Official Rick Byrd Thread

#126
#126
InVOLuntary said:
Are you employed as a campaign manager?
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Nope, just a 65 year old ETSU grad, retired chemist, retired USAR drill sergeant, born in Tennessee, always a Vols fan, and wondering how in the world this guy was passed over after being approached for Cuonzo Martin. Hate to see that happen again! UT would probably be the cream of the SEC if the hire had been made 3 years ago! The guy does not want to leave the beautiful state of Tennessee, his birthplace, for California as some unknown quantity could well do. This job is the ONLY one he would leave Belmont for. It's his hometown and his alma mater!
 
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SeniorDrill said:
Nope, just a 65 year old ETSU grad, retired chemist, retired USAR drill sergeant, born in Tennessee, always a Vols fan, and wondering how in the world this guy was passed over after being approached for Cuonzo Martin. Hate to see that happen again! UT would probably be the cream of the SEC if the hire had been made 3 years ago! The guy does not want to leave the beautiful state of Tennessee, his birthplace, for California as some unknown quantity could well do. This job is the ONLY one he would leave Belmont for. It's his hometown and his alma mater!
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Maybe he turned us down the last time.
 
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InVOLuntary said:
Maybe he turned us down the last time.
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Maybe we should give him a chance to turn us down again. If he is only making $600,000 @ Belmont, Hart should be attracted to him. Hart could double his salary @ 1.2k and basically let Cal (1.3k buy out) pay for his first years salary. Heck just splurge a little and go 1.3k for his salary and Cal still foots the bill. The only question here for me is recruiting. Can Byrd attract the D 1 basketball players to be able to compete with Kentucky. I understand that at Belmont he does not have to compete with the likes of the SEC, but every time I see Belmont on national TV, they are knocking off a bigger school with more talent. The game I watched this year when they knocked off N.C. at Chapel Hill was a thing of beauty. Say what you want to say, but Rick Byrd can coach! Maybe we should really go after him this time! I want a coach that wants to be the coach at Tennessee!!!:good!:
 
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#132
#132
Smokey 77 said:
Maybe we should give him a chance to turn us down again. If he is only making $600,000 @ Belmont, Hart should be attracted to him. Hart could double his salary @ 1.2k and basically let Cal (1.3k buy out) pay for his first years salary. Heck just splurge a little and go 1.3k for his salary and Cal still foots the bill. The only question here for me is recruiting. Can Byrd attract the D 1 basketball players to be able to compete with Kentucky. I understand that at Belmont he does not have to compete with the likes of the SEC, but every time I see Belmont on national TV, they are knocking off a bigger school with more talent. The game I watched this year when they knocked off N.C. at Chapel Hill was a thing of beauty. Say what you want to say, but Rick Byrd can coach! Maybe we should really go after him this time! I want a coach that wants to be the coach at Tennessee!!!:good!:
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That's exactly what I want. Someone who WANTS to be here. Byrd can coach folks
 
#133
#133
I think Byrd is a great coach and Hart could do much worse if he is not careful. Only issue I would have with hiring Byrd is I'd be curious how long he actually coaches. 3-4 years from now we could very well be back shopping for a coach again. IF Hart talked to Rick and he could honestly say he wants to coach for 6-10 more years, I'd be fine with the hire. Another question I'd have is would Byrd be willing to go out and get a hired gun/top recruiter to add to his staff who could bring in the big targets? If he is making 600 grand and would fight for the job, I would be fine seeing Hart give him 1-1.1 million a year and see how it played out.
 
#134
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Smokey 77 said:
Maybe we should give him a chance to turn us down again. If he is only making $600,000 @ Belmont, Hart should be attracted to him. Hart could double his salary @ 1.2k and basically let Cal (1.3k buy out) pay for his first years salary. Heck just splurge a little and go 1.3k for his salary and Cal still foots the bill. The only question here for me is recruiting. Can Byrd attract the D 1 basketball players to be able to compete with Kentucky. I understand that at Belmont he does not have to compete with the likes of the SEC, but every time I see Belmont on national TV, they are knocking off a bigger school with more talent. The game I watched this year when they knocked off N.C. at Chapel Hill was a thing of beauty. Say what you want to say, but Rick Byrd can coach! Maybe we should really go after him this time! I want a coach that wants to be the coach at Tennessee!!!:good!:
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In hindsight, I wish they had offered the job to Byrd instead of Cuonzo. I don't know if the results would have been different but I know we'd have seen a much better coached team on the floor. I do think he'd have had to get a bunch of lower ranked recruits and coach them up which he probably could have done. These highly rated guys are looking for flash and I don't think he possesses that.
 
#135
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InVOLuntary said:
In hindsight, I wish they had offered the job to Byrd instead of Cuonzo. I don't know if the results would have been different but I know we'd have seen a much better coached team on the floor. I do think he'd have had to get a bunch of lower ranked recruits and coach them up which he probably could have done. These highly rated guys are looking for flash and I don't think he possesses that.
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Bo Ryan seems to be doing all right with those type of players. There are tons of great players available. We just have to get a coach that can inspire them to give their all to Tennessee!!! That's what Butch Jones is slowly doing and it's what Bruce Pearl did at Tennessee. I believe that Rick Byrd or Ben Howland would be great hires for Tennessee!
 
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#139
#139
SeniorDrill, why do you get stuck on something?

You did nothing but copy and paste the same 5k word essay about the 1-3-1 in every thread you could find for about a week straight.

Then you wrote up some 2k word story about Thompson and Barton, and copy and pasted it into every thread for a week straight.

Now you're doing the exact same thing with Rick Byrd, can you not just say something once and move on? You post the same copied post in every thread like trying to get a response.
 
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I'm coming around to the opinion that if Hart cannot get an A lister, which I guess means Smart or Marshall, he may as well offer the job to Byrd. I doubt Byrd would be any worse than Martin sans the stars realigning in the NCAA tournament. So worst case you have 3 or 4 seasons as a bubble team then Byrd will retire and they look for someone else with hopefully a bigger bankroll to lean on. Best case, Byrd has success and retires in about 10 years.
 
#141
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bleedingTNorange said:
SeniorDrill, why do you get stuck on something? You did nothing but copy and paste the same 5k word essay about the 1-3-1 in every thread you could find for about a week straight.
Then you wrote up some 2k word story about Thompson and Barton, and copy and pasted it into every thread for a week straight.
Now you're doing the exact same thing with Rick Byrd, can you not just say something once and move on? You post the same copied post in every thread like trying to get a response.
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It's called advocacy, which you are the king of. To have the gall to criticize my 350 posts not all related to Rick Byrd when you came onto the forum in the first season of Cuonzo Martin and proceeded to post 35000 posts in favor of him. I know you were paid by Cuonzo to do that in this forum to the tune of 35,000 posts. Now shut up about me advocating a coach who will leave his record in the dustbin of history if hired by Tennessee. I mean you are so transparent. I picked up on that when you defended him when anyone said anything bad about him to the tune of 35,000 posts in three years. Now get over it, he is no longer the coach! He blew his chance! Think Cuonzo will ever have 689 victories if he coaches til he's 100? Oh, by the way, he did not have the sense to use the zone defense to win the SEC. Rick Byrd would! I'm really surprised you havn't moved to California. I thought you were one of his coaches. LOL
 
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#143
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bleedingTNorange said:
I was paid by coach Martin to post on VN?

Take off the tin foil hat bro, lulz
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I expect to see the new basketball coach's picture in the orange shirt. You can change it now, he's gone. Sort of odd picture if you were not a plant. Heck, Cuonzo's gone, change it to Butch! Bleed a little orange hor ole Butch!
 
#145
#145
bleedingTNorange said:
Maybe I'll change it to Byrd?
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You know I actually do like you! I just have it in my blood to respond when attacked, you know, the drill sergeant mentality. I actually taught infantry tactics in the USAR for 25 years as a citizen soldier. My tactics are designed to accomplish a mission if you get my drift. They didn't work on getting Cuonzo to play more zone defense like all the good coaches do. To me, it's sort of like fighting with one hand tied behind your back. (Thought you might tell him!) :) Anyway, I have no way of understanding why Rick Byrd is not the best candidate out there for Tennessee in its present situation. Saying 60 is too old is joke as some do. Saying he has been at one school too long is also a joke. He does not want to leave our beautiful state. As he said, the UT job is the only one he would consider leaving Belmont for. He loves Knoxville (he was born there), he loves Tennessee (he is an alumnus), and none of those young guns out there will ever have as many career wins. There is not a mid major coach that ever went to a major university with a better coaching record. He just refused to leave Tennessee. Many have tried to recruit him over the years. He is not a fly by nighter. He will be here for a good ten or more years if hired and he will do for Tennessee basketball what Butch will do for Tennessee football, no doubt about it!
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
Byrd has won a D2 national championship?
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Hasn't won a D2 national championship as Bruce did. But he has won two National Coach of the Year awards, the NAIA National Coach of the Year in 1995, and the Hugh Durham National Coach of the Year Award (mid-majors) in 2011.
 
#149
#149
The last time Tennessee played Belmont was in 2010, Bruce Pearl's last season. At the time, Tennessee was ranked #18 and the game was played at Thompson Boling. Tennessee won by 1, 66-65.
 
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