Official AD Search Thread

[golfballs]

He was the Assistant AD at Stanford. Has experience and credibility.

When? How much experience?

 

[ABINGDON VOL FAN]

When? How much experience?

Wikipedia will give you the answers. It was a short period of time and many years ago.

 

[I4Vols]

What about Mitch Barnhart at Kentucky?

bad enough for the second time we hired a bammer and now you want to screw up our men's basketball team???

 

[Holic]

He did something bad at UT Chattanooga. I am 90% certain. Apologies if I have been given inaccurate info on this.

Clean in Chattanooga. No problems. He retired here and hoped to get the UT job.

 

[golfballs]

Wikipedia will give you the answers. It was a short period of time and many years ago.

You’d think so but it doesn’t

 

[ABINGDON VOL FAN]

You’d think so but it doesn’t

I saw it there a couple of weeks ago. That’s how I found out he did have some previous Asst. AD experience.

Edit: It’s there. Read the whole article.

 

[tribe80]

Who will it be? Who r some good ones?

Chance Miller. Asst. AD at South Carolina. He is a UT grad. Former lawyer for NCAA. Knows how to deal with sanctions and get them reduced. Worked at UT. In line to replace Tanner at USC east. Grew up in East Tn. And high character guy.
Blackburn busted at UTC

 

[Gannon Goodson]

Blackburn or bust

This.

 

[golfballs]

I saw it there a couple of weeks ago. That’s how I found out he did have some previous Asst. AD experience.

Edit: It’s there. Read the whole article.

I can read. All it says is he was an asst AD there early in his career. No details

 

[ABINGDON VOL FAN]

I can read. All it says is he was an asst AD there early in his career. No details

That’s what you were looking for, whether he had previous experience, right?

 

[golfballs]

That’s what you were looking for, whether he had previous experience, right?

Asked when he was an Asst AD and for how long/how much experience

 

[fishheadspin]

Offer Blackburn tonight! L

 

[MiramarVol]

Stop with the Alumni or he's one of us crap. That's our issue always looking internally when we need to look at it from a capability aspect. A competent and competitive AD, who can balance sports and academics.

 

[feathersax]

That would assume PBJ has a soul. There’s no indication that’s true

I've no objections to Peanut, Butter & Jelly.

 

[VOLS1704]

Time limit to hire AD??

 

[NoAlblazervol]

I've no objections to Peanut, Butter & Jelly.

The sandwich not only has more of a conscience it has more intelligence

 

[Rocky Volboa]

What’s Mike Hamilton up to these days?

 

[buckfama]

Stop with the Alumni or he's one of us crap. That's our issue always looking internally when we need to look at it from a capability aspect. A competent and competitive AD, who can balance sports and academics.

This... everyone screams for change. Then when they get it, they ask for the same old crap.

Find a proven administrator with proven fund raising capabilities, and has a history of making good coaching hires. Also someone good with the media, because he's going to need those skills until this mess settles down.

A good AD that can make the right hire here can make us forget any of this circus ever happened.

 

[JonGrudensAgent]

I don't get a vote, but I'd be OK with an Ingram/Clark combo. May not be a home run but a solid choice of successful experienced professionals. I believe they would have us back to respectability in short order.

I agree with this wholeheartedly.

I would like for them to aim higher in both positions but doubt they could do any better now given the fiasco Pruitt and Fulmer has created.

 

[claimjumper steve]

There's hope fellow vols! The browns finally got a competent head coach after 20 years!

 

[jmcarr33]

Blackburn will not be considered. Pretty sure he burned some bridges with some people over there.

Brice just said Gilbert, Blackburn Barnhart and one other name as possibilities

 

[OakRidgeVol]

Reggie McKenzie, bring that NFL credibility, eye for talent, and a VFL. Don’t look anywhere but NFL for coach.

 

[Brave Volunteer]

Brice just said Gilbert, Blackburn Barnhart and one other name as possibilities

Ingram at UAB should be considered as well.

If Blackburn is a real candidate then he must've either mendsd fences or those reports were overblown.

 

[SayUWantAreVOLution]

Ingram at UAB should be considered as well.

If Blackburn is a real candidate then he must've either mendsd fences or those reports were overblown.

Interesting article from "back in the day" about Blackburn leaving UTC. Apparently he REALLY wanted the UT job and folks in Chattanooga felt he wanted it more than he wanted the job he had. We all know he didn't get it and apparently there was bad blood. It's a bit of a "Meh?" from me, if this was all.

I'm STILL in the Mark Ingram camp but I'd not scoff at Blackburn.

 

[Volfan1000]

Gilbert has a solid working relationship with Coach Barnes.