Coming after Vitello

#329
#329
Wait ....hold up....so you're telling me Vitello hasn't earned it yet? In 4 years....well honestly 3 years....he has taken this program from bottom of the barrel in the SEC all the way to winning the SEC East....and a top 8 seed in the tournament. He's won 40+ games in back to back seasons ( probably would be 3 seasons if we would have finished last season). What a horrible take. We better pony up...or he will be gone.
 
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SouthKnoxVOL said:
Wait ....hold up....so you're telling me Vitello hasn't earned it yet? In 4 years....well honestly 3 years....he has taken this program from bottom of the barrel in the SEC all the way to winning the SEC East....and a top 8 seed in the tournament. He's won 40+ games in back to back seasons ( probably would be 3 seasons if we would have finished last season). What a horrible take. We better pony up...or he will be gone.
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There is only one person on this board arguing that Tony V hasn’t earned it, and he’s probably off yacht shopping for his mistress.
 
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I will say that if UT does not make a reasonable effort to keep TV, then they are not truly interested in a successful long term baseball program. I want all the athletic programs at UT to be top notch and today that means spending to keep up with the Jones's.
 
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TX A&M boards are screaming for their administration to go ALL in on Vitello. Meanwhile, on Volnation: “well, Vitello needs to prove himself and earn it.”
 

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Seems fair to me to suggest this team needs to win a regional before and discussion of doubling anyone’s salary is warranted
 
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BruinVol said:
Seems fair to me to suggest this team needs to win a regional before and discussion of doubling anyone’s salary is warranted
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We’ve gone from trying to survive an SEC season to winning a division title.

That may be harder to do than winning a regional.

I’ve seen enough.
 
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txbo said:
We’ve gone from trying to survive an SEC season to winning a division title.

That may be harder to do than winning a regional.

I’ve seen enough.
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No doubt it’s been extremely impressive and a nice raise is warranted and has been earned.

Imo what we have seen isn’t enough to convince me that Tenn needs to make TV the highest paid coach in the SEC or double his salary though
 
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BruinVol said:
No doubt it’s been extremely impressive and a nice raise is warranted and has been earned.

Imo what we have seen isn’t enough to convince me that Tenn needs to make TV the highest paid coach in the SEC or double his salary though
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Normally, I’d agree but Aggies firing makes the timing perfect for Vitelli. They will throw all the money at it. If we want to keep him, it’s going to cost us.
 
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BruinVol said:
No doubt it’s been extremely impressive and a nice raise is warranted and has been earned.

Imo what we have seen isn’t enough to convince me that Tenn needs to make TV the highest paid coach in the SEC or double his salary though
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I mean we paid an offensive coordinator $1.2 million to put one of the most lackluster and horrible offenses on the field in quite some time. A coordinator!

I see no reason why we can’t pay Vitello close to $1 million for what he has done. Besides, it’s not money he wants for himself. It’s money for his staff. That’s even less effort.
 
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Yea but I am of the opinion that $ won’t matter in this case

our best chance is TV has something Personal that keeps him here
txbo said:
Normally, I’d agree but Aggies firing makes the timing perfect for Vitelli. They will throw all the money at it. If we want to keep him, it’s going to cost us.
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BruinVol said:
No doubt it’s been extremely impressive and a nice raise is warranted and has been earned.

Imo what we have seen isn’t enough to convince me that Tenn needs to make TV the highest paid coach in the SEC or double his salary though
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Also, I don’t think it will be long before every SEC baseball coach is making a million plus.
 
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txbo said:
If you’re not ready to invest, how can you be a big donor?
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I’m not criticizing anyone. I’m pretty sure we don’t have any singular donor worth more than ESPN and they have invested in baseball, softball, lots. Now, I know there’s some big time folks like the Haslams out there that have given not only to UT but to all kinds of local schools and organizations. I commend them for doing so and it’s to great benefit to the kids.

The majority of teams in the SEC have looked at this just like the administration is now and have decided to invest in baseball. Why not here?
 
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TheMookieMonster said:
I mean we paid an offensive coordinator $1.2 million to put one of the most lackluster and horrible offenses on the field in quite some time. A coordinator!

I see no reason why we can’t pay Vitello close to $1 million for what he has done. Besides, it’s not money he wants for himself. It’s money for his staff. That’s even less effort.
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Moving him to 900k makes perfect sense


Moving him to 1.2 mil, upping assistant pay by 200more ANd committing millions to upgrades in facilities doesn’t imo
 
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BruinVol said:
No doubt it’s been extremely impressive and a nice raise is warranted and has been earned.

Imo what we have seen isn’t enough to convince me that Tenn needs to make TV the highest paid coach in the SEC or double his salary though
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He hasn’t asked for that publicly that I have seen anywhere.
 
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vol66 said:
I’m not criticizing anyone. I’m pretty sure we don’t have any singular donor worth more than ESPN and they have invested in baseball, softball, lots. Now, I know there’s some big time folks like the Haslams out there that have given not only to UT but to all kinds of local schools and organizations. I commend them for doing so and it’s to great benefit to the kids.

The majority of teams in the SEC have looked at this just like the administration is now and have decided to invest in baseball. Why not here?
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I agree and it shows in the product. LSU and A&M didn’t go backwards. The rest of the league went forward.
 
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