UTC's David Blackburn says no official contact with UT on job

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All I was told is that Arizona wasn't what he thought it would be and that he wants back in the SEC and went in for an interview. Didn't say when this happened.
 
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I would take Byrne in a heartbeat. If we don't get someone of his caliber I would take Blackburn.
 
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SGMVols said:
Look at his resume. He hired Dan Mullen and hired two College World Series finalists at MSU and Arizona.

I'm not opposed to Blackburn, but his resume is nowhere close to Byrne's. The notion that only a UT alum can do the job is ludicrous. If Davenport can get Byrne to Knoxville, I say give her a raise and extension immediately.
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Agreed. Although I would hope he's a little more adventurous than simply bringing Mullen to Tennessee.
 
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1725gatorhater said:
I would love to try. I would be loved because I would try to get a voting system on volnation and who wins votes gets job. It would be better than what they have.
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Yes, there is someone in the Whitehouse right now that also thought being loved by 1% of the target audience was cool too.
 
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LWSVOL said:
Several coaches were interviewed when Kiffin was hired, head coaches at other places. it was true that Hamilton had already settled on Kiffin when interviewing those coaches but he did speak with them

there were 9 or 10 coaches told us no before Dooley was hired. No to even having a conversation not no to an offer. I believe all were head coaches. Was an impossible situation to get people to come ot.

Gundy and Strong said no, Strong after agreeing to take the job. before Jones..
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The mistake there was not leaning on Kippie Brown for a year before hiring a suitable replacement the year after. What you never do is just what Hamilton did.. He hired an unqualified coach, out of desperation, and allowed him to run the program in the dirt over the next 3 years, before firing him and owing him a huge buyout, which we just finished paying.

Horrible move on many levels.
 
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lilesrt said:
The mistake there was not leaning on Kippie Brown for a year before hiring a suitable replacement the year after. What you never do is just what Hamilton did.. He hired an unqualified coach, out of desperation, and allowed him to run the program in the dirt over the next 3 years, before firing him and owing him a huge buyout, which we just finished paying.

Horrible move on many levels.
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Hambone didn't fire Doolittle, Hart did.
 
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LWS do you still feel confident with Blackburn with this info that someone else has been interviewed from MSU? Sorry to keep asking you, the more time that goes by the less confident I am in Tennessee to handle this properly. Why don't they see that we need a strong AD in place now. Butch desperately needs guidance right now not two months from now. Thanks as always and Merry Christmas!!
 
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Lovesomebigorange said:
LWS do you still feel confident with Blackburn with this info that someone else has been interviewed from MSU? Sorry to keep asking you, the more time that goes by the less confident I am in Tennessee to handle this properly. Why don't they see that we need a strong AD in place now. Butch desperately needs guidance right now not two months from now. Thanks as always and Merry Christmas!!
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I think Byrn is no longer at MSU. Their AD now is the former Head Baseball coach appointed after they lost the previous one to Florida.
Good question for LW. Wondering if there is any new info from you or DP?
 
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I hope to start hearing some news soon on the AD search, I just do not see anything good out of waiting too long, so should start hearing names of who is interviewing I would think.
 
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sccshortstop said:
I think Byrn is no longer at MSU. Their AD now is the former Head Baseball coach appointed after they lost the previous one to Florida.
Good question for LW. Wondering if there is any new info from you or DP?
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You are correct. He's at Arizona. Pretty good resume.
 
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Guess I am just shell shocked from past history but the longer it goes the more I fear them screwing this up as usual.
 
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LocoVol said:
Guess I am just shell shocked from past history but the longer it goes the more I fear them screwing this up as usual.
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With a new lady chancellor whose resumes includes schools from up North, what could go wrong? lol I can see us now, "We're going to welcome the most highly qualified AD available today and she hails from Byrn Mawr, Ms. XYZ and her marriage partner Ms. ABC. Please welcome them with open arms to the Knoxville area!"

Scale Neyland back to 60,000 seats which will be half full and be done with it. lol
 
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Lovesomebigorange said:
LWS do you still feel confident with Blackburn with this info that someone else has been interviewed from MSU? Sorry to keep asking you, the more time that goes by the less confident I am in Tennessee to handle this properly. Why don't they see that we need a strong AD in place now. Butch desperately needs guidance right now not two months from now. Thanks as always and Merry Christmas!!
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hope you had a Merry Christmas also.

They are talking with some others. BD has to feel good about the hire. it is on her if it goes bad.

I still believe it will be David. still can't get a timeline but next 7-10 days would not surprise me
 
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SIAP. Found on another board. TIFWIW

Per Brice:

I still think that Blackburn and the Northwestern A.D. remain the top guys, with Blackburn still IMO probably at roughly 80% odds. Only other name I've heard this week is that of the current Cincy A.D., and this is really interesting: he's the guy who was at Colorado when CBJ jilted the Buffs to come to Rocky Top. And he's the guy who then hired MacIntyre. And that's as good a hire as the one I think Cincy's old A.D. has made at VaTech: Justin Fuente. Those two coaches would get my national coach of the year votes this year.
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