The Official Tennessee Baseball Skipper Search Thread

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#176
DW is going to so mess this up - wrong hire, players bail and this coming season will be a struggle. Right hire, players stay and success continues.

There is absolutely no reason for him to not promote from within - give it a year and if things go south, start the search when there is time for a new coach to recruit players.
 
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Why is everyone clamoring Elander? Does he have any HC experience? Was he heavily involved in recruiting and player evaluations?

Seems like a weird coping mechanism to meditate the pain of Vitello leaving. Does it make people feel like they’d be losing less of Vitello?
 
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bpalmer28 said:
Why is everyone clamoring Elander? Does he have any HC experience? Was he heavily involved in recruiting and player evaluations?

Seems like a weird coping mechanism to meditate the pain of Vitello leaving. Does it make people feel like they’d be losing less of Vitello?
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I know for fact he was heavily involved in a lot of recruiting. Plus I strongly believe the home run power was is from Elander.
 
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bpalmer28 said:
Why is everyone clamoring Elander? Does he have any HC experience? Was he heavily involved in recruiting and player evaluations?

Seems like a weird coping mechanism to meditate the pain of Vitello leaving. Does it make people feel like they’d be losing less of Vitello?
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I was under the impression that Elander was heavily involved with recruiting.
 
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bpalmer28 said:
Why is everyone clamoring Elander? Does he have any HC experience? Was he heavily involved in recruiting and player evaluations?

Seems like a weird coping mechanism to meditate the pain of Vitello leaving. Does it make people feel like they’d be losing less of Vitello?
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Heavily involved in recruiting, hitting, and catching. Former players describe him as the “glue” of the whole operation. He has filled in as HC when Tony was suspended a few times.

You likely keep most of the current team, staff and recruits (top of the sport in 26 & 27) if he’s the guy. IMO he keeps this train rolling.

He will be an SEC HC either here or somewhere else very soon.
 
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Gilbert said:
Heavily involved in recruiting, hitting, and catching. Former players describe him as the “glue” of the whole operation. He has filled in as HC when Tony was suspended a few times.

You likely keep most of the current team, staff and recruits (top of the sport in 26 & 27) if he’s the guy. IMO he keeps this train rolling.

He will be an SEC HC either here or somewhere else very soon.
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He ran the offense, not Tony.
 
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bpalmer28 said:
Why is everyone clamoring Elander? Does he have any HC experience? Was he heavily involved in recruiting and player evaluations?

Seems like a weird coping mechanism to meditate the pain of Vitello leaving. Does it make people feel like they’d be losing less of Vitello?
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Imagine actually typing this and then hitting "post reply".
 
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#192
From D1 Baseball....

Josh Elander, Tennessee (35 years old) — Based on the feedback from players, former players and fans, Elander is the preferred choice — at least for now — of the Tennessee community. We actually put out a poll on X the day the Vitello news was announced, and out of 2,800 respondents, 79.1% preferred Elander over any other option. Elander has spent the last eight seasons as an assistant/recruiting coordinator for the Vols, and runs the UT offense. In addition to what he has accomplished with the Vols, Elander learned under Dave Van Horn and Jim Schlossnagle, along with Vitello, and was a standout catcher during his time at TCU. There are a ton of pluses to making Elander the next skipper of the Vols.
 
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txbo said:
From D1 Baseball....

Josh Elander, Tennessee (35 years old) — Based on the feedback from players, former players and fans, Elander is the preferred choice — at least for now — of the Tennessee community. We actually put out a poll on X the day the Vitello news was announced, and out of 2,800 respondents, 79.1% preferred Elander over any other option. Elander has spent the last eight seasons as an assistant/recruiting coordinator for the Vols, and runs the UT offense. In addition to what he has accomplished with the Vols, Elander learned under Dave Van Horn and Jim Schlossnagle, along with Vitello, and was a standout catcher during his time at TCU. There are a ton of pluses to making Elander the next skipper of the Vols.
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Who’s on their list aside from elander? I can’t look because of the paywall
 
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