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modern wellness.com. You would think when your podcast is named Thunder and Lightning,

you could get Kendall Rogers on for more often. But this is the first time we've had the man

from D1 Baseball on with us, and I really appreciate his time. We are, as we're recording

this, we are 62 days away

at the start of the college baseball season here in Starville. Let's talk about the SEC first. And I hit up Brian O'Connor about this question a few weeks ago. Now I'm going to get you. You may not know this. I am a diehard San Francisco Giants fan. Been one in my whole life. Okay. want to know your thoughts on Vitello going to San Fram.

Yeah, I mean, first of all, I mean, it's historic.

I mean, fan, been one my whole life. Okay. I want to know your thoughts on Vitello going to San Fram.

Yeah, I mean, first of all, I mean, it's historic. I mean, the fact that you have an SEC baseball coach take a major league job and take a job like the Giants, you know, to go from Knoxville, Tennessee to San Francisco in the Bay Area is quite a change. So I think over the last few years, I think we've all kind of waited for this to happen. Tony just happened to be the right guy and the right situation at the right time. I do wonder, I was talking to something about this right after it happened, but I do wonder if you go back and look at Pat Murphy's success with the Brewers, and this had a little bit of something to do with it. And granted, Pat's a little different because he was with the Padres for a bit. You know, he was on the bench with, you know, counsel before he got the managerial job. But still, it's a former college coach who clearly, once he got to the professional ranks, knew kind of the, you know know the switches to flip to be a successful manager so i think kind of looking back at that i think i think that helped

tony a little bit because i would consider those two guys very similar personality-wise like both

firebrands but they're going to fight for their players and their players love them. And so I think it's neat.

I get that Tennessee fans are probably a little pissed that he went and got Q their strength coach

and took Frank Anderson with him.

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