From someone looking from the outside in from another state, a change in coaching was suspected particularly when we dropped out of the top 25 for the first time in decades, but who do you go after to replace "The Legend" of the game. Replacing a legend hardly ever goes well, more often than not much to the demise of the person coming in. Coach Warlick did far better than most, but the program began to slide and fall into disarray. It was an impossible situation for her and the staff, knowing something is wrong with Pat, managing and protecting Pat from the outside, maintaining her stature in front of the world, taking over for Pat, coaching the team, dealing with recruits who wanted to play for Pat, and so much more. If you have never been a care taker for someone who has alzheimer I don't think one can understand what she was dealing with, but something had to fall. It was the performance of the team and health of the program. So who do you hire?????? Few fans wanted somebody outside the program, so who? Coach Wes was a front runner early on, but that probably was not going to happen. Of all the former Lady Vols to be considered for the job only Nikki F, Kelly, Kara, Nikki M, and Elzy, kept coming up as far as players who played for Pat and were currently coaching at the time. Of this list only Kelly and Nikki Fargas had significant head coaching experience. So based on experience alone, Kara does not get the job over Kelly or Nikki Fargas. Could there have been a better hire, let the debate and discussions begin. All things being considered at that time, the hiring of Kelly Jolly-Harper solved a lot of the problems facing the program at the time. Hiring KJH was a greater hire, and so far it's paying dividends. We love all these Lady Vols, and who knows what the future will bring as far as coaching at UT, but lets be grateful that the Pat's Legacy is in full bloom and bearing fruit.