Tony Vitello to SF Giants (Merged )

[mr.checkerboards]

So.... I know its Basilio which not everyone loves but.......

Its not 100% done yet, but people inside the program, including DW believe Tony is going.
Posey and Vitello have grown close over the course of this program search.
Most believe, its just to try it, and its all about the oppurtunity.
Some around the program believe Tony is upset because theyve messed with his NIL budget.

 

[Spring Hill Jay]

Building the stadium and now will be empty in 3 years.

 

[Hoggervol]

Well Kellie did keep that going.

Kellie's last second coaching fiasco against South Carolina is her legacy.

 

[Proud Army Wife]

They are A-holes to announce this today of all days.

 

[NeverWe'llSever]

Disappointing, but understandable. SF is a great city and the Giants are a great franchise.

 

[Putbacks]

Surely the Giants are just paying to have him abducted…

 

[UTFranklinVol]

has a college baseball coach ever been hired away by an MLB franchise? it seems unheard of.

 

[praxite33]

Disappointing, but understandable. SF is a great city and the Giants are a great franchise.

What about sf is great? The homeless camps or the poop in the streets?

 

[Zues1]

well, that sucks.. and to do it today, of all days.. A serious POS if this is true.

Really dude? Just because news leaks out today ( it always does) isn't Tony's fault , and he's not a piece of ****.

 

[Vols1966]

How long does one have to remain loyal before taking a bigger position in the Pinnacle of your your profession?

Im not the

How long does one have to remain loyal before taking a bigger position in the Pinnacle of your profession?

I’m not the coach that preached “Loyalty” for the last 7 yrs. I get it in today’s world that words don’t mean much but there was a time (I’m 59) that words did mean something. Have you ever heard the phrase, My word is my bond?

I know I know he never promised to retire from UT I get it. Again congrats to him if he takes the Giants job.

 

[OL SMOKEY]

If this turns out to be true, it will be very disappointing. Happy for him, if that’s what he wants, but disappointing for us.

 

[NeverWe'llSever]

What about sf is great? The homeless camps or the poop in the streets?

I think if you turned off Fox News, left your couch and actually visited it, it would become pretty obvious immediately.

 

[Zues1]

Im not the

I’m not the coach that preached “Loyalty” for the last 7 yrs. I get it in today’s world that words don’t mean much but there was a time (I’m 59) that words did mean something. Have you ever heard the phrase, My word is my bond?

I know I know he never promised to retire from UT I get it. Again congrats to him if he takes the Giants job.

I'm all about loyalty and I agree 100% a man's word is his bond.
However how can you fault a man for taking a position at the Pinnacle of his profession.

 

[kunsanvol]

wait, this guy who was all about loving this team, loving the players, is not so much loving his team and players ? This better be a bad rumor

He can still chase his dreams. Dude's not chained down.

 

[CAVPUT]

Welp there goes our baseball program back to mediocrity

Won't be Todd Raleigh level, but it might be that we won't sniff the CWS again anytime soon or in my lifetime.

 

[Volstylexx]

What about sf is great? The homeless camps or the poop in the streets?

Oracle Park is one of the nicest facilities in baseball, and with his salary he’s not going to be living down in the wharf

 

[UTK]

If he leaves, he is a coach who brought us a title; for that I will be grateful.

Legends are lifers. Summitt, Neyland, Fulmer.

Legends get statues and stadiums named after them.

Tony will be a nice memory who had a chance to be a legend if he’d stayed.

You have no way of knowing Fulmer or Summitt wouldn’t have left for pro jobs either.

 

[LegionnaireOfTheMiserable]

has a college baseball coach ever been hired away by an MLB franchise? it seems unheard of.

To my knowledge, no. The Brewers manager, Pat Murphy, was a longtime college coach, but he coached in the minors and then was a bench coach in the MLB before becoming a manager.

 

[UTK]

The Tennessee way is having him end up in the SEC at another school and winning more there

Is it? Bruce Pearl is all I got off the top of my head

 

[Christian Lowe]

Is it? Bruce Pearl is all I got off the top of my head

That was the example at the forefront of my mind. To be fair none of our other recent coaches could win at a Sun belt school much less the SEC.

 

[K-town Vol Fan]

I'll watch this season but TBH I didn't care about baseball until TV. I will watch and hope we are still good, but it's hard to see how there isn't a drop off.

 

[taylorvol]

Gutted. Shocked. Sick to my stomach!

 

[Zues1]

Yeah, there's two threads in the baseball forum on TV

Go Vols beat Bama

 

[Volstylexx]

Im not the

I’m not the coach that preached “Loyalty” for the last 7 yrs. I get it in today’s world that words don’t mean much but there was a time (I’m 59) that words did mean something. Have you ever heard the phrase, My word is my bond?

I know I know he never promised to retire from UT I get it. Again congrats to him if he takes the Giants job.

It’s going to hurt for sure, but Tony was loyal. Remember when LSU tried to hire him in the basement of the Omaha Marriott during the CWS? He could have picked his program (LSU, Texas, etc.) and he stayed. To me, that’s loyalty.

 

[CAVPUT]

You also fail to mention the Giants were 10 games over .500 and only 2 games behind the Dodgers prior to trading for that cancer Devers. Tony will course correct that guy or else he will get shipped off. Giants have a very long recent history of winning. Diamondbacks do not. They just traded away their best power hitter this season to the Mariners to help them get to the precipice of the World Series. So yes, you really don’t know what you are talking about.

All I know is that Vitello embraced the challenge of bringing UT baseball from the depths of misery and won a freaking natty. Miraculous IMO. If he can do that here, he can turn any MLB team around.