LSU?

One of the TV guys suggested he may coach next year while looking for a replacement.

This seems to be a trend with high profile coaching jobs. A lot of coaches are deciding that the grass is not necessarily greener on the other side of the fence. We're seeing this in football and basketball, too.

Maybe the "legend" of Skip Bertman is still too fresh in Baton Rouge.

Filling his shoes would be difficult indeed, but nonetheless the position needs to be filled...and will be.

And as far as the grass being greener on the other side of the fence...that is often times tough to determine, but one thing is for certain around our place...the grass is always taller on our side of the fence.

And no, it's not because the neighbors have goats and we don't...it's because we're never around to cut the grass...we enjoy spending our time hanging around well groomed ballfields watching our kids play, rather than watching the weeds overtake our old, beaten, and dwindling expanse of grass.

Lawn work will be for retirement or the new owners...whichever comes first.

They were so successful that any incrimental compensation or status comes with such high expectations, that the job is bigger than any one guy. LSU had a bad year by their standards but they did go to Omaha twice under Laval.

I read that Corbin, Wells and Bianco turned down the job.

The job comes with such high expectations set in the "Gorilla Ball" era, before the smaller bat and improved pitrching in D1. I don't know if anyone person can meet their fans very high standards. I think good coaches with good jobs are reluctant to leave a good situation, even for more money, which is not always a priority for baseball coaches anyway.

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Originally posted by Dad04:
They were so successful that any incrimental compensation or status comes with such high expectations, that the job is bigger than any one guy. LSU had a bad year by their standards but they did go to Omaha twice under Laval.

I read that Corbin, Wells and Bianco turned down the job.

The job comes with such high expectations set in the "Gorilla Ball" era, before the smaller bat and improved pitrching in D1. I don't know if anyone person can meet their fans very high standards. I think good coaches with good jobs are reluctant to leave a good situation, even for more money, which is not always a priority for baseball coaches anyway.

It is my understanding that the following coaches turned the job down or would not even talk to LSU:

Wells: University of Alabama
Horton: California State University @ Fullerton
Corbin: Vanderbilt University
Bianco: University of Mississippi
Tanner: University or South Carolina

That would be four (4) SEC coaches. Do they know something that is not being said in public?

LSU got in a down cycle this year with alot of injuries, especialy in the pitching staff. Some other teams have risen from the dead like Kentucky, Florida and Vandy. Lots of bad karma since they won't play the Cajuns anymore.

The coaches that turned down Bertman know turning around the LSU Tiger will take longer than fans will give them. I don't know where they go for a coach. I just hope it isn't Lafayette.

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I read that Corbin, Wells and Bianco turned down the job.

Most of the time we have to dig a little deeper---- These coaches were given an incentive to stay in their current positions. Corbin was offered the HC job at Auburn and Vandy filled his pockets with cash.
The AD at Ole Miss just announced on 6/14 that Mike Bianco

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"Based on his outstanding conference record over the last four years, Mike has proven to be one of the best coaches in the SEC, if not the best," Boone said. "We believe he will be one of the highest paid baseball coaches in the SEC."

And I've never heard of Wells! He must be at some small country school.
Fungo

Notre Dame could be looking for a new coach next. Coach Wells will still be looking up when Bertman is done. The next LSU coach could be the first $1,000,000+ college baseball coach.

ND Coach Manieri to LSU?

ND has the man in house if it goes that way--TERRY ROONEY

If he doesn't follow his boss as the paper suggests. Terry is a hard working recruiter.

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Should Mainieri land the job, he would likely bring two assistants with him from Notre Dame: pitching coach Terry Rooney and hitting coach Cliff Goodwin.

Rooney has been with the Irish for three years since replacing Brian O’Connor, who led Virginia to the NCAA tournament this season

Dad04

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"The job comes with such high expectations set in the "Gorilla Ball" era"

True and the LSU fans still expect the same results year after year. I think Smoke was leaning more toward small ball and the LSU fans want to see the "Gorilla Ball".

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Originally posted by Fungo:
Most of the time we have to dig a little deeper---- These coaches were given an incentive to stay in their current positions.

I agree that most of the coaches were probably given something in exchange for not leaving to take the LSU job.