Tony Vitello to SF Giants (Merged )

[Cosmo Kramer]

Put the liquor down please

And give it to me

 

[fryeguy93]

So.

What's new guys?

It would be a tough job to turn down.

* Far more money
* Less work
* No recruiting.
* Fame and prestige
* Jump on the coaching carousel where managers are recycled league wide
* No dealing with NIL
* No dealing with boosters and fundraising
* Better umpires <insert joke here>
* Chance to make real history

 

[Legion of Doom]

Trying to not get my hopes up. I knew we’d eventually lose Frank and Elander but Tony is Tennessee Baseball. I’m not ready for this chapter to end. I hope we get a miracle.

I hope so too. I think Boyd and others have really stepped in.

 

[Legion of Doom]

So.

What's new guys?

It would be a tough job to turn down.

* Far more money
* Less work
* No recruiting.
* Fame and prestige
* Jump on the coaching carousel where managers are recycled league wide
* No dealing with NIL
* No dealing with boosters and fundraising
* Better umpires <insert joke here>
* Chance to make real history

It is not far more money. He made more than 25 MLB managers last year and cost of living in California is outrageous.

 

[@1RBFjr]

I have it on good authority that the boosters are stepping up big time.

Someone apparently committed to DoorDash coupons for Fazoli’s every Thursday night until season starts.

Don’t count us out on this just yet….

Dude. Going for that Italian food connection. Ingenious!

 

[Checker_the_Shire]

There’s nothing I’d love more than for Tony to stay. Him and the program he created is what made me fall in love with baseball. FB used to be my first love, but this Vols baseball team is the one thing I can watch comfortably and have complete confidence in that everything will be ok. We must pull out all the stops to keep him at all costs. If the DW rumors are true, he needs to get his butt in gear asap or step aside and let Boyd make the decisions regarding.

Trying to get caught up on everything but there’s a lot to cipher through. What are the rumors?

 

[taylorvol]

Dude. Going for that Italian food connection. Ingenious!

can we at least up it to Altruda’s?

 

[CobbWebb71]

And give it to me

Sip, sip, give, homey!

 

[cncchris33]

So.

What's new guys?

It would be a tough job to turn down.

* Far more money Is it?
* Less work 162 games vs 60...ST & season runs from February to October
* No recruiting. I believe he enjoys recruiting
* Fame and prestige He's king in Knoxville. In SF, he's just another guy and has far less job security
* Jump on the coaching carousel where managers are recycled league wide If he fails, it's doubtful he's getting another shot by an MLB team. He isn't like other retreads.
* No dealing with NIL
* No dealing with boosters and fundraising
* Better umpires <insert joke here>
* Chance to make real history

Additionally, he has very little say in roster construction and personnel moves. He is given a team and told to manage them. In college, he is the GM and Manager and has total control.

 

[Volnuck]

LOL. HE will be next Arkansas coach .. No way he is MLB coach. These guys won't respect him

So you have the professional ability to tell someone how good of a professional manager Tony V. would be, “interesting”. Oh yes, and that rah, rah, attitude you speak of, has led Tennessee to record breaking seasons and a National Championship. You need to show a few more creditionals before you have the right to judge Coach T.V. You sound like a 16 year old “keyboard king” Trying to get a rise out of Tennessee fans. (Just my opinion).

 

[preacherman20]

Preacherman has been awful quiet.......................................................(On this subject)

I don’t know anything. I have suspicions like everyone else that I’m almost positive my son doesn’t know anything. I love you too baseball, but I also have a great appreciation for Tony Vitello because he has been nothing but great to my son and our family.

 

[Buzzbait]

can we at least up it to Altruda’s?

Volnation is more of a blue collar crowd

 

[Bigorangedan23]

Press conference tomorrow saying Tony is gone. The hold up was the 3 million dollars to buy out of his contract. That’s now settled.
Tony also has a big issue with NIL and player parents.Sound familiar?
Saban said the same thing and let’s face it college sports pay for play will end up like NASCAR. Unwatchable. Players one and done and gone to another team is stupid.

 

[RandomUTfan]

nm. deleting this. guy says he saw it on Facebook. Unreliable.

 

[TheMookieMonster]

Press conference tomorrow saying Tony is gone. The hold up was the 3 million dollars to buy out of his contract. That’s now settled.
Tony also has a big issue with NIL and player parents.Sound familiar?
Saban said the same thing and let’s face it college sports pay for play will end up like NASCAR. Unwatchable. Players one and done and gone to another team is stupid.

Tony has basically thrived in the portal era and also only really ever known the portal era since he was only a coach at TN for a handful of years before NIL/portal. And I’m supposed to believe he’s leaving college athletics because he hates what the game has become? I don’t buy it.

 

[@1RBFjr]

can we at least up it to Altruda’s?

Skipping right over Olive Garden?!?

 

[volfanhill]

Skipping right over Olive Garden?!?

Got to win two Natties for that

 

[rocketskates]

24 hours down, if we get this thing through Tuesday we should be in the clear

I hope so. The longer it drags on the better—eventually I have to imagine the Giants don’t want the negative press of their top target refusing to commit so they move on.

 

[StarRaider]

that pizza palace place in East Knox is pretty good

 

[StarRaider]

i thought this thread was about Oklahoma gas station sushi

 

[TN Jed]

can we at least up it to Altruda’s?

Naw man, gotta go with Savelli's.

 

[knoxvol52]

I thought this was a thread about Lunch choices .. my bad carry on

 

[StarRaider]

Single ply tp

 

[ETNVolunteer1]

Someone just posted in another thread here that there’s a press conference scheduled for tomorrow morning and Tony is leaving.

 

[Checker_the_Shire]

Someone just posted in another thread here that there’s a press conference scheduled for tomorrow morning and Tony is leaving.

I saw that too but no other site or forums within this site are saying that. So I’m choosing to not believe that poster.