Did we lose a coach to Georgia yesterday? I’m not really up to speed with the baseball staff.
If McCarthy goes with him it will really hurt.Is this considered a big loss comeback?
Is this considered a big loss comeback?
This makes sense. Is it your sense that UK is willing to spend with the big boys when it comes to baseball? I'm hoping that the trip to Omaha whets the appetite of both the UK admin and the UK fanbase when it comes to spending on NIL, coaches, etc.I think it would have been really good to keep him for continuity sake. He helped run a solid offense and he knows Mingione's mentality and how he wants to run things. Still, I am going to hold judgment on how big of a loss until we know who replaces him. But, also note that there probably wasn't a ton UK could do here. Ammo was a 3rd assistant and those guys don't get a paid a ton by the university. They get a lot of extra money from camps. It is my understanding, he may be going to be the 2nd assistant at Georgia, where he'll make significantly more. UK has Cousino as a second assistant so it wasn't likely that we were going to be able to move Ammo up and give him any sort of pay grade.
This makes sense. Is it your sense that UK is willing to spend with the big boys when it comes to baseball? I'm hoping that the trip to Omaha whets the appetite of both the UK admin and the UK fanbase when it comes to spending on NIL, coaches, etc.
Read his salary was $40,000.Ammo was a 3rd assistant and those guys don't get a paid a ton by the university.
Read his salary was $40,000.
Who would ever hope for more than that?
So who would be the hitting coach?This was the first season of a 3rd paid assistant. Before that Ammo was a volunteer coach here and just making cash off of camps. Wes Johnson handling the pitchers as the head coach at UGA allows all 3 of their paid coaches to be offensive minded. With an offensive minded coach you essentially lose one of your two higher paid spots to a pitching coach. When it comes down to deciding between Cousino and Ammirati about who is going to get the most cash, I don’t think there is really a conversation though.
UT paid their third assistant 50K last year. USCjr paid theirs 46K. Ammo was correctly paid for the job he was doing. As Comebak said above, he essentially made a jump from coaching running backs to being an offensive coordinator. No fault to anybody how it went down.
I have no insight, but I would be stunned if Troy Squires isn’t in the conversation for the 3rd assistant. Mingione likes familiarity with his assistants and he has that with Squires as a player from his time at UK. Troy has also been a P12 assistant for 3 years. He would come in with more legitimate experience at a high level than Ammo had. Move would make sense for Troy to get in the SEC and he would be more than capable of spreading a consistent message offensively as Ming and would slide in and coach the catchers effortlessly. It might not be him, but it would make a bunch of sense to me.
He’s been deeply involved with the offensive side at Utah as well. I don’t think Ammo was rebuilding swings as much as he was helping our strategically and analytically in situations.So who would be the hitting coach?
Ammirati was the swing coach even when Coggin was here according to the players. So I think he actually did do a lot of that.He’s been deeply involved with the offensive side at Utah as well. I don’t think Ammo was rebuilding swings as much as he was helping our strategically and analytically in situations.
Also, don’t forget that Cousino is one of the best hitters the program has ever seen. I’m sure he carries his end of the bargain when it comes to offense as well.
There isn’t a coach in America that has been a true “hitting coach” that is taking a third assistant spot, IMO.Ammirati was the swing coach even when Coggin was here according to the players. So I think he actually did do a lot of that.
Cousino and Squires would be two offensive coaches who’ve both never been a hitting coach. That’s not typically what you want in the SEC, having someone do it for the first time.
I think that’s two good coaches and people I’d like to have on staff, but it would leave a hole for an offensive coach imo.
I agree with you. I guess that’s where my questions have come from bc that’s going to be a tough assignment to fill.There isn’t a coach in America that has been a true “hitting coach” that is taking a third assistant spot, IMO.
And that’s where I fall back to Squires. He has 3 years on staff at Utah being involved in the offense and then spent 2 years here. Feel like he’s about as qualified to make the jump as anybody. And as I mentioned earlier I think Cousino will be asked to take a more hands on role in the offense as well.I agree with you. I guess that’s where my questions have come from bc that’s going to be a tough assignment to fill.
Was unsure where Matt ended up after the Bohanon debacle at Bama. If Reida is looking for a third assistant job (very likely in how that all went down) this search should be over tomorrow.Would have to think former Cat Matt Reida, currently coaching at Houston, would get consideration as well.