Rick Barnes has emerged as a serious candidate the for UCLA job, reportedly has interviewed

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Imagine being 64 and 4-5 year away from retirement, making 3.5 million dollars, being beloved by the entire state of Tennessee, and feeling under appreciated to a point where you might take a job outside of your comfort zone......

What a time to be alive.
 
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Vols410 said:
Maybe (probably...) I'm remembering wrong, but didn't Hamilton know what the NCAA knew before they talked to Bruce; could've at least given the man a heads up. Sure, it's still ultimately on Bruce for lying, but with better communication he'd still be here.

Like I said, if I'm remembering wrong feel free to let me know lol. It's been a while.
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Hasn't Bruce himself taken responsibility for his actions? Hasn't he admitted he screwed up? I don't know all the ins and outs of the investigation and what Hamilton did or did not know. What I do know is in that situation, an ADs first duty is to protect the school, not the coach.
 
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JMSqb11 said:
Imagine being 64 and 4-5 year away from retirement, making 3.5 million dollars, being beloved by the entire state of Tennessee, and feeling under appreciated to a point where you might take a job outside of your comfort zone......

What a time to be alive.
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There has to be more to this story.
 
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JMSqb11 said:
I think a big part of the AD hating during that time was that the punishment didn’t meet the crime and the AD basically sabotaged the team and players and staff a day or two before our tourney game vs Michigan.

Hamilton was not a good AD for Tennessee for multiple reasons. But Pearl getting that team to the tournament was a tall task but big accomplishment.

Having Hamilton saying “ the jury is still out” 48 hours before the game basically ended the season and we got our asses handed to us by Michigan....

Would have been nice to have a competent AD.
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The punishment was basically 10 years in prison for petty theft. Other coaches during that time were doing much worse and lying much more to the NCAA but they got comparable slaps on the wrist for it.
Also the whole suspension for a bump violation that turned out to be untrue, and the reports that Hamilton knew about the NCAA having the photo and not telling Pearl before the meeting. All terrible.
 
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cncchris33 said:
That's maybe the most logical reasoning I've seen posted about why it could possibly happen. I still don't believe it, but your reasoning at least makes sense.
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It's one of the few ways Fulmer could get a win. The Pruitt hire could end up being disastrous, but bringing back Bruce would be a sure W. Don't forget, the Lady Vols are also looking for a coach....
 
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Weezer said:
Hasn't Bruce himself taken responsibility for his actions? Hasn't he admitted he screwed up? I don't know all the ins and outs of the investigation and what Hamilton did or did not know. What I do know is in that situation, an ADs first duty is to protect the school, not the coach.
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Hamilton never protected the school in anything he did. Just a money guy with no clue what he was doing
 
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InVOLuntary said:
No Hamilton didn't. But he did have knowledge of the photo prior to pearls meeting with the NCAA and didn't tell Pearl about it. If he'd have shared that info with Pearl, Pearl would not in all likelihood lied. Doesn't excuse pearl but also does sort of paint the situation in a different light.
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Would sharing that information have been a NCAA violation? What exactly was Hamilton allowed to share? I don't know myself, but as I said previously, the first priority for ANY AD is protecting the school.
 
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Weezer said:
Would sharing that information have been a NCAA violation? What exactly was Hamilton allowed to share? I don't know myself, but as I said previously, the first priority for ANY AD is protecting the school.
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I don't think it would have been a violation. My understanding is that it was a secondary violation and had Hamilton discussed the situation with Pearl, gone to the NCAA and said yes, this kid was there, it was at my home, made a mistake, it likely would have gone nowhere and Bruce would've gotten a slap on the wrist. Feels like Hamilton was all too willing to let Bruce hang himself.
 
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Weezer said:
Would sharing that information have been a NCAA violation? What exactly was Hamilton allowed to share? I don't know myself, but as I said previously, the first priority for ANY AD is protecting the school.
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At the end of the day, having Craft at his home for BBQ was nothing more than a secondary violation. Had Hamilton tipped off Bruce and it got out, that’s an issue for the AD and not Bruce as Bruce wouldn’t have lied about it.

Hamilton just sucked as an AD and he kept his job because he was killer fundraiser.
 
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Weezer said:
Would sharing that information have been a NCAA violation? What exactly was Hamilton allowed to share? I don't know myself, but as I said previously, the first priority for ANY AD is protecting the school.
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Good question but I would think he should be allowed to view any evidence against him prior to being questioned. Even off the record. Hamilton set him up in my opinion and from what I've been told.
 
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So what if UCLA doesn't offer Barnes the job, isn’t that an awkward situation for him and Tennessee fans seeing that apparently Barnes would accept if offered
 
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GOVOLS 1 said:
So what if UCLA doesn't offer Barnes the job, isn’t that an awkward situation for him and Tennessee fans seeing that apparently Barnes would accept if offered
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I mean if I was a school that wasn’t my Alma mater and UCLA came calling, I would be a lock to take the job.

But honestly, I don’t see how Barnes stays at UT if given a way out (UCLA job offer) and with losing Bone and Grant.

UCLA signed five 4/5 star guys and have another 4-5 star kid signed.
 
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