Baseball Coaching Search 2019

[angeleast]

Actually, I checked. They had not talked. Deggs was waiting to be officially named....although he had been told BJ was interested.

Damn...give me a LITTLE credit. LOL

IS this position volunteer or paid?

[talktomewillis]

IS this position volunteer or paid?

Volunteer. As he told a friend of mine, it's not like he needs the money.

[angeleast]

Volunteer. As he told a friend of mine, it's not like he needs the money.

great start for a future coach.

[CajunVic]

We may have one of the most qualified and decorated volunteer assistants to ever have coached D1 baseball.

[Policarp]

Volunteer. As he told a friend of mine, it's not like he needs the money.

Plus he gets a 6 figure MLB pension.at age 62

[ULGrad@HOU]

Nice hire.

[Cajun90]

Volunteer. As he told a friend of mine, it's not like he needs the money.

No kidding. Obviously B.J. thinks this is a payback for coach. Very unselfish of him. He was always one of my favorite players. Played with a chip on both shoulders but could back it up.

[LifeTimeCajun]

Big shoes to fill as a volunteer with no college coaching experience. But if Deggs hired him i put trust in him. Lets geaux

[Rainman66]

Well there it is.

I sooooooooo want this to work. The cULture will be strong in this duo. I find myself pumping breaks on BJ, simply because he hasn’t coached before. My heart says ‘screw you’, but my head says ‘wait and see’

[CajunJeaux]

We may have one of the most qualified and decorated volunteer assistants to ever have coached D1 baseball.

Not really...for example, Matt Holiday became a volunteer assistant in the last week as well...and that’s just 1 example off the top of my head...

[CajunT]

I sooooooooo want this to work. The cULture will be strong in this duo. I find myself pumping breaks on BJ, simply because he hasn’t coached before. My heart says ‘screw you’, but my head says ‘wait and see’

He's been coached at every level, has a great deal to pass on. It's one thing to coach in HS or College, it's another to pass on years of instruction on every aspect of the subject from griping the ball, delivery, stretching and taking care of your body. He's done it all at every level. Those are experiences most HS or College coaches have never experienced unless they have played in minors and MLB. I'm not worried about the rest.

[CajunVic]

Not really...for example, Matt Holiday became a volunteer assistant in the last week as well...and that's just 1 example off the top of my head...

So he is not ONE of the most qualified and decorated volunteer assistants? Wow, just wow.

And for those worried about his coaching experience, remember that this guy has been touched, coached and has spent an innumerable amount of time with the best of coaches in the business. With the success that he has had, one has to assume that to some extent he was a sponge during all of this. That quality is immeasurable and far outweighs any experience that a high school or college coach could possibly have.

When you see high school coaches passing on volunteers that have spent years in the majors or minors all I can say is that it is sickening to think of the experience that these high school coaches are depriving their high school players of. It can be only one thing - the high school coaches know and realize that they will be EXPOSED by keeping them around. What a selfish act.