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I think O'Sullivan can be had but this board would explode given Florida's season.

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Hes who I want. Home run hire

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Vaugh would be my #1, too.

Bama HC next.

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Have another coffee and reread that.

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Typo corrected....half coffee drank. O'Sullivan fan here. He can probably be had considering but then again Florida has had now two terrible starts to their SEC seasons which maybe is a sign he needs to leave for green pastures.

Vaugh is a stud. Just dont see him leaving Bama. Think Sullivan is more probable considering their fan base' reaction right now.

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Money whip the DBU coach

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If money could draw Heefner away from DBU, it would have happened by now.

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I respect the heck out of Heefner for being the man he is and putting his faith first. Hoping he stays on the unrealistic list and doesn't let money influence him.

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Whoever the hire was last year was set up for failure. Hear me out. Yes we returned a lot of the lineup that was the national runner-up. Pair that with being the pre-season #1, and anything short of making the CWS final would have been as a failure to meet expectations.

Plain and simple, the players have not preformed at the level we would have thought they would. Injuries have contributed to a lot of that. Our pitching this past weekend sucked - EOS. We were down 5-0 on Friday before we even knew what happened. Saturday, the ball was flying out and we couldn't keep up offensively. Sunday was more of the same, we couldn't keep up offensively as every time we pushed back, Kentucky had an answer.

Since this was about Heefner. He might be gettable for a quick fix, rebuilding project. He will get to fill out a roster the way he would like. The team would be his up and down the lineup versus taking over a roster that was national runner-up.

Does Liucci have a good relationship with alberts?

I think you're only partially right. CWS finals wasn't a requirement for success this season, but the CWS itself definitely was if we kept this roster. The thing is expectations would have been lowered for a different coach that would have needed to do some roster rebuilding. Earley retaining the roster simultaneously got him the job and made his acceptable floor much higher.

O'Sullivan's wife sat in front of me a couple of years ago at Olsen. It was a little weird because I knew the story about her kids, and realized who she was when she went down to the dugout to talk to Kevin pregame. She seemed nice, and the type that would be pretty resilient (you just about have to be in order to be a coach's wife). I have to think that a fresh start wouldn't be the worst thing in the world for them, all things considered. I wouldn't think that two numbskulls liquored up at Omaha would be a big factor, but who knows. They are not having a good season this year. If we fire Earley after one very bad season, I'm not sure how it will look hiring O'Sullivan after a less than stellar year (and, outside a Cinderella run to Omaha last year, kind of a downward trend the last two seasons). If he wants the job, it would be hard to pass him over. I don't know if I would want to sell him on the job, given the interest of other possible candidates. He finally got his ballpark after years of waiting, so he'd be playing that one back all over again, but Olsen is in a much better state than the facilities at Florida were before their new park.

I don't think O'Connor will be in the picture, but, if he has a move in him, now would be the time. It's hard to see a guy who built a program into a title winner, in a respected baseball conference (whatever the ACC's deficiencies) make the move. I guess if the state of the ACC was going to make anyone interested in the job, it would be Bakich and not O'Connor. I doubt either of them leaves.

Wes Johnson at Georgia could probably be had. I don't know that I want him, just because he switched their field from grass to turf, and the whole thing with doctoring the ball last year didn't leave a great impression. His resume looks like a real coaching gypsy, and it's interesting that he went back to being a college pitching coach after a taste of the big leagues. He's from Arkansas, so I don't know if that factors in to his ambitions (Dave Van Horn won't be coaching there forever).

I really like Vaughn, and if someone like O'Sullivan doesn't happen, I'd make a hard run at him. I understand him not wanting to take the job last year, but if we make a good hire this time, he'll probably never get another shot at the job, and I have to imagine that he always saw himself coaching here one day, given his background.

Canham at Oregon State ought to be looking for an exit, but who knows if he is. Everyone likes Cliff Godwin at ECU, but no one has hired him for a big job. Is that a big mistake, or does he not interview well?

Skip Johnson wouldn't get people excited, but he gets some decent results given what he has to work with.

Tadlock is a no for me. I think he's past his peak.

if this season ends the way it's going you cannot NOT fire Early. you can't go from preseason number 1 to losing record and keep your job. you literally can't do worse with more.

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O'Sullivan's wife sat in front of me a couple of years ago at Olsen. It was a little weird because I knew the story about her kids, and realized who she was when she went down to the dugout to talk to Kevin pregame. She seemed nice, and the type that would be pretty resilient (you just about have to be in order to be a coach's wife). I have to think that a fresh start wouldn't be the worst thing in the world for them, all things considered. I wouldn't think that two numbskulls liquored up at Omaha would be a big factor, but who knows. They are not having a good season this year. If we fire Earley after one very bad season, I'm not sure how it will look hiring O'Sullivan after a less than stellar year (and, outside a Cinderella run to Omaha last year, kind of a downward trend the last two seasons). If he wants the job, it would be hard to pass him over. I don't know if I would want to sell him on the job, given the interest of other possible candidates. He finally got his ballpark after years of waiting, so he'd be playing that one back all over again, but Olsen is in a much better state than the facilities at Florida were before their new park.

I don't think O'Connor will be in the picture, but, if he has a move in him, now would be the time. It's hard to see a guy who built a program into a title winner, in a respected baseball conference (whatever the ACC's deficiencies) make the move. I guess if the state of the ACC was going to make anyone interested in the job, it would be Bakich and not O'Connor. I doubt either of them leaves.

Wes Johnson at Georgia could probably be had. I don't know that I want him, just because he switched their field from grass to turf, and the whole thing with doctoring the ball last year didn't leave a great impression. His resume looks like a real coaching gypsy, and it's interesting that he went back to being a college pitching coach after a taste of the big leagues. He's from Arkansas, so I don't know if that factors in to his ambitions (Dave Van Horn won't be coaching there forever).

I really like Vaughn, and if someone like O'Sullivan doesn't happen, I'd make a hard run at him. I understand him not wanting to take the job last year, but if we make a good hire this time, he'll probably never get another shot at the job, and I have to imagine that he always saw himself coaching here one day, given his background.

Canham at Oregon State ought to be looking for an exit, but who knows if he is. Everyone likes Cliff Godwin at ECU, but no one has hired him for a big job. Is that a big mistake, or does he not interview well?

Skip Johnson wouldn't get people excited, but he gets some decent results given what he has to work with.

Tadlock is a no for me. I think he's past his peak.

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One thing I don't think gets much consideration, and should, is that our talent for the most part is going to come from west of the Mississippi. We need to be looking for someone with strong Texas and California relationships over someone with closer ties to the east coast.

All things equal, I'd really prefer someone like Canham over Godwin or Pollard, just based on recruiting alone.

Would be curious what Skip would do if offered the job. He really wanted the sip job last year, had his agent call and put his name out there, and they showed no interest (presumably since the knew they were getting Scloss). Sure he can stick it to the sips by beating them at OU, but wonder if he would entertain coaching here?

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Would be curious what Skip would do if offered the job. He really wanted the sip job last year, had his agent call and put his name out there, and they showed no interest (presumably since the knew they were getting Scloss). Sure he can stick it to the sips by beating them at OU, but wonder if he would entertain coaching here?

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Have you ever been to a baseball game at Norman? I can't imagine he wouldn't be interested in making the move. They've got a national championship banner from 30 yeas ago, but that's the only advantage they have on us.

Skip would do well at A&M with the resources he would have, NIL funding, hot bed recruiting location, new facilities & Olsen Field upgrades forthcoming.