[Cider Jim]

hockey coach...funny guys, real funny.

[flameshaw]

Just wanted to spread some rumors, is slow here today.

[ATrain]

Isn't spreading rumors worse than breaking news on here?

[Fumblerooskies]

OK...this guy did NOT get the FIU job...and obviously he is on the market...and there is a natural tie-in with JB. Any thoughts?

Pitching coach Calvi finalist for FIU post
By Travis Haney (Contact)
The Post and Courier
Thursday, June 14, 2007

USC Notes

COLUMBIA — South Carolina pitching coach Mark Calvi is considered a strong candidate to become Florida International's new head baseball coach, two sources confirmed Wednesday.

Calvi, who just completed his third season with the Gamecocks, has interviewed for the position and a decision is expected in the next few days.

This past season, his USC staff finished, despite a slew of adversity, with a respectable 3.93 ERA.

The Gamecocks fell a win shy of the College World Series for the second consecutive year. North Carolina beat USC on Sunday night in the final game of their super regional series in Chapel Hill, N.C.

Calvi, 38, went to high school and college in South Florida and was an assistant on FIU's staff from 1994-2004.

At FIU, Calvi's 1995 (2.40) and 1999 (3.07) pitching staffs led the nation in ERA. They were in the top 10 five times during his tenure.

The Golden Panthers made seven NCAA appearances while he was at the Miami-based school.

University of Miami pitching coach J.D. Arteaga is also thought to be a serious candidate for the FIU job.

http://www.charleston.net/news/2007/jun ... _fiu_post/

[The Judge]

Rod Delmonico...I know he is going hard after that specific job !

[bucksweepjax]

FIU job went to Turtle Thomas, former Miami, LSU and current Arizona St assistant.

[BJWilliams]

Lang won't be listing any breaking news here: that would conflict with his real job at the paper. Is BJ still hiding in the bushes looking for baseball coaches, or is he away at band camp?

1) No, besides I have allergies that would preclude me from getting anywhere near bushes for an extended period of time
2) Band camp isn't for another 60 some odd days

It would be funny if one of those was true though

[Fumblerooskies]

1) Benedryl
2) Watch out for wayward flutists...

[Cider Jim]

'Seems like "wayward" is one of Fumble's favorite words. Probably from listening to all those Kansas 8-tracks in the '70s.

"...carry on my wayward son..."

[Libertine]

She'll always be Willow to me.

[BJWilliams]

1) Benedryl
2) Watch out for wayward flutists...

I will bear that in mind (since flutes will be the largest section in the band along with saxophones)

[Fumblerooskies]

1) Benedryl
2) Watch out for wayward flutists...

I will bear that in mind (since flutes will be the largest section in the band along with saxophones)

In that case...I feel compelled to add #3...

3) Always practice safe sax while at band camp.

[El Scorcho]

She'll always be Willow to me.

Ahhhhh, Alyson.

[BJWilliams]

1) Benedryl
2) Watch out for wayward flutists...

I will bear that in mind (since flutes will be the largest section in the band along with saxophones)

In that case...I feel compelled to add #3...

3) Always practice safe sax while at band camp.

I'll send that one to the section leaders for that group...that's hilarious

[Fumblerooskies]

Back on topic. FINALLY...some hard hitting reporting on a candidate...

Also, assistant coach Jim Toman, who has been in the running for several head-coaching jobs over the years, has talked with Liberty about its head coaching position, Tanner said. Liberty Athletic Director Jeff Barber is the former director of the Gamecock Club.

http://www.wltx.com/sports/story.aspx?storyid=50646

and...

Toman, the associate head coach, is discussing the vacant head coaching position at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va.

http://www.charleston.net/news/2007/jun ... ng_season/

[Sly Fox]

Nicely done, fumbles.

[Fumblerooskies]

Thanks, Sly. I went ahead and started a separate thread on him. We FlameFans are all about hard hitting investigative journalism.

[SuperJon]

I sent a message to a friend of mine that's going to South Carolina next year to play baseball to see what he thought.

[flameshaw]

FIU job went to Turtle Thomas, former Miami, LSU and current Arizona St assistant.

Believe it or not, in a round about way this may have cost us a candidate.

[bucksweepjax]

How so? Are you thinking along the lines of who he might bring in as assistants?

[The Rock]

A former Yank interviewed last week

[SuperJon]

Worth noting from Chris:

Barber said he wanted to find a head coach with ties to a major conference school that has found NCAA tournament success

[The Rock]

As you know things are always subject to change. He also didnt want anyone who's been to the big time and failed yet they managed to find a good coach who seems to have met the criteria they said they wanted to stay away from.

[Chris Lang]

The Rock makes an excellent point. Ritchie McKay did not fit the "original" profile Barber had for a men's basketball candidate, yet he was flexible once he met the man. I think that's a good thing. So we'll see. That comment was from the original conversation we had after Royer resigned.

[SuperJon]

I agree with both of you. I was just pointing out the type that he was going after initially.