Official Statement from UT on the AD Position

[smokey0625]

Come on man. Regardless if we agree or not on how seriously this affects things one way or the other, surely you can see that this whole process was handled poorly.

Here is some food for thought:

1.How long did it take to find a Chancellor?
2.Why did Dave Hart announce when he did (take a quick peek at the length of his contract)?
3.Where is Dipietro in this whole thing and what is he doing?

How is it handled poorly. You hire a chancellor, then an ad. Why does that make sense to only me and a few others?

 

[jp1]

How is it handled poorly. You hire a chancellor, then an ad. Why does that make sense to only me and a few others?

Answer the questions. You will find the flaws. The reason it only makes sense to a few of you is because you are not looking at the facts.

Look at my posts on subjects other than the AD search. I have been accused of drinking gallons of Orange Kool-aid. This is as plain as the nose on your face.

 

[KBVol]

No you're not. If youre thinking then you would know that bama didn't replace their chancellor.

And again, do you think they would've dragged out their AD hire for 8 months if they had? .....considering they had Battle's replacement hired simultaneously with his retirement announcement? Not 2, 3 or 4 months....8. If Hyams is right about the timeline, and right now it sure looks like he is, it'll be at least 8 months from the time Hart announced his retirement until the time our new AD is announced.

We just disagree on how UT is handling this process.

 

[GAVol]

And again, do you think they would've dragged out their AD hire for 8 months if they had? .....considering they had Battle's replacement hired simultaneously with his retirement announcement? Not 2, 3 or 4 months....8. If Hyams is right about the timeline, and right now it sure looks like he is, it'll be at least 8 months from the time Hart announced his retirement until the time our new AD is announced.

We just disagree on how UT is handling this process.

I think there's a disconnect between people who think this is a flawed process vs those like me who think it's more a matter of a PR screw up. If they just keep Hart's retirement under wraps, nobody is freaking out right now.

 

[tennrich1]

Made perfect sense to me but I like Dr Suess. Why don't we let the people who do this for a living handle it. Be kinda like a well digger questioning a heart surgeon and vice versa.

 

[smokey0625]

And again, do you think they would've dragged out their AD hire for 8 months if they had? .....considering they had Battle's replacement hired simultaneously with his retirement announcement? Not 2, 3 or 4 months....8. If Hyams is right about the timeline, and right now it sure looks like he is, it'll be at least 8 months from the time Hart announced his retirement until the time our new AD is announced.

We just disagree on how UT is handling this process.

I just view it as common sense. Can't hire an ad no matter how far out we knew he was retiring if we didn't have a chancellor in place to hire the ad. Fan expectations think we should have hired one by now. I just keep asking how would we have hired an ad without a chancellor.

Not trying hard argue here. It's just my view.

 

[savannahfan]

I agree. It baffles me that people are so up in arms about this. Hart is on contract until this summer and it would be a mistake to saddle the new Chanceler with an AD she had no hand in picking. Be patient.

I agree with your statement. But, why did the powers that be, at the board level or somewhere there about, not see this "power transition " getting out of sink.
It appears to me that this is where the "lack of leadership" lies. Someone within this group should have seen this problem coming and said "whoa" lets get these ducks in order, these changes must come from the top down.

 

[savannahfan]

I don't think the delay is a big deal, and I don't have much of an opinion on David Blackburn, but I'm definitely getting to the point that I'm appalled by the ridiculous way this process is playing out in public.

It is ridiculous, but the university playing it out in public is not what they have done. We, and the press are the ones playing it out in public. Only a very few statements have come from the university. Now, maybe the university (powers that be) should have had a better public relations plan (or at least a plan) to cover this wholesale change at the top. BUT......

 

[05_never_again]

I think there's a disconnect between people who think this is a flawed process vs those like me who think it's more a matter of a PR screw up. If they just keep Hart's retirement under wraps, nobody is freaking out right now.

Could be both.

 

[savannahfan]

UT has known for a while that Hart was leaving as well. I can see waiting to have a chancellor in place to approve a hire but the search firm should've already had some candidates vetted BC honestly the chancellor isn't going to be the one "making" the hire.

But GOD help that person if they can't work with the chancellor. I don't care who makes the hire, that person must work with the BOSS! Or someway or the other they won't work long.

 

[musolfmj]

I actually see some good in the press release. Finally people have the official process to rant about. We can quit with rumors about somebody be named soon, the constant jabs at Hyams who has reported this process and time frame for quite a while, and just flame away at the process for a few days. And when the ranting dies down maybe we can focus more on the upcoming season.

Well, I can hope, can't I?

 

[savannahfan]

It really doesn't matter what anyone thinks about this hire. With the absence of any information from UT, folks just make up rumors and everyone runs with the latest version.
In the end, it will all work out and half of the fan base will be upset with the hire.

Personally, I don't see the need to vent and get upset. There's nothing happening at UT that changes anything in my life. I don't bet on any of their games and I don't brag about how they're gonna kick someone's a$$ on the football field. I let that stuff go a long time ago. Life is just too short for that stuff. I'm sure the person they hire will be good for UT.

Notice you are a senior member here abouts. However as such what is this "their games" and "their gonna kick someone's". As a long time poster and likely fan (1948) I would think you would say "OUR" and "WE".......

 

[Tin Man]

Witch Doctor say two words why not to rush.....

Derrick Dooley

Bones Never Lie.

Have you any love for this University?

 

[Tin Man]

It's been said before, but this is all textbook academia. Chancellor Davenport is going to make the AD hire. It's not going to happen before she's actively serving, and it'd honestly be pretty abnormal to saddle a new chancellor with a hire at the level of an AD that's not of their choosing, this close to their start date. UT has a contract with Parker Executive Search but is under no obligation to actually use them for a search, and evidently doesn't want to here - probably Chancellor Davenport's prerogative. They'll name one when they name one. Clearly a bunch of Vols fans are up in arms over things playing out that way, but it's a university that participates in athletics, not an athletic club with some higher ed attached.

To do something other than how it's actively playing out right now would be putting the cart before the horse, from the perspective of the university. It just seems like a mess because this is Volnation and all we really care about here is the cart.

:yes:

 

[Tin Man]

"Okey Dokey" - Who else read this and thought of the Hokey Pokey?

You put your left foot
You take your left foot out...

 

[Witch_Doctor]

Have you any love for this University?

Witch Doctor say everybody steals my tagline....Yep, just not into the sportboard drama..been doing this a long time..makes you tough lol
Bones Never Lie.

Listen to Doug Mathews...takes all this wild guessing out!

 

[m1al]

I don't think it's a hot mess.

Agree to disagree

You have to hire you chancellor first, then the ad.

Not true,

If butch didn't like the ad sich, he could have moved on but he didn't. Which lets me know, he's ok with the process.

There is evidence that he did look around. There is also evidence that there were no takers. As far as Butch being “ok with the process”, what choice does he have?

The new chancellor wants to be thorough bc it's her job to be, so let her be thorough.

Do you honestly believe this is her decision?

I just hope haslam doesn't have a say.

Prepare to disappointed.

 

[sona]

I hope the first thing on the new AD's to-do list is FAHR HOLLY. Incoming recruiting class shouldn't be a factor because they won't develop anyway.

 

[vols-1]

:yes:

Bama must have a horse that can push

 

[volfanbill]

Bama must have a horse that can push

Or they just didn't release the news of Battle's retirement before they found their replacement

 

[Orange&White]

The only silver lining I am applying to Tennessee's decision to hire a search firm is that Turnkey brought Byrne to Alabama. So hopefully they will search the entire country and find the best AD available so our boosters do not screw it up. The ironic part will be when they discover him about 100 miles down the road at UTC.

Also, Davenport continues to stress finding a current, sitting AD with a proven track record of success. I wonder if that essentially eliminates Fulmer?

 

[Orangedogsrule]

That was almost as dumb as the post you responded to.:thumbsup:

On another note, nothing new, but damn. Fans of other schools are pretty much non-existent, they got nothing to say that ain't already been said.

Well, that was the point wasn't it?

All this tempest in a teapot is just blindingly irrational.
The admin is going to follow the path they determined. I just want the individual hired to be more than competant. Great. Don't care how long it takes now.

 

[Chilmonty]

Seems to be going Well!! :blink::blink:

I think Jimmy Hyams did the back flip when they mentioned Fulmer!


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[joevol33]

Is the guy that back flipped off the ring symbolically implying he's jumping off a sinking ship?

 

[VolAllen]

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