re: Mississippi State Baseball

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Didn’t Butch Thompson already tell MSU to kick rocks after they let Andy go?

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I heard Butch passed because of Cohen being the AD at State.

I don’t think Butch & Cohen don’t get along. It was more Butch wanting to distance himself from Cohen/State & prove he could run his own program as a head coach at Auburn.

With Cohen now at Auburn and Butch showing he can get a team to Omaha. Butch may be willing to make a move to State.

the Texas job will be open this year or next imo.. Pierce may survive this year because the Big 12 isn’t all that great, but he will likely get his arse handed to him next year, unless he brings in some elite talent this offseason.

Yes he has been to Omaha 3 times.. but only one of those teams had a chance to win it. There is a culture problem.

Why do I bring it up? CDC (AD) is one of the best in the business and he is probably already putting out feelers to test the market.

I don’t have a clue who he will go after, but I suspect a lot of SEC coaches will be in the mix. Corbin was supposedly on the hook but there was a death or something and he changed his mind.

I want Vitello. His recruiting would make Texas a monster.

I’d put the odds at about 90% that the Texas job is open in the next 15 months.. but the dude pulls rabbits out of his hat, so who knows..

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Vitello's agent would definitely listen if State called.

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Just to get a little more money from Tennessee. Tony has 2 years left on his deal and will likely push 1.75 million on his base salary from the Vols.

Absolutely. State, Ole Miss, Arky, SC, and LSU have their athletics structured so that baseball gets more influence, money, and fan support than any other places in the nation.

We poached a top pitching coach away from SC.

Honestly, I don't know anymore. Most of our players get worse when they get here. They don't throw as well and they forget how to hit. I'm not sure any coach could overcome it. But then again Lemonis beat LSU 2/3 last year when we weren't much good. We are terrible now though.

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Every single one of these things, Mississippi State does 10x better

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It’s the one sport we have id say our fans/boosters have a blank check for

Vitello is a punk who likes to act like a badass but can’t back it up in crunch time.
His players act just like him and come across as dooshbags.
MSU wants no part of that. They are actually a baseball powerhouse with a great history of winning. They’ll be back soon enough. Too much money invested in that program for them not to win.

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Vitello would leave Tennessee in an instant if State offered him

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I bet he wouldn’t. Not only does he love it at Tennessee, he’s actually having a direct hand in renovating and rebuilding Lindsey Nelson Stadium. UT is spending as much as anyone on baseball now. The Vols are spending $90 million to upgrade and rebuild Lindsey Nelson stadium. Attendance will only continue to grow as the stadium grows. When UT is done with renovations, which had already started, LNS will hold sound 9K or so. Also Vitello is the 4th highest paid coach in the SEC right now.

Coaches year Salary from 2023:
Corbin- ?
Johnson- $1.65 mill
Bianco- $1.625 mill
Schlossnagel- $1.58 mill
Vitello- $1.5 mill
Van Horn- $1.35 mill
O’Sullivan- $1.29 mill
Lemonis- $1.275 mill


The Vols are not worried about anyone in the SEC now that the administration isn’t afraid to spend money on baseball. Tennessee is spending $90+ million on upgrades, and schools like Bama put on hold its basketball arena because they didn’t want to spend over $60 million anymore as inflation went up.

When did LSU become the lapdog for MSU? Do you realize how much of a pansy you sound like?

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Vitello is a punk who likes to act like a badass but can’t back it up in crunch time.

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Keep that same energy when you come to Knoxville this year. Do I need to remind you what happened to your bitch arse last time you came to Knoxville? Or what about the last two times? Vitello has been a HC half the time as Johnson and will end up winning a natty quicker than Johnson did.

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His players act just like him and come across as dooshbags. MSU

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His players like playing for him and he is an elite recruiter. Let’s take a look at the teaching classes.

2023:
1. UCLA
2. Arkansas
3. Vandy
4. Tennessee

2024:
1. LSU
2. Tennessee
3. Texas
4. Georgia Tech
5. Auburn

2025:
1. LSU
2. Texas
3. Vandy
4. Tennessee
5. Miami

2026:
1. Stanford
2. Miami
3. Tennessee
4. TCU
5. aTm

Say what you want, but he can recruit with anyone. Also when Tennessee are done with its $90+ million facility upgrades are finished, he will bring even more talent to UT than what he is. You got to remember, he took over a dead program that won 7 SEC games and in his 3rd year he was in Omaha and won the SEC.

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They are actually a baseball powerhouse

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Tennessee is the new powerhouse, and is the only school in the SEC that’s been to Omaha 2 of the last 3 years. Vitello will get a national title quicker as a HC than Johnson, Bianco and Corbin got their first one. This is only his 6th year. Also last year was a rebuilding year and one of his least talented teams since 2018( his 2nd year) and yet still made it to Omaha in a rebuilding year.

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great history of winning.

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That wasn’t enough for Vitello to take the LSU job. It wasn’t a secret that your fans wanted Vitello. Hell a portion of your fans was convinced not only was you coming to Knoxville to win the Supers, but you where taking Vitello back with you when you left town. Well as you seen, UT made Vitello the 2nd highest coach at the time and he told LSU to kick rocks. Vitello loves working for Danny White.