[Giants]

Murphy was Milwaukee’s bench coach for eight prior to becoming their manager.  No one has ever gone directly from college head coach to MLB field manager (until now?).  

My thoughts - why not?  If he could simply get the players to focus on their job while they are on the field, it would be a major step forward.  Too many times, we saw fundamental mistakes by the Giants; errors of omission and commission.  Clean those up, add Max Scherzer, a fiery competitor and good friend of Vitello (per The Athletic), another starting pitcher and some bullpen arms and suddenly you have a serious wild card contender.  

Easy peasy…..

Works for me. I think it's a great idea. How come it's not done yet?

Money…

He makes $3 million/year at Tenn. (a no income tax state) plus a $3 million buyout if he leaves the Vols.  That adds up to a pricey payout by SF.  
 
Just guessing…

$3.5 million/year on a four year contract plus a one time $3 million charge for the buyout plus additional monies (10%) to cover the difference in state taxes. 

That equals $18.4 million ($14M + $3M + $1.4M).  

That would put Vitello in the top seven* of current major league managers.  I’m guessing that is what they are talking about at this point.

* Roberts, Counsell, Cora, Lovullo, Boone, Vogt are the Top 6.

[Giants]

Murphy was Milwaukee’s bench coach for eight prior to becoming their manager.  No one has ever gone directly from college head coach to MLB field manager (until now?).  

My thoughts - why not?  If he could simply get the players to focus on their job while they are on the field, it would be a major step forward.  Too many times, we saw fundamental mistakes by the Giants; errors of omission and commission.  Clean those up, add Max Scherzer, a fiery competitor and good friend of Vitello (per The Athletic), another starting pitcher and some bullpen arms and suddenly you have a serious wild card contender.  

Easy peasy…..

Works for me. I think it's a great idea. How come it's not done yet?

Money…

He makes $3 million/year at Tenn. (a no income tax state) plus a $3 million buyout if he leaves the Vols.  That adds up to a pricey payout by SF.  
 
Just guessing…

$3.5 million/year on a four year contract plus a one time $3 million charge for the buyout plus additional monies (10%) to cover the difference in state taxes. 

That equals $18.4 million ($14M + $3M + $1.4M).  

That would put Vitello in the top seven* of current major league managers.  I’m guessing that is what they are talking about at this point.

* Roberts, Counsell, Cora, Lovullo, Boone, Vogt are the Top 6.