John Currie of K State Hired as AD

[YankeeVol]

Well I don't particularly like it, it's not the worst hire I suppose.

 

[chargervol]

nothing to share from over there ?

Sorry, I'm on my phone.
One I remember was "yes the witch is dead!"

 

[WVU05UT09]

"I want to see Kansas State hire Blackburn. The **** storm will be epic."

You'd be surprised how close to reality this might actually be...

 

[VOLINVONORE]

How do you know any of this is true? Anyone could change it

Good grief.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Not much good comes out of Kansas.

Well, Bryce Brown was pretty goo... nevermind.

 

[MWAVolfan]

Basilio is going off. Says he is hated by coaches. "This is an effing disgrace."

So he's the perfect guy to run off CBJ?

 

[UTwild82]

Blackburn is a lesser version of Currie - Tennessee roots, successful as associate AD and moved to another job as head AD to get experience.

Currie did it at KState. Blackburn did it at UTC.

Currie has raised literally millions of more dollars, negotiated contracts worth literally millions of more dollars, and has built facilities that cost literally millions of more dollars than Blackburn.

This is a slam dunk hire.

That's how I feel about it. I was #teamblackburn but like this hire. As you've stated, he's done it at a power 5 conference team. Good hire.

 

[lovavol]

Hamilton guy, way to go, I guess the new lady up there doesn't give a **** what the fanbase wants. money talks and fans don't matter....k friggin state, what the hell

 

[Dudleys87]

I want to see Kansas State hire Blackburn. The **** storm will be epic.

And when he they ended up better off then UT some would still say we made the right choice

 

['Boro-vol]

Just hope that he isn't too much like "Mid Major Mike" Hamilton when it comes to hiring coaches or investing in the program. Hopefully Currie saw firsthand that approach fails miserably at the SEC level

If he is like Hamilton and appreciates a good MAC coach he'll sign Butch to a lifetime contract tomorrow.

I can't wait! This is going to be absolutely underwhelming.

 

[Dudleys87]

Hamilton guy, way to go, I guess the new lady up there doesn't give a **** what the fanbase wants. money talks and fans don't matter....k friggin state, what the hell

Or sports in general

 

[Demon_Vol]

Are you talking about Blackburn or Currie?

Both. Everything during the Hamilton regime was a dumpster fire. Maybe this guy will be the person to drag Tennessee athletics kicking and screaming back to the national elite. Personally, I just hate the thought of anything involved with Hamilton.

 

[Orange_Vol1321]

Pretty obvious the boosters were fighting over Blackburn or Fulmer.

Par for the course.

 

[Mookie]

Why does it seem like a good hire to people? Kansas State is mediocre. Kansas State is to the Big 12 what South Carolina is to the SEC but with a better basketball program due to Bob Huggins turning it in to a decent program. They lost Bob Huggins, then they lost his predecessor Frank Martin with this guy at the helm... to South Carolina

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

So he's the perfect guy to run off CBJ?

TB saying Martin bailed on KSU because of Currie. Also said Snyder told him to stay out of the football complex.

 

[VOLINVONORE]

More than likely because he told a booster he was an idiot and AD just shouldn't do that..

Likely?? BS

 

[CountVolcula]

If he is like Hamilton and appreciates a good MAC coach he'll sign Butch to a lifetime contract tomorrow.

I can't wait! This is going to be absolutely underwhelming.

We gonna be so good

 

[Dudleys87]

Good grief.

It's the truth pedia is garbage.


I wasn't trying to bash the hire, good lord.

 

[KnoxSkiVol]

The more I read on him, the more I see this being a good hire. Again, this is an admin position and he has administstatively made K State better since he arrived in a difficult location. He's also got TN ties. I was a big Blackburn supporter, but this guy could be as good and better than Blackburn. I'm guessing a couple folks will disagree. 😃 wouldn't be a good day on VN without a chicken little scenario.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

John Adams is live on TB right now.

 

[wesleydmartin]

Sorry, I'm on my phone.
One I remember was "yes the witch is dead!"

gotcha, and ouch....

 

[MWAVolfan]

This is the classic "compromise". You guys can't decide between Blackburn or Fulmer so we will just choose option C. Now no one will be happy.

 

[VOLINVONORE]

So, why was this guy never mentioned as a possibility, if he was basically Blackburn 2.0 or Blackburn++ ?? How is this out of left field? Sounds like he has done a good job at K State.

He was. I guess you missed it.

 

[butchna]

If he learned anything under Hamilton, we are in trouble.

Prolly learned as much as Blackburn from Hamilton.









We're not in trouble.

 

[Dudleys87]

Likely?? BS

It was a joke, Nancy.

Pipe down.