Softball Coaching Change

[Rickster]

College News: Marty McDaniel—Who Has Worked with Standouts from Monica Abbott to Ashley Rogers-Resigns as Pitching Coach at Tennessee - Extra Inning Softball

I apologize if I hi-jacked a topic but I thought the subject should have its own thread. Quite a list of accomplishments. I got this from a link at the UT web site.

 

[rickyb712]

DANG

 

[BigDave]

WOW . . . wasn't expecting that!!!

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

Thanks for your dedication & the leadership qualities you committed to the Tenn Lady Vols team. I'm sure your teaching skills & working knowledge with the new pitching recruits to the team will be greatly missed by all within the school system.
Good luck always to you and have a very happy rewarding retirement time spent with your family. GBO !!!

 

[Rickster]

Thanks for your efforts over the years. Enjoy retirement Marty. It will be a great time in your life.

 

[sccshortstop]

I know many have thought the weakest link was Marty and he very well may have been but I smell a small stinking rat! Wonder if the additional Weekly was an issue? Marty has got a lot of the blame for the pitching to be so up and down but I think there was much blame to go around. I hope he enjoys retirement but at his young age I look for him to surface somewhere without all the pressure we seem to have!

 

[Rickster]

729 is a lot of wins. Seventeen years of 40+ wins per season is a great average. Good job Marty (and staff of course).

 

[Rickster]

I thought there would be more people wishing Marty a happy retirement.

 

[kregman]

I thought there would be more people wishing Marty a happy retirement.

Did not see this thread til today. Wish him all the best. I not sure most people are taking this as "retirement." If he wants to coach he will rise up somewhere. We needed some change whether this is the best route remains to be seen.

 

[Volfan2012]

I think most softball fans wish him well but at the same time are glad to see a change if it turns out to be someone that has the type of coaching career that we think will make a difference in the pitching.

 

[sccshortstop]

I think most softball fans wish him well but at the same time are glad to see a change if it turns out to be someone that has the type of coaching career that we think will make a difference in the pitching.

I agree but it is so much we fans don't know about the strings being pulled in the dugout we assume Marty is the problem and he may well be. I think we needed a change but who ever comes needs to run the pitching staff top to bottom. Will they let that happen? My guess is no but we will be able to get a handle once someone is named. I Had hoped that Ellen may be the one but even with her past experiences she may not have the moxey to handle all three Weekleys!

 

[PineyBluff Vol]

Hitting or Lack of Hitting bothers me more than pitching.

 

[Rickster]

Best wishes for retirement

 

[Vol67]

I was hoping is was that scuzzy coach in burnt orange

 

[MS_LdyVols_fan]

Still no news on who the new pitching coach will be??

 

[kregman]

Still no news on who the new pitching coach will be??

I believe Deerpark said nothing official could be done til after July 1 (I think). No rumors as to who they are looking at that I have seen.

 

[Tennesseefan2019]

College News: Marty McDaniel—Who Has Worked with Standouts from Monica Abbott to Ashley Rogers-Resigns as Pitching Coach at Tennessee - Extra Inning Softball

I apologize if I hi-jacked a topic but I thought the subject should have its own thread. Quite a list of accomplishments.

Thanks for all your hard work with the Tennessee softball program.

 

[Nickid1975]

College News: Marty McDaniel—Who Has Worked with Standouts from Monica Abbott to Ashley Rogers-Resigns as Pitching Coach at Tennessee - Extra Inning Softball

I apologize if I hi-jacked a topic but I thought the subject should have its own thread. Quite a list of accomplishments.

Thanks for your dedication to the Lady Vols,I wish you a very happy happy retirement

 

[DeerPark12]

Still no news on who the new pitching coach will be??

Because of some contractual issues, no hire will be official before July 1st. I believe they have their selection made.

 

[Putbacks]

Smith Returns to Rocky Top as Pitching Coach - University of Tennessee Athletics

 

[sccshortstop]

Smith Returns to Rocky Top as Pitching Coach - University of Tennessee Athletics

I really felt we would get a former LV but I completely forgot about Megan Rhodes!!! Great find and a better person from what I have heard. Now lets rumble as they say!!

 

[GameTime]

So nice to be home again...

 

[kregman]

She seems to have a good track record of developing pitchers. Let's roll.

 

[GameTime]

She may well be the next head coach when the Weekly's retire......Since she left a job being the new head coach at Belmont to come back to UT, a lot may have been promised to her to be our pitching coach....

In any event, looking forward to some UT sports again....

 

[Volfan2012]

Excited for the season hopefully everybody improved and healthy team looks impressive.