Pierce out at Texas

Naturally, Sully will be on some lists, get lots of "influencer" traffic-driving content, etc., etc.

Texas averages almost 1.5K more people and pushes against stadium capacity every home game. They have better tradition at a high level then we do. They'll back the cash truck up for this one, I bet.

 

Let the search begin……lay off Sully

 

I think that Linc Jarrett and Wes Johnson are awesome candidates.

 

I wonder if Vitello still commutes from Nashville to Knoxville?

 

If rumors are to be believed, it’s Schloss they want. Could be rival fans blowing smoke though.

 

I do not believe that is true, but even if it is, Vitello is a fixture on campus, at fund-raisers, etc and he goes to virtually every other UTn sporting team event on the regular. I live here and, as much as we dismiss the Vols, they've been hitting consistently high levels of achievement in all sports under the current AD, though their trophy case of NCs pales in comparison to UF's over the same time. Their fans show up in numbers and even more so when they start winning. UTn put Vitello on the map when others wouldn't have. He seems like he plans to be here awhile. I'm very interested in what the Gator and the Vol head coach do with this UTx opening.

 

With Maineri back in the game. . . .maybe they take another shot at Pat Casey lol.

 

Said it in another thread. There aren't really a ton of obvious major gets beyond Vitello. It's either long established older veterans, or guys with shorter track records.

It's Texas, so somebody will go and likely succeed, but I'm not sure I see the move that's gonna shake up the college baseball world.

 

If I’m Vitello I just use this to shake down Tennessee for more money.

Same with Sully, Van Horn, Schloss, and any other established successful HC.

 

Heard a rumor on a Vols sports show predicting Vitello is about to become a 2M man. They love the guy.

Mingione seems more likely to leave, making under a million and has done great things for the Cats and sec coach of the year.

I'm sure a lot of ole Miss fans would be happy to see Bianco move on. He's making huge bucks and has had 2 disappointing seasons since the NC.

 

I'd bet Mingione or Vitello. Both are excellent HCs and pain-in-the-butt whiners.

 

I haven't seen anybody mention Arteaga!

Go GATORS!
,WESGATORS

 

Link will NEVER leave FSU. If he does, I will buy you a lifetime GC subscription.

 

I was kidding, sort of.

 

I get that the money isn't fungible, also that I'm also ignoring tax/fringe effects, and I bet no one really has a confident answer, but I'm going to ask anyway...
Which produces a better team? The coach a school can hire for $2.5 million per year or the coach a school can hire for $1 million per year + $1.5 million in (HC-discretionary) NIL funds? (Or somewhere in between.)

 

He’s been given a deadline to win a NC. He may not leave voluntarily.