Statement from UT Athletics Department

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vols 30 said:
But it did cost DT a recruit, a very good one.
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You guys who blurt out statements with no research really gall me! "Clarke's father, Curt Clarke, confirmed his son's change of plans to the News Sentinel. The flip came after Chris Clarke announced his commitment to UT last Thursday. His other finalists at the time were Connecticut, Virginia Tech and Creighton. He planned to sign with UT next Wednesday, the first day of the early signing period. "We've contemplated this decision," Curt Clarke said Thursday. "After his decision on Tennessee, further communication with the family and discussion came to the opinion it would be better for him and his goals and the family's situation to remain local. That's why he is going to Virginia Tech." The news of Clarke's switch came within an hour of Southern Miss athletic director Bill McGillis' announcement. Curt Clarke said the news of the investigation had no influence on his son's decision. "Prior to last night, we had been looking at, ‘Hey, is this the right choice?' " Curt Clarke said. "It came up in a family discussion, his future, his goals. This works better to go that route."
Four-star guard Chris Clarke decommits from Tennessee - GoVolsXtra Story
 
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Sudden Impact said:
No they are not.

Hamilton in Africa and has let it go.
Bruce loves UTK just doesn't care too much for Cheek.
Cuonzo is Cuonzo and didn't want to deal with the drama at UTK.

All three have let it go and it is time that the fans moved on as well.

Our fans are wasting to much energy on a BB Coach that is 4 years removed, an AD, 2.5 years removed, a BB Coach 1 year removed.

Add to it the FootBall Saga, Fulmer, Kiffen, Dooley.

The loss of CPHS....

That is a decades worth of Drama in 5 short years. We need to let some of this crap Go.

Martin is in California and we are still talking about him. Why? His choice to leave.
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:clap: good post
 
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KingtUT said:
Sorry but that's not what the statement says. Our statement basically said we asked if anything crooked was going on at the time of the hire and we were told no.
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You do understand what it means when a candidate is "vetted", right?
 
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SeniorDrill said:
You guys who blurt out statements with no research really gall me! "Clarke's father, Curt Clarke, confirmed his son's change of plans to the News Sentinel. The flip came after Chris Clarke announced his commitment to UT last Thursday. His other finalists at the time were Connecticut, Virginia Tech and Creighton. He planned to sign with UT next Wednesday, the first day of the early signing period. "We've contemplated this decision," Curt Clarke said Thursday. "After his decision on Tennessee, further communication with the family and discussion came to the opinion it would be better for him and his goals and the family's situation to remain local. That's why he is going to Virginia Tech." The news of Clarke's switch came within an hour of Southern Miss athletic director Bill McGillis' announcement. Curt Clarke said the news of the investigation had no influence on his son's decision. "Prior to last night, we had been looking at, ‘Hey, is this the right choice?' " Curt Clarke said. "It came up in a family discussion, his future, his goals. This works better to go that route."
Four-star guard Chris Clarke decommits from Tennessee - GoVolsXtra Story
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Come on now, even Gary Parrish seemed to insinuate it changed his commitment. What else are they going to say. Research is fine but still conjecture either way. It's my opinion that would be a heck of a coincidence.
 
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KingtUT said:
I took it to mean he was cleared of any wrong doing at the time. Maybe I'm wrong, won't be the first time.
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It means he was examined very closely. So, yea your taking is pretty much on the right track
 
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SeniorDrill said:
You guys who blurt out statements with no research really gall me! "Clarke's father, Curt Clarke, confirmed his son's change of plans to the News Sentinel. The flip came after Chris Clarke announced his commitment to UT last Thursday. His other finalists at the time were Connecticut, Virginia Tech and Creighton. He planned to sign with UT next Wednesday, the first day of the early signing period. "We've contemplated this decision," Curt Clarke said Thursday. "After his decision on Tennessee, further communication with the family and discussion came to the opinion it would be better for him and his goals and the family's situation to remain local. That's why he is going to Virginia Tech." The news of Clarke's switch came within an hour of Southern Miss athletic director Bill McGillis' announcement. Curt Clarke said the news of the investigation had no influence on his son's decision. "Prior to last night, we had been looking at, ‘Hey, is this the right choice?' " Curt Clarke said. "It came up in a family discussion, his future, his goals. This works better to go that route."
Four-star guard Chris Clarke decommits from Tennessee - GoVolsXtra Story
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Oh, well since his dad said so, it must be true. It's not like he has a vested interest. You are one of the most naive and easily convinced posters I've ever seen. You take a snippet of information that COULD be true, but most likely isn't amd run to your grave holding onto the belief that you are being fed the God's honest truth. First it was Brandon Lopez starting at PG, and now this. Do you really believe everything that everyone says, or are your critical thinking skills really that dense? Use some common sense and don't take everything that is said at face value. I can't believe I am having to explain that to a retired military veteran.
 
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Like Gary Parrish said, how much vetting could've been done in the 2 hours it took for them to contact Tyndall and offer the job?

Hart may ultimately pay the price on not hiring a search firm and doing the euro himself, no scape goat should this go south.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
Like Gary Parrish said, how much vetting could've been done in the 2 hours it took for them to contact Tyndall and offer the job?

Hart may ultimately pay the price on not hiring a search firm and doing the euro himself, no scape goat should this go south.
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I will assume that Tyndall, having been a viable candidate, was researched along with several others prior to his meeting with Hart. Just because he was hired in two hours doesn't mean the research wasn't already done well in advance of that meeting.

On the flipside, it doesn't mean it was done earlier either. With our athetic department, who knows, but I'd REALLY like to think they aren't that hasty.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
Like Gary Parrish said, how much vetting could've been done in the 2 hours it took for them to contact Tyndall and offer the job?

Hart may ultimately pay the price on not hiring a search firm and doing the euro himself, no scape goat should this go south.
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It is possible to vet someone before interviewing them. If something comes up in the vetting process then usually the interview never happens. Of course I don't know what actually happened here just throwing that out there.
 
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cncchris33 said:
I don't know of one logical person that is suggesting that UT is culpable here. These issues happened at another school, and UT apparently was given prior notification that there was nothing to worry about. If it turns out Tyndall lied, then he gets popped, not UT.

However, UT's already fragile reputation takes the hit here in court of public opinion, and they take the PR hit because for better or worse, Tyndall is here now. UT escapes the NCAA hammer, but suffers from the bad publicity and worse-case scenario, yet another sure to be bungled coaching search from our dysfunctional athletic department.

Again, that is worst-case scenario, and not a personal calling for Tyndall's firing. I need to hear more facts before I decide whether I think he should retain his job.
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Very well said and on point. Thank you op.
 
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Manvol said:
The sword is out and we are getting prepared to take a deep wound for the NCAA. UNC/ Roy Williams has a fake college program going on and get zero punishment, ZERO, yet we are getting prepared to take the sword again, maybe fire our coach for something he "may have done" at SMU. Why are we the punching bag for NCAA? Bring back Douglas Adair Dickey.
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This. Check out packpride if some of you haven't on the UNCheat*** scandal. It's unbelievable. Decades worth of cheating for athletes and the NCAA AND ESPN have attempted to cover this up for a long, long time.

John Skipper, head of ESPN, is a UNC grad. Half of their damn analyst are UNC grads. The NCAA investigators sent to chapel hill to do the initial investigation are UNC grads. Kenneth Wainstein, who did the investigation after the mcCants admission, was hired by UNC, I believe was also a UNC grad, and is in charge of PR DAMAGE CONTROL at his law firm!! You seriously can't make this **** up!

Wainstein, because his rep was on the line, have a bull**** half true half whitewash finding, trying to exonerate roy Williams and dean smith. But still had to admit to at least 20 years worth of cheating. Roy Williams has now been caught in several lies, and is now telling recruits that wins and championships are in jeopardy, yet the NCAA IS STILL SILENT.

Word is the UNCAA** is so mad at UNC for forcing their hand, southern Mississippi is going to get hammered!lol.

Seriously check out the UNC scandal if you haven't already. If I were UT, I would site the UNCAA*** investigation and say we aren't talking to you, and anything you do we won't accept until UNCAA**** is held accountable. This should be the stance of every university from here on out.
 
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BigOrangeTailgate said:
It is possible to vet someone before interviewing them. If something comes up in the vetting process then usually the interview never happens. Of course I don't know what actually happened here just throwing that out there.
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Absolutely, but according to Parrish who was all over the White/Tyndall hire, there wasn't much vetting done prior to White turning down the job.
 
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cncchris33 said:
I will assume that Tyndall, having been a viable candidate, was researched along with several others prior to his meeting with Hart. Just because he was hired in two hours doesn't mean the research wasn't already done well in advance of that meeting.

On the flipside, it doesn't mean it was done earlier either. With our athetic department, who knows, but I'd REALLY like to think they aren't that hasty.
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My guess is it's somewhere in between, the search was focused on White and that was who Hart wanted, once he couldn't get him he moved to Tyndall quickly. We don't know all the facts, but I have a hard time thinking if Hart researched Tyndall to his fullest capability he would've found out about this.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
Absolutely, but according to Parrish who was all over the White/Tyndall hire, there wasn't much vetting done prior to White turning down the job.
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I'm not real sure how Parrish would really know that answer. That would have been done within the AD, and unless Parrish has a source inside our AD that was directly responsible for the vetting process, or Tyndall/Hart told him themselves, it seems like conjecture based loosely on the timeline of White turning the job down and Tyndall accepting.

Maybe GP has that connection, but I haven't seen him say so definitively. He seems to be speculating IMO, but I could be wrong.
 
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cncchris33 said:
I'm not real sure how Parrish would really know that answer. That would have been done within the AD, and unless Parrish has a source inside our AD that was directly responsible for the vetting process, or Tyndall/Hart told him themselves, it seems like conjecture based loosely on the timeline of White turning the job down and Tyndall accepting.

Maybe GP has that connection, but I haven't seen him say so definitively. He seems to be speculating IMO, but I could be wrong.
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He's good friends with Jason King, who clearly has a source somewhere as he broke the story. Parrish also knows Tyndall's circle very well as he was all over the hire before anyone else. It's very possible, at least to me, that he asked the simple question of how much digging did Hart do on you prior to hiring you, and did he know about this USM stuff?

If the answer is no, then Hart did now do his job well enough, at least IMO.
 
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imbubbaspitcup said:
This is pathetic, simply pathetic, embarrassing & I hate to say it well deserved. Our athletic director, the boosters, & the petition fans ran off Cuonzo, some of our players, & all of Zo's recruits & that is after that awesome tournament run to the SWEET 16 & a questionable call away from the next round. There are 3 people laughing right now that is Hamilton (former AD) Cuonzo, & Bruce the Auburn Tiger Pearl!
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Cuonzo, how's the weather in Cali???:)
 
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SeniorDrill said:
You guys who blurt out statements with no research really gall me! "Clarke's father, Curt Clarke, confirmed his son's change of plans to the News Sentinel. The flip came after Chris Clarke announced his commitment to UT last Thursday. His other finalists at the time were Connecticut, Virginia Tech and Creighton. He planned to sign with UT next Wednesday, the first day of the early signing period. "We've contemplated this decision," Curt Clarke said Thursday. "After his decision on Tennessee, further communication with the family and discussion came to the opinion it would be better for him and his goals and the family's situation to remain local. That's why he is going to Virginia Tech." The news of Clarke's switch came within an hour of Southern Miss athletic director Bill McGillis' announcement. Curt Clarke said the news of the investigation had no influence on his son's decision. "Prior to last night, we had been looking at, ‘Hey, is this the right choice?' " Curt Clarke said. "It came up in a family discussion, his future, his goals. This works better to go that route."
Four-star guard Chris Clarke decommits from Tennessee - GoVolsXtra Story
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BS. And it's foolish to think otherwise
 
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Senior Drill, do you really quote the same crap in every thread? If you want to believe Clarke's dad then fine. Parents say that stuff all the time.
 
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Some of yall miss the point. The issue is not about UT being in the clear. The issue is Tyndall being in the clear. Looks like he is in trouble. This is UT's problem, because UT employs him. UT did nothing wrong. That doesnt mean Tyndall is safe. The only thing that helps him is that Haith got a slap on the wrist.
 
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vols 30 said:
BS. And it's foolish to think otherwise
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Know what is what you say is anyone who thinks he made the decision one hour after the investigation was announced. Geez! Give me a break Vols 0!
 
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SeniorDrill said:
Know what is what you say is anyone who thinks he made the decision one hour after the investigation was announced. Geez! Give me a break Vols 0!
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Only a wordsmith could finely craft that illiterate hammer-job of a sentence.
 
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Now, I ask you, "Why jump to conclusions from the media sports writers"? That is their job, to create a stink and be recognized. As a Vol fan, I would rather believe in our coach. The day he was hired Tyndall signed a memorandum of understanding with UT that outlined his six-year deal worth $1.6 million annually. His signature ensured he had disclosed to UT “all material information concerning previous NCAA, conference or institution rules violations or potential violations committed by him or any staff member under his direct or indirect control at any other NCAA member institution prior to the date” of his hire.
UT coach Donnie Tyndall will cooperate if NCAA asks; UT defends hiring process - GoVolsXtra Story
 
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