Arizona baseball coach Jay Johnson has taken the LSU coaching job!

[WILD]

https://twitter.com/KendallRogers/status/1408190614471065605

[Little George]

Good coach and a big loss, but he made several critical mistakes and we could have still been playing later in the week. Both losses had some critical mistakes with pitcher rotation.

[KansasCityCats]

I'll miss Johnson because he's a player's coach. Kids love him and he loves baseball.

Our program has been a rollercoaster since he arrived. We either make the CWS...or miss the postseason altogether.

I'd rather have a coach with some consistency and look forward to yet ANOTHER coaching change within our athletics department.

[CatInFL]

LSU is LSU?  I have a nephew that played there, so I've followed them bit, but the Wildcats have been to as many CWS's as LSU.  LSU has won it 6 times to our 4.  Sounds reasonably even to me.  LSU might be able to offer more money, but that seems to be all.  I told my buddy, the LSU fan, how much success I wish for his program under this deserter. I hope I didn't lose a friend. 

[KansasCityCats]

Agreed. The history of the programs likely didn't sway Johnson one way or another.

LSU offered double his current salary. Also, their affiliations/partnerships with baseball camps and equipment companies put them at a recruiting advantage (which JJ didn't need in a beautiful baseball town of Tucson).

Hope we hire the right replacement. Plenty of decent candidates still out there.

[WILD]

https://twitter.com/LSUbaseball/status/1408939802385342467

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[jgorski02]

Any truth to Jacob Berry transferring?  His dad played ball at Louisiana Lafayette

[KansasCityCats]

Hopefully not.  It wouldn't make sense for him to jump with just one year of eligibility remaining.  He already received All-Conference accolades and will likely get drafted with a majority of the scouts focusing on him and Susac next season.  Fingers crossed that he hangs around & waits to see which coach takes over.

[jgorski02]

Looks like my sources were pretty spot on with the berry transfer