People on campus feel like the Lady Vol Basketball search will set up someone to take over for Bob whenever he walks away, so that’s intriguing to follow if that’s the case.
But Learfield, who operates the Vol Network, has a recent history (Florida, Florida State, Michigan, a couple of others) of going with national voices with no connection to the school when a major football/basketball job opens up. I don’t know anyone at Florida anymore, but the FSU selection stunned people on campus because they had endorsed an internal candidate, but Learfield chose a guy from North Dakota State. They hired an ESPN guy at Florida.