Gary Henderson

[bulldogcountry1]

Will Cann try to keep him around or go after his own guy?

What would you do?

I'm on the fence.

 

[msstate7]

I'd keep him

 

[Uncle Ruckus]

To me it depends on what type of pitchers Cannizaro recruits. I don't know enough about Henderson to say he best fits 'X' type of pitcher. I know fatigue likely has a lot to do with it, but location and accuracy really hasn't been our thing the last half of the year.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

Keep. Did a great job with a tattered staff.

I would expect someone to offer a top spot more than Cann going with someone new, but I have been wrong before.

 

[tatedog]

Keep. Did a great job with a tattered staff.

I would expect someone to offer a top spot more than Cann going with someone new, but I have been wrong before.

100% agree. I doubt the decision (not that there is a rationally debatable one) will be ours to make. Tennessee might take a look at him--they've done much worse.

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

I think Henderson is a good keep...Coggin is the coach that we could probably upgrade....

 

[patdog]

Keep him if you can. With all the injuries, this staff should have been awful. Somehow, he kept it respectable with a 4.61 ERA in SEC games.

 

[Chesusdog]

Minus 7 or 8 arms that would have otherwise contributed a huge portion of innings, we managed to be in the running for the league title leading into the last two weekend series before the wheels fell off. The guy did an incredible job considering his resources. Keep him.

 

[messageboardsuperhero]

I think Henderson is a good keep...Coggin is the coach that we could probably upgrade....

No. Coggin is one of the best recruiters in the country.

 

[Bully78]

Henderson to Alabama?

 

[57stratdawg]

Keep him. I don't want 4 pitching coaches in 4 years.

 

[Shamoan]

Whatever Cann wants to do is what we should do. It's his show.

 

[KurtRambis4]

What makes you

say this? The dude is relentless on the recruiting scene, from all accounts, and in case you haven't noticed, we've gotten some big time kids to commit to us.

 

[stateu1]

Keep him. I don't want 4 pitching coaches in 4 years.

Pitching coach=d coordinator****

 

[jdbulldog]

It depends on their relationship and how they have gotten along. From a fan perspective I am all for bringing him back. He has done well with what he was given.

 

[WrapItDog]

Keep. Did a great job with a tattered staff.

You looked at Rooker's ERA 27.0**

 

[Todd4State]

If it were me and knowing the situation, I think I would keep him. I don't think he has done anything to warrant being fired. You have to take the injuries we've had into consideration and to me this year he gets a total pass.

I think the question is does Henderson want to stay? I imagine that as soon as we hired Cannizaro he probably knew what he was going to likely do at the end of the season. I don't know what Henderson wants to do on his front. There are obviously a couple of SEC head coaching jobs open, I'm expecting Oregon- Henderson is an Oregon native- to have a head coaching opening and we may have to watch that. Also, Georgia is looking for a new pitching coach in addition to the other jobs I already mentioned and I think Oregon State may lose some assistants since they are doing so well this year.

 

[patdog]

I doubt he gets a head coaching job at a school like Oregon or an SEC school. I think his options would be a CUSA level school as a head coach or a major conference school as a pitching coach.

 

[whosyourdawgy]

Will Cann try to keep him around or go after his own guy?

What would you do?

I'm on the fence.

Why would you be on the fence? What has Henderson done to not want you to keep him? Cann has said having him has been a huge help. If anything, having Henderson there for his experience alone is a huge plus. I would keep him all day egeryday

 

[Palos verdes]

I'd keep Henderson. He's done a good job this season.

 

[dawgphd]

Whatever Cann wants to do is what we should do. It's his show.

This all day.

I'm a believer.

 

[Todd4State]

I doubt he gets a head coaching job at a school like Oregon or an SEC school. I think his options would be a CUSA level school as a head coach or a major conference school as a pitching coach.

We'll see. Again I don't know what he wants to do- but I think he will have options if he wants to pursue them in the offseason. Cohen's assistants or former assistants have a pretty impressive track record and I thought Henderson did a good job at Kentucky and was fired from there unfairly. He left them a team that was able to compete for the SEC Title.

 

[Hoover Dawg]

Which shows the stupidity of 'perception' and 'trends'. One needs to look no further than Mingione's 'luck' to figure out Henderson is a pretty good coach.

 

[Hankp22]

I want Henderson to stay

I want to keep our staff together. I think it was a blessing in disguise to have a guy like Gary Henderson sitting around the locker room given all the circumstances our baseball team had to overcome. It had to good for Cann to have a guy with tons of head coach experience to bounce ideas off of. They seem to have a good rapport in the dugout as well.

That part of it said, I think Henderson has also done a tremendous job with our staff. It is tough to be in a spot to win the SEC going into the final week. Its even tougher when you're doing it with guys that had to grow up quick (Barlow, Barton, Jolly, McQuary, Plumlee, etc). I would like to see what Gary can do with a healthy staff. Our pitching had its moments this year but the injuries have definitely caught up to us.

People don't realize what losing Ashcraft did to this baseball team. People always point at James, Small, Padgett, Rigby, etc. But losing Ashcraft was huge. He was settling into a solid role throwing low to mid 90s. He reminds a lot of pitcher we had a year ago. With time, Ashcraft has potential to be top level talent.

If our injured pitchers recover....our staff next year will be one of the deepest in the country. They are that good IF healthy.

Keep Henderson...and it would not shock me to see someone snatch him away from us.