Godfatha
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So Hart wants someone who has three years HC experience but is promising, but doesn't want to be fair with his buyout. So the coach is walking into a 2 year rebuilding job with not a lot of protection and the risk of a career set back. Can't really blame Michael White here.
Get White, plays aggressive defensive scheme. Excellent pedigee. Young but experienced. Great recruiting success. All indications a winner..bite the bullet, pay the buyout (600,000) and get on with it
I don't think that's accurate. Imo, the holdup is the possibility of White busting it to Ole Miss. I got a text yesterday saying "back off our next coach" from a former guard there and current oxford businessman. I know for a fact White has been contacted by people around the ole miss program that have wanted Kennedy gone for 3 years. I was told he is gone next year, barring something crazy heppening.
Just passing it along.
I don't think that's accurate. Imo, the holdup is the possibility of White busting it to Ole Miss. I got a text yesterday saying "back off our next coach" from a former guard there and current oxford businessman. I know for a fact White has been contacted by people around the ole miss program that have wanted Kennedy gone for 3 years. I was told he is gone next year, barring something crazy heppening.
Just passing it along.
I don't think that's accurate. Imo, the holdup is the possibility of White busting it to Ole Miss. I got a text yesterday saying "back off our next coach" from a former guard there and current oxford businessman. I know for a fact White has been contacted by people around the ole miss program that have wanted Kennedy gone for 3 years. I was told he is gone next year, barring something crazy heppening.
Just passing it along.
Everyone is saying the buyout is on the backend of the contract if we were to fire him, not if he was to bolt. He's wanting more security, not less.
that opinion is fine. I'm saying ole miss guys that write the checks have been in contact with White. That's all I know. Those guys are done with Kennedy.
Understandable, and if that is true then good for Hart, we don't need to get Kiffened next year. It's seem unclear, but from what I've read and VQ had the specifics last night, it's that Hart isn't providing much financial security in years 3&4.
Nobody passes on UT in hopes that Ole Miss comes open in the future. Especially when we would likely more than double his salary.
I know he's an alum but he also has a brain.
The hold up has to be the security issue, not that he wants to make it easier to leave. Why would he care so much about that? He wouldn't be paying it. His potential suitor would pay it for him.
UT fans have such fragile egos.
Everyone in this thread needs to understand that Hart is leaking what he wants to in this process. A lot of it could be that he's finding out who he can trust in the AD. Don't forget someone lost their job over leaking the Nike deal. The rest of what's coming out is calculated on his part and all part of the dance.
Get white, plays aggressive defensive scheme. Excellent pedigee. Young but experienced. Great recruiting success. All indications a winner..bite the bullet, pay the buyout (600,000) and get on with it
From everything I've read, he's recruited 2 and 3 stars (and a couple of no stars). He's apparently had a lot of success with mediocre talent, which is very much to his credit.