re: It’s Kevin O’Sullivan

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He’s 2 games above .500 in the SEC since getting to Tennessee even after winning the East this season.

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12-18, 29-27
14-16, 40-21, reached regional final
15-2, rest of season cancelled to COVID
20-10, 44-15, won East, may win SECT, will be a national seed


He took over a team that was 7-21 in the SEC the year prior and one who hadn't been to the NCAAT since 2005. In fact, they'd only qualified for the SECT a few times since 2005. He has completely built that program from the ground up and turned them into a national title contender in a matter of a few years. You also cannot ignore the work he did on the recruiting trial at TCU and Arkansas. We have people complain about how hands off Mainieri is in that dept...well Vitello is the exact opposite. He's young, he's hungry, and he clearly seems to know what he's doing.

Hiring a new coach is never easy. And it's also never a guarantee. But the safe hires are not always the best hires. And honestly, I really don't see much risk with Vitello, despite only being a head coach for 4 years. Nothing about how Tennessee has risen gives me pause that it could be a one-off year

What makes that video so bad is the way his names glitching like that,they did that on purpose,because they think it makes the gif look cooler. Let that sink in.

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Last season, you mean 17 games? And I gave the records and showed the discrepancy between them, if you wanna move the goalpost then fine but don’t try to flip it around on me.

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Within the context of whether they’re on an upward trajectory or if this is an outlier season it is absolutely relevant.

Year 1: missed postseason
Year 2: regional finalist
Year 3: started 15-2, season canceled
Year 4: national seed, result pending

That’s pretty clear to anyone being halfway objective.

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The same way Skip Bertman had more upside in 1985. There’s a reason it’s called upside.

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Absolutely.

And in 1984 when Brodhead hired Skip, he had absolutely nothing to lose.

Just hard to see Woodward hiring anybody who doesn't have a history of going to Omaha.

Schlossnagle or O'Sullivan. He'll throw the bank at them.

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Are you willing to risk a repeat of the last 12 years on a guy who’s had 1 good season?

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We're risking that regardless of who replaces Paul. There is no Nick Saban of college baseball that can just come in and dominate anywhere he coaches. There's going to be risk.

And the last 12 years at LSU have still arguably been top 5 in college baseball. None of the other guys we're considering have been had better results outside maybe O'Sullivan, but he's also underachieved plenty with the talent he's had to work with.

“We're risking that regardless of who replaces Paul”


Well that’s a given but shouldn’t we try to minimize it?

Vitello is ready for this job. Chill.

If true frick Sully and Scott!!! You have a coach Vitello 20 years younger who can evaluate talent and develop it and his players love him. Most former players under Pulmonary can't say that.
God, I hope this doesn't happen with underachiever Sully. If Pulmonary is pushing for Sully as his replacement just hope Scott is his own man because frick that. Just finally leave Paul!

You keep focusing on one year when I just laid out 4 year results showing an improvement in each one.

I get that he doesn’t have an extended track record, but you should be able to point that out without attempting to shite on what he has done to this point. If you want more tenure then McDonnell is a 10 year older version of Vitello, and the talent he has put together at Louisville is also more impressive than O’Sullivan doing it at Florida.