What Was Currie Thinking?

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joe7514 said:
This whole thing makes no sense to me. I wonder if Currie or Haslam knows and likes Schiano personally and was trying to do him a favor at the expense of our football program. Kind of like when the boss's buddy gets the promotion over someone else more qualified.
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It's starying to sound like Greg was Jimmy's guy. Currie was hired to be a yes man
 
#28
#28
"Mr. Haslam wants Greg Schiano so I'm going to hire him."

That's what Currie was thinking - he knows who hired him and why he was hired - to do what the Haslam family wants him to do. The Tennessee program will not recover until we cut the marionette strings from the boosters on our AD.
 
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CountVolcula said:
BOT will get involved

Too many state representatives got involved

Currie is done at UT

Look for him to step down this week
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Doubt it, AD rarely does everything ‘his way’. This was pushed by Haslem, most hires are backed by the boosters (see Smart to UGA, McGarity, UGA AD, wanted Mullen). Plenty of tweets in twitter verse are saying this was Jimmy’s hire.
 
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volstuckinNC said:
"Mr. Haslam wants Greg Schiano so I'm going to hire him."

That's what Currie was thinking - he knows who hired him and why he was hired - to do what the Haslam family wants him to do. The Tennessee program will not recover until we cut the marionette strings from the boosters on our AD.
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This is the only explanation, and the final thought is spot on.
 
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Only reason I can think of to hire Schiano without working better candidates is a greased palm.
 
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secking said:
Doubt it, AD rarely does everything ‘his way’. This was pushed by Haslem, most hires are backed by the boosters (see Smart to UGA, McGarity, UGA AD, wanted Mullen). Plenty of tweets in twitter verse are saying this was Jimmy’s hire.
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I can believe it.
 
#36
#36
Tennessee football: Vols, Greg Schiano saga affirm Haslam, Currie failures

Tennessee football is suffering. And it’s in the hands of an athletic director who failed miserably at Kansas State along with a booster who has failed miserably at, well, everything.We’ll get to John Currie failing at Kansas State. But let’s start with the booster, a prominent one in the program.
I’ve said this before, but I want to make it clear. Jimmy Haslam III loses at everything he does. He’s a lousy businessman, a lousy sports owner and a lousy booster. We wrote a piece a month ago about the failed CEO of Pilot J Flying Truck Stop who also incompetently owns the Cleveland Browns.
As we mentioned in that post, the guy only has this company because of what he inherited from his father. And he ran it into the ground, at one point being billions of dollars in debt in 2013 while it was also running a diesel fuel rebate scam.
He’s a failed businessman in every way. On top of that, he’s a failed owner. We don’t have to explain too much about how pathetic the Browns are.
And again, he’s a top booster for the Vols. So it shouldn’t be a surprise that Tennessee would botch anything with Haslam behind the scenes. And that’s where Currie comes in.
 
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dduncan4163 said:
I simply can't wrap my mind around this. Did he really think we were going accept Schiano? It is hard to imagine a worse possible candidate yet Currie was like"Yeah this is my guy."

I'm still in shock. Did this really happen or did my wife lace my sweet tea and I'm tripping ba**s right now?
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You have to realize that a lot of "educated" people really aren't that bright. When you suspend the connection between degrees and intelligence, it is easy to see. Most of these guys can't see a good coach if they were right in front of them, because they never played at a high level and don't have the first clue what they are doing. It's not shocking anymore. All they know is what their books and group think taught them.
 
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The “secret search” was useless. Just be transparent and “leak” certain things early on to gauge the reaction from the fanbase. Not after the MOU is signed.
 
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