I personally think Schloss was going to be the guy for a very long time and something broke down either from his side or our side. That's the only logical reason why Cohen would have boldly made some of the statements he did about the coaching search. After that fell through there really wasn't another elite level candidate that we had a good shot to get unless we wanted to pay some outrageous salary. I personally think that while the Lemonis hire may not blow people out of the water, it appears to be a cut above the Cannizaro hire. At least Lemonis is a good recruiter that also has some HC experience. Hard to compare them directly because one was recruiting to LSU while the other was recruiting to Indiana. One is not like the other. I'm not blown away by the hire but neither would I have been blown away keeping Henderson either. Time will tell if this was a good move on Cohen's part. I will say that probably NOBODY knows Henderson better than Cohen, so if Henderson fit the criteria Cohen wanted he would have been named the permanent coach at least the week prior to going to the CWS. Have a feeling this Lemonis hire has been done for a while now.
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I personally think Schloss was going to be the guy for a very long time and something broke down either from his side or our side. That's the only logical reason why Cohen would have boldly made some of the statements he did about the coaching search. After that fell through there really wasn't another elite level candidate that we had a good shot to get unless we wanted to pay some outrageous salary. I personally think that while the Lemonis hire may not blow people out of the water, it appears to be a cut above the Cannizaro hire. At least Lemonis is a good recruiter that also has some HC experience. Hard to compare them directly because one was recruiting to LSU while the other was recruiting to Indiana. One is not like the other. I'm not blown away by the hire but neither would I have been blown away keeping Henderson either. Time will tell if this was a good move on Cohen's part. I will say that probably NOBODY knows Henderson better than Cohen, so if Henderson fit the criteria Cohen wanted he would have been named the permanent coach at least the week prior to going to the CWS. Have a feeling this Lemonis hire has been done for a while now.
Reading comprehension not your strong suit. Bet your jokes go over like a fart in church
Everybody just needs to calm the 17 down. I've been following this guy's career closely and he has taken several shoddy, poorly run operations at best and turn them into stable, profitable ventures. He will have our baseball program back in the black in no time at all and likely turning a hefty "profit" out of the Outfield Lofts.
You and Cohen must be buddies cause yall might be the only one who have been following.
None taken.
I've seen the few articles most have, but no, I haven't sat down to research him. And probably 98% of our fan base hasn't really done an in-depth search on him, either. I trust our coach to have done that and talked to people who have worked closely with him. He has enough experience, both recruiting and coaching, to rule out being a bad hire.
You obviously missed the point. All I'm saying the people pumping Indiana stats as a reason this is a good hire is silly. So what if they led the Big10 in ERA. It's the Big10. It is an awful baseball conference. Our numbers were nearly as good (some were better) with a slow start and freshmen and much tougher competition. Our 2nd half hitting was phenomenal. Glad Gautreau is staying.
Cohen shouldn't have said what he said. Was Gary the long term solution probably not. But he did something only a handful of any coaches here have ever done in any sport. I think the fact that many were told that a certain type coach was to be expected and he doesn't sound like that right away. I hope he does well and we make a run again. Our hitting should improve just from another year with Gautreau.
So let me get this straight. If a coach that Cohen hires is successful, Cohen gets credit for an excellent hire, but if a coach Cohen hires ends up being immature, unprepared for the job, and likes to chase women, Cohen gets none of the blame?
Everybody just needs to calm the 17 down. I've been following this guy's career closely and he has taken several shoddy, poorly run operations at best and turn them into stable, profitable ventures. He will have our baseball program back in the black in no time at all and likely turning a hefty "profit" out of the Outfield Lofts.
I want to help, but I'm not gonna. Let this puppy play out.
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Yep, and was a pretty good slow pitch softball pitcher. Played many a tournament with him.
I think there is a little difference though. Moorhead came into Penn State when the offense was a train wreck and immediately made them a Big 10 challenger and probably even saved Franklin's job. Lemonis took over the Indiana program and didn't really elevate it from what his predecessor did. Might have even slipped at tad. Maybe the cupboard was left bare when the previous guy left (who is not doing that well at Az St.) but Indiana made the CWS prior to Lemonis but has not made it past a regional while he has been HC.
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