I understand why, but it’s funny to see so many hate on Tennessee so bad

How do you know florida wont be good

We’ve never had a coach or team act so trashy. Not even close.

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What do you mean on Arkansas as formidable? They've been that for awhile in baseball.

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See above. I think tnhey come back down the earth and are middle of the road sec program.

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We’ve never had a coach or team act so trashy. Not even clo

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Lol. I can assure you tons of other fans across the country though we were trashy fans when we were dominating football in our heyday. Just because we were on the winning side if it doesn’t mean people all thought we were classy.

Tennessee isn’t that bad. Their center fielder is a roided up childish douche bag, but beyond that they are tolerable. Tony V is a good coach and he’s learning how to handle himself on that stage. The fur coat and daddy hat and all that is just part of what baseball has become.

But any opinion on the matter is quite rich coming from our fan base. I was able to make it to exactly two lsu home baseball games this year. The one I brought my ten year old son to, we sat in RF and listened to our “student section” mother frick A&M’s right fielder for 9 innings while they drug lsu all over the park. Heckling is fun and has been part of it for decades. Yelling cuss words as loud as a person can get and calling the opposing players mothers and girlfriends by name is embarrassing and over the line. Especially in ear shot of dozens of kids. We need to crack down on that before we say a thing about an opposing team or fanbase.

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So pretty much what any coach does from little league to the pros?

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Vitello is a good coach but he's a jerk.


He built something and he deserves credit for it but he's a jerk.

I don't like him.

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I think any time you carry yourself with confidence and have success, you’re going to have a large portion of people see you that way.

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It's one thing to carry yourself with the success that one has built. I respect that.


Acting like a complete turd is something else. Hollering at the umps, throwing tantrums at umps, opposing players, making huge scenes..... I get defending your players and what you've built but he's a jerk.

I don't like Saban but I respect him. Vitello is the opposite.

Like I said, I can see how it’s easy to form that opinion. But you are talking about a handful of incidents. And nothing out of the realm of what many other coaches do. The game requires that sometimes. I’ve watched Tennessee play several games where he’s been mostly quiet and unanimated. I guarantee his players know that he has their back and can assure you they love playing for him. Even the quieter more humble guys on their roster. I’d want my son to play for that guy anytime over a coach that blames losses on his players, especially publicly. There’s more than one way to act like a turd.

Easy turbo, I only brought PM up as an example to the contrary. I asked a direct question about him in my first response to you that you ignored. I’m not trying to make this a Vitello vs. Mainieri thing. It was just a question to try to get you to see it from a different angle. You have every right to not like the guy for any reason you so choose. You posted an opinion on a message board. My bad for trying to shine a little bit different colored light on it. I just think your idea of him is exaggerated compared to what he actually is and if he was 52-7 in purple and gold, your overall opinion of him might be a little different. Anyway, carry on dude.

Plenty fair enough. I was just trying to feel you out on your perspective of the guy as a conversation piece. Not trying to get you to like him. I couldn’t care less about him one way or the other. Like you, I think he’s a good coach. I just tend to give guys in his current position the benefit of the doubt bc he’s in the spotlight and his success puts him in many peoples crosshairs. It’s easy to see somebody’s flaws when they’re in that position.

I’ve been around the game a long time and, generally speaking, guys that coach or play with a little fire often get an unwarranted bad rap. I don’t know the dude, but I’d be willing to bet he’s probably a stand up guy. I know he does a lot on the youth baseball scene as far as speaking to kids and what not. Stuff like that goes a long way with me.