The State confirms that Monte Lee will be the new Clemson baseball

[Cola G'Cock]

coach.

I feel this is a bad thing for Gamecock baseball because we still have a head coach who has shown a declining trend for three years and our rival now has a proven winner as head coach.

I believe we will look back at all of this in a few years and realize Ray Tanner made a huge mistake hiring and then keeping Chad Holbrook. I felt all along we should have replaced him with Monte Lee and unfortunately Clemson made that move instead of us.

Oh well, it is too late now.

 

[67gamecock]

coach.

I feel this is a bad thing for Gamecock baseball because we still have a head coach who has shown a declining trend for three years and our rival now has a proven winner as head coach.

I believe we will look back at all of this in a few years and realize Ray Tanner made a huge mistake hiring and then keeping Chad Holbrook. I felt all along we should have replaced him with Monte Lee and unfortunately Clemson made that move instead of us.

Oh well, it is too late now.

'Friendship! Friendship! Nothin' like friendship!' So the ole song goes, but a song is one thing; reality is something else. Ray did the right thing (in a hurry, of course, and in recognition of good ole friendship!), but IMO he wasn't putting USC first when he hired Chad. To keep things going, Ray should have hired an experienced coach with an excellent won/lost record - perhaps paying him as much as Ray was making as HC. Pastidis may have had a 'better (cheaper) idea and Ray, fresh off his primary goal - getting the AD job, was in no position to push the matter, so Voila! We got . . . Chad!

 

[NaturalGC7]

'Friendship! Friendship! Nothin' like friendship!' So the ole song goes, but a song is one thing; reality is something else. Ray did the right thing (in a hurry, of course, and in recognition of good ole friendship!), but IMO he wasn't putting USC first when he hired Chad. To keep things going, Ray should have hired an experienced coach with an excellent won/lost record - perhaps paying him as much as Ray was making as HC. Pastidis may have had a 'better (cheaper) idea and Ray, fresh off his primary goal - getting the AD job, was in no position to push the matter, so Voila! We got . . . Chad!

That Orange sh!tho!e is on fire now with over half of their team bailing out and any good signee asking for a release or opting for MLB. It will take Mole Lee 3-4 years to even be competitive. Chad is in the last year of make it or break it and there will be a few great coaches much better than Lee available that will want the job at USC.

 

[Kitchenlabs]

That Orange sh!tho!e is on fire now with over half of their team bailing out and any good signee asking for a release or opting for MLB. It will take Mole Lee 3-4 years to even be competitive. Chad is in the last year of make it or break it and there will be a few great coaches much better than Lee available that will want the job at USC.

Why do they not want to play for Monte lee?

 

[Cocky kebo57]

Why do they not want to play for Monte lee?

I think it's just a kneejerk response to a head coaching change. For some unknown reason, a lot of commits seem to have it in their head that a HC change must be a bad thing for them to get involved with. Kind of like when Spurrier made his "2 or 3 year" comment, it scared off a lot of recruits thinking he had one foot out the door.

 

[CostenoTiger]

Clemson baseball right now is kind of like USC baseball was at the end of the June Raines era- the team isn't good, but the foundation is strong enough that a good coach can start winning pretty soon. Tanner needed a year to get his feet under him in Columbia and then was pretty competitive every year after that. As a Clemson fan, that's kind of what I'm hoping for from Lee.

 

[jeff2001]

Well we can all go on with our lives.

 

[na_alum]

Well we can all go on with our lives.

Nope. Sorry Jeff. We LOVE baseball now!

#Omaha

 

[gcocks2011]

Monte is 3-15 against CU and USC. Not sure what all the hype is about. To listen to some on this board, you would think he never lost to either team.

 

[world famous 3rd base hecklers]

Didn't his team lose to Coastal Carolina in 2010 NCAA on a controversial call at 1st base? I believe it was the 3rd out with a runner at 3rd.

 

[gcocks2011]

Yes they lost on a controversial call. It really could have gone either way. That was the year we beat CCU in the supers, thanks to Walker.

 

[Anna_Nimmitty]

coach.

I feel this is a bad thing for Gamecock baseball because we still have a head coach who has shown a declining trend for three years and our rival now has a proven winner as head coach.

I believe we will look back at all of this in a few years and realize Ray Tanner made a huge mistake hiring and then keeping Chad Holbrook. I felt all along we should have replaced him with Monte Lee and unfortunately Clemson made that move instead of us.

Oh well, it is too late now.

Post and courier says not yet.

 

[Cola G'Cock]

Monte is 3-15 against CU and USC. Not sure what all the hype is about. To listen to some on this board, you would think he never lost to either team.

He didn't have the recruiting advantages at CofC that he will have at Clemson.

I fear Lee is going to to further expose Chad Holbrook.

 

[Cola G'Cock]

Post and courier says not yet.

The Post and Courier is a much better paper than The State so I would go with what they say.

 

[sclawman77]

He didn't have the recruiting advantages at CofC that he will have at Clemson.

I fear Lee is going to to further expose Chad Holbrook.

Hopefully light a fire under Chad.

 

[Cocky kebo57]

He didn't have the recruiting advantages at CofC that he will have at Clemson.

I fear Lee is going to to further expose Chad Holbrook.

Monte will just have to get in line then, there will be other coaches that expose CH too.

 

[saltlifeGamecock]

Monte is a really good players coach. He will do well at Clemson. Give the man his due. Geezus.

 

[anon_n4c0cp5zhdxn7]

Who cares who Clempson hires?

 

[Cola G'Cock]

Hopefully light a fire under Chad.

At this point, that is the best option that we have.

 

[Cola G'Cock]

Who cares who Clempson hires?

Since we recruit against them, we care.

 

[searooster]

Monte is 3-15 against CU and USC. Not sure what all the hype is about. To listen to some on this board, you would think he never lost to either team.

This. Not saying he's not a capable coach, but he's not yet proven anything against major competition for an entire season. Hope he does well, seems like a quality person.

 

[anon_n4c0cp5zhdxn7]

Since we recruit against them, we care.

Guess I'm not obsessed about Clempson as some.