Stupidity has an extremely high cost.

#27
#27
MedicT said:
There will be books written on how a fan base will destroy an athletic program if allowed. The Schiano fiasco is simply a symptom of the disease.
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Because our program was I was fine shape before yesterday. Going 0-8 in the SEC is common amongst winning programs.
 
#28
#28
SigSaurP228 said:
Reports going out that we now owe CGS $20,000,000(speculative but possible)

We owe CBJ 8,500,000

We owe current staff 3,500,000 in buyouts.

I see no way Currie survives this and his buyout is 5,500,000

To hire another coach. We have to pay their buyout, 6,000,000

Plus another coaching salary at 5,000,000 per year.

We are pushing 50,000,000 for a year because of the idiocy of the admin.
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to be fair these payouts are not lump sum! Spread over out to 2021-2024:zeitung_lesen:
 
#29
#29
The stupidity is with Volnation and the uninformed "fans" who derailed what was going to be a great coaching hire. Nice job morons!
 
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#30
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BTW - Currie is going nowhere. He will survive and hire the next coach probably announced by the end of the week. I’m hoping after this debacle everyone will just get on board and maybe by signing day this will be somewhat of a bad memory instead of the hell were all living now.
 
#33
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MedicT said:
There will be books written on how a fan base will destroy an athletic program if allowed. The Schiano fiasco is simply a symptom of the disease.
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This fan base is trying to save an institution, not just an Athletic Program. Any books to be written will be written about how a Booster tried to control everything and almost destroyed a program...oh wait...I think there are already books about it.
 
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#34
#34
Have you contacted the President or Lady Davenport?

Call and email President DiPietro.

Tel: 865-974-2241
Fax: 865-974-3753

@UTPresidentJoe on Twitter
President Joe DiPietro on Facebook

Executive Assistant to the President
David Golden
dgolden@tennessee.edu


Beverly Davenport @ChancellorDav twitter
chancellor@utk.edu email
865-974-3265 phone
 
#35
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TN1 said:
The stupidity is with Volnation and the uninformed "fans" who derailed what was going to be a great coaching hire. Nice job morons!
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A coach with one game over .500 isn't a great hire...it isn't a good hire...it isn't even an average hire, it would have been a &^%$ * hire!!

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TN1 said:
The stupidity is with Volnation and the uninformed "fans" who derailed what was going to be a great coaching hire. Nice job morons!
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A coach with a losing record and ethical issues would definitely not be a great coaching hire in my book.
Keep pushing that fan bashing agenda
 
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#37
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preacherwebb said:
Have you contacted the President or Lady Davenport?

Call and email President DiPietro.

Tel: 865-974-2241
Fax: 865-974-3753

@UTPresidentJoe on Twitter
President Joe DiPietro on Facebook

Executive Assistant to the President
David Golden
dgolden@tennessee.edu


Beverly Davenport @ChancellorDav twitter
chancellor@utk.edu email
865-974-3265 phone
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Read that Davenport didnt sign the MOU. Also, I am sure annoying these people is not the best option forward.
 
#38
#38
MedicT said:
There will be books written on how a fan base will destroy an athletic program if allowed. The Schiano fiasco is simply a symptom of the disease.
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The disease is the first family of boosters and the ADs they prop up that hire sh!++y coaches.

The Schiano fiasco was started by that small group and dealt with by a substantially larger group of important people well before the fans ever acted.

Your ignorance is noted
 
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MedicT said:
There will be books written on how a fan base will destroy an athletic program if allowed. The Schiano fiasco is simply a symptom of the disease.
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We're talking about the fan base running off Cuonzo Martin, right?
 
#41
#41
TN_Transplant said:
The most we will owe Schiano is some legal fees. No buyout for an MOU.
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Depends on how the MOU was worded. If it was an “exploratory” MOU only and contained the necessary escape clause legalize, then probably not. If it was a “we’re all in” MOU and did not, then I would say yes. Might take $1M to make him go away.
 
#42
#42
MedicT said:
There will be books written on how a fan base will destroy an athletic program if allowed. The Schiano fiasco is simply a symptom of the disease.
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No, but there will be books written on how big money boosters will destroy a program when allowed to control every little aspect of a program.
 
#44
#44
It is another Dollar Tree hire. Haslam and Currie:. "Don't worry, the fans will still come no matter what, they are sheep...they do what we tell them to."
 
#45
#45
presskh said:
Depends on how the MOU was worded. If it was an “exploratory” MOU only and contained the necessary escape clause legalize, then probably not. If it was a “we’re all in” MOU and did not, then I would say yes. Might take $1M to make him go away.
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I’d love to be on the UT legal team if he tried to enforce the MOU to get a buyout.

1) he has no damages. He didn’t leave his job, nor turn down others because of the MOU.

2) he can claim defamation, but from whom? Did UT say those things, or did fans? Is he going to sue the fans? And, if he tries to claim UT said anything to defame him, he’s a public figure. Winning that suit requires actual malice. That means that he’d have to prove UT said whatever they said, and did so knowing it was wrong, or operated with gross negligence to the truth. Why didn’t he sue the newspaper (hint: because he wouldn’t likely win that either)?

3) I guarantee he doesn’t want discovery and depositions in a defamation case. Remember these are civil cases. The burden of proof is much lower than criminal cases. UT would have the opportunity to open a can of worms and rehash allegations many would like to see go away

4) if the info about the MOU lacking the required signatures is true, it’s very likely unenforceable.

5) I’m not an Ohio attorney, but I believe Ohio has a 72 hour window to rescind a contract without a penalty (assuming its enforceable to begin with).

In sum, he’d be foolish to milk this too hard. Right now he has the media on his side and is a sympathetic figure. If he wants to eventually be a head coach again he needs this all to blow over worse than the UTAD.
 
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