I sure hope UT honors Tony Vitello at an upcoming home FB game

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He deserves a good send off from Vols fans. This is a career upward move and I'm happy for what he did here as well as happy for him to garner this opportunity.
Good Luck, Tony! Drop by anytime.
 
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I think there’s nothing wrong with a celebration of the National title team and recognizing his accomplishments , but I think give it a couple of years . It’s pretty new still.
 
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This thread is proof that there are always some who are upset. Let that be a lesson for both sides to look within yourself over something that my be trivial or a given in other areas of sports or life.

Btw, Vitello is considered a top coach in the country. He's a transformative leader in baseball. In 2017/2018 how many would've had UT as baseball national championship in their bingo cards? This was his first head coach job. If he is successful going from college to the pros which is unprecedented, then the University of Tennessee could be his only ever college head coaching job.

A standing ovation before or at halftime of a home football game is not too much to ask if Danny White finds it appropriate.
 
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LegionnaireOfTheMiserable said:
This fanbase has worshipped a lot worse coaches for doing a lot less. Tony V was the real deal and the benchmark for what a great coach should be. He took over the worst program in the conference and made it the best in the country.
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I’m not trying to take anything away from what he accomplished. He will likely go down as the best coach we’ve ever had and probably deserves a statue AFTER he retires. There’s still a very real possibility he ends up at Arkansas.
 
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patrick said:
The guy who was the best coach on campus by a significant margin who resurrected a baseball program from ashes and won College World Series...............But you'll worship an AD who hasn't won a game. ok
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how did worshipping Danny White get brought into this conversation? who is worshipping him??? hell he's getting raked across the coals everywhere i look
 
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Last season 2024 the Vols dominated during the regular season and also the SEC championship games only to struggle against AM in the Xship series. I thought he left pitchers in way too long that last game, almost lost the game.. I thank him for bringing a NC to Tenn, but it's time to move on.
 
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Some folks round East Tennessee believe Johnny was the second coming of General Neyland, yet did Johnny bring home a Natty??? Hmmm? Give Coach V the respect he deserves. I have watched more UT baseball games in the past 5 years than football games in the past 20. My brother, Corky Terhune, was a pitcher for the Vols circa 1972-75, and he can go to his grave now knowing his team won a Natty because of one man, Tony V.

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LegionnaireOfTheMiserable said:
This fanbase has worshipped a lot worse coaches for doing a lot less. Tony V was the real deal and the benchmark for what a great coach should be. He took over the worst program in the conference and made it the best in the country.
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So worshipping a coach is okay as long as certain criteria is met?

You coach worshippers should make it clear from now on. Get the rules stickied to the main board.
 
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He did a great job as our coach. He made the decision alone to quit and work elsewhere. I won’t ever celebrate a coach who quits to coach elsewhere. VFL doesn’t mean until a better gig appears. He’s not a VFL. I’ve moved on and don’t really care what he does anymore. GBO
 
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Volboy said:
He did a great job as our coach. He made the decision alone to quit and work elsewhere. I won’t ever celebrate a coach who quits to coach elsewhere. VFL doesn’t mean until a better gig appears. He’s not a VFL. I’ve moved on and don’t really care what he does anymore. GBO
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I feel that same way , coaches and players that bail on my teams lose my fandom.. Kinda like getting a divorce
 
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If he doesn't end up in the MLB HOF, I'll hold the grudge of making the poor decision. As of anything now, or this decade even, let it cool. He's been recognized plenty until now and UT doesn't owe him any more.
 
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