Baseball Coaching Search 2019

[CrazyCajun]

Harvell was a volunteer assistant, so you and I don't know his pay. JT was brought in in 2015 as a paid assistant, but I've never been able to obtain a copy of his contract, so I don't know his pay and you don't know his pay either. I don't think JT came here for the money either. It's not like assistant baseball coaches are UL make 6 figures. Harvell was making $75,000/year at SHSU, so you can use that as a high point for an assistant salary for our program. It's a good possibility that JT was making more outside of coaching baseball before 2015.

So he definitely was making more than Harvel in 2013...so figure in money difference in the 2 positions and his kids being in Thibodeaux and not wanting to be that far away in Texas it’s logical to think timing and circumstance had everything to do with it, not that deggs thinks any less of talbot. If deggs is the guy, talbot staying could also be because of the circumstance.

[cajunhawk]

I think your points are valid. But, not entirely encompassing of the whole resume at hand. Forget the fact of continuing on our tradition. While that is probably a major focus, the real caveat here is the FACT that the 2 and a half years Deggs was here, the tradition remained, but the intensity and focus of our team escalated greatly. Deggs was extremely instrumental in turning our program back into what we knew it could be. He helped us to become the #1 Team in the nation, something we obviously had never done. While Robe was the HC, don't discredit the fact that Deggs was a major part of that. So he moved on and took a HC job and had immediate success yet again.

So again I say, forget the whole argument of "continuing tradition and not necessarily doing a heavier national search." The fact remains, Deggs would be a huge hire regardless. And he's likely the top target for a bunch of reasons.

Cannot disagree with anything you say. The only issue I have is I don't think we are allowing anyone else to knock our socks off by focusing on him alone. Brent Pry-Billy Napier comes to mind. Not a similar situation at all, but the foundation is there. A coach with ties that we all wanted, versus what we got which was honestly a much more impressive hire. Once again, not saying Deggs isn't the guy, he's a great coach, but we aren't letting anyone else take a shot and to me that's a huge disservice.

[CajunAlum10]

Cannot disagree with anything you say. The only issue I have is I don't think we are allowing anyone else to knock our socks off by focusing on him alone. Brent Pry-Billy Napier comes to mind. Not a similar situation at all, but the foundation is there. A coach with ties that we all wanted, versus what we got which was honestly a much more impressive hire. Once again, not saying Deggs isn't the guy, he's a great coach, but we aren't letting anyone else take a shot and to me that's a huge disservice.

Agree if that's the whole truth. But honestly, do you know who Maggard interviewed for a fact? Who's to say he didn't have face to face interviews with 5 or more top candidates? Like you've already said in a previous post, you trust Maggard. So let's give him the benefit of the doubt on this.

[Dad04]

Cannot disagree with anything you say. The only issue I have is I don't think we are allowing anyone else to knock our socks off by focusing on him alone. Brent Pry-Billy Napier comes to mind. Not a similar situation at all, but the foundation is there. A coach with ties that we all wanted, versus what we got which was honestly a much more impressive hire. Once again, not saying Deggs isn't the guy, he's a great coach, but we aren't letting anyone else take a shot and to me that's a huge disservice.

Who is we? Is Maggard "We"? The candidates have been discussed here and elsewhere. If WE is Maggard, please take us all inside the process.

[LifeTimeCajun]

Ron Guidry would be a great pitching coach

[CharlieK]

He's a great candidate, I never said he wasn't. My issue is with zeroing in on him and no one else. The time period of the search seems to suggest as much.

I don't think we have any indication that we zeroed in on only him. Maggard's history certainly doesn't suggest it.

Deggs seems to be a special case. He is someone who would be high on our list if there were no connection to the program. AND he has a special connection to one of the greatest teams we have had AND plays exactly the kind of ball fan love to see....I just can't see it as not the right call.

Plus we still don't know if it's even true. Maggard has been tricky in the past...

[Policarp]

Ron Guidry would be a great pitching coach

Ron Guidry IS a great pitching coach 🤟⚾️🤟⚾️🤟

[CajunAmos]

He's a great candidate, I never said he wasn't. My issue is with zeroing in on him and no one else. The time period of the search seems to suggest as much.

From what has been said and his previous hires, I don't think Dr. Maggard is the type of administrator that would zero in on one person without evaluating all of the possible applicants that have expressed an interest.

[RaginDave]

Actually 3 out of 5, but still point remains. Also won the conference tournament 2x which Pierce never won in his 3 years.

I meant 3 out of the last 4. But yes, it was 3 out of 5 total.

[CajunPilot1]

Ron Guidry would be a great pitching coach

While I really like this idea, Guidry is 68 years old. I'd imagine he is enjoying retirement.