Hart striking Out?

[orangefloyd]

Cuonzo did lead the vols on a great tourney run. That's fact

It was good. Great is when you win the tournament.

 

[govols2008]

Dear Lord this is why our fan base gets a bad name. These things do take some time to happen.

 

[keithvol1071]

Cuonzo did lead the vols on a great tourney run. That's fact

Beating Iowa, UMass and Mercer would not be considered a "great" tourney run. Sorry. With the talent we had that should have been a no brainer.

 

[bnhunt]

I haven't boomed in a while.

Sounds like a personal problem.

 

[livefaith]

You left out the hatred some our fans show and petitions they start. Some will turn the job down due to that. So it might take a little time.

Any who turn down a job over a petition are not wanted here anyway. We need someone who wants to take us to the next level and believes that they will do it. Anything else can stay somewhere else IMO.

 

[VolGee4]

Beating Iowa, UMass and Mercer would not be considered a "great" tourney run. Sorry. With the talent we had that should have been a no brainer.

Any run in the NCAAT is great. Don't care who you beat.

 

[bamacheats]

Any run in the NCAAT is great. Don't care who you beat.

Nope

 

[TD10EYEC]

A lot of interviews are done behind closed doors, like Martin's interview with Cali. we didn't hear about that one either.

Its prob why the boosters pulled their planes! Hell, I would too if I knew our coach was taking interviews with another program! I wouldnt want him out there taking interviews on our dime in our planes flying wherever he wanted! I think he knew he was leaving before the NCAA tournament... Anyways everyone needs to calm down with the sky is falling ohhhh nooo we havent hired anyone yet , we're doomed talk.. its only been a few days and its easter wknd for crying out loud! All im worried about is who...... not when!

 

[PowerWookie]

Nope

Making it to the tourney is solid

Round of 32 is a nice run

Sweet 16 is a good run

Elite 8 is a very good run

Final 4 great run

Losing in the final... Fantastic but Hard call cause u hate to lose when u r that close...

Winning it all is the bid boom boom baby

 

[drewtigeralum]

Nope

This should be something that any new coach should think about. Not only do you have to win in the tournament, but you have to win against great teams, otherwise it doesn't count.

 

[ka3ky5ko8]

I hope you guys are right - It's hard to have faith in Hart & Cheek to get this done right.

Why is it hard to have faith in Hart to get it done? What has Hart done poorly?

 

[Rudy123]

Why is it hard to have faith in Hart to get it done? What has Hart done poorly?

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! With Mike White from La. Tech, we get a coach whose team did well in the N.I.T. the past two seasons.

I have been telling everyone that we would get a coach from the N.I.T. tourney. An up & comer for a cheap price.

Once he gets success, Hart will not pay him, so he will take his services elsewhere. He will outgrown the paycheck that U.T. is willing to give him......

 

[Insunseri]

Any run in the NCAAT is great. Don't care who you beat.

this. It's not like those wins were a given. You have to earn each and every tourney win. It's 1-and-done...the wins must be consecutive. Sweet 16 after a play-in game is a deep run imo

 

[LebanonVolunteer]

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! With Mike White from La. Tech, we get a coach whose team did well in the N.I.T. the past two seasons.

I have been telling everyone that we would get a coach from the N.I.T. tourney. An up & comer for a cheap price.

Once he gets success, Hart will not pay him, so he will take his services elsewhere. He will outgrown the paycheck that U.T. is willing to give him......

I disagree. I look at what Hart offered Zo after an under performing 3 years at UT(almost 2 million a year) and am confident he will pay a winner accordingly.

 

[Lefteye]

Why is it hard to have faith in Hart to get it done? What has Hart done poorly?

It fits the UT fans suck and UTAD hasn't paid in the past so Hart must also be cheap agenda. Funny cause the same folks that spew recruits see VN are the ones downing the program now.

 

[AllVolinGA]

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! With Mike White from La. Tech, we get a coach whose team did well in the N.I.T. the past two seasons.

I have been telling everyone that we would get a coach from the N.I.T. tourney. An up & comer for a cheap price.

Once he gets success, Hart will not pay him, so he will take his services elsewhere. He will outgrown the paycheck that U.T. is willing to give him......

And how was CCM underpaid? He was offered 500,000 raise after he had SUCCESS. That seems fair to me.

 

[lastlap]

i got a bad feeling about this search. unless we get a big name guy like donovan, we are screwed. IMHO i don't think he leaves florida, but we need someone of his caliber

Well that's not gonna happen.

 

[TGVol]

And UT worked at keeping him. What's your point?

UT did not work at keeping him. Hart should have publicly supported him during they whole year (and have his back during the petition instead of conveniently jumping on the bandwagon at the end of the year). It's hard to blame CCM for not trusting him at that point.

 

[Insunseri]

i got a bad feeling about this search. unless we get a big name guy like donovan, we are screwed. IMHO i don't think he leaves florida, but we need someone of his caliber

Somehow I overlooked this little gem until just now.

 

[knowthevols]

UT did not work at keeping him. Hart should have publicly supported him during they whole year (and have his back during the petition instead of conveniently jumping on the bandwagon at the end of the year). It's hard to blame CCM for not trusting him at that point.

BS, he had not earned Hart's trust. Mediocre glad he's gone.

 

[AllVolinGA]

UT did not work at keeping him. Hart should have publicly supported him during they whole year (and have his back during the petition instead of conveniently jumping on the bandwagon at the end of the year). It's hard to blame CCM for not trusting him at that point.

I'd say giving him a 31% raise and a contract extension is backing him perfectly. Of course some of you Cuonzo crusaders believe in the Mike Hamilton style of overpaying coaches and having ridiculous contracts that do nothing to protect the school. I am glad that is not Hart's style. Reward success but don't go crazy. Martin had the chance to come back next year and prove he could duplicate the LATE season success he had. He chose to leave.

 

[daj2576]

Patience darlin patience. Theirs a fiesta in the makin as we speak.

At the moon tower? Full kegs?

Alright! Alright! Alright!

 

[Shaun1985]

I was extremely hard on Martin this year and gladly admit that. I can say that I supported him up until this year and kept my word since the day he was hired that we needed to see improvement by year three. Call me one of those crazy fans or whatever for feeling that way and helping give our university a black eye but he was not a good fit here and I'm glad he's gone but some of you are unrealistic if you panic after not hearing a new coach so early. We will be fine. Its easy to blame Hart and point to our past in previous coaches but he hasn't made a mistake since he's beem AD and deserves a chance to hire someone before we call him a douche or a mike hamilton part two. My guess will be early next week.

 

[vol66]

I'd say giving him a 31% raise and a contract extension is backing him perfectly. Of course some of you Cuonzo crusaders believe in the Mike Hamilton style of overpaying coaches and having ridiculous contracts that do nothing to protect the school. I am glad that is not Hart's style. Reward success but don't go crazy. Martin had the chance to come back next year and prove he could duplicate the LATE season success he had. He chose to leave.

By all accounts, Martin was fine with the raise and the extra two years. It was the buy out that was the problem.

Even then, Martin went on the radio(Hyams/Wilkerson) and said that Hart's job is to protect the university and that he (Hart) does a world class job of that. (obviously, I'm paraphrasing).

I never considered myself a crusader, but as a person living in the epicenter of all the negativity it was hard, very difficult, not to pull for the guy.

Then he made the tourney, and I can't remember which game it was, but after one of them Hart runs up to Martin, caught on camera and tries to give the guy a hug. It looked so uncomfortable...Martin, on his way out probably could have said some things, but he talked glowingly about Hart and the passionate fans.

He's gone, but I hope we don't bring in another guy with three years of experience, expect him to give us Pearl type results, and treat he and his family rudely if he can't live up.

 

[AllVolinGA]

By all accounts, Martin was fine with the raise and the extra two years. It was the buy out that was the problem.

Even then, Martin went on the radio(Hyams/Wilkerson) and said that Hart's job is to protect the university and that he (Hart) does a world class job of that. (obviously, I'm paraphrasing).

I never considered myself a crusader, but as a person living in the epicenter of all the negativity it was hard, very difficult, not to pull for the guy.

Then he made the tourney, and I can't remember which game it was, but after one of them Hart runs up to Martin, caught on camera and tries to give the guy a hug. It looked so uncomfortable...Martin, on his way out probably could have said some things, but he talked glowingly about Hart and the passionate fans.

He's gone, but I hope we don't bring in another guy with three years of experience, expect him to give us Pearl type results, and treat he and his family rudely if he can't live up.

I remember that awkward looking hug. I have read a couple of times about Martin's family being harassed. Is that truth or just propaganda being spread? If true, then it is really sad. If not true, then the ones spreading those type of lies should confess. Either way, it was time for him to go, as he did not want to be here. But the idea of thousands of UT fans marching on Martin's house with pitchforks and torches is a little silly.