Rock M Nation - Missouri Baseball Coaching Search ends with Steve BieserA Blog for Ol' Mizzouhttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/50319/rmn-fav.png2016-07-02T07:15:30-05:00http://www.rockmnation.com/rss/stream/118552492016-07-02T07:15:30-05:002016-07-02T07:15:30-05:00Rhoades introduces Bieser, talks softball
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<p>But it might be done before the next softball season starts!</p> <h3>First things first: What about Softball?</h3>
<p>While introducing new Mizzou baseball coach Steve Bieser, Mack Rhoades answered a couple of questions about the (stiiiilllllll) ongoing Ehren Earleywine investigation. He confirmed that this was a Title IX investigation and pretty much out of his hands at the moment.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/campus-corner/article87284867.html" target="_blank">KC Star: Mack Rhoades on Ehren Earleywine investigation: ‘We’re still waiting’</a></p>
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<p>He added, "At this point, it is (out of our hands) — and it has been for a while. We’ll wait to see what the investigation says. For me to predict what it will say or the outcome, I have no idea."</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Rhoades and Earleywine have not had much contact in the last few weeks other than a few updates on the situation, per MR</p>
— Dave Matter (@Dave_Matter) <a href="https://twitter.com/Dave_Matter/status/748930442305368065">July 1, 2016</a>
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<p><a href="http://www.columbiatribune.com/sports/mu/rhoades-offers-no-clarity-on-earleywine-s-future-as-investigation/article_89eb469d-1b4b-53da-a628-2e7cd2dbaaca.html#.V3dOBzTz5LY.twitter" target="_blank">The Trib: Rhoades offers no clarity on Earleywine's future as investigation nears three-month mark</a></p>
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<p>Earleywine was not suspended at any point during the athletic department or Title IX investigations. He’s currently conducting his normal offseason duties, including recruiting.</p>
<p>"We didn’t feel that" a suspension "was necessary, and we weren’t putting our student-athletes at risk" by allowing Earleywine to continue coaching, Rhoades said.</p>
<p>Rhoades acknowledged that the "window is closing" for players who might wish to transfer depending on the outcome of the investigation.</p>
<p>"It puts everybody in a hard position," Rhoades said.</p>
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<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.stltoday.com/sports/college/mizzou/eye-on-the-tigers/waiting-game-continues-for-mizzou-softball/article_66183d9c-7a47-5b70-a4dc-9f949ca5f1d5.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=user-share">Post-Dispatch: Waiting game continues for Mizzou softball</a></p>
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<p>Meanwhile, Missouri players wait in limbo, unsure if their head coach will be back next season. Several have expressed frustration via social media with the university's indecision on the matter. Some way want to transfer depending on the outcome, but their window to find a new school closes by the day. Rhoades acknowledged that on Friday.</p>
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<p>(Not really a fan of the word "indecision" there because I don't think the issue is that they can't decide -- more that Title IX investigations simply take fordamnever*, and there's no way for the athletic department to rush them. Regardless, completely understandable that they'd be super annoyed. We're annoyed, and it doesn't even directly affect us.)</p>
<p><i>* That, and even when it's finished, it's going to take a while to come to an agreed set of legalese and whatnot, whether you're keeping or firing him. And I still figure they're keeping him.</i></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/MizzouSoftball">@MizzouSoftball</a> coaches must be great off the field then <a href="https://t.co/tBNsUTHewL">https://t.co/tBNsUTHewL</a></p>
— Sami Fagan (@samifagan) <a href="https://twitter.com/samifagan/status/748924194134556674">July 1, 2016</a>
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<p>A mighty "touché" to you, Sami Fagan.</p>
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<h3>Anyway, let's talk Bieser</h3>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://mutigers.com/news/2016/7/1/BSB_BieserPresser.aspx">MUtigers.com: @MizzouBaseball Press Conference Quotes</a></p>
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<p>"Why Coach Bieser? I think it starts with integrity. He's a man of an incredible integrity. You talk to so many people who've intersected with him and the impact he has had on them. His time playing professional baseball, time at St. John Vianney High School and Southeast Missouri State University. His integrity is unbelievable. We believe philosophically that you can't be great on the field unless you're great off the field. I think Coach Bieser certainly shares that philosophy. The one thing that we continue to hear over and over again about him as a coach is that he got the student-athletes to do things that they thought they couldn't ever do. They became better in all facets of life. His ability to identify and develop talent was certainly a part of it too. He's a proven winner. That certainly speaks volumes. He's certainly going to do that here."</p>
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<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.stltoday.com/sports/college/mizzou/mu-s-bieser-i-m-not-intimidated-by-the-sec/article_c0e5ef98-c650-5153-a10e-ed002db28c01.html">Post-Dispatch: MU's Bieser: 'I'm not intimidated by the SEC'</a></p>
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<p>• Mizzou vetted 15-18 initial candidates for the job, Rhoades said, and held in-person interviews with six candidates. The list was cut to two finalists. Rhoades said Bieser was the only person offered the job, <b>which is what every AD says when a coach is hired. </b></p>
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<p>Indeed it is, Snarky Dave Matter.</p>
<p><a style="text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank" href="http://www.scout.com/college/missouri/story/1683152-missouri-introduces-bieser-as-baseball-coach">Scout.com: Missouri Introduces Bieser as Baseball Coach</a></p>
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<p><span>"When I talk about competing in the SEC, I have ultimate confidence that this program is going to rise to the top, it’s going to be a prominent program in the SEC and I’ve never jumped into anything without the mindset that the final prize out there can’t be accomplished," Bieser said. "This is a place, this is a group of guys, and we’re going to start building it right now but this is a program that’s going to find itself in the College World Series." </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Bieser gets 5-year deal for $300k per year <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Mizzou?src=hash">#Mizzou</a></p>
— Dave Matter (@Dave_Matter) <a href="https://twitter.com/Dave_Matter/status/748927325287378944">July 1, 2016</a>
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<p><a target="_blank" href="http://m.columbiatribune.com/sports/mu/steve-bieser-introduced-at-missouri-baseball-coach/article_43c42d0a-9827-5d16-a253-ada0b3a331b8.html">The Trib: Steve Bieser introduced at Missouri baseball coach</a></p>
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<p>Upon being announced Thursday as the replacement for Tim Jamieson, Bieser received a five-year contract worth $300,000 annually. Athletic Director Mack Rhoades said that he worked with former Missouri Coach Gene McArtor; Tim Hickman, the executive associate athletic director; Wren Baker, the deputy director of athletics: and Brian White, the senior associate athletics director for development, in the coaching search.</p>
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<h4>What about Tony?</h4>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.wholehogsports.com/news/2016/jul/01/vitello-pretty-damn-happy-stay-arkansas/">WholeHogSports: Vitello 'pretty damn happy' staying at Arkansas</a></p>
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<p>"Once I walked out of that (meeting) I knew I wasn't a viable candidate," Vitello said of meeting with Missouri.</p>
<p><span>"I'd love to look like the most loyal Razorback of all-time and I say I turned them down, but I was never offered the job...and at no point was I ever all-in on saying yes if it was offered."</span></p>
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https://www.rockmnation.com/2016/7/2/12086592/missouri-baseball-steve-bieser-press-conference-mack-rhoades-ehren-earleywineOscar GambleBill C2016-07-01T09:07:12-05:002016-07-01T09:07:12-05:00Getting to Know Steve Bieser
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<p>Steve Bieser isn't the coach many expected or hoped for, but he could be the coach the Tigers need</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-error" style='box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 1em 40px 1em 0.75em; border-left-width: 3px; border-left-color: #010101; padding: 0px 15px; font-family: "Sentinel SSm A", "Sentinel SSm B", Georgia, serif; font-style: italic; color: #292929; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; background-color: #ffffff;'>
<p style='box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: "Mercury SSm A", "Mercury SSm B", Georgia, serif; margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; line-height: 1.5;' class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph0" lang="en" dir="ltr"><a style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #010101; font-weight: bold;" data-ref-index="5" href="https://twitter.com/MizzouBaseball">@MizzouBaseball</a> epic fail</p>
— Dan Pietroburgo (@DanPietroburgo) <a style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #010101; font-weight: bold;" data-ref-index="6" href="https://twitter.com/DanPietroburgo/status/748622813817278465">June 30, 2016</a>
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<p style='box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: "Mercury SSm A", "Mercury SSm B", Georgia, serif; margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; line-height: 1.5;' class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph2" lang="en" dir="ltr">Well, I hope Coach Tony Vitello gets a shot as Head Coach somewhere soon! I'll just leave it at that! MIZ!</p>
— Kelly Fick (@kfick21) <a style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #010101; font-weight: bold;" data-ref-index="7" href="https://twitter.com/kfick21/status/748628020554928128">June 30, 2016</a>
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<p style='box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: "Mercury SSm A", "Mercury SSm B", Georgia, serif; margin-top: 1em; line-height: 24px; color: #292929; font-size: 16px;' class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph3">Those are a couple of instant reaction tweets from former Mizzou Baseball players. Those "Wow" comments were not expressions of excitement. So, let's get the negative vibes taken care of right here at the top.</p>
<p style='box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: "Mercury SSm A", "Mercury SSm B", Georgia, serif; margin-top: 1em; line-height: 24px; color: #292929; font-size: 16px;' class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph4">Why are some people not excited about Mack Rhoades' choice to replace Tim Jamieson?</p>
<h5 style='box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 19px; margin-top: 0.75em; margin-bottom: 0.75em; line-height: 23px; font-family: "Sentinel SSm A", "Sentinel SSm B", Georgia, serif; color: #292929;'>He's not a Big Splash hire</h5>
<p style='box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: "Mercury SSm A", "Mercury SSm B", Georgia, serif; margin-top: 1em; line-height: 24px; color: #292929; font-size: 16px;' class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph5">The rumor mill over the past few weeks, which gained no assistance from any actual leaks of hard information from the MU Athletic Department, was circulating the names of top candidates supposedly in the mix. Just hours before the Bieser announcement, the name of former Arizona State coach Pat Murphy was tossed around on Twitter, which would have been a HUGE SPLASH hire, albeit a controversial one.</p>
<p style='box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: "Mercury SSm A", "Mercury SSm B", Georgia, serif; margin-top: 1em; line-height: 24px; color: #292929; font-size: 16px;' class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph6">The thing is, fans tend to start believing the rumors and the wish lists a bit too strongly, considering that Mack Rhoades and Tim Hickman have kept an extremely tight, business-like lid on actual, factual news about short lists or long shots. When it came down to it, we knew nothing about what was really going on with the process. Zip. Zero. Nada.</p>
<p style='box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: "Mercury SSm A", "Mercury SSm B", Georgia, serif; margin-top: 1em; line-height: 24px; color: #292929; font-size: 16px;' class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph7">Also, Rhoades may have discovered some resistance to the idea of coming to Mizzou. One of the national college baseball writers tweeted (since deleted) early on that given everything that's taken place at Mizzou over this past school years, why would any established coach want to go there? As loyal as I am to this university as a staff member and fan, I have to admit there's some truth to that.</p>
<h5 style='box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 19px; margin-top: 0.75em; margin-bottom: 0.75em; line-height: 23px; font-family: "Sentinel SSm A", "Sentinel SSm B", Georgia, serif; color: #292929;'>He's not Tony Vitello</h5>
<p style='box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: "Mercury SSm A", "Mercury SSm B", Georgia, serif; margin-top: 1em; line-height: 24px; color: #292929; font-size: 16px;' class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph8"><b style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;"></b>Many former players who played with and were coached by Tony V were understandably excited about the possibility of the #MizzouMade up-and-coming coach leading the Tigers for the next few decades. Many fans and followers had assumed for quite a while that Vitello was the presumptive heir to the throne.</p>
<p style='box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: "Mercury SSm A", "Mercury SSm B", Georgia, serif; margin-top: 1em; line-height: 24px; color: #292929; font-size: 16px;' class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph9">Since Tim Jamieson's dismissal, I've been sorting through the Twitter tea leaves and reading the national college baseball writers' hot takes. I even splurged on a 1-month paid subscription to <a style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #010101; font-weight: bold; background-color: #ffffff;" data-ref-index="8" target="_blank" href="http://www.d1baseball.com/">D1Baseball.com</a>. As the weeks passed and the possible big splash hires fell by the wayside, I became convinced this past week that the only real possibility left was Vitello, and I probably am to blame for some of my Twitter followers' shock at the actual conclusion of the matter.</p>
<p style='box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: "Mercury SSm A", "Mercury SSm B", Georgia, serif; margin-top: 1em; line-height: 24px; color: #292929; font-size: 16px;' class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph10">And maybe we should have been more skeptical from the get-go.</p>
<p style='box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: "Mercury SSm A", "Mercury SSm B", Georgia, serif; margin-top: 1em; line-height: 24px; color: #292929; font-size: 16px;' class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph11">In a <a style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #010101; font-weight: bold;" data-ref-index="9" target="_blank" href="https://go.redirectingat.com?id=66960X1516590&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fpowermizzou-com%2Fpowermizzou-podcast-episode-140&referrer=sbnation.com&sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rockmnation.com%2F2016%2F7%2F1%2F12072984%2Fsteve-bieser-mizzou-baseball-head-coach" rel="sponsored nofollow noopener">PowerMizzou.com podcast (5/26/16)</a>, Kendall Rogers of <a style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #010101; font-weight: bold;" data-ref-index="10" target="_blank" href="http://www.d1baseball.com/">D1Baseball.com</a> talked about what Mizzou should be looking for if Tim Jamieson is to be replaced:</p>
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<p style='box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: "Mercury SSm A", "Mercury SSm B", Georgia, serif; margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; line-height: 1.5;' class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph12">If you're going to do something like that, is Tony Vitello your hire? And as much as I like Tony, I just don't feel like at this point that you send Tim Jamieson packing to hire an assistant at Arkansas. I'm just not sure that's your end-game. So I'm of the belief that if I'm Missouri, if I truly feel like I need to make a change, you need to go out and make a splash hire.</p>
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<p style='box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: "Mercury SSm A", "Mercury SSm B", Georgia, serif; margin-top: 1em; line-height: 24px; color: #292929; font-size: 16px;' class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph13">Mack Rhoades didn't do either of those.</p>
<p style='box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: "Mercury SSm A", "Mercury SSm B", Georgia, serif; margin-top: 1em; line-height: 24px; color: #292929; font-size: 16px;' class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph14">Why didn't he choose Vitello?</p>
<p style='box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: "Mercury SSm A", "Mercury SSm B", Georgia, serif; margin-top: 1em; line-height: 24px; color: #292929; font-size: 16px;' class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph15">First of all, Rhoades doesn't know Vitello like his predecessor, Mike Alden does. If Alden were still the AD, Tony V's chances would likely have been much higher.</p>
<p style='box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: "Mercury SSm A", "Mercury SSm B", Georgia, serif; margin-top: 1em; line-height: 24px; color: #292929; font-size: 16px;' class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph16">Perhaps Rhoades was set on hiring someone who has actually been a head coach in college. Vitello has not. Maybe this will motivate Tony to seek a head coaching position somewhere in order to further develop his resume. I hear SEMO is looking for a new coach.</p>
<h4 style='box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 25px; margin-top: 0.75em; margin-bottom: 0.75em; line-height: 28px; font-family: "Sentinel SSm A", "Sentinel SSm B", Georgia, serif; color: #292929;'>Who is this Bieser guy?</h4>
<p style='box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: "Mercury SSm A", "Mercury SSm B", Georgia, serif; margin-top: 1em; line-height: 24px; color: #292929; font-size: 16px;' class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph17">Part of the reaction is simply due to Bieser being an unknown quantity to many people. Many don't even know how to pronounce his name (it's BEE-zuhr, according to the <a style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #010101; font-weight: bold;" data-ref-index="11" href="http://www.gosoutheast.com/" target="_blank">SEMO website</a>).</p>
<p style='box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: "Mercury SSm A", "Mercury SSm B", Georgia, serif; margin-top: 1em; line-height: 24px; color: #292929; font-size: 16px;' class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph18">Partly that's my fault. In all my profiles of possible candidates, I relegated Bieser to the list of <a style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #010101; font-weight: bold;" data-ref-index="12" href="http://www.rockmnation.com/2016/6/17/8599701/simmons-field-dark-horse-candidates" target="_blank">Dark Horse candidates, with only a brief profile</a>. So let's fix that. Here's the whole 9 innings for Steven Ray Bieser, Mizzou Baseball's new head coach.</p>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;"><span>Danville Dans (independent Prospect League), Manager (2009)</span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;"><span>St. John Vianney High School, Kirkwood, MO, Head Coach (2003-2010)</span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;"><span>Minor leagues (1999-2002)</span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;"><span>Piitsburgh Pirates, C/OF (1998)</span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;"><span>New York Mets, C/OF (1997)</span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;"><span>Drafted in 1989 by the Phillies</span></li>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;"><span>Played for St. Genevieve HS; Hometown: Perryville</span></li>
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<p style='box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: "Mercury SSm A", "Mercury SSm B", Georgia, serif; margin-top: 1em; line-height: 24px; color: #292929; font-size: 16px;' class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph23">His chief accomplishment at SEMO was turning around a moribund program. He won 35 or more games in each of his last three seasons at SEMO, a feat that had only been accomplished once by SEMO prior to Bieser's tenure. That turnaround is what led many to believe he would be a great choice to turn around the Mizzou program. Mack Rhoades apparently was one of those people.</p>
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<p style='box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: "Mercury SSm A", "Mercury SSm B", Georgia, serif; margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; line-height: 1.5;' class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph30">Fadde credits Bieser and his staff's open-mindedness since "their livelihood depends on how well these guys hit baseballs," but the choice to implement and develop pitch recognition training methods, which includes working with video and adding components to everyday practice drills, wasn't a difficult one for Bieser.</p>
<p style='box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: "Mercury SSm A", "Mercury SSm B", Georgia, serif; margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; line-height: 1.5;' class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph31">"I think at our level we're always looking for some type of advantage," Bieser said. "How do we close that gap between the big schools and our players? And this was just another avenue to provide our players a chance to get better, and whether or not the entire team adopted it and used it or whether it helped one or two players on our team, I thought that it would be beneficial."</p>
<p style='box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: "Mercury SSm A", "Mercury SSm B", Georgia, serif; margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; line-height: 1.5;' class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph32">The numbers show that it has been advantageous for Southeast. The Redhawks ranked in the 70s and 80s in all of Division I baseball in offensive categories during Bieser's interim season in 2013.</p>
<p style='box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: "Mercury SSm A", "Mercury SSm B", Georgia, serif; margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; line-height: 1.5;' class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph33">In the last two seasons since starting the pitch recognition program, Southeast has ranked in the top 20 nationally in multiple offensive categories. The Redhawks were ninth in batting average and runs scored in 2014 and 12th and tied for fifth in those same categories, respectively, last season. They were sixth in slugging percentage and on-base percentage in 2015.</p>
<p style='box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: "Mercury SSm A", "Mercury SSm B", Georgia, serif; margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; line-height: 1.5;' class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph34">No other team in Division I baseball has scored as many runs as the Redhawks during the 2014 and 2015 seasons combined.</p>
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<p style='box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: "Mercury SSm A", "Mercury SSm B", Georgia, serif; margin-top: 1em; line-height: 24px; color: #292929; font-size: 16px;' class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph35">From Mack Rhoades' statement at the hiring announcement:</p>
<blockquote style='box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 1em 40px 1em 0.75em; border-left-width: 3px; border-left-color: #010101; padding: 0px 15px; font-family: "Sentinel SSm A", "Sentinel SSm B", Georgia, serif; font-style: italic; color: #292929; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; background-color: #ffffff;'>He will be a tremendous role model for our student-athletes and has demonstrated a unique ability to develop his players athletically, academically and socially beyond what they believed they could achieve. "He boasts remarkable intellectual horsepower and has a very cerebral approach to the game of baseball. He is a relationship-builder and will be a great fit for Mizzou."</blockquote>
<h3 style='box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 32px; margin-top: 0.75em; margin-bottom: 0.75em; line-height: 36px; font-family: "Sentinel SSm A", "Sentinel SSm B", Georgia, serif; color: #292929;'>Can he Recruit?</h3>
<p style='box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: "Mercury SSm A", "Mercury SSm B", Georgia, serif; margin-top: 1em; line-height: 24px; color: #292929; font-size: 16px;' class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph36">Bieser has lots of connections among Missouri and Midwest prep coaches, going back to his years as a prep coach himself at Vianney. His professional baseball experience will appeal to many recruits, most of whom dream of being a professional ballplayer. In his time at SEMO he has drawn in some great players who helped him turnaround the Redhawk program.</p>
<h3 style='box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 32px; margin-top: 0.75em; margin-bottom: 0.75em; line-height: 36px; font-family: "Sentinel SSm A", "Sentinel SSm B", Georgia, serif; color: #292929;'>Has he been to Omaha?</h3>
<p style='box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: "Mercury SSm A", "Mercury SSm B", Georgia, serif; margin-top: 1em; line-height: 24px; color: #292929; font-size: 16px;' class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph37">This is the biggest negative about Bieser. Not only hasn't he been to Omaha, he's only made it to an NCAA Regional once, where his team went 0-2.</p>
<h3 style='box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 32px; margin-top: 0.75em; margin-bottom: 0.75em; line-height: 36px; font-family: "Sentinel SSm A", "Sentinel SSm B", Georgia, serif; color: #292929;'>Is he the coach to take Mizzou to a higher level in the SEC?</h3>
<p style='box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: "Mercury SSm A", "Mercury SSm B", Georgia, serif; margin-top: 1em; line-height: 24px; color: #292929; font-size: 16px;' class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph38">Who knows? He has certainly turned around the SEMO program from a perennial OVC bottom dweller to perennial champion. He certainly seems to be a good person and a knowledgeable and experienced baseball man.</p>
<p style='box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: "Mercury SSm A", "Mercury SSm B", Georgia, serif; margin-top: 1em; line-height: 24px; color: #292929; font-size: 16px;' class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph39">What we don't know is whether he has what it takes to turn Mizzou into a perennial competitor in the SEC, which is a whole different ballgame than the lowly OVC.</p>
<p style='box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: "Mercury SSm A", "Mercury SSm B", Georgia, serif; margin-top: 1em; line-height: 24px; color: #292929; font-size: 16px;' class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph40">To me, Bieser seem like a Frank Haith type of hire (only without the baggage). Like Haith, he's unproven in ways that shout out SEC-caliber coach. Like Haith, he has qualities that grabbed the attention of the Mizzou AD, who is staking his own reputation on what many will consider a long shot.</p>
<p style='box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: "Mercury SSm A", "Mercury SSm B", Georgia, serif; margin-top: 1em; line-height: 24px; color: #292929; font-size: 16px;' class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph41">Hopefully, Bieser justifies Rhoades' faith in him, more than Haith did for Alden. And hopefully he does replicate his program building success on the big stage of the SEC.</p>
<p style='box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: "Mercury SSm A", "Mercury SSm B", Georgia, serif; margin-top: 1em; line-height: 24px; color: #292929; font-size: 16px;' class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph42">If he does succeed, he's the type of guy who is quite likely to stick with Missouri for decades, which has always been an important quality from my perspective. You hire a Big Splash kind of guy and he's likely to make his splash at MU and then move on to a bigger pond. Bieser is a Missouri guy, through and through, even though he doesn't have Mizzou roots.</p>
<p style='box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: "Mercury SSm A", "Mercury SSm B", Georgia, serif; margin-top: 1em; line-height: 24px; color: #292929; font-size: 16px;' class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph43">We should all be rooting for him to surprise his critics and overcome the built-in disadvantages Mizzou has.</p>
<p style='box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: "Mercury SSm A", "Mercury SSm B", Georgia, serif; margin-top: 1em; line-height: 24px; color: #292929; font-size: 16px;' class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph44">Which, really, is what it all comes down to. Even the most high profile of coach would still have to overcome Mizou's geographical, weather, financial, and infrastructure disadvantages. The ball is really in Mack Rhoades' court on that. Does this hire show Rhoades' lack of intention to spend big to win big in SEC Baseball? Or will he provide Bieser with what he needs to succeed? Time will tell.</p>
<h3 style='box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 32px; margin-top: 0.75em; margin-bottom: 0.75em; line-height: 36px; font-family: "Sentinel SSm A", "Sentinel SSm B", Georgia, serif; color: #292929;'>Notes & Links</h3>
<p style='box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: "Mercury SSm A", "Mercury SSm B", Georgia, serif; margin-top: 1em; line-height: 24px; color: #292929; font-size: 16px;' class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph45"><a style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #010101; font-weight: bold;" data-ref-index="17" href="http://www.semissourian.com/story/2197111.html" target="new">SEMissourian.com: Methodical Steve Bieser leads Southeast Missouri State baseball team to historic success</a></p>
<blockquote style='box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 1em 40px 1em 0.75em; border-left-width: 3px; border-left-color: #010101; padding: 0px 15px; font-family: "Sentinel SSm A", "Sentinel SSm B", Georgia, serif; font-style: italic; color: #292929; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; background-color: #ffffff;'>
<p style='box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: "Mercury SSm A", "Mercury SSm B", Georgia, serif; margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; line-height: 1.5;' class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph46">There are four distinct priorities that Steve Bieser tries to live his life by that have nothing to do with baseball and yet everything to do with baseball.</p>
<p style='box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: "Mercury SSm A", "Mercury SSm B", Georgia, serif; margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; line-height: 1.5;' class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph47">The 47-year-old leader of the Southeast baseball team immerses himself in family, faith, education and service -- and in that order.</p>
<p style='box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: "Mercury SSm A", "Mercury SSm B", Georgia, serif; margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; line-height: 1.5;' class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph48">The belief that these are the keys to living a fulfilled life spill over into his team.</p>
<p style='box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: "Mercury SSm A", "Mercury SSm B", Georgia, serif; margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; line-height: 1.5;' class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph49">This way of life has garnered him the respect of his assistant coaches, his players and his family and it's what moves the routine-driven coach each day to be the best man he can be in all areas of his life, and a big part of his life is baseball.<br style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">...</p>
<p style='box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: "Mercury SSm A", "Mercury SSm B", Georgia, serif; margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; line-height: 1.5;' class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph50">There's consistency in his in-game presence -- both assistant coach Lance Rhodes and Cole Bieser said in separate interviews that "whether we're up 10, down 10 or it's a one-run game" his "quiet confidence" and steady demeanor can be expected -- as well as the team's daily routine. Bieser said the players could run practice on their own because they know what their workout always is each day of the week.</p>
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<p style='box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: "Mercury SSm A", "Mercury SSm B", Georgia, serif; margin-top: 1em; line-height: 24px; color: #292929; font-size: 16px;' class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph51"><a style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #010101; font-weight: bold; background-color: #ffffff;" data-ref-index="18" href="http://www.semissourian.com/story/2255259.html" target="new">SEMissourian.com: Southeast coach Bieser has history with Matheny</a></p>
<blockquote style='box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 1em 40px 1em 0.75em; border-left-width: 3px; border-left-color: #010101; padding: 0px 15px; font-family: "Sentinel SSm A", "Sentinel SSm B", Georgia, serif; font-style: italic; color: #292929; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; background-color: #ffffff;'>The two former backstops and current managers have kept in touch in the time since that spring training, but they don't talk about that spring much. Each is too concerned about his own teams to spend time discussing the short time they shared one.<br style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">Now, they talk about the present -- philosophies, coaching ideas and how to help their teams and players better.<br style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">When the time is right, Bieser tells Matheny about how his Redhawks would be a great fit for the next Matheny generation. And each time they shake hands, they add to their shared history.</blockquote>
<p style='box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: "Mercury SSm A", "Mercury SSm B", Georgia, serif; margin-top: 1em; line-height: 24px; color: #292929; font-size: 16px;' class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph52">Also check out <a style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #010101; font-weight: bold;" data-ref-index="19" href="http://www.semissourian.com/story/2318357.html" target="new">SEMissourian.com: Former Redhawks not surprised Southeast Missouri State baseball coach Bieser moved up a step to Missouri</a>.</p>
<p style='box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: "Mercury SSm A", "Mercury SSm B", Georgia, serif; margin-top: 1em; line-height: 24px; color: #292929; font-size: 16px;' class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph53">In this interview prior to SEMO's appearance in the 2016 Starkville Regional, Biesr talks about competing against the SEC, offensive preparation, and more. <br style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;"></p>
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https://www.rockmnation.com/2016/7/1/12072984/steve-bieser-mizzou-baseball-head-coachtrripleplay2016-07-01T04:58:02-05:002016-07-01T04:58:02-05:00Steve Bieser "dreams pretty big"
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<p>Welcome, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.abc17news.com/sports/bieser-named-new-head-coach-of-mizzou-baseball/40300528">Coach Bieser</a>.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.stltoday.com/sports/college/mizzou/mizzou-hands-baseball-program-to-semo-s-bieser/article_dfe19a1f-cfad-5b1a-b533-f9b2bc51300d.html" target="_blank">Post-Dispatch: Mizzou hands baseball program to SEMO's Bieser</a></p>
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<p>The day before he officially became Southeast Missouri State’s athletics director in 2012, Mark Alnutt was stuck in St. Louis without a car and needed a ride to Cape Girardeau.</p>
<p>SEMO baseball assistant coach Steve Bieser happened to be in the area on a recruiting trip. He happily picked up his new boss for the 90-mile drive down Highway 55. They talked the whole drive.</p>
<p>"From that moment I knew this guy is good. Very good," Alnutt said.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.columbiamissourian.com/sports/missouri-baseball-to-announce-steve-bieser-as-new-head-coach/article_172264ea-3f28-11e6-aae2-7790f9f84013.html" target="_blank">The Missourian: Missouri Baseball to announce Steve Bieser as new head coach</a></p>
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<p>Prior to taking over head coaching duties at SEMO in 2013, Bieser spent the 2011-2012 seasons as the Redhawks' pitching coach, and his knack for developing talented arms carried over into his head coaching tenure.</p>
<p>The most notable SEMO product under Bieser was LHP Joey Lucchesi, who led the NCAA in strikeouts in 2016 and was the only pitcher OVC history to be awarded Pitcher of the Year in back-to-back seasons. Lucchesi was taken in the fourth round of the 2016 Major League Baseball Draft by the San Diego Padres.</p>
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<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.semissourian.com/story/2318357.html">SE Missourian: Former Redhawks not surprised Bieser moved up a step to Missouri</a></p>
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<p>Former Redhawks pitcher Alex Winkelman thought that his credentials -- taking Southeast from a middle-of-the-pack OVC team to a perennial OVC championship contender -- and his Missouri roots made him an obvious choice.</p>
<p>Winkelman, now in the Houston Astros' minor league system, said Bieser runs his programs in a professional manner.</p>
<p>"He just handles himself so well and it's a business for him, and he treats you as his peer more than just completely as your superior," Winkelman said. "I think he's a serious man and he's just going to do whatever it takes to win, and I think that's awesome. He is someone who dreams pretty big, and when you talk to him and you're around him, you can see that he's looking big picture, looking for that next step. He's not going to settle. I think that's an infectious thing, which is what makes him a great coach. You hear how big his dreams are and then you want to emulate that or model yourself around that as well."</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.secsports.com/article/16654878/mizzou-tabs-steve-bieser-head-baseball-coach" target="_blank">SEC Sports: Mizzou tabs Steve Bieser as head baseball coach</a></p>
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<p>Aside from success on the field, academic success was a hallmark of Bieser's program at SEMO. He mentored three Academic All-Americans, 10 Academic All-District picks, one OVC Scholar-Athlete, six OVC Medal of Honor recipients and 48 OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll selections. SEMO had at least a 3.0 cumulative grade-point-average in all four years under Bieser, grabbing one OVC Team Academic Award along the way.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.kansascity.com/sports/college/sec/university-of-missouri/article86979897.html" target="_blank">KC Star: Mizzou hires Southeast Missouri’s Steve Bieser as new baseball coach</a></p>
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<p><a target="_blank" href="https://n.rivals.com/news/hayes-eyeing-big-sr-year">Rivals.com: Marquis Hayes eyeing big SR year</a></p>
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<img src="https://cdn2.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/5924823/IMOz6Gc.0.png"> It's July 1, and Michael Porter hasn't eliminated Missouri yet!</h5>
<p><a target="_blank" href="https://basketballrecruiting.n.rivals.com/news/michael-porter-jr-talks-recent-washington-visit-and-more">Rivals.com: Michael Porter Jr. talks recent Washington visit and more</a></p>
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<img src="https://cdn3.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3376996/6u3PzSW.0.png" alt="Mizzou Tigers pennant" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"> More Olympic trials on the way</h3>
<p><a href="http://mutigers.com/news/2016/6/30/track-field-miz-trackfield-well-represented-at-us-olympic-trials.aspx" target="_blank">MUtigers.com: @MIZ_TrackField Well Represented at U.S. Olympic Trials</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.columbiatribune.com/sports/mu/former-mu-throwers-peoples-rushin-will-chase-olympic-dreams-at/article_0bd7bbc2-4edc-5a72-af4b-476a394a43d4.html" target="_blank">The Trib: Former MU throwers Peoples, Rushin will chase Olympic dreams at Trials</a></p>
https://www.rockmnation.com/2016/7/1/12077556/steve-bieser-missouri-baseball-coach-semoBill Connelly2016-06-30T16:32:58-05:002016-06-30T16:32:58-05:00Mizzou hires Steve Bieser
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<p style='box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: "Mercury SSm A", "Mercury SSm B", Georgia, serif; margin: 1em 0px; line-height: 24px; color: #292929; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;' class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph4">The Missouri baseball coaching search was just long enough to see two or three different front-runners, but in the end, one of the first people linked with the job, took it. This afternoon, <a style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #010101; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;" data-ref-index="15" target="_blank" href="http://mutigers.com/news/2016/6/30/mizzou-tabs-steve-bieser-as-14th-baseball-head-coach.aspx">Missouri announced that SEMO's Steve Bieser, the only coach to win three consecutive Ohio Valley Conference titles, will be the program's 14th head coach</a>.</p>
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<p style='box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: "Mercury SSm A", "Mercury SSm B", Georgia, serif; margin: 1em 0px; line-height: 1.5;' class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph5">A two-time OVC Coach of the Year, Bieser won 35 or more games in each of his last three seasons at SEMO, a feat that had been accomplished just once before he took over the program in 2013. Bieser turned in a .587 winning percentage in his time at SEMO, the best among any coach in program history.</p>
<p style='box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: "Mercury SSm A", "Mercury SSm B", Georgia, serif; margin: 1em 0px; line-height: 1.5;' class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph6">Bieser turned in a banner year in 2016, as he earned his 100th career victory and opened OVC play with a perfect 12-0 record, the best start in program history. The season culminated in a regular season OVC Championship, an OVC Tournament title and the school's first NCAA Regional since 2002, qualifying for the Starkville Regional at SEC Champion Mississippi State.</p>
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<p style='box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: "Mercury SSm A", "Mercury SSm B", Georgia, serif; margin-top: 1em; line-height: 24px; color: #292929; font-size: 16px;' class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph8">After going 26-33 in his first season, Bieser's Redhawks ripped off an impressive run. And now the Ste. Genevieve native and former New York Mets and Pittsburgh Pirates catcher will get a shot at building a program in the SEC.</p>
https://www.rockmnation.com/2016/6/30/12072852/missouri-baseball-steve-bieser-head-coachBill Connelly2016-06-28T10:15:44-05:002016-06-28T10:15:44-05:00Vitello, Walton the leading Mizzou Baseball candidates<h3 class="link-title"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/Dave_Matter/status/747806511401836544">Vitello, Walton the leading Mizzou Baseball&nbsp;candidates</a></h3>
<div class="description"><p><p>Dave Matter's sources are confirming what has been rumored elsewhere: that former Mizzou assistant Tony Vitello and current Oklahoma State assistant Rob Walton are leading the pack of candidates for the vacant Missouri Baseball head coaching position.</p></p></div>
https://www.rockmnation.com/2016/6/28/12051630/vitello-walton-the-leading-mizzou-baseball-candidatesBill Connelly2016-06-21T08:00:03-05:002016-06-21T08:00:03-05:00The Tim Jamieson Era All-Stars
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<p>Beyond just the BEST, which player at each position was the most memorable?</p> <p>If you haven't seen it yet, you should check out Dave Matter's <a href="http://www.stltoday.com/sports/college/mizzou/top-baseball-players-during-tim-jamieson-s-coaching-career-at/collection_c485deb7-7c19-5a61-878e-0c3a7def2240.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter" target="_blank">Kinsler to Crow to Scherzer: Top 10 Mizzou baseball players under Jamieson</a> at <a href="http://www.stltoday.com/sports/college/mizzou/top-baseball-players-during-tim-jamieson-s-coaching-career-at/collection_c485deb7-7c19-5a61-878e-0c3a7def2240.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter" target="_blank">StLtoday.com</a>. Most of the top 10 are pretty much no-brainers, so there's not much in his list to argue with. Although I did.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/trripleplay">@trripleplay</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/stltoday">@stltoday</a> Right but list was subjective, mixed on college & pro results.</p>
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<p>To compile my own list I've followed a different set of criteria:</p>
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<li><span>Rather than a top-10, this is a position-by-position all-star team.</span></li>
<li>It is <i>very much</i> a subjective list, focusing on the players I personally found the most exciting to watch during Jamieson's tenure.</li>
<li><span>I've tried to focus on the players' performance while with Mizzou, not on how well they have performed in professional baseball.</span></li>
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<h3>1B: #44 Aaron Jaworowski ('95-'97)</h3>
<p>Many good players have manned first base for the Tigers, including Cody Ehlers, Aaron Senne, and Zach Lavy, but <b>Aaron Jaworowski</b> gets the nod. Known as "Jaws", he had the sweetest swing of any player I've seen at Simmons Field. At times he could be an all-or-nothing slugger, but man, what a slugger he was. He didn't need the infamous hilltop winds to push his shots over the walls, but many a wind-aided blast went beyond the wall and out of sight. He had a brief career in the Minnesota Twins minor leagues and then with the River City Rascals. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/rawlingstigers" target="_blank">Jaws has continued to be involved in youth baseball</a> and softball training in the St. Louis area with<a href="http://www.bnssports.us/franchise.php" target="_blank"> Balls N Strikes</a> and the <a href="https://www.rawlingstigers.com/" target="_blank">Rawlings Tigers Baseball Club</a>.</p>
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<h3>2B: #13 Torre Tyson ('95-'98)</h3>
<p>Among the many great Tiger second basemen, two stand out in my memory.</p>
<p>Brock Bond was a great player to watch, a bulldog and scrambler who went on to be one of the <a href="http://www.csnbayarea.com/blog/andrew-baggarly/unmistakably-incredible-tale-brock-bond" target="_blank">best Triple-A players</a> to be repeatedly ignored by his major league front office. He'll always be remembered by Mizzou fans for a collision at third base against the son of a Jayhawk head coach that <a href="http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2006/may/28/jayhawks_fight_way_finale/" target="_blank">turned into an epic donnybrook</a>.</p>
<p><b>Torre Tyson</b> gets the nod, though, as the most exciting second baseman I've seen at Mizzou. He was also a bulldog and scrambler, one who ran the basepaths with a crazed passion. He holds the Mizzou career record of 79 stolen bases. Superfan Larry Wyatt always called him "Lucky 13", for his jersey number. <br><br>Tyson has been active in baseball since leaving Mizzou, as a minor league coach and scout for the Boras Company. See more about Tyson in <a href="http://www.rockmnation.com/2016/6/14/8587077/simmons-field-hot-list-torre-tyson-career-minor-league-coach-5" target="_blank">my profile of him</a> as a candidate to replace Tim Jamieson.</p>
<h3>SS: #25 Ryan Stegall ('99-'01)</h3>
<p>Everyone knows about MLB All-Star Ian Kinsler, but as a Tiger he was good but not outstanding. He's one of those rare players who seems to get better as high rises to higher levels of competition. He showed things in the minor leagues beyond what he had done in college, and he has continued to improve during his career in the major leagues.</p>
<p>Tim Jamieson has had many good shortstops. from Kinsler to Gary Arndt to Ryan Howard, but <b>Ryan Stegall</b> stands out among them. He achieved a rarity among Jamieson's players, being successful as both a position player and pitcher. He was the Tigers' closer and shortstop through much of his career. He's still in the Mizzou top 10 for doubles, home runs, extra base hits, and saves in a single season, as well as career home runs, extra base hits, total bases, doubles, slugging %, and saves. His workmanlike approach to his craft made him a strong team leader and has continued to drive him in his career as the <a style="background-color: #ffffff;" href="http://www.libertytribune.com/sports/community_sports/article_8f26a0ea-c7de-5886-bba6-913739478bab.html" target="_blank">head baseball coach at Liberty, MO</a>.</p>
<h3>3B: #7 Kyle Mach ('07-'09)</h3>
<p>Quite frankly, third base at Simmons Field during Jamieson's tenure has been mostly populated by good hitters who were only adequate fielders. I recall one third baseman who became so known for his fumbles at third that one opposing coach instructed his players to bunt toward third, one batter after another, one error after another, <a href="http://www.ucmathletics.com/custompages/Stats/Baseball/BB00/00bb22.htm" target="_blank">piling up 5 runs by the end of the first inning</a>. Most Mizzou third basemen were not that bad, but I longed to see someone at the hot corner with a golden glove.</p>
<p>Then along came <b>Kyle Mach</b>. If I remember rightly, he began his Tiger career as a middle infielder, but was moved to third because Tim Jamieson needed someone - anyone - to play there. After a brief time of settling in, Kyle became a great fielder at the position. In fact, as I said in <a href="http://www.rockmnation.com/2009/2/20/764064/it-s-time-for-a-2009-mizzo" target="_blank">February of 2009</a>,</p>
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<p>It must have been a genetic thing, because Kyle's younger brother, Conner, came along next and continued the Mach tradition of good fielding at third.</p>
<h3>C: #5 Jon Williams ('98-'01)</h3>
<p>I almost had to draw straws to determine my favorite catcher of the Jamieson era. Catcher has always been my favorite position in baseball because they have to be good at so many things. The catcher handles the pitchers, defends home plate, and is expected to keep opposing baserunners from stealing with abandon. He's also expected to be a field general, barking out warnings and directing defense. He has to deal with wild pitches, bunts, and pop flies, he works hard to build a good relationship with the umpire, and he does all of this while squatting for nine innings. All of those characteristics mean the catcher is often an entertaining player to watch. Catchers develop an attitude, one that begins back in the first years of little league. They can be as gruff as a drill sergeant and as volatile and bombastic as a masked <i>lucha libre</i> wrestler.</p>
<p>Nearly every Tiger catcher I've watched has been entertaining. Brad Flanders, Ryan Pickett, Trevor Coleman, big Ben Turner, J.C. Field, Brent Lacy, Dan Pietroburgo, Ryan Ampleman, Brett Nicholas, Nick Schwieder, and Tom Buchman.</p>
<p>If I were putting together the best offensive lineup, I'd probably go with Trevor Coleman or Brett Nicholas.</p>
<p>My personal favorite, though, was <b>Jonny Williams</b>, who had infectious joy for playing the game of baseball. Possessor of a prototypical catcher's spark-plug body, Jonny threw himself into every pitch, every play, and every at-bat with an evident love for the game. He was a student of the game, as many catchers are. His love for the game has continued as he's made his career in baseball. The last I heard he's a scout in the Kansas City Royals organization.</p>
<h3>OF: #4 Jayce Tingler ('00-'03), #51 Jacob Priday ('05-'08), #6 Ryan Fry ('95-'98)</h3>
<p>The list of great outfielders from the Jamieson era would be quite long. I loved to watch Matt Nivens, Ryan Lollis, and Evan Frey patrol center field. I have vivid memories of great plays by all three of them. James Boone, Hunter Mense, Lee Laskowski, Zane Taylor, and Jonah Schmidt all stepped into the batter's box every time with the potential of changing the game. And then there's J.R. Warner, Trey Harris, and W.T. Hoover, whose energy and enthusiasm always brought a smile to my face.</p>
<p>But the top three, all of whom are also in Dave Matter's Top 10 list, are Tingler, Priday, and Fry.</p>
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<p><b>Jayce Tingler</b> gets the nod as my favorite Tiger. I've <a href="http://www.rockmnation.com/mizzou-in-the-pros/2014/11/3/7143653/jayce-tingler-promoted-to-the-texas-rangers-coaching-staff" target="_blank">detailed my memories of Tingler's career earlier at RockMNation</a>, when he became a coach with the major league Texas Rangers.</p>
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<p>One play, repeated over and over again, defined Jayce Tingler's career as a Tiger.</p>
<p>They knew he was going to do it. They even knew he was probably going to do it on the next pitch. Everyone in the park knew it. They all knew it because he'd done it against team after team, with increasing frequency, throughout his career.</p>
<p>Jayce Tingler had both the daring and the honed skill to successfully lay down a bunt in the most non-traditional circumstances: not as a sacrifice to advance a runner, but as a method of getting a hit.</p>
<p>The pitched baseball approaches. He steps toward the ball and starts his dash for first base at the same time. He directs the ball to just the right spot, always in the same few square feet in the no-man's land equally distant from the catcher, the pitcher and the first baseman. The catcher hustles out for it. The pitcher twirls and tries to pounce on it. The first baseman doesn't know whether to go for the ball or protect the base. It doesn't matter. By the time someone - anyone - comes up with the ball and throws toward first, Jayce is already crossing first base. If it's close, he's crossing first in a head-first slide in a cloud of dust.</p>
<p>The home crowd goes wild. The fielders stand there shaking their heads, looking stupid. And the next Tiger hitter approaches the plate with joy, knowing Jayce is on base ahead of him, and that the pitcher will be distracted by having an aggressive and canny base runner taking an absurdly long lead off first.</p>
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<p><b>Jake Priday</b> was a one man wrecking crew at the plate. Pitchers would do everything they could to not face him with runners already on the basepaths. He was one of the two most dominant hitters I've seen on Simmons Field. And he was the star of the most memorable Mizzou game I attended, on April 11, 2008, a night ranked <a href="http://www.rockmnation.com/2013/7/24/4482536/missouri-greatest-jacob-priday-texas-2008" target="_blank">#35 on RockMNation's Mizzou's Greatest </a>series.</p>
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<p>By the time the longjohned Longhorns had finished their second inning at bat, the Tiger 9 were down 8-0. I saw a small number of faithless fans head for the exits at that point. Boy, were they going to be sorry.</p>
<p>MU answered back with three runs in the bottom of the 2nd, Texas added a 9th run in the 3rd, and then the slumping Mizzou offense woke up like an angry man whose home has been invaded. Missouri scored 10 runs in the bottom of the 3rd, followed by multiple runs in nearly every inning as the game went along, piling up to a final tally of 31 runs, against the Longhorns' total of 12.</p>
<p>The crowd was absolutely rocking Taylor Stadium as the runs piled up. There's a great photo gallery from that game at the mutigers.com write-up. You might even see me in one of those photos.</p>
<p>RF Jacob Priday led the attack with his own record-breaking performance. Priday was 5-for-5 on the night. He set single-game school records with 4 home runs, 9 RBI and 6 runs scored. The four home runs is the most ever in the Big 12 Conference and is tied for third most in NCAA history. With the four homers, Priday moved within one of the Missouri school record with 44 for his career. The nine RBI give him 218, which was four shy of the Mizzou career mark.</p>
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<p><b>Ryan Fry </b>is the other most dominant hitter to play for Tim Jamieson<b>.</b> Recruited as a pitcher, an injury relegated him to being a position player before his Mizzou career even got off the ground. He played third base and an occasional first, but he was mostly known as an outfielder. Actually, he was mostly known as a hitter.</p>
<p>In 1998, Fry set seven offensive records, including career marks for hits, runs, RBI, extra-base hits and at-bats. His 27 homers during his senior year were good enough for the single-season record. After the 1998 season, Fry was named to the 1st team All Big 12, Dallas Morning News Big 12 Player of the Year, Big 12 All-Academic team, ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division I 3rd team, Collegiate Baseball-Louisville Slugger 3rd team All-America, NCBWA All-American 2nd Team and the 3rd team GTE All-Academic Team. Ryan Fry is one of the best pure hitters to ever wear a Missouri jersey.</p>
<h3>RHP Starter: #31 Max Scherzer, (04-'06)</h3>
<p>Everyone has heard the tales of Pitcher U. The ability to churn out future major league pitchers will likely be Tim Jamieson's lasting legacy. I won't at all be surprised if his next gig is as a pitching coach with some other tier-1 program.</p>
<p>Max Scherzer, Aaron Crow, and <span>Kyle Gibson</span> stand out above the rest, not only for what they've accomplished since leaving Mizzou, but for the things they did while wearing the black and gold.</p>
<p>Each of them holds a special place in the heart of any follower of Mizzou Baseball during the Jamieson years. Aaron Crow's performance as a freshman in that NCAA Regional and his scoreless innings streak. Gibson showing up as a freshman looking like a pitcher assembled out of toothpicks and growing both physically and mentally into a dominant pitcher.</p>
<p>Bu<b>t Max Scherzer</b> deserves the nod as the best, not only because he's gone on to be a Cy Young winner, but because of his success and his personality as a Mizzou starter.</p>
<p>In his freshman year, Max didn't pitch a lot. He was wild, all arms and legs and no idea where the ball was headed, as the scouts described him. But then he came back for his sophomore and junior campaigns to be one of the top pitchers in <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/college-baseball">college baseball</a>. His devotion to analyzing his mechanics and his intensity on the mound were evident even then.</p>
<p>I'll always remember the Friday night when he completely dominated Texas Tech, but had to be taken out early and forced to share his no-hitter with a reliever. I'll also remember that off the field he was the biggest goofball I'd ever seen, a personality still evident in Max the MLB superstar.</p>
<h3>LHP Starter: #24 Nathan Culp, (04-'06)</h3>
<p>Nathan Culp, Rick Zagone, and Rob Zastryzny stand out among the many lefties who pitched for Tim Jamieson.</p>
<p>Anyone who ever saw Zagone pitch will never forget that high kick that made him look as much like a Rockette as a pitcher. He was the other freshman who delivered that NCAA Regional double header sweep.</p>
<p>Zastryzny was also a joy to watch pitch. Like Max Scherzer, he had a personality that could intimidate batters and then keep his teammates laughing.</p>
<p>I have to give the nod, though, to <b>Nathan Culp</b>. Laboring in the media shadow of Max Scherzer for much of his career, Culp held his own as part of the Tigers' 1-2 punch. It often seemed that whenever Scherzer was slumping, Culp would be dominant, and vice versa. Culp's intensity matched that of Scherzer, but his came across like hot ice. Tanner Houck's demeanor on the mound often reminds me of Culp.</p>
<h3>Closer: #35 Mark Alexander ('01-'04)</h3>
<p>It seems to take an off-kilter personality to make a good reliever, and Mizzou has had their share of characters in the bullpen. Mitch Kiler's redneck glare, Jay Bell's mischief, Breckin Williams' full-bore dash to the mound. <b>Mark Alexander</b> stands out them all.</p>
<p>Tim Jamieson had a habit of finding pitchers who were near wash-outs because of injury or ineffectiveness and turning them into effective closers. Alexander saw only intermittent action during his first two years as a Tiger, languishing in the bullpen. He came back to become a dominant closer and workhorse (setting a new Tiger record with 35 appearances). What makes him memorable, though, was his demeanor on the mound. Wearing a flat-billed cap that began pointed somewhat off kilter and becoming more and more slanted as each game went on, Alexander's intensity fired up his teammates and the crowds.</p>
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<p>"Everybody in the dugout just kind of rallies behind him when he’s in the game, and we all turn our hats to the side," Broshuis said. "That’s just one of the things he does. He does a lot of odd things to fire the team up, too."</p>
<p>He stomps, screams gibberish and whacks the bench with whatever object is handy. Alexander enters home games to bagpipe music befitting "The Barbarian."</p>
<p>"I didn’t want to ruin bats, so we just found poles or whatever was sitting in the dugout," Alexander said. "Tyler Williams gave me a table leg last week that I ended up carrying around, and I bang that around the dugout and the bench. Anything I can do to make noise and get in the guys’ heads, ‘Hey, we’re behind you.’ That’s what I’m trying to do over there."</p>
<p>Alexander knows by heart the William Wallace speech from his favorite movie, "Braveheart." Alexander admitted that he will do the speech just for fun, but most often, somebody requests it.</p>
<p>"I had to do it a couple weeks ago," Alexander said. "I was visiting my grandma and grandpa up in Kansas City. My grandma’s in the hospital, and my dad is like, ‘Why don’t you bust out the quote.’ So I was sitting there in the hospital, my grandma’s in a wheelchair, and I have to do the whole quote. People are walking by." (Columbia Daily Tribune, June 2. 2004)</p>
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<p>These Dark Horse Mizzou Baseball Coach candidates are so dark, they gotta wear shades</p> <p id="LMGN4l">We’ve been taking a look and who the likely, the possible, and the wouldn’t-it-be-nice candidates to replace Tim Jamieson at the helm of Mizzou Baseball. Truth is, I have no idea what Mack Rhoades is thinking as he conducts his search. I’m just hoping someone prints out all my suggestions and puts them on top of the Etch-a-Sketch on his desk so he has some good choices from which to pick.</p>
<p id="6LfcWo">Just to make sure he considers all the possible options, here’s a few more possible candidates, the ones who almost certainly will not get the job. But these are the ones who would certainly keep all the sportswriters and webloggers occupied if it really did happen.</p>
<h4 id="5GMQwN">Ehren Earleywine</h4>
<p id="yasv9a">I mentioned the other day that Mizzou has never (as in Not Ever) hired a head baseball coach who was not already an employee of MU. Hiring Ehren Earlywine for the job would keep that streak alive.</p>
<p id="qGa4Eu">A number of people have suggested that #TremendousStubble wouldn't be in so much #TremendousTrouble if he was yelling at the guys on the baseball team. Not to suggest there’s any sort of double standard, but it does make you wonder.</p>
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<p id="HEfah3">Rhoades: Who am I going to get to coach the Mizzou Baseball team?</p>
<p>Earleywine: I got this.</p>
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<p id="YBt6AS">Not gonna happen.</p>
<h4 id="ffzZfM">Mack Rhoades</h4>
<p id="v0NzRq">Word is, Mack Rhoades was once a baseball player himself. Maybe we could fulfill the expressed desire of quite a few Mizzou fans and do another lateral move to handle a tricky Human Resources situation. At least if Rhoades became head coach of baseball he would have an office at Taylor Stadium and wouldn't have to share a crowded office with MU’s previous laterally shuffled administrators.</p>
<h4 id="G3SFE6">Max Scherzer</h4>
<p id="emq7IY">On the plus side: Max would have those pitching recruits flocking to Missouri, just so they could take a ride with him in his Tesla.</p>
<p id="rL6fo1">On the down side: It would be a bit of a cut in pay for Max, since his current salary is significantly above the SEC average.</p>
<h4 id="kz0NCw">Aron Salzberg</h4>
<p id="u99ymR">In the major leagues the head coach is called the manager. So it only makes sense that a college baseball manager should be qualified to be the head coach.</p>
<p id="A5sKGi">Salzy has a few years of experience moving baseball equipment around, taking drinks to umpires, and washing Tanner Houck’s jock straps. What more could you want from a head coach?</p>
<p id="b4U72R">He would also be great with the media, having plenty of experience doing post game interviews.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">An emotional post win interview for <a href="https://twitter.com/asalzberg3">@asalzberg3</a> as we discuss our Seniors. <br><br>Watch: <a href="https://t.co/JklyGJdEr3">pic.twitter.com/JklyGJdEr3</a></p>
— MU Baseball Managers (@MizzouManagers) <a href="https://twitter.com/MizzouManagers/status/731646138525188096">May 15, 2016</a>
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<h4 id="1seIsE">Random MU staff member</h4>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/trripleplay">@trripleplay</a> so you're saying I have a chance</p>
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<p id="9CnC8U">Nathan isn't really random. He’s a season ticket holder.</p>
<p>As for Mighty Deeds, he sits in Section B and bothers the opposing players in the On-Deck Non-Circle (when he’s not distracted by <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/march-madness">March Madness</a> or by pursuing his endless campaign to be King of Tigerboard.)</p>
<p id="P9YbEp">I can think of a lot worse people who could be given Tim Jamieson’s old job. Speaking of which...</p>
<h4 id="c4e3BV">Larry Wyatt</h4>
<p id="kYzgnB">Every team has a Super Fan, and Mizzou Baseball has Larry. We have to share him with every other sport at Mizzou, but if Mack Rhoades were to give the head coaching job to Larry, we could have him all to ourselves.</p>
<p id="4sGlWK">Does he know how to coach? He certainly knows how to offer advice to players on the field, especially opposing players.</p>
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<p>Left, right, left, right, left, right, left, right . . . Throw your bat, throw your helmet, take a seat! You’re outta here!</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Here's <a href="https://twitter.com/mizzoufan_1">@mizzoufan_1</a> sporting the popular attire at University Field tonight. <a href="https://t.co/I8qUkrMmnH">pic.twitter.com/I8qUkrMmnH</a></p>
— Dave Matter (@Dave_Matter) <a href="https://twitter.com/Dave_Matter/status/733446291154477056">May 19, 2016</a>
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<h4 id="brXpt5">Trripleplay</h4>
<p id="4kJK7q">You knew we’d end up here.</p>
<p id="0C4i60">Every time I’ve mentioned rumors about Tim Jamieson’s status, someone here on <a href="http://www.rockmnation.com/" target="_blank">RockMNation</a> pipes up to suggest "Trrip for Mizzou Baseball Coach!"</p>
<p>Well, why not?</p>
<p id="hEtRPw">If I’m given the job, I make the following promises:</p>
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<li>I’ll rename the <i>Tiger Crew</i> the <i>Diamond Darlings</i>, like they used to be, and make sure that when they do a t-shirt toss they include t-shirts that will fit me.<br><br> </li>
<li>The Mizzou fight song will be played <em>in its entirety </em>at least once during every home game. And Truman will show up at every home game.<br><br> </li>
<li>We will play "inside baseball" with a zeal that will make John McGraw rise from his grave and shout "MIZ!!!"<br><br> </li>
<li>Our recruiting focus will be on Missouri and on every other state NOT in the SEC. We’ll find those great prospects who are hungry to play in the SEC but don't want to spend three years in the Deep South.<br><br> </li>
<li>Free hot dogs for all fans at every game!<br> </li>
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<li>I will motivate the players in the dugout by telling them dad-jokes.<br><br> </li>
<li>It will never snow during baseball season and the temperature will never be below 50 on game day. <br><br> </li>
<li>Finally, I promise to retire after one year, live a life of luxury on my one-year earnings, and turn the reins over to someone who knows what they’re doing.</li>
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<p id="iYqgeR">That's nine promises, the perfect baseball number.</p>
<p id="0fX4SD">I’ll be awaiting Mack Rhoades’ call. You can find me in Section E, Row 4, Seat 1.</p>
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<p>Could Mizzou AD Mack Rhoades be thinking of hiring the same coach he hired the last time he hired a baseball coach?</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
<p dir="ltr" lang="en">If the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Mizzou?src=hash">#Mizzou</a> job came open, though, I’d look very hard at Tony Vitello (Arkansas) and Todd Whitting (Houston). Whitting worked for Mack.</p>
— Kendall Rogers (@KendallRogersD1) <a href="https://twitter.com/KendallRogersD1/status/735166711561920513">May 24, 2016</a>
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<h3>Getting to know Todd Whitting</h3>
<p>Todd Whitting was hired away from TCU by Mack Rhoades to take over the head coach job at Houston. Will Rhoades be inclined to go for a coach he already knows well? And would Whitting be tempted to leave his alma mater for the chance to coach in the SEC?</p>
<h3>Career</h3>
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<li><span>Houston (2010-current) Head Coach (205-150-1 record)</span></li>
<li><span>TCU (04-10) Associate/Asst Coach - Hitting coach and Head Recruiter</span></li>
<li><span>Houston (96-03) Assistant Coach</span></li>
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<h3>Mighty Deeds</h3>
<p>At Houston, Whitting's Cougars won the AAC championship twice, and went to two NCAA Regionals (14 & 15) and a Super Regional (14); at TCU the Frogs won 5 conference championships, plus went to the <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/college-world-series" class="sbn-auto-link">College World Series</a> in 2010.</p>
<p>In 2016 the Cougars finished in 5th place in the AAC.</p>
<h3>Midwest/Mizzou ties</h3>
<p>Whitting's primary link with Mizzou appears to be his relationship with the man who hired him for his current head coaching job, Mack Rhoades. Whitting's hometown was Dalhart, Texas. He played college ball at Houston (plus one year at Navarro JC), and received a degree in Kinesiology from UH.</p>
<h3>Can he coach?</h3>
<p>He played a key role in building the TCU program to the level where they reached the CWS and have maintained a generally higher level of success in the years since. He also has taken over the Houston program from a long-time coach and has built it steadily toward being a Regional and Super Regional level competitor. The jury is still out on whether he can maintain that pattern of growth.</p>
<h3>Can he recruit?</h3>
<p>One of the main reasons Mack Rhoades hired Whitting for the Houston job was because of his reputation - and success - as a recruiter with TCU.</p>
<p>From <a target="_blank" href="http://www.uhcougars.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/whitting_todd01.html">Whitting's UH bio</a>:</p>
<blockquote>Whitting has quickly developed a reputation as one of the nation's top recruiters at both TCU and Houston. He was instrumental in bringing three signing classes to TCU that ranked among the nation's top 10 by Baseball America magazine, including the No. 3 class in 2010. As a Cougar, he assembled Houston's 2000 signing class that was ranked No. 13 by Collegiate Baseball magazine.</blockquote>
<h3>Does he see Mizzou as a destination job?</h3>
<p>Maybe. Mizzou is probably not the school he has had foremost in his mind throughout his career. But you'd have to think that coaching in the SEC or Big 12 might indeed be a career goal, which would make Mizzou more interesting to him, especially since his old boss is now the one in charge at Missouri.</p>
<p>Then again, he might see a move to Mizzou as a stepping stone to one of the top tier teams in one of those conferences.</p>
<p>There is also a strong possibility he won't want to move on to a higher tier until he has brought a College <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/world-series" class="sbn-auto-link">World Series</a> to his alma mater (see below, Noes & Links).</p>
<h3>Has he been to Omaha?</h3>
<p>Yes. He went to the CWS in his final year as an assistant with TCU, where they went 3-2, making it to the final game of their bracket before losing out to UCLA.</p>
<h3>Is he the coach to take Mizzou to a higher level in the SEC?</h3>
<p>His coaching resume features one shining moment, that 2010 trip to Omaha, plus playing a part in building a mediocre program at TCU into a perennial post-season competitor. His record at Houston shows his program-building abilities, but has yet to show sustained growth and success.</p>
<p>The only reason he's on my hot list at all is because of his relationship to Mizzou AD Mack Rhoades. If Rhoades has confidence in Whitting's abilities at program-building, he could be the one who gets the job.</p>
<h3>Notes & Links</h3>
<p><a target="new" href="http://www.chron.com/sports/cougars/article/New-deal-makes-UH-s-Todd-Whitting-highest-paid-6369447.php">New deal makes UH's Todd Whitting highest-paid baseball coach in AAC </a>(Houson Chronicle, 7/6/15)</p>
<blockquote>Todd Whitting, who has led the University of Houston baseball team to two straight NCAA postseason appearances, received a $50,000 pay increase as part of a reworked contract he signed recently. Whitting's annual base salary increased to $300,000, making him the highest-paid baseball coach in the <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/teams/american" class="sbn-auto-link">American</a> Athletic Conference.</blockquote>
<p><a target="new" href="http://blog.chron.com/sportsupdate/2010/07/after-seven-years-todd-whitting-can-come-back-home-to-uh/">After seven years, Todd Whitting can come back home to UH (Houston Chronicle</a>, 7/3/10)</p>
<blockquote>"The reason I left the University of Houston seven years ago was to better prepare myself to be the head baseball coach at the University of Houston," Whitting said. "Other than the birth of my son (Matthew), this is absolute the biggest day in my life. And Omaha is hard to top." . . . "Our program was on a national level," Whitting said. "But I really felt like there was unfinished business here. When we clinched to go to Omaha at TCU, a lot of the thoughts on my mind were the former players on the 2000, 2002 and 2003 teams. A big motivation for me to take this job is to finish up business we didn’t take care of then. "I want the University of Houston people to have the Omaha experience. It’s something that will change your life forever. As an alumni here, as a former coach here, now the head coach here, I want these people to experience what it’s like to drive to Omaha. When you land in Omaha and those people are waiting for you, and you get in the bus and you have that police escort to the field every day, and the kids with the autographs, the cameras in your face, and your kids feel like they’re rock stars. It’s the pinnacle."</blockquote>
<p><a href="https://insidepitchonline.com/2015/05/28/the-need-for-speed-in-baseball/#more-734" target="new">The need for speed in baseball</a> (Inside Pitch Online, 5/28/15)</p>
<blockquote>"I think our game is played the way it needs to be played. It’s a traditional game and I’m not a real big fan of clocks and gimmicks to speed it up. I think sometimes from an administrative and officiating standpoint we get in too big of a hurry to get the game over with. I think we need to let the game play its course and whether it’s two hours or four hours, it is what it is." –Todd Whitting, head coach, University of Houston</blockquote>
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