I believe an element of it. The pitching was noticeably better the last month of the ’21 season when JD suddenly started making all the pitching changes, but it doesn’t explain JD’s stint as recruiting coordinator the first time Gino retired.
Of ACC interest, Rogers has the Penn State candidates as Muscara and Cilento from Wake, McMullen from UVA, and Elbin from VT. Muscara will likely wait out an ACC or SEC job.
Rogers finally posted his ‘scoop.’ He says it’s between Pollard and JD with Walter maybe entering the mix. Tulo has faded away. Obviously, we have a more reliable source saying not JD. He says resolution could come relatively soon.
Outside of crazy names that were never leaving their current jobs, he’s the only one that ticked every box you’d look for here. There were other solid options, but I have some question about all of them.