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Suppose Hamilton hits a "grand slam" and hires a can't miss baseball coach. Will we, as fans, give him a pass and support him or still call for his head? Has he already done enough damage? Just interested in what other VN posters think.
 
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Think Dooley was a good hire but for me personally the damage has been done. He's gotta go. I appreciate the balls it took to fire Fulmer, it definitely needed to be done. But he screwed the Kiffin hire up and has been downhill since.
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How come it's almost 11:00 am and TR still hasn't been fired? C'mon man pull the damn trigger!
 
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jasonvol18 said:
Think Dooley was a good hire but for me personally the damage has been done. He's gotta go. I appreciate the balls it took to fire Fulmer, it definitely needed to be done. But he screwed the Kiffin hire up and has been downhill since.
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I agree. The Kiffin hire was bad. I think he got a good one in Dooley. If he learned any thing from the Kiffin hire, you need to get someone that is from the south. Hire a baseball coach from somewhere around the Tennessee area.
 
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Definitely need a southern Guy who can recruit and is personable. And can also coach and relate to his players. Hoping for a great hire I'm a huge baseball fan and want them to be relevant again and want to enjoy watching them. Its been a while since the product has been enjoyable to watch.
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Everyone who is not happy with everything has to find someone to shoot. The only one left standing is Hamilton. He made excellent hires in Dooley and Pearl. Dooley still has to prove himself as does Martin. Kiffin was NOT a bad hire at the time. Remember all of the praise for him coming from this board before the betrayal. Raleigh was a terrible hire. But the people who count have apparently kept Hamilton because of his ability keep the program fiscally sound and growing in tough times. I know I will be flamed by some of the "we got to fire somebody crowd", but that is where we are as of now.
 
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volroadwarrior said:
Everyone who is not happy with everything has to find someone to shoot. The only one left standing is Hamilton. He made excellent hires in Dooley and Pearl. Dooley still has to prove himself as does Martin. Kiffin was NOT a bad hire at the time. Remember all of the praise for him coming from this board before the betrayal. Raleigh was a terrible hire. But the people who count have apparently kept Hamilton because of his ability keep the program fiscally sound and growing in tough times. I know I will be flamed by some of the "we got to fire somebody crowd", but that is where we are as of now.
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The only reason that I liked Kiffin was that his father was DC. All the trash talk crap was terrible. The trash talking didn't help recruiting. It just brought in less quality people. Also, we really didn't know what was going on behind the scenes. Hammy should have.
 
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Drivebye said:
There's no chance that Tim Corbin from Vandy would have interest is there?
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I don't think so. I've been asking myself this question, would any current SEC coach in football, basketball or baseball want to work for Hamilton?
 
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He destroyed our football program! I do think Dooley has a chance to bring us back. Even though Hammy is from my area and I was very excited when he was named A.D. he needs to go. You can not replace a hall of fame coach with Lane Kiffin. Fulmer as A.D!
 
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First, saving the baseball program in no way makes up for screwing up football/basketball, IMO.

That being said, it's hilarious that so many people are saying Hamilton has destroyed the football program while praising Dooley.
 
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volfan4evr said:
Suppose Hamilton hits a "grand slam" and hires a can't miss baseball coach. Will we, as fans, give him a pass and support him or still call for his head? Has he already done enough damage? Just interested in what other VN posters think.
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Honestly, I care about as much about who he hires as baseball coach as I do about what brand of toilet paper he uses.

In case that was too subtle, I don't care about baseball.

I want him gone for lots of reasons, none of which involve his baseball hires.
 
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To me every school needs a scapegoat and ours is Hamilton. I think the biggest issue I have is when he gave Fulmer his extension and then was forced to fire him the next year. Fulmer wasn't going anywhere. If he wanted to give him a bonus for making the champ game then fine. Dont extend the contract though. I think we like to hold Hamilton responsible for all that has happened with the football program the past few years and its honestly not all his fault. Most of us want a guy as AD who is diehard for winning. To me Hamilton is a great financial guy and thats the reason hes where he is. Not that he doesn't care about winning, but that he cares more about money than winning. Most will say well if your winning then your going to make money. That is not exactly always true though.
 
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volfan4evr said:
Suppose Hamilton hits a "grand slam" and hires a can't miss baseball coach. Will we, as fans, give him a pass and support him or still call for his head? Has he already done enough damage? Just interested in what other VN posters think.
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He could hire Joe Torre and I don't think most people would care. Baseball just doesn't move the meter.
 
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I wouldn't say Kiffin destroyed us he wasn't here long enough. It was a combined effort from Fulmer and Kiffin. Fulmer was to blame for lack of depth and talent and Kiffin made it worse and combined with the allegations he just finished off what Fulmer started.
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The mistakes and the trouble UT is in came on his watch regardless of whether it was direct or indirect. Being able to juggle balls comes with the territory and let's remember he had no previous experience as an AD. He has had his chance and there isn't a company around that wouldn't pull the plug on him just based on confidence alone, much less the personnel and contract mistakes he has made. He must go. And by the way it is about winning in college athletics. His record is abysmal in that regard.
 
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tvolsfan said:
First, saving the baseball program in no way makes up for screwing up football/basketball, IMO.

That being said, it's hilarious that so many people are saying Hamilton has destroyed the football program while praising Dooley.
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Hamilton had very little to do with the hiring of Dooley. The money people at UT told him to hire a coach with SEC ties. The first candidate was Muschamp but he wanted an out in his contract for the Texas or UGA head coaching jobs. Ut would not agree to this and Muschamp recommended Dooley. Dooley had the pedigree and knew about UT football traditions. I think Dooley will do well but I do not give Hamilton any credit at all for his hiring. Hamilton needs to be fired before UT even thinks about hiring a new baseball coach.
 
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College Baseball is getting bigger and bigger.The SEC contract with ESPN has made it more popular every year. I think College Baseball is going to be huge with in the next few years. Even a moneymaker!
 
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orange_peel said:
Hamilton had very little to do with the hiring of Dooley. The money people at UT told him to hire a coach with SEC ties. The first candidate was Muschamp but he wanted an out in his contract for the Texas or UGA head coaching jobs. Ut would not agree to this and Muschamp recommended Dooley. Dooley had the pedigree and knew about UT football traditions. I think Dooley will do well but I do not give Hamilton any credit at all for his hiring. Hamilton needs to be fired before UT even thinks about hiring a new baseball coach.
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I agree with that. Since I've been watching Tennessee sports, the people behind the scenes have been conservative. I can't remember a time when we went after an already proven winner and paid handsomely. Majors might be an exception, but he was a well known former Vol commodity and they didn't exactly shell out the big bucks. Infact, it irked Majors that his pay was around 7th or 8th in the SEC. Dooley is a vintage old money UT hire.
 
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I've wanted MH gone for a good while. A "grand slam" hire in baseball will not change my opinion. Not that I expect MH to make that type of hire anyway
 
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