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Is a head coach who has NEVER been to Omaha in 7 years a good candidate for the LSU job?
Posted on 6/16/21 at 10:48 pm
Posted on 6/16/21 at 10:48 pm
People are creaming their pants that Godwin is being interviewed and I can’t figure out why this guy is someone most people on this board would be happy if he got the LSU job. Head coach for 7 years and never even been to Omaha. Why in the world would he be a better candidate than McDonnell, Vitello or lots of other guys who have actually proven they can get to Omaha?
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Posted on 6/16/21 at 10:52 pm to spiderman
It's all relative. He's coaching at ECU and not at an ACC or SEC school.
Posted on 6/16/21 at 10:52 pm to spiderman
quote:they are G5…
Head coach for 7 years and never even been to Omaha
Posted on 6/16/21 at 10:52 pm to spiderman
Your post history is one sad sack of negative sentiment
Holy shite
What a miserable soul you must be
Holy shite
What a miserable soul you must be
Posted on 6/16/21 at 10:54 pm to spiderman
It doesn't matter whether he's been to Omaha.
What matters is whether he'll go to Omaha (and win) at LSU.
Nick Saban hadn't coached in a New Year's Day bowl game before LSU hired him. Skip Bertman hadn't been a head coach of a championship team before he came here.
The question is whether the coach's ceiling is high enough that he can do it here.
Godwin has just about maxed out ECU in the time he's been there. Is that program capable of making it to Omaha? Yeah, but they'll need breaks - they won't often be a top 8 seed, so they'll have to catch somebody on the right weekend to pull off a Super Regional win. This would have been the year, except they caught Vanderbilt.
There is no serious baseball reason why we wouldn't hire Godwin. He and Dan Heefner are the two best mid-major coaches in all of college baseball (Andrew Checketts at UCSB is next). That's who you'd look at if a big-name guy like Corbin or O'Sullivan or McDonnell isn't available.
What matters is whether he'll go to Omaha (and win) at LSU.
Nick Saban hadn't coached in a New Year's Day bowl game before LSU hired him. Skip Bertman hadn't been a head coach of a championship team before he came here.
The question is whether the coach's ceiling is high enough that he can do it here.
Godwin has just about maxed out ECU in the time he's been there. Is that program capable of making it to Omaha? Yeah, but they'll need breaks - they won't often be a top 8 seed, so they'll have to catch somebody on the right weekend to pull off a Super Regional win. This would have been the year, except they caught Vanderbilt.
There is no serious baseball reason why we wouldn't hire Godwin. He and Dan Heefner are the two best mid-major coaches in all of college baseball (Andrew Checketts at UCSB is next). That's who you'd look at if a big-name guy like Corbin or O'Sullivan or McDonnell isn't available.
Posted on 6/16/21 at 10:56 pm to spiderman
This post is proof that you don’t know anything about college baseball, have never read anything about Godwin, know anything about how guys that have played for him or been recruited about him feel, etc. he is a very good coach who has never had limitless resources at his finger tips. Anyone that knows him respects him immensely.
Posted on 6/16/21 at 10:59 pm to macaoidh
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macaoidh
Obvious troll post by OP but what you said is pretty troll-proof logic. This thread is over
Posted on 6/16/21 at 11:07 pm to MrWalkingMan
I do what I can.
I've probably had as much to drink tonight at the OP has, so it's a fair fight.
I've probably had as much to drink tonight at the OP has, so it's a fair fight.
Posted on 6/16/21 at 11:09 pm to spiderman
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This post was edited on 10/18/21 at 10:52 pm
Posted on 6/16/21 at 11:10 pm to macaoidh
I’m two shots of Jameson and two PBRs deep and my tolerance for shitposting is waning rapidly. Thanks for fighting the good fight
Posted on 6/16/21 at 11:11 pm to spiderman
Joe Torre and Bill Belichick were retreads.
Posted on 6/16/21 at 11:18 pm to macaoidh
I had no opinion of him either way, but watched the Vandy series, because he was possible a candidate for the job. Vandy was obviously the superior team, but I came away impressed with how his team went toe-to-toe with them.
He did what a coach was supposed to do in a game like that. The umpire was giving Rocker a bigger strike zone. Godwin wasn’t letting that slide, and stayed on the ump’s arse, fighting for strikes for his guy.
He did what a coach was supposed to do in a game like that. The umpire was giving Rocker a bigger strike zone. Godwin wasn’t letting that slide, and stayed on the ump’s arse, fighting for strikes for his guy.
Posted on 6/16/21 at 11:29 pm to spiderman
He constantly gets a G5 school with a recruiting ranking near 50 to Supers or at least hosting regionals. Now give him a Top 5 class and financial backing.
Posted on 6/16/21 at 11:30 pm to spiderman
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Why in the world would he be a better candidate than McDonnell, Vitello
Those two are better candidates than Godwin. Godwin is a nice fallback option if we can’t land Corbin/Vitello/McDonnell
I can’t speak for everyone, but I doubt there’s many that would put Godwin higher on the board than those 3,
This post was edited on 6/16/21 at 11:32 pm
Posted on 6/17/21 at 12:10 am to JPLSU1981
quote:Totally agree. I’m not saying Godwin is terrible. Just saying he’s nowhere near the three you mentioned and should only be a fallback candidate if our top 5-6 guys tell us no.
Those two are better candidates than Godwin. Godwin is a nice fallback option if we can’t land Corbin/Vitello/McDonnell
I can’t speak for everyone, but I doubt there’s many that would put Godwin higher on the board than those 3,
Posted on 6/17/21 at 12:20 am to spiderman
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Totally agree. I’m not saying Godwin is terrible. Just saying he’s nowhere near the three you mentioned and should only be a fallback candidate if our top 5-6 guys tell us no.
Godwin is on par with Vitello. But you’re a pussy
Posted on 6/17/21 at 2:54 am to Elleshoe
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Godwin is on par with Vitello.
Might even be better. I think he’s more tested.
Posted on 6/17/21 at 5:24 am to TigerLunatik
Isn’t ECU like a top 15 or 20 program pre Godwin though? It isn’t like he built them into something good.
Well I guess it depends how you define “top”. But I’m not sure he has really improved the program much regardless.
Eta:
They have 31 tournament appearances all time which is only a few less than LSU. And are the team with the most tournament appearances without making it to Omaha. So idk how you define that success, and obviously they can rack up a bunch of wins against a weaker regular season schedule. I guess winning 3 regionals out of the past 5 years is arguably the most success they’ve had in that short of span. But feeling kinda meh about it tbh
Well I guess it depends how you define “top”. But I’m not sure he has really improved the program much regardless.
Eta:
They have 31 tournament appearances all time which is only a few less than LSU. And are the team with the most tournament appearances without making it to Omaha. So idk how you define that success, and obviously they can rack up a bunch of wins against a weaker regular season schedule. I guess winning 3 regionals out of the past 5 years is arguably the most success they’ve had in that short of span. But feeling kinda meh about it tbh
This post was edited on 6/17/21 at 5:45 am
Posted on 6/17/21 at 5:38 am to ss85
quote:
Joe Torre and Bill Belichick were retreads.
We are comparing Godwin to Joe Torre, Bill Belichick and Nick Saban.
God have mercy on our desperate souls.
Posted on 6/17/21 at 5:39 am to DollaChoppa
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But I’m not sure he has really improved the program much regardless
But he held that rope tight.
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