I take it you are implying the Vols will be very mediocre. Why is that? Recruits not coming like they used to? Vandy has no problem getting them. BTW..did you ever make it to Omaha when the Vols were in the WS?
UT baseball? Mediocre?
Mediocre would be a huge step forward for this program.
Unless an honest to goodness miracle happens this is a lame duck year for Dave Serrano, who is in the last year of his contract. Were his son a junior last year instead of this (he will be likely be drafted between rounds 5 and 10 this June) year he most likely would have been gone after last year's dismal showing.
Let's put it this way - UT finished 12 in the SEC last year, limped in to Hoover and were quickly dispatched in the first game - an elimination game, and they lost their 6 juniors (including about 70% of starter innings pitched, and their closer/starting first baseman and 4 hole hitter) to the draft, and 4 or 5 - exact number escapes me at the moment - of their signing class to pro contracts.
Going to be a really long year. If they finish out of the basement it will be a miracle.