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vol66 said:
I would argue that we have coaches. We’re 20-0. I noticed late, they brought in AA today, which they have employed late in games previously, and they moved Curly from SS to 1B.

Your points may be valid, and 1B has certainly been an issue, along with fielding, but at some point you gotta trust the Coach, right?

Do we know better than them? I doubt it.
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Nope. TV has 3 million reasons to do what he does. He's easily the best in the business. I'm sure it's mostly psychological paired with a little MLB draft stock in there.
 
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OrngeJuiceJones said:
Is Behnke hurt or something? I see he's barely played I just noticed tonight
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Had been

9 March CTV

On the status of Andrew Behnke:

“He’s [Behnke] thrown off the mound. The old song and dance you guys don’t like to hear. I guess if the world was coming to an end and he needed to go get a hitter, he certainly can do that. But we’d like to go through a sequence and it’s kind like last year with a couple of our guys. The better the team plays… There’s so many different ways where the better the team does, the more it helps the kid. They sometimes just don’t know it. But in that case, it buys you a little room. There’s no need to press fast forward on the deal if other guys are doing a good job covering innings and we’re swinging the bat well. So, he’s ready.
 
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2 rules I have learned about coach V.
Number one you don’t throw strikes you don’t pitch
Number two you don’t hit you don’t play the field until the end of the game.
Those are really simple and they will not change He does not care how fast you can throw if you can’t throw it for strikes and he does not care how great of a fielder you are if you cannot hit. I don’t understand why that is not easy to understand after watching him coach for this long. AA has got to figure out the hitting thing or he will not play shortstop except the end of the game.
 
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I will also add that he is a huge guy on figuring out your plus and minus. Per se. He has left a few guys pitch that walked guys, but they did not score because he struck out the next ones. So their plus was higher than their minus. And I have seen him try to give a few guys fielding time, but it is hard for your fielding to make up for lack of batting.
 
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preacherman20 said:
2 rules I have learned about coach V.
Number one you don’t throw strikes you don’t pitch
Number two you don’t hit you don’t play the field until the end of the game.
Those are really simple and they will not change He does not care how fast you can throw if you can’t throw it for strikes and he does not care how great of a fielder you are if you cannot hit. I don’t understand why that is not easy to understand after watching him coach for this long. AA has got to figure out the hitting thing or he will not play shortstop except the end of the game.
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Do you think that’s why the kids all like Tony as much as they do. Not a lot of gray area with CTV. If you perform well you play. If you don’t you don’t play. No politics involved
 
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TigerMan said:
It’s just an honest take. And I’ll add to it a little bit as well. I believe LSU is good, but nowhere near #1 good. If I had to guess right now, I’d say we likely only win somewhere between 16-18 SEC games. I’d be absolutely surprised if we picked up 20 or more, but I don’t see that happening. We’re definitely going to take some losses this season, but I hope we aren’t fighting like hell to make the tourney like last year.

I think the Vols are at minimum going to pick up 22-24 SEC wins, and it wouldn’t surprise me if it’s closer to 26 or 27. When you’ve got the bats like the Vols, you’re going to win a lot of games. The SEC is pretty loaded this year, so it’s going to be fun to watch all season long!
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I never count anyone out in this league based on appearance early in the year. The Vols were 4-5 to start conference play last year, then won an incredible 18 of their last 21 conference games. There was a lot of weeping and gnashing of teeth going on, then everything fell into place. With Alabama and Georgia looking more and more legit, I think it makes the league better overall. I stay away from specific win projections, but I believe LSU will finish top 3 in the league record-wise, and will be there come tournament time with a chance to collect all the marbles.

I do believe this current Vol team is better than last year’s team, although winning the CWS is hard to do no matter how good you are.
 
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TigerMan said:
I saw about 15 innings of the Vols over the weekend. And yeah, you can’t deny they are looking really good right now. I personally like to wait until about 3 SEC series have been played before I start taking a hard stance on how good teams really are. LSU swept Mizzou, and although that’s great as a fan, it doesn’t tell me whole lot since Mizzou isn’t anything special. Next weekend will tell me more for sure. The Vols swept Florida, which again is Great (and way better than sweeping Mizzou), but next weekend will tell you more. Mostly, it will be more revealing as to how well Florida plays, bc we already know the Vols are as solid as can be. This is going to be such a fun season! Every weekend will have great series within the conference!
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Road sweeps in the SEC are extremely difficult. Texas, Bama and LSU did just that.
 
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preacherman20 said:
Absolutely. You know what you have to do to get on the field. No matter what you were in HS, which everyone was a standout, your performance dictates play. He doesn’t buy the eye test. Prove it. Kirby never passed eye test but proved it on field.
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I blame his dad's genetics. ;)
 
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preacherman20 said:
Absolutely. You know what you have to do to get on the field. No matter what you were in HS, which everyone was a standout, your performance dictates play. He doesn’t buy the eye test. Prove it. Kirby never passed eye test but proved it on field.
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I kind of figured that. It’s the only way to keep all the talent that they have happy. 100% transparency and performance based. Iron sharpens iron.
 
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Orange931 said:
If it comes down to a rubber match this Saturday, I’m expecting Snead to start. I honestly don’t know if Bama is that good or if A&M was way overhyped.
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Watched most the A&M game Sunday, Grahovac & Sorrell out, LaVoilette isn't hitting like last year and their FR look FR. They're are work in progress
 
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Phillips Named SEC Pitcher of the Week After Complete-Game Shutout vs. Gators - University of Tennessee Athletics

Phillips becomes second UT pitcher in as many week to earn SEC weekly honors.
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For the third straight week, Tennessee had a player recognized by the Southeastern Conference in its weekly awards as Marcus Phillips was tabbed the SEC Co-Pitcher of the Week on Monday afternoon.

The junior righthander continued his impressive string of early-season outings with his best start to date, tossing a seven-inning complete-game shutout on Saturday afternoon to help the Vols clinch their series against No. 6/7 Florida on SEC Opening Weekend.

Making his first-career SEC start, Phillips struck out seven, scattered five hits and issued just one walk in a career-high seven innings pitched, topping his previous career-best of 5.2 innings. The South Dakota native's complete-game shutout was the first by a UT pitcher since Drew Beam had one in a win at Vanderbilt on April 3, 2022.
 
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WillisWG said:
utsports.com

Phillips Named SEC Pitcher of the Week After Complete-Game Shutout vs. Gators - University of Tennessee Athletics

Phillips becomes second UT pitcher in as many week to earn SEC weekly honors.
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For the third straight week, Tennessee had a player recognized by the Southeastern Conference in its weekly awards as Marcus Phillips was tabbed the SEC Co-Pitcher of the Week on Monday afternoon.

The junior righthander continued his impressive string of early-season outings with his best start to date, tossing a seven-inning complete-game shutout on Saturday afternoon to help the Vols clinch their series against No. 6/7 Florida on SEC Opening Weekend.

Making his first-career SEC start, Phillips struck out seven, scattered five hits and issued just one walk in a career-high seven innings pitched, topping his previous career-best of 5.2 innings. The South Dakota native's complete-game shutout was the first by a UT pitcher since Drew Beam had one in a win at Vanderbilt on April 3, 2022.
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Well deserved! That’s my boy! 🧒🏾
 
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Moore & Burke were amazing all year long at the top of the line up last year. To have that production all year is exceptional. I hope they find guys that can do that this year.
 
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