Who was the better hire?

[Volfan1000]

Barnes or Vitello?

 

[StarRaider]

why not both?

 

[TnVol!]

In basketball it was Barnes. In baseball it's Vitello.

 

[Rocky Top T]

Both are very good. I say Tony V.

 

[Ritzwatch]

Great hires. Tony V walked into a tougher job.
I’m glad we have both.

 

[DooleyOrangePants]

Vitello hands down over Barnes in baseball.

Barnes a country mile over Vitello in basketball.

 

[vol66]

This topic was brought up on the Sunday sports tv talk show.

One of those guys mentioned that Barnes fell into our laps, that the Tyndall fiasco made that one a no brainer, where with CTV they actually had to find him, and it looks great now but it was risk.

 

[dale1998]

Vitello. 24 years younger as well.

 

[Gandalf]

We have had good but not great basketball teams before Barnes but I had no idea we even had a baseball team until Vitello. I mean Delmonico back in the 90s and early 00s was good IIRC but cant think of us every doing much besides that.

 

[PKT_VOL]

Vietello and it's not even close.

Vitello is already the best major sports coach on campus, probably the best coach period on campus.

He appears to be a truly generational coach. He's already a program-changing and conference-changing coach.

Oh, and he's quite young with plenty of his best coaching years ahead of him.

 

[Boca Vol]

OP was listening to Tyler & Will today....

 

[tennesseeduke]

Barnes or Vitello?

Ummm both!

 

[VolnGermany]

Both are great hires, but from a money standpoint my guess is that basketball brings in more money. Hate to make it that simple, but it's still a business and cash is king.

From a nationwide competitiveness standpoint, Tennessee has been THE dominant team in a fickle game for 2 of the past 3 seasons. I wasn't a baseball fan until March of '22 when I got Covid (the only thing I can remember fondly about the pandemic). Now I LOVE IT!!!

 

[chas]

BOTH COACHES ARE GREAT FOR THEIR ON SPORT. TENNESSEE HAS GREAT COACHES AT EVERY SPORT NOW. JUST WIN. GBO.

 

[Madscientistvol]

Both are great hires, but from a money standpoint my guess is that basketball brings in more money. Hate to make it that simple, but it's still a business and cash is king.

From a nationwide competitiveness standpoint, Tennessee has been THE dominant team in a fickle game for 2 of the past 3 seasons. I wasn't a baseball fan until March of '22 when I got Covid (the only thing I can remember fondly about the pandemic). Now I LOVE IT!!!

Tony has brought a ton of attention to Vols Baseball. His impact has been immense.

 

[BreatheUT]

Vitello has achieved a higher level of success but I am very pleased with the success of both. We have two top notch coaches.

 

[TnScooby]

Apples to Oranges...

Sports Source poll from yesterday's show

Who was the better hire? Barnes or Vitello? They have both brought stability to their respective sport. What does Vol Nation have to say?

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