Are any of these coaches realistic possibilities for LSU baseball?

The first one is realistic IMO and i would be happy with him. Not sure any of the others would come or would be a good fit

Hands off our coach. That’s all.

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Mike Bianco, Mississippi

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Why?

Bakich isn’t one I would want. Everyone seems to be on him because of his run in the CWS. Everything else is so-so. And hell no to Riser

With the current shite show of an athletics dept at LSU right now?
Hell no

If PM decides to retire I’d expect something like Matt Riser with a 6 year 12 million dollar contract, that’s how much faith I have in Woodward to get this right

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Dan McDonnell, Louisville

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McDonnell used State to get a contract extension at Louisville through 2028 that pays $1.5 million, plus postseason, academic and other bonuses.

This would be my list:

First calls:

McDonnell-Louisville
Schlossnagle-TCU

Tier II:

Bakich-Michigan
Godwin-ECU
Mercer-Indiana

Wild Card:

O'Connor-UVA

The guy who coached across from us last night is better than 2 on your list

Bianco should be like 10th choice

I don't think Woodward would fire Mainieri with three more years left on his contract. (We can thank Alleva for that. He was afraid PM would jump to Texas in 2016).

But remember, Mainieri has had two surgeries on his neck, and he has reportedly confided in some that the neck bothers him enough that he might retire before the contract is up in 2024.

Either way, a full buyout of his contract would not be enormous compared to football. We have enough major league baseball alumni. Can't Woodward go to them to raise the buyout cash for the betterment of LSU?

Dan McDonnell's name would be mentioned in any coaching search. He has a rolling contract with Louisville that I think now extends to 2028. That's right, 2028.

There are people who will tell you that Virginia's Brian O'Connor would be Mainieri's personal choice to succeed him. Of course, he would. O'Connor was Mainieri's assistant at Notre Dame for nine years.
But what has O'Connor, who is 49, done in the past few seasons? We don't need a Mainieri clone, especially one that he presumes is his successor.

Jim Schlossnagle of TCU would be a great choice. He's 50 and has been at TCU since '04. He's been to five College World Series, though he's never won it.
Schlossnagle is said to be ready to move on. His kids are college age and he has to be tired of trying to stretch 11.7 scholarships at a private school.

Another name is Dan Heefner, who is in his 14th year at Dallas Baptist University. A small private school but they play D1 baseball and he's taken them to nine NCAA regionals. Not sure if he would be a good personality fit. I mean, he's no Eddie Stanky. Just a good Baptist boy, and of course we already have a soft-spoken, gentlemanly coach. We need someone who has some fire.

I'd go after Schlossnagle, who used to be an assistant at Tulane, knows the area and has a proven record of getting his teams to Omaha.

The question lingers, though: with all that's going on, does Woodward even care about baseball and dealing with a coach who still has three years left on his contract?

Believe me, that guy would leave Michigan for the right price.