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Go back to the dollar store where you buy your sweeping inferrences about what other people are thinking and ask for a refund.

The article itself never states how this is being funded. Hart didn't say and KnoxNewzPravda apparently didn't ask. With UTAD being $200M in the hole, it's a fair question.

NFL head coach at 31. SEC head coach at 33. Head coach of USC at 34.

...Head Coach of Compton High at 35.

STREET CRED!!!!!

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Is it just me, or does Quieffen's stated desire to be a head coach at a smaller school sound a lot like Tyler Bray's comments about being tired and needing a break after losing to Kentucky in 2011?

Yeah...it's probably just me.

“I made a lot of mistakes…”

You?! Mistakes!? Pshaw!

I can’t say that I’ve actually heard Bray admit that he made any mistakes until this article. So it’s a positive step to hear him moving out of denial and facing the truth. Can “acceptance” be far behind?

I also note that Bray only specifically points out “off the field” mistakes. As if . . .

Give Golden time. When he's 35, he will be eligible to hold the office of VP. That's a BFD!

Oh boy, here we go again. You simply can't talk about Pat Summitt and money (compensation) in the same sentence.

The only problem with Pat Summitt is that UT can never pay her enough. Even if she and UT agree to a contract, many will whine that it isn't sufficient. (Is it ever?)

Name other schools that have the position for Women's Basketball Coach Emeritus? If you can find other schools with that position, what are those former coaches paid? How do those universities fund such a position?

And heaven help the poor soul who points out that UTAD is $200M in the red (thank you Lord Hamilton, The Indecisive) and asks; How do we pay for this? (and keep on paying and paying and paying)

+1 Brad Sorenson.

And hey, it's not just 11 quarterbacks that were drafted ahead of Bray, but around 300 total players who were all judged (by professionals who are paid to know) to have a better risk/reward profile. I've said it before, The Money Doesn't Lie.

Bray will land on his feet. Or his head. Either way.

uh...maybe they're better because they were drafted and Bray was not?

Let me expand on that;
The people who are employed by NFL franchises to evaluate talent for the NFL draft, and to make draft decisions said so. They reviewed everything about Tyler Bray-and hundreds of other players who were potential draft picks. And apparently, among every team out there, Bray represented more risk than potential gain in the context of the draft.

On the subject of NFL readiness, it really doesn't matter what any of us think. (Nor does it matter why Bray is where he is developmentally.) The draft has spoken and Bray isn't ready. Only a herculean effort from Bray will prove otherwise. But even the NFL scouts will have to remain skeptics. After all, if Bray could produce such an effort and show that much improvement to become NFL ready, then where was that effort in the 3 years he was at UT?

And while I wish Bray well in his efforts, his efforts are outside the scope of UT football and thus, irrelevant to me as a UT fan.

Go find the youtube video of Gruden breaking down Bray's play and his mistakes. It's child's play for Gruden. It is like Gruden is speaking another language where Bray is only catching every second or third word. Bray has no defense or response. Because there is none.

It was child's play for Gruden as it surely was for any other NFL team who considered Bray.

The money does not lie. No one in the NFL was willing to risk a draft pick and their money on Bray because from their standpoint, he looks like he will not provide them a return on his investment.

Bray and Rogers undrafted? Gasp! I can't imagine why.

If an NFL team is going to commit several million dollars to hiring a player, then they must be certain that the investment is sound and that they can make a return on that investment. The draft is where we find out if anybody will actually "buy" a player for what he is claimed to be worth.

Uh...yeah, we knew this.

In Bray's defense, he wasn't coached by David Cutcliffe, or even Hal Mumme. Instead he had the Ted Stryker of coaches, Derek Zoolander. I mean, Dooley.

He also played on teams with little to no ground game and/or defense.

I wish him well, but I think he'll have to show up and perform immediately. In the NFL, he will have no excuses and none will be accepted.

The Director’s Cup was born in 1993-94 to perennially anoint Stanford and schools like them as the school that is the best across the board in all sports and to imply that the athletes of every other school are stupid AND inferior.

There, I fixed it.

We ought to get 10 points alone for firing Doooooooooley.

"Elways". Is that a new bus line or something?

Yup.

Contrast:
Meighan Simmons (a junior and a leader on this team) thinks (THINKS mind you) that it could have been nerves that caused her to play poorly in the regional final. But she doesn't know.

Is there anybody on UConn's team that didn't know what they were going to do, what was happening, or what was coming next?

I love my Lady Vols and I'm always pulling for them, but we keep seeing the missed opportunities, the lack of hustle, the lack of cohesion as one team, and the confusion-of which Simmons' comments are just the latest illustration.

I'll be blunt; I hate UConn because they play basketball the way the Lady Vols used to. But they have earned whatever they've gotten in terms of championships. Until and unless the Lady Vols play to this level, they're not going to succeed at this level. It's no more complex than that.

Holly Warlick has all that is necessary to make that happen. It's her program now.

I now humbly await the herd to call me every name in the book for speaking the truth.

UL's strategy was to play physical, keep UT off balance, build their lead and hope that the lead held up before they ran out of fouls to give.

UT finally got to passing the ball quickly and efficiently, taking it inside, and drawing the fouls. At one point 4 UL players had 3 fouls or more. The turning point: Having cut the gap to 3 points, Taber Spani jacks a 3 from the parking lot with almost all of the shot clock remaining. A miss, a UL rebound, and the momentum is over. Rather than taking it inside and giving some more of those UL girls their 5th foul, UT picked around the edges.

From that point on-Spani, the player who caught fire for UT didn't shoot much. Instead it seemed that Meighan Simmons was the go-to. Simmons, the leading scorer in the SEC got shut down, frustrated and never regained composure. Her biggest hits for the night were a couple of buckets and some cheesey fouls that just displayed more frustration. And from that point on, it was Simmons driving the bus for UT. Just. Great.

There might have been a couple of bum calls by the refs, but UT had plenty of opportunity at the line. They just didn't do much when they got there (15-24) often missing the front end of a 1-1. Hit the free throws and it's a different story. Sigh. From 3 point range it was even worse-an abyssmal 5-24.

Is UT ever going to recruit some shooters? Ever?

A great rally by the team. Imagine what 40 minutes playing like that would accomplish.

Congrats to UL, a stout team, a good plan and well executed.

Winners? I thought Baylor lost.

Maybe we should start attacking Louisville.

Oh, and Kim Mulkey was a riot. All her hysterics, trying to strip her jacket (then someone helpfully remembering how little she had on under the jacket), hollering at whomever was closest, crowding the floor (uh, hello, sideline warning much?), and no technical.

Good luck without Mr. Griner.

I thought last year was her first as head coach?

Except basketball wasn't the subject of the comparison.

NCAA=USSR.

I have not yet ridden the "Bring Back Bruce" bandwagon. For a couple of reasons, but primarily for this; The #1 priority for UTAD is to Get Football Healthy. Until and unless this happens, nothing else matters. Not one dime for another buyout until they get football rolling.

Martin may be a good guy, but he has not accomplished enough to get anybody at UT fully sold on him and thus put an end the Bring Back Bruce talk. If he doesn't do it next year, then he just might get thrown under the wheels of the Pearl bandwagon and that would be a bad deal all the way around.

If UT rehires Pearl, then we'll have a perpetual target on our back with the NCAA even if everything is spotless and clean. Especially so if Pearl comes in and has success at UT as we all know and expect that he would. This might not be the case if someone else hires him. I love Bruce. He did great stuff at UT, he made us proud, and he might be capable of doing it again. But what if he is rehired at UT, but flounders? Then he'll have to be dismissed and UT loses face for having been fooled twice. It's just too much risk for UT.

In the USSR, when a political prisoner was exiled, he was sent to a remote province, not allowed to return to his home, and lived at the mercy of The Party. In the eyes of The Party, There was no rehabilitation of politicals. Period. So it was rare that the exiled political could find work in his profession or even much help from anyone. The Party would come down on those who associate with or provide aid to politicals. The NCAA's show cause penalty is little different than what Exile was in the USSR.

December: Stumble out of the gate.
Mid-January: Wake up.
February: Get hot and talk about "the bubble"
March: Flameout in Tournament play against equal or lesser competition.
Repeat.

The reality is that until and unless football is fixed, then no coaching change will be made in any sport for any reason other than a for-cause firing where UT doesn't pay a buyout.

Let's face the truth:

Championship contenders peak in March, in tournaments. Championship pretenders peak in February.

The NCAA made the right choice in excluding Tennessee. Again.

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeet.

Go VOLS!

Look you KnoxNewzPravda trollherders, get to the important stuff.

How much is his buyout?

I wonder what happens when Fulmer leads the Bucs into Neyland Stadium for homecoming one year?

I think The Mule Day King probably stays home on this one.

Firing DD helped.