Tony Vitello to SF Giants (Merged )

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Good for him if he wants to chase his dreams at the Majors, if it doesn't pan out he'll come back to college and get paid well, he's proven himself at the college level
 
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LegionnaireOfTheMiserable said:
Their payroll is higher than Seattle’s, and they are on the cusp of the World Series.
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They also don’t have much of a roster. Chapman is their best player and he got 4.1 WAR this season. They have tried past 3 years to spend huge and no big free agent wanted to sign with them. Manager is a simple thing in MLB, there most important person for MLB is the GM and he isn’t going to be that! Brian Snitker is an idiot that literally could have been replaced by a thumb cutout on the bench and they still won a World Title with him as manager. San Fran isn’t that anymore, they are second fiddle and will continue to be to the Dodgers. Heck their payroll is less than both Padres AND D-Backs. Seattle makes no difference in their payroll to what those that he will face in the NL west each year. Tony also likes to be the face and be front and center, I love his ego, but it just doesn’t work in MLB! Also that roster overplayed their stats this year, Matt Chapman is their best player and their starting pitching sucks with Logan Webb as their Ace and a usually hurt Robbie Ray as 2nd oh and of course the 42 year old Verlander. They aren’t built for the playoffs.
 
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UTK said:
I would wait until it’s an actual confirmation before reacting any kind of way. However Danny White did his job, he kept him here through many other college offers. If TV wants a shot at the pros, not much DW can do about it. TV is a legend here forever. The program will not see much of drop off, if any imo, the foundation is built to last. Let’s just see what happens.
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He's taking the job. He wasn't going to two weeks ago. But things have changed and he's taking the job. Got the word about 2 hours ago. Rough day
 
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K-town Vol Fan said:
I'll watch this season but TBH I didn't care about baseball until TV. I will watch and hope we are still good, but it's hard to see how there isn't a drop off.
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Even those of us who are baseball guys didn’t care before tony because there was nothing to care about. Sure we went to games for basically free, hoped they won, but they never did so we didn’t bother getting invested.
 
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IMO Danny White dropped the ball big time. Diverted NIL money from BaseVols to Lady Vol Basketball. Danny White is protecting his hire for LV Basketball to the detriment of BaseVols. He also mismanaged LNS renovation from a one year project to a 3-year project. We need Larry Pratt to donate another $5M ear marked for baseball.

#VitellNO!
 
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volfeeva said:
I wonder, just wondering out loud if he's doing what Saban did, getting out because of the NIL and having to bid for players via the portal ? I remember the year they won the NC he was firm saying if you were a player looking for bucks , you need to look elsewhere ( not word for word, but along those lines) And the next year ( last year) there was a drop off in talent (IMHO) especially pitching. Anyways, I hope it's not true, was looking forward to many years with him as HC
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Can't blame any coach that takes the jump to the pros at this point if given the chance. At least you know what you got and not worry bout someone shutting it down mid season to go some place else or having to recruit the guys you already got year in and out.
 
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TheVolsFrog said:
Good for him if he wants to chase his dreams at the Majors, if it doesn't pan out he'll come back to college and get paid well, he's proven himself at the college level
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I’m sorry but 3-4 years and failing in MLB will knock some of that luster off! At that point he’s 3-4 years away from recruiting and getting to know the younger guys that he will have to recruit. Managers in MLB aren’t going out and meeting their new players before they sign them or draft them. That is the scouts and GM. They also don’t have much say in their roster, so it’s pretty much you are told here is your team, you better coach them well. Now maybe he will be able to recruit some free agents to sign with them, maybe he won’t, because the last 3 big free agent classes all told them no thanks even when offering larger contracts. Maybe he changes that since he can recruit, but that’s about the only thing I see he might be able to use from college to pros.
 
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UTK said:
I would wait until it’s an actual confirmation before reacting any kind of way. However Danny White did his job, he kept him here through many other college offers. If TV wants a shot at the pros, not much DW can do about it. TV is a legend here forever. The program will not see much of drop off, if any imo, the foundation is built to last. Let’s just see what happens.
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Chatter out there is that TV-DWrelationship is seriously frayed and that is why he is looking to leave.

Vitello was miffed because DW diverted NIL funds to Lady Vols.
 
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VolGirl81 said:
I feel bad for his players. We don’t know what he told them today, but if it was a leak, made him look foolish in front of them, imo.
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A moment ago
Basilio questioning, did Giants and Tony V agree to deal, then Tony called team meeting but then couldn’t tell the team during the meeting. Having second thoughts. He’s urging all of TN’s big donors to contact him and tell him to reconsider
 
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CAVPUT said:
All I know is that Vitello embraced the challenge of bringing UT baseball from the depths of misery and won a freaking natty. Miraculous IMO. If he can do that here, he can turn any MLB team around.
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Too many people in their feels about this. It’s a business. He won us the ultimate prize. Just be grateful he chose us. He isn’t married, he doesn’t have kids. Let that man live his life however he wants to. He accomplished more in his short time here than any other baseball coach. That’s good enough for me.
 
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Bigorangefaninga said:
I’m sorry but 3-4 years and failing in MLB will knock some of that luster off! At that point he’s 3-4 years away from recruiting and getting to know the younger guys that he will have to recruit. Managers in MLB aren’t going out and meeting their new players before they sign them or draft them. That is the scouts and GM. They also don’t have much say in their roster, so it’s pretty much you are told here is your team, you better coach them well. Now maybe he will be able to recruit some free agents to sign with them, maybe he won’t, because the last 3 big free agent classes all told them no thanks even when offering larger contracts. Maybe he changes that since he can recruit, but that’s about the only thing I see he might be able to use from college to pros.
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Disagree. They'll say he followed his dreams and remember what he did in college and some school will want to see if he can do it again.
Coaches have gone pro only to come back to college and be successful.
 
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