Unofficial Coaching Search Thread

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If it doesn't happen White's team next year at La Tech is going to be a beast....4 starters back and a solid recruiting class...i'll have to make sure I pick them in the NCAA tourney haha
 
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Also let's not forget his whole family is in college administration!! They know exactly what should go into a buyout and what not and all the other nick picky things
 
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24/7 came out and said that White has removed his name from consideration and it was the buyout that was the snag.
 
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Tux said:
What does it say about Dave Hart's decision making or negotiation skills if he can't get a snot-nosed kid from a backwater school like La Tech to bolt and lose the deal over a buyout clause among?

How committed is Tennessee to basketball? Not at all.
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IMO Hart can be graded so far on the 1 major hire he has made while at UT. Butch Jones to this point is a solid 8.5-9 in terms of ability, value, and what he has done since arriving. I'll wait to judge the basketball hire until it's actually made. About a year from now Hart may have went back to back homeruns for all you know. Your just looking to bitc* and it's kind of getting old.
 
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U know u are a true Vol fan when u can't stop checking to see who the new head basketball will be on VolNation, GoVolsXtra, Volquest, InsideTennessee & UTSports.
 
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Go talk to Marshall. Pay his price. Sit back and enjoy. This search is nuts. I have spent my last basketball dollar in TBA if White or Tyndall is the best we can do. I have attended many games in SAC and TBA. I've been to many of Mears games and up to the present. I love the Vols. It is starting to hurt too much to watch over and over as incompetent administrators run Tennessee sports into the ground. Even if Jones is successful ( and I will grant he could be ) his hire was dumb luck. Cheek and Hart should be held accountable. We graduate thousands of students from the business school and none are competent to run the university or our athletics ? I do not understand this. We are a laughingstock in the media. Coaches are afraid to come here. We have awesome facilities , yet coaches look at Tennessee as a stepping stone. The athletic department ( much like our government ) has wasted my money. They say that we are not able to hire a quality coach. Sit back and enjoy whatever product we decide to give you. Well no, I have a choice. Put a quality product out there and maybe I will show up again. I'm disabled. Why should I drive 2 and 1/2 hours to a basketball game that lasts 2 hours, and root like my life depends on it, at a top tier facility that I and other fans helped pay for, when we have a mere faint hope for a coach. Hobble back out to the car and drive 2 and 1/2 hours home. I will still root for the Vols. I will listen to the radio or perhaps watch it from the comfort of home. And hopefully our administrators will understand that one empty seat in the stadium is a preview of things to come if they do not pony up the money to put a competitive product on the floor.
I will have my detractors and that is fine with me. I care not. It is my health, my money, my time. I was there when Mears and Pearl won. Also I remember some quality wins with DeVoe and Green. Martin had a few as well. I remember when basketball in the SEC was Kentucky then Tennessee. Alabama started winning. Now it is Florida. Our administrators have watched us slide from second to being irrelevant. That is sad.
I mentioned Marshall at the beginning. He is one man and there are many that could take Tennessee to great heights. If we settle for less we condone what is happening. If we really love Tennessee we help our team by demanding more. The choice is yours. If you want mediocrity then that is your choice. I want to be second and putting up a challenge for first. We have the facilities already. Mears and Pearl have shown us the way. Let us please find a coach to take us to a final four at some point. If you are still reading thank you for listening.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
No it wasn't, you omitted a few key words.

White is considering removing his name because of buyout issues/wording in his contract, and deal is unlikely unless there's a change at the 11th hour.
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If we seriously aren't capable of landing a coach from LA Tech, that is really pathetic
 
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Maxwell said:
Go talk to Marshall. Pay his price. Sit back and enjoy. This search is nuts. I have spent my last basketball dollar in TBA if White or Tyndall is the best we can do. I have attended many games in SAC and TBA. I've been to many of Mears games and up to the present. I love the Vols. It is starting to hurt too much to watch over and over as incompetent administrators run Tennessee sports into the ground. Even if Jones is successful ( and I will grant he could be ) his hire was dumb luck. Cheek and Hart should be held accountable. We graduate thousands of students from the business school and none are competent to run the university or our athletics ? I do not understand this. We are a laughingstock in the media. Coaches are afraid to come here. We have awesome facilities , yet coaches look at Tennessee as a stepping stone. The athletic department ( much like our government ) has wasted my money. They say that we are not able to hire a quality coach. Sit back and enjoy whatever product we decide to give you. Well no, I have a choice. Put a quality product out there and maybe I will show up again. I'm disabled. Why should I drive 2 and 1/2 hours to a basketball game that lasts 2 hours, and root like my life depends on it, at a top tier facility that I and other fans helped pay for, when we have a mere faint hope for a coach. Hobble back out to the car and drive 2 and 1/2 hours home. I will still root for the Vols. I will listen to the radio or perhaps watch it from the comfort of home. And hopefully our administrators will understand that one empty seat in the stadium is a preview of things to come if they do not pony up the money to put a competitive product on the floor.
I will have my detractors and that is fine with me. I care not. It is my health, my money, my time. I was there when Mears and Pearl won. Also I remember some quality wins with DeVoe and Green. Martin had a few as well. I remember when basketball in the SEC was Kentucky then Tennessee. Alabama started winning. Now it is Florida. Our administrators have watched us slide from second to being irrelevant. That is sad.
I mentioned Marshall at the beginning. He is one man and there are many that could take Tennessee to great heights. If we settle for less we condone what is happening. If we really love Tennessee we help our team by demanding more. The choice is yours. If you want mediocrity then that is your choice. I want to be second and putting up a challenge for first. We have the facilities already. Mears and Pearl have shown us the way. Let us please find a coach to take us to a final four at some point. If you are still reading thank you for listening.
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You right. Just because the man said no, it is all on Hart and company. Maybe he says yes to 4 million. Maybe 5 million. "Just pay it". If he then never wins more than 24 games at Tennessee, "It's all Hart's fault for hiring these small school coaches". "He has destroyed the university budget and now we can't afford Tyler Summitt at 700 grand a year". "Fire everyone"!
 
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LebanonVolunteer said:
You right. Just because the man said no, it is all on Hart and company. Maybe he says yes to 4 million. Maybe 5 million. "Just pay it". If he then never wins more than 24 games at Tennessee, "It's all Hart's fault for hiring these small school coaches". "He has destroyed the university budget and now we can't afford Tyler Summitt at 700 grand a year". "Fire everyone"!
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Some of our fans are hardwired to blame the AD for pretty much anything. They aslo seem to equate being the UT bball coach with donating a kidney. "We cany get anyone to do it".
 
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OrangeInKy said:
Some of our fans are hardwired to blame the AD for pretty much anything. They aslo seem to equate being the UT bball coach with donating a kidney. "We cany get anyone to do it".
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The sooner people realize Tennessee is not a "destination job" for the top basketball coaches of the world, the better. As fans we like to think that our Vols are on par with just about anyone. That is just not reality and especially with basketball. I had mentioned Tom Izzo in a thread earlier. The man makes 3.7 million a year and his resume CRUSHES Gregg Marshall. But throw 3-4 million at Marshall? Really? When fans are not writing the check, it's easy to throw cash talk around.
 
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