Happy Tony Vitello Day! (June 7)

[MAD]

Happy Tony Vitello Day everyone.
8 years ago today Tony Vitello was named head baseball coach at Tennessee.

 

[MAD]

Also 5 years ago today.

 

[Volprofch05]

fast forward 5 years:

 

[Hoosier_Vol]

One of (if not) the best hire in UT history

 

[MAD]

One of (if not) the best hire in UT history

 

[TheMookieMonster]

John Currie's legacy. He could do nothing else the rest of his time on this earth, and he'll always have this. Thank you, Currie.

 

[MAD]

John Currie's legacy. He could do nothing else the rest of his time on this earth, and he'll always have this. Thank you, Currie.

On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate the hire?

 

[DazzleVol]

About a 56 so far

 

[StarRaider]

One of (if not) the best hire in UT history

 

[stevenrich2003]

I think it is safe to say that Coach V has been a great hire!

 

[youcancallmeAl]

Also 5 years ago today.

Who the hell is Russell Smith.

 

[TheMookieMonster]

On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate the hire?

I don't know. An 11?

 

[TennEddie]

Definitely ahead of Butch and Poot ( sarcasm) !

 

[VOLfrombama]

John Currie's legacy. He could do nothing else the rest of his time on this earth, and he'll always have this. Thank you, Currie.

 

[jerrync]

On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate the hire?

10+

 

[Volbackhomefromtx]

One of (if not) the best hire in UT history

In five years, Coach Vitello has grown UT baseball from below sea level to a towering mountain of college baseball with glorious Power T on top visible across the baseball landscape. Where does he rank as an all-time UT hire -- charging up the rankings like a Gilbert home run over the score board (name your Vol, we are blessed there are so many)!

On a scale of 1-10 and staying within the scale, CTV is a 10.0

Hope we are able to see Coach V with a shillelagh on Saturday night!

SUPER excited. Getting ready for Friday already. It is going to be a long week.

Beat ND and on to Omaha!! GBO!!!

 

[VOLfrombama]

CTV hire was a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the 9th

 

[lilesrt]

Also 5 years ago today.

Your worst nightmare, Russell.

 

[cobbwebb0710]

Also 5 years ago today.

LMAO! Russ Smith is the biggest Vitello fanboy in Knoxville, now!
GBO!!

 

[cobbwebb0710]

One of (if not) the best hire in UT history

It’s looking like it could be on par with Pat and the General.
GBO!!

 

[cobbwebb0710]

John Currie's legacy. He could do nothing else the rest of his time on this earth, and he'll always have this. Thank you, Currie.

We should send him a “happy Tony Vitello day” hallmark card.
GBO!!

 

[VolInNW]

Also 5 years ago today.

Welp....that aged well.

 

[hjeagle1vol]

On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate the hire?

2x50\#1*1000+Championships- chest bump = middle finger?

 

[TN_gal]

During his Monday interview on Sports Talk, Coach V said that people didn’t need to worry about him leaving for anywhere else. He loves it here, and even bought his folks some property here.

I’d say we have our head coach for the foreseeable future. What a program changing hire he has been!

 

[MAD]

Tomorrow it will be 7 years.
What did y’all think when you heard the news?