Tony Vitello to SF Giants (Confirmed)

[taylorvol]

He is also pissed that someone suggested Altruda’s over Fazoli’s, but that is for those guys to get worked out…

Breadsticks, anyone????

Truth!

 

[chuckiepoo]

Fan run radio show right now is throwing some Saying a Tennessee mega donor (one of greatest Vols of all time) has Danny White on thin ice

...and Donde Plowman moving behind the scenes to keep Tony.

Got a link?

 

[Volstylexx]

Got a link?

 

[knoxvol52]

Maybe it's a " Mafia Secret"..

 

[yoyoyoyo]

Danny is in a very tenuous situation. Up until this point he has really not made a misstep large enough to cause any fan pushback. None of us like the higher prices and being squeezed, but if the programs are winning, people will live with it. If the football season doesn’t turn out like we want to and CTV goes to the Giants he’s gonna face some huge backlash and a lot of the fan mistreatment will come home to roost.

 

[MAD]

CTV staying would be a huge win for all of college baseball.

 

[Christian Lowe]

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I’m about to head out for a 20 min drive to a game so anyone got a phone friendly link I can play in the car?

 

[taylorvol]

All this brings up an interesting hypothetical question, and recency bias may play a roll in the answer...but, if one has to go, you are you keeping, Tony Vitello or Danny White?

I can see a scenario developing where this becomes an issue of the campus is only big enough for one of them. If boosters strong-arm Danny White into keeping Vitello at all costs against his recommendation of what he thinks is in the best interest of the athletic department as a whole, how long does Dr. Danny stick around believing he doesn't have the absolute authority he may have thought he had?

I don’t think Danny White is going anywhere, but he needs to learn how to check his ego and NOT to get sideways with the best coach on campus.

 

[chuckiepoo]

"Is Danny White a good AD or is he not. How can a good AD let the only Natty winning coach on campus get closer to the door??" Pretty sure that was @carla that just called in.,..

I’m guessing Carla leaves with Tony. Amiright?

 

[taylorvol]

Danny is in a very tenuous situation. Up until this point he has really not made a misstep large enough to cause any fan pushback. None of us like the higher prices and being squeezed, but if the programs are winning, people will live with it. If the football season doesn’t turn out like we want to and CTV goes to the Giants he’s gonna face some huge backlash and a lot of the fan mistreatment will come home to roost.

He had one previous misstep. Danny White implemented additional restricted, premium gates and chokeholds at Neyland Stadium creating a very dangerous situation before and after the UGA game. He owned it and we will see if it’s resolved when the Sooners come to town.

Getting sideways with CTV is strike #2. He’s also credited with several hits and is considered one of the top ADs in the country. His recent award didn't exactly temper his ego.

 

[VolFan_stuck_in_the_901]

Danny is in a very tenuous situation. Up until this point he has really not made a misstep large enough to cause any fan pushback. None of us like the higher prices and being squeezed, but if the programs are winning, people will live with it. If the football season doesn’t turn out like we want to and CTV goes to the Giants he’s gonna face some huge backlash and a lot of the fan mistreatment will come home to roost.

Fans being mad won't make a hill of beans difference.... Peyton Manning and Larry Pratt being pissed at him? That will spell the end of his AD tenure sooner, not later

 

[Wickman]

I don’t think Danny White is going anywhere, but he needs to learn how to check his ego and NOT to get sideways with the best coach on campus.

I thinks it’s near impossible for any of these guys to check their egos to be fair… kinda what makes them successful in some ways.

 

[knoxvol52]

Don't believe you can make every coach happy when you are attempting to be a "Everything" school..

 

[cncchris33]

I'm gonna need some concrete evidence that donors and Danny are not in lock step before I go down that road. The conjecture is coming from all sides right now, and probably 0.2% of it is credible.

Agreed...just a fun talking point.

 

[volfanhill]

Danny is in a very tenuous situation. Up until this point he has really not made a misstep large enough to cause any fan pushback. None of us like the higher prices and being squeezed, but if the programs are winning, people will live with it. If the football season doesn’t turn out like we want to and CTV goes to the Giants he’s gonna face some huge backlash and a lot of the fan mistreatment will come home to roost.

lol fan mistreatment? Yall are something else

 

[Mullins2010]

lol fan mistreatment? Yall are something else

 

[Volstylexx]

I’m guessing Carla leaves with Tony. Amiright?

She’s already asked me if I would watch the kids while she goes and busts some MLB slumps. Apparently it’s an offer she can’t turn down - making the leap from college **** to professional ****

 

[volfanhill]

Don't believe you can make every coach happy when you are attempting to be a "Everything" school..

1,000% correct. There is only x amount of money

 

[TheMookieMonster]

Some of the Giants beat writers I’ve read on Twitter seem to be convinced Tony is just “doing his job” by going to practice and has agreed to be the manager, it’s just being held off on being announced.

 

[Vawlz]

I don’t think Danny White is going anywhere, but he needs to learn how to check his ego and NOT to get sideways with the best coach on campus.

We have the best AD and Administration is decades, and some of you want to run the AD off for...his "ego". Vol fans need to be careful what they wish for. Until he makes a disastrous coaching hire in a revenue sport, I don't have any complaints. For those of us that lived through the Dickey days (when he couldn't give a rat's @ss about anything other than football), Mike Hamilton, Dave Hart, and Fulmer, to name a few--DW has done a great job.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but when I've encountered DW haters IRL, when you put the screws to them to substantiate their opinion, they finally admit the only reason they don't like him is something to do with ticket prices.

I've seen posts in this thread claiming that if Tony leaves, it's got nothing to do with DW, but others (unsourced, of course) that imply DW is running him off. I have a difficult time believing that a seasoned AD would intentionally run off a NC-winning coach that revitalized the baseball program.

 

[Volstylexx]

Don't believe you can make every coach happy when you are attempting to be a "Everything" school..

Agree, that’s why you got to prioritize the ones who win, right? Imagine Bama saying we’re willing to let Oats go because we need to be more equitable with women’s basketball. It brings up an interesting perspective. Is it better to be good at many sports across campus or great at one (fair in all others) when that one sport has produced a national championship and is positioned to compete for many more.

 

[yoyoyoyo]

He had one previous misstep. Danny White implemented additional restricted, premium gates and chokeholds at Neyland Stadium creating a very dangerous situation before and after the UGA game. He owned it and we will see if it’s resolved when the Sooners come to town.

Getting sideways with CTV is strike #2. He’s also credited with several hits and is considered one of the top ADs in the country. His recent award didn't exactly temper his ego.

True on the stadium access. I was thinking more coaching missteps or things that could really cost him equity with fans and influential donors. If he fixes the issue it will be water under the bridge.

 

[Volstylexx]

Some of the Giants beat writers I’ve read on Twitter seem to be convinced Tony is just “doing his job” by going to practice and has agreed to be the manager, it’s just being held off on being announced.

BOOOOOO

 

[Mullins2010]

Some of the Giants beat writers I’ve read on Twitter seem to be convinced Tony is just “doing his job” by going to practice and has agreed to be the manager, it’s just being held off on being announced.

Link

 

[Christian Lowe]

Some of the Giants beat writers I’ve read on Twitter seem to be convinced Tony is just “doing his job” by going to practice and has agreed to be the manager, it’s just being held off on being announced.

That’s definitely most likely