What would you say to Tony V

[Rocky Top T]

I would thank him for making Tennessee baseball great again. Thank him for everything he's done outside of the game for fans in this state. Thank him for being a huge supporter of the other sports on campus. There are many other things I could thank him for, But the main thing is... He was One of Us!!! Forever grateful to him. Good luck in MLB Tony V. Vol Nation loves you!!! PS this post is not about DW

 

[tn4elvis]

I would thank him for making Tennessee baseball great again. Thank him for everything he's done outside of the game for fans in this state. Thank him for being a huge supporter of the other sports on campus. There are many other things I could thank him for, But the main thing is... He was One of Us!!! Forever grateful to him. Good luck in MLB Tony V. Vol Nation loves you!!! PS this post is not about DW

Thank you Tony for a lot of fun and giving us a great team to cheer for. Thank you also for being a great leader and ambassador for the state and university. Go win yourself a World Series my friend.

 

[vol66]

Thanks Coach! Go kick some MLB ass with your brand of baseball, be you!!!

 

[brockytop]

Thanks for the hard work, great teams, and swagger you delivered to a program that had never really had that combination before.

Thanks for developing a program that when the team took the field you expected them to win.

 

[Flogballs]

Thanks Coach! Go kick some MLB ass with your brand of baseball, be you!!!

I hope they let him be him

 

[vol66]

I hope they let him be him

Might not work if they don’t.

 

[Illinoisvolfan2]

Not happy you are leaving. But good luck with SF. I’ll be following the Giants next year

 

[Vol in LA]

Thank you!!! We all have enjoyed your time in Knoxville and we hope that our new head coach continues the new expectation for baseball, winning.

 

[EZE]

Thanks, and best wishes against any team but the Rangers.

 

[StarRaider]

Thanks for being one of us

 

[Cobb-Webb 1989]

 

[volanatic]

I’d tell him I feel like I lost part of my family.

 

[Beartrainer]

Go kick ass in the bigs, I don’t want to read about you back coaching in college in three years, heaven forbid at Ark!

 

[vols989898]

I would thank him for making Tennessee baseball great again. Thank him for everything he's done outside of the game for fans in this state. Thank him for being a huge supporter of the other sports on campus. There are many other things I could thank him for, But the main thing is... He was One of Us!!! Forever grateful to him. Good luck in MLB Tony V. Vol Nation loves you!!! PS this post is not about DW

Thanks and good luck is what I would say.

 

[BowlBrother85]

I would thank him not just for the great success and the 2024 CWS title, but for the exciting style and flare in which it was done. We were always a fun team to watch. We had an identity and became something of a villain .... that was fun too.

We have lost a lot this week, but we will always have the CWS title and some great memories. Nothing can take that away.

When it comes to MLB, I have always just been a Braves fan, even well before 1991, and that won't change .... but I wish Tony V nothing but the best.

 

[BigBadVol]

Thanks coach for making TN relevant but if you were so torn, why leave?

 

[taylorvol]

Thanks for restoring my passion and love for baseball. A special THANKS for bringing a NC to Rocky Top, giving fans some swagger, and making Vols baseball a force to be reckoned with….
Go crush it with the Giants! LNS just won’t be the same without #22!

PS. Just read article on his informal presser with some local media….And yes, Coach Vitello is a definitely a VFL! Leaving for a pro job allows players and coaches to keep that distinction! I hope he’s back on Rocky Top one day.

 

[taylorvol]

Thanks for restoring my passion and love for baseball. A special THANKS for bringing a NC to Rocky Top, giving fans some swagger, and making Vols baseball a force to be reckoned with….
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[Herman Hickman]

Back in 1989, I remember going to my first Tennessee baseball game after finishing a class. The old stadium was barely fit for purpose: buildings and stands composed of white cement blocks highlighted with orange on the sides. The new coach was Mark Connor. I don't think we even had 200 people there. Later that year, Tennessee Tech showed up in force and easily had more fans in the stadium.

Coach Delmonico showed us what was possible in the 1990s.

Coach Vitello made that possibility reality.

Can't thank you enough for being essential in restoring Neyland/Summitt/Bussard-level expectations to our university's athletic endeavors.

 

[Hoosier_Vol]

Thank you, now go win a WS!!

 

[VolBricks]

"Thanks for the memories coach"