The Official “Regular Posters of the Basketball Forum” Thread

[VolsAgainstTheWorld15]

He’s not going to leave them for their biggest rival lol

Chris Beard left Texas Tech for Texas. I get that logically it probably feels as if he won’t leave for an in state rival because it’s kind of a crappy move, but you’d be surprised with Byington…most wouldn’t but I am confident that Byington would listen if DW hit him up. May not say yes, but it would absolutely not be a case of immediately hanging up the phone.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Chris Beard left Texas Tech for Texas. I get that logically it probably feels as if he won’t leave for an in state rival because it’s kind of a crappy move, but you’d be surprised with Byington…most wouldn’t but I am confident that Byington would listen if DW hit him up. May not say yes, but it would absolutely not be a case of immediately hanging up the phone.

White left UF for Georgia.

I mean UF is glad I'm sure but still.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

He’s not going to leave them for their biggest rival lol

I said that didn’t I?

But everyone throwing out crazy names like Beard & Oats like they’re real possibilities.

 

[SGMVols]

Chris Beard left Texas Tech for Texas. I get that logically it probably feels as if he won’t leave for an in state rival because it’s kind of a crappy move, but you’d be surprised with Byington…most wouldn’t but I am confident that Byington would listen if DW hit him up. May not say yes, but it would absolutely not be a case of immediately hanging up the phone.

Beard is a Texas alum and that’s the only reason he made that move. Forget apples and oranges, this is apples and elephants.

 

[SGMVols]

White left UF for Georgia.

I mean UF is glad I'm sure but still.

Different situation. He left because he was about to get fired.

 

[VolsAgainstTheWorld15]

Beard is a Texas alum and that’s the only reason he made that move. Forget apples and oranges, this is apples and elephants.

Couldn’t disagree more on this. So much easier to recruit, whether it be transfers or high school recruits, to Tennessee than Vanderbilt. Have a little respect for the Tennessee job. We can’t get many P6 coaches. No doubt about that in today’s day and age where security is everything. However, Tennessee would be far and away better than Vandy. Now, Byington probably won’t be on DW’s short list because he doesn’t feel like a DW hire, at least not to me. However, to suggest he wouldn’t even consider leaving if DW gave him a call is absolute nonsense. Tennessee is an exponentially better job than Vandy. Byington would answer the call and listen. Wouldn’t be cheap after the quick turnaround he’s had at Vandy, but he would be willing to listen. I know that without a shadow of a doubt.

 

[SGMVols]

Couldn’t disagree more on this. So much easier to recruit, whether it be transfers or high school recruits, to Tennessee than Vanderbilt. Have a little respect for the Tennessee job. We can’t get many P6 coaches. No doubt about that in today’s day and age where security is everything. However, Tennessee would be far and away better than Vandy. Now, Byington probably won’t be on DW’s short list because he doesn’t feel like a DW hire, at least not to me. However, to suggest he wouldn’t even consider leaving if DW gave him a call is absolute nonsense. Tennessee is an exponentially better job than Vandy. Byington would answer the call and listen. Wouldn’t be cheap after the quick turnaround he’s had at Vandy, but he would be willing to listen. I know that without a shadow of a doubt.

Not every coach automatically leaves the instant they get offered a better job.

 

[OrangeInKy]

And still yet is one of the best offensive players in history before his 26th birthday. All NBA players whine to the refs just like most fans bitch about the refs continuously...

I don’t argue his greatness at all. He is definitely worse than most players in this regard. Not sure many would disagree.

 

[OrangeInKy]

Couldn’t disagree more on this. So much easier to recruit, whether it be transfers or high school recruits, to Tennessee than Vanderbilt. Have a little respect for the Tennessee job. We can’t get many P6 coaches. No doubt about that in today’s day and age where security is everything. However, Tennessee would be far and away better than Vandy. Now, Byington probably won’t be on DW’s short list because he doesn’t feel like a DW hire, at least not to me. However, to suggest he wouldn’t even consider leaving if DW gave him a call is absolute nonsense. Tennessee is an exponentially better job than Vandy. Byington would answer the call and listen. Wouldn’t be cheap after the quick turnaround he’s had at Vandy, but he would be willing to listen. I know that without a shadow of a doubt.

Wait, I’ve been away all afternoon, is someone saying the Vandy job is as good as the Tennessee job?

 

[OrangeInKy]

Chris Beard left Texas Tech for Texas. I get that logically it probably feels as if he won’t leave for an in state rival because it’s kind of a crappy move, but you’d be surprised with Byington…most wouldn’t but I am confident that Byington would listen if DW hit him up. May not say yes, but it would absolutely not be a case of immediately hanging up the phone.

A&M baseball coach left for Texas, Tuberville left Oxford for Auburn. It happens

 

[VolsAgainstTheWorld15]

Wait, I’ve been away all afternoon, is someone saying the Vandy job is as good as the Tennessee job?

SGM seems to be suggesting that Byington would never leave Vandy for Tennessee since we are in state rivals. Not saying I would bet the house on him coming here if DW offered Byington the job, but the idea that it’s a non-starter (assuming that is indeed what SGM meant) is ludicrous.

 

[VolsAgainstTheWorld15]

Not every coach automatically leaves the instant they get offered a better job.

Didn’t suggest that in the slightest. I took your post to mean that you think it’s a complete no go for him to leave. If that’s no what you meant, my bad. If that is what you meant, you’re totally wrong.

 

[OrangeInKy]

SGM seems to be suggesting that Byington would never leave Vandy for Tennessee since we are in state rivals. Not saying I would bet the house on him coming here if DW offered Byington the job, but the idea that it’s a non-starter (assuming that is indeed what SGM meant) is ludicrous.

I see. I don’t even think about that stuff right now. Im hoping for a couple more years of this.

 

[VolsAgainstTheWorld15]

I see. I don’t even think about that stuff right now. Im hoping for a couple more years of this.

Same. We’re living in the golden age.

 

[walkenvol]

We hit our % from FT line, that’s another 9 points.

Definitely had some off games.

Cade stepping up with Felix getting all the BS fouls was big. Chaz going off in 2nd half helped too.

Didn’t we miss the front end of 4 1&1’s? If so, that’s 13 points we left at the line.

 

[OrangeInKy]

Maybe they deducted all the games he's been thrown out of from his eligibility

And right on cue, that moron gets ejected today.

 

[VolCalls]

Beard is a Texas alum and that’s the only reason he made that move. Forget apples and oranges, this is apples and elephants.

Wrong. Texas is also the flagship institution in that state and has more money and resources than they know what to do with. Anyone other than Patrick Mahomes would’ve made that move if offered.

 

[OrangeInKy]

Baker -Mazara throws elbow in back of Bama player. Bruce said he hasn't seen pmay but "my guess is it was retaliatory" and "I'd like the first fouls to be called". Both Pearls make excuses for that punk and it's that lack of discipline that will be their undoing, but the guy should be suspended a game at least by the league, like that dirty Gator was after his hit on Fulky. Relevant to this thread as we may see them next week.

 

[Col_Cathcart]

Well, we'll disagree on that. I know that Doncic does complain a bit too much, but he's like a magician with the ball in his hands. I can't compare him to Harden because Harden's game is so predicated on iso play and foul grifting, especially as he aged

My contempt for James is because to me he is responsible for ruining the NBA with his power plays to form super teams and hold franchises hostage to his whims. He got away with it because he was so good, but the player empowerment (which many think is a great thing) just got out of control to the point that contracts mean nothing any more. And James took the whole traveling thing to the ridiculous level that is is now, where 3-4 steps is routine. James to me is everything that is bad about the NBA.

I’ve never lived in a city with an NBA team and am not really a fan of any particular team. So player movement or players influencing front office decisions bothers me not at all. It’s completely irrelevant to my enjoyment of the games.

Luka dribbling the air out of the ball and crying to the refs after every play impacts my enjoyment of the games.

Btw, it feels like a bit of a stretch to blame James for players requesting trades and generally ignoring their contracts given that he’s only ever switched teams during free agency and hasn’t (at least to my knowledge) asked to be traded. I think you’d be better off blaming harden or Durant or butler or even lillard. Just someone who has actually reneged on a contract or asked for a trade. James’s innovation was more just making a spectacle out of his free agency (which I didn’t really love but also just don’t care much about)

 

[TheMookieMonster]

Seeing stuff like this makes me more angry than it really should be. Tennessee has been one of the elite programs in college basketball for a decade. We also generally speaking have some good history in this sport. NC State goes on a YOLO run in the ACC Tournament last year, makes the NCAA, gets to the final four. Then they go back to being dog water the next year and the coach is fired.

Unreal that we have been unable to put it all together while this stuff happens.

 

[bleedingTNorange]

I think it also goes to show a bit, what does it really mean to make a F4? Cool we’ve never done it and can say we now have, but what’s different from never having made an E8 and finally you make it past the S16 to E8 and lose? It’s 1 more round and neither is a championship or even championship game?

 

[omghulkhands]

Seeing stuff like this makes me more angry than it really should be. Tennessee has been one of the elite programs in college basketball for a decade. We also generally speaking have some good history in this sport. NC State goes on a YOLO run in the ACC Tournament last year, makes the NCAA, gets to the final four. Then they go back to being dog water the next year and the coach is fired.

Unreal that we have been unable to put it all together while this stuff happens.

Feels like Hubert is cooked then if this happened

 

[VolFreakJosh]

I think it also goes to show a bit, what does it really mean to make a F4? Cool we’ve never done it and can say we now have, but what’s different from never having made an E8 and finally you make it past the S16 to E8 and lose? It’s 1 more round and neither is a championship or even championship game?

It’s the same thing with Frank Martin.

He led South Carolina to their first Final Four ever but was eventually dismissed in 2022 for failing to make the tournament during his final years.

Would the same posters who continue to bash Barnes tournament resume trade Barnes for Martin or Keatts right now?

 

[bleedingTNorange]

Feels like Hubert is cooked then if this happened

Not this year he’s not I don’t think, they just extended him

 

[TheMookieMonster]

I think it also goes to show a bit, what does it really mean to make a F4? Cool we’ve never done it and can say we now have, but what’s different from never having made an E8 and finally you make it past the S16 to E8 and lose? It’s 1 more round and neither is a championship or even championship game?

I think at this point most of the casual fans just want a Final Four so they don’t have to listen to all our rivals constantly say “No Final Fours?” anytime you engage with them.

But you are right, it does feel like the meaning of a F4 shouldn’t carry as much weight as it does.