What are our insiders hearing?

#427
#427
landscapingvol said:
This entire thread is non-sense and wishful thinking, nothing more. UT will not make a move until a new AD is hired and if history tells us anything then a new AD will not be hired for several months. They are not going to fire a coach in May. If CBJ were to win 8-9 games again next year, then he isn't going to be fired in 2017 either.
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If Jones has an 8 win season and the university keeps him, the 2nd half of the fan base will bale.
 
#428
#428
BigOrangeTrain said:
You have to understand something. To some people, Tennessee is a small little school that has no money. Some fans actually believe that Tennessee couldnt pay a huge buyout and pay a top notch coach 6-7 million a year. They are as wrong as mayo on a corn dog, but thats what they believe.
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We (the university of Tennessee) will not pay that kind of money for a coach. We are just not going to do it. Everyone needs to understand that. There is no home run hire out there at the pay scale we are willing to pay. So CBJ doesn't get fired until he proves that anyone else would be better.

To clarify......this is not what I "want" to happen. This is the reality IMO.
 
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MaxamusXIII said:
We (the university of Tennessee) will not pay that kind of money for a coach. We are just not going to do it. Everyone needs to understand that. There is no home run hire out there at the pay scale we are willing to pay. So CBJ doesn't get fired until he proves that anyone else would be better.

To clarify......this is not what I "want" to happen. This is the reality IMO.
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If I'm using my money to pay for a corn dog, I'll put whatever I want on it.
 
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Arclight said:
I would not eat a corn dog--ever. Or that gooey Cheese Wiz gunk.
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I used that on a bus trip once. It was dark and I thought, I wish they made this stuff to "glow in the dark". Nasty idea? If I'm eating spray cheese out of can, you think I really care if it glows in the dark?

MH
 
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Titan&Volfan4life said:
The BIG problem is still $$$$ and LOTS of it.

Even after next season we still face a HUGE $$$ buyout.

Then the ONLY way we'll hire a proven, top notch Head Coach and get a great staff for him that can coach and are great recruiters will be more BIG $$$$$.

The only place to get HUGE $$$$ to attempt to bribe a good HC and a solid staff to come to Tennessee is from our boosters and I don't see them throwing that kind of HUGE $$$$ our way especially with a brand new AD even if it's Blackburn.

We can borrow $$$ to build buildings but NOT for a buyout or hiring coaches and we still don't have the kind of spare $$$ laying around like most other programs have.

We're still boxed into a bad corner no matter how we look at things.

Some days reality just really sucks, LOL!

Just keep praying that buTch and staff can keep recruiting top players.

VFL...GBO!!!
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How is money a problem if we are about to start $100 million renovation of England? Honest question.
 
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#438
BigOrangeTrain said:
You have to understand something. To some people, Tennessee is a small little school that has no money. Some fans actually believe that Tennessee couldnt pay a huge buyout and pay a top notch coach 6-7 million a year. They are as wrong as mayo on a corn dog, but thats what they believe.
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Oregon is paying a huge buyout because one billionaire booster said so.

We could easily do the same.
 
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amavol2 said:
This is the point I was making, if only UT had some big boosters.
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I'm sure we do have some big boosters, but people are crazy thinking we can't afford that buyout. We were one of, if not the most, profitable schools in the NCAA last year. The coffers aren't bare, and our SEC network share alone is more than enough to chuckle at that buyout. Now, boosters or not, it is true that we always go mid-major bargain bin shopping for coaches and it's annoying. It's like they can't understand that perception is part of reality and you have to at least look like you're committed to being a power player. I'm hoping the new leadership coming in realizes that with football success, the money flows in rivers. Fingers crossed, knock on wood that if CBJ continues to coach his way into the toilet that we get a quality coach next go round.
 
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Wolfeman_Vol said:
I'm sure we do have some big boosters, but people are crazy thinking we can't afford that buyout. We were one of, if not the most, profitable schools in the NCAA last year. The coffers aren't bare, and our SEC network share alone is more than enough to chuckle at that buyout. Now, boosters or not, it is true that we always go mid-major bargain bin shopping for coaches and it's annoying. It's like they can't understand that perception is part of reality and you have to at least look like you're committed to being a power player. I'm hoping the new leadership coming in realizes that with football success, the money flows in rivers. Fingers crossed, knock on wood that if CBJ continues to coach his way into the toilet that we get a quality coach next go round.
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I agree Wolfe!
 
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MaxamusXIII said:
We (the university of Tennessee) will not pay that kind of money for a coach. We are just not going to do it. Everyone needs to understand that. There is no home run hire out there at the pay scale we are willing to pay. So CBJ doesn't get fired until he proves that anyone else would be better.

To clarify......this is not what I "want" to happen. This is the reality IMO.
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Depends on who they hire and the make up of the BOT. Doug Dickey resurrected UT football through the check book. Fundraising had really slid, and Dickey worked the fan base and laid the foundation for multiple stadium expansions, TBA, and a top notch practice facility. Something many thought UT would never spend money on.
 
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#448
Some people still can't read correctly obviously.

I said we CAN borrow $$$ for buildings like Neyland.

We can NOT borrow $$$ for coaches buyouts and their paychecks.

Some schools like alaBubba have $50 Million to $100 Million cash reserves.

Just a couple of years ago Tennessee was only around $5 Million and way behind most all other schools in the country.

The FACT is that we do NOT have the kind of HUGE $$$ it wilol take for the buyout for buTch, a big buyout for a top notch coach to replace buTch and BIG $$$ to pay the new coach and his staff.

Those idiots saying that we do have that kind of BIG $$$ are just totally clueless on the finances of our AD.

Sad situation to be sure but that's our financial reality.

VFL...GBO!!!
 
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