PulaskiVolFan, you’re one of my favorite posters on here. Your posts are always well reasoned and you don’t seem susceptible to group thinkIs it so bad that many consider him a good coach and that he got mistreated by our fanbase a bit? Why is that hard for some to accept? I personally feel that Cuonzo is a much better man than Pearl who happens to be the better basketball coach. I also think Barnes is as good or better than both, as a man and a coach. Your post is just digging at old wounds, why can't a fan continue to believe and feel what they actually believe and feel as opposed to believing everything you believe and feel?
I was a CM supporter and still think he is a very good coach. We are just the better team. Glad we have Barnes, but don't think anybody should be trying to make CM seem bad.
I'm pretty sure most fans dumped him before he left...Here's the thing with Cuonzo: He dumped us. He wasn't fired. He voluntarily blew out of Knoxville. That's sacrilege to us tried and true Big Orange fans. We'd never do that. This puts him in Lane Kiffin territory.
For that reason it's fun to see that we're better off without him and that the grass wasn't necessarily greener. That's not to say Cuonzo was a bad coach or that he didn't do a really good job here given the dire circumstances he inherited. But he left us. I'm not ashamed to admit that I greatly enjoyed slapping him around last night a little more given that fact.
Yes--outstanding recruiter. Josh Richardson, Jarnell Stokes, Tobias Harris and Robert Hubbs. Three of the highest rated Vol recruits of the last 10 years and a real gem in Richardson. And, he recruited great for Cal and Miz.
Here's the thing with Cuonzo: He dumped us. He wasn't fired. He voluntarily blew out of Knoxville. That's sacrilege to us tried and true Big Orange fans. We'd never do that. This puts him in Lane Kiffin territory.
For that reason it's fun to see that we're better off without him and that the grass wasn't necessarily greener. That's not to say Cuonzo was a bad coach or that he didn't do a really good job here given the dire circumstances he inherited. But he left us. I'm not ashamed to admit that I greatly enjoyed slapping him around last night a little more given that fact.
Yep, Pearl had Stokes in the bag before his dismissal. Stokes is on record saying he had eliminated Tennessee afterwards and accidentally answered a call from Zo, unintentionally. From there, a relationship formed, and Tennessee had room to take him midyear when he was ruled ineligible by the TSSAA his senior year.Harris played for Pearl. And I'll give him credit for Stokes but I'm pretty sure Pearl recruited him pretty heavy.
He hired a shady recruiter at Cal and then hired the Porter boys’ dad. I wouldn’t call that good recruiting. Everyone was talking about them skyrocketing back. Nope. I don’t even think Cuonzo is a good guy. I think he’s a Dick.Did you see those kids he got out there at Cal? He also got the Porter brothers to Mizzou. Don’t forget some the guys here of course. Outstanding is subjective but he was a good recruiter.
I'm pretty sure most fans dumped him before he left...
He may have been able to have a good run here, but it worked out for the best minus us replacing him with Tyndall.
Think we make the NIT this season?CCM will always be part of VOL history and that's a good thing. Unlike Pearl or Donnie T. he did nothing to embarrass UT and he remains an upstanding coach and man.
Hard to imagine how that can cause such pain for you LAVOL "put to rest the few remaining Cuonzo supporters among Vol fans."?
Seems to me you're the one who needs to put it to rest. CCM is gone from UT and whatever his admirers might think is of no consequence to anyone but you it seems. So NO you are wrong - I will always be a Cuonzo supporter who knows he came in at a tough time - did his job the right way - and was poorly treated by a number of "fans" who couldn't get over the fact he wasn't Pearl.
I am glad he came - sorry he is vilified - happy he is gone - but his record as Head Coach of the Vols will never go away.
Why don't you give it a rest and move on - I have along with most of the fan base. Why try to dump on a guy who no longer has any impact on our team and players?