Canes Baseball Coaching Search Thread

[CTCanes]

McDonnell
O’Connor
Brown

You have to get a no from these guys before you can offer the job to somebody with little or no college experience.

Not sure OConnor would leave UVA. McDonnell would leave loserville. Whoever it is we need a high level recruiter and developer something that this program has been lacking for many years

 

[Canesfreak]

Watching UVA & Duke right now - would take either of these two coaches.

Duke wins 5-4. Excellent game. Really good baseball.

 

[BP Joe]

Duke wins 5-4. Excellent game. Really good baseball.

And the only error was on a really well-placed bunt w runners at 1st and 2nd and no outs.

 

[Canesfreak]

Given my druthers, I would focus on HCs from private schools (eg, Campbell, DBU) w limited endowments or AHCs/pitching coaches from blue chip programs (eg, Vandy). I just think it is more realistic.

 

[IndayArtHauz]

Given my druthers, I would focus on HCs from private schools (eg, Campbell, DBU) w limited endowments or AHCs/pitching coaches from blue chip programs (eg, Vandy). I just think it is more realistic.

By “realistic” do you mean attainable or likely to succeed?

 

[Fatboycane]

Tos McGunderson. Writer for D1 Baseball.

Tos is a poor man’s Gil Thorp

 

[RBradleigh]

This is the only phone call Rad needs to make.

Better hope he isn’t more interested in selling those white walls

 

[Canesfreak]

By “realistic” do you mean attainable or likely to succeed?

Attainable. I think it is hard to pull a HC from the SEC given what they have to work with insofar is budget, stadiums, etc., or private schools with massive endowments (Vandy).

 

[NC_Canes_11]

Not sure OConnor would leave UVA. McDonnell would leave loserville. Whoever it is we need a high level recruiter and developer something that this program has been lacking for many years

Not sure he’d leave either, but he’s worth a call. If Rad calls you up and says we’re gonna sink this much money into facilities, etc. and it’s better than what you have now, you’ll at least listen.

Hard to argue those three as developers and recruiters. They’ve all done it at a high level for years.

 

[scane]

 

[JZCane0825]

Lol

 

[BP Joe]

Lol

I hope we treat all these coaches w the utmost respect. They are all good men, family men and lifetime Canes. Think about it - their lives were just changed FAR MORE dramatically than most of ours ever will be.

For years, JD was one of the premier pitching coaches in all of CBB. We rarely had guys who threw mid 90's, yet we won w them. He's a class act and deserves to be treated fairly if he's on his way out.

 

[TheOriginalCane]

Supporting JD for the job...automatic disqualifier...

Like making Randy Shannon our head coach.

 

[TaylorWalls]

I hope we treat all these coaches w the utmost respect. They are all good men, family men and lifetime Canes. Think about it - their lives were just changed FAR MORE dramatically than most of ours ever will be.

For years, JD was one of the premier pitching coaches in all of CBB. We rarely had guys who threw mid 90's, yet we won w them. He's a class act and deserves to be treated fairly if he's on his way out.

I think everyone agrees with you, but JD as head coach......yikes.

 

[canesstevealum08]

I think everyone agrees with you, but JD as head coach......yikes.

I don’t think you need to worry.

 

[CTCanes]

FWIW

 

[TaylorWalls]

I don’t think you need to worry.

I wasn't worried.

 

[IndayArtHauz]

So Alex Cora is dead to me.

 

[scane]

So Alex Cora is dead to me.

You wouldn’t give him a consulting fee for his input on the search?

 

[IndayArtHauz]

You wouldn’t give him a consulting fee for his input on the search?

I would let him pay me to hear his thoughts.