(07-16-2017 08:37 AM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  

(07-16-2017 08:22 AM)Owl1998 Wrote:  At the risk of sounding like "one of those people who's cousin's barber's uncle's great aunt's nephew" told him XYZ....

I guarantee you Lance wants the job.

And the argument between Pope and Lance can be summed up pretty easily with one word: Recruiting. Coach Pope is a really good coach. His success at CR shows that. However, the average stud baseball player at 17-18 yrs old has never heard of him. They've all heard of Lance. That in itself could lead to stealing some top notch recruits from Texas, TCU, A&M, etc.

Recruiting is THE name of the game. We've already lost one recruit to Florida (Rivera) since Van Hook left. JK needs to make a splash hire....ASAP.

Agreed with all of the above, but...he should not be offered the head coaching job until he serves at least one year as a full assistant coach with recruiting responsibilities.

Agreed. Hence the reason hiring Lance right now as the "coach in waiting" makes perfect sense. Of course, he and OG would have to agree to this.....and that may be tricky.