Anthony Grant - Alabama

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#230
Doubt it. Bama's paying him a top 20 salary...he's making more at Bama than a lot of coaches at the normal basketball powers.

---> Anthony Grant's salary among highest in college basketball | al.com

He's gotten/is getting facility upgrades/renovations that he wants...plus more. Bama will have the largest college basketball practice facility in the country when they're done.

And giving a side-by-side resume of the programs...they're similar, so it would be a lateral move at best.

...................Bama/ UT
All Time Wins 1499/ 1471

All-Time SEC Wins 709/ 715

SEC Tourny Champs 6/ 4

SEC Reg. Season Champs 7/ 9

NCAA Tourney Appearances 19/ 19

Sweet 16 Appearances 8/ 6

Elite 8 Appearances 1/ 1

Neither has a final 4.

All time vs. SEC teams

Alabama has a winning record against all SEC teams except UK and Arkansas (only by 4).

Tennessee has a winning record against all SEC teams except UK and Alabama.

And just something he said the other night on his radio show, not that it means anything but...

Host: "You've got your hometown team (Miami) coming up."

Anthony Grant: "I'm from Tuscaloosa now."
 
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#236
LWSVOL said:
the coaching fraternity has a problem when working for someone that will cut the legs out from under a coach and his kids when they have games left to play. that sends a huge signal to coaches and there are many right now that question if they would want to work in that situation. Note: I was probably stating too strong some would drop immediately. if they are seriously interested, they should be willing to address and talk through concerns. I know the guy at Bama is very concerned about it.

Now, maybe if it gets down to a particular candidate and that is a concern then perhaps Tennessee and the powers that be can ease those fears.

The flip side is, there are also apperances that our AD has been stripped of some power so that begs the question in minds also, if he isn't there, who will be my boss??

Both questions are coming up.
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I take that over what some bama troll says anyday.
 
#237
#237
Simply b/c we're Tennessee, i see the bammer administration doing EVERYTHING they can to keep Grant from coming here ...

Kinda like when Kiffin wanted both teams to wear the home jerserys, I remember hearing a quote from some big Bama booster or Admin guy as to why they declined, along the lines of, "Why would we want to do anything Tennessee wants to do." They will not want to LOSE GRANT TO TENNESSEE
 
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#238
kohlrums said:
I hate Kiffin as much as the next guy, but the guy was the flavor of the month, and no head coaching experience? Really? Oakland Raiders ring any bells? I know they have mostly been a joke, but last I checked they are a member of the NFL as one of their 32 franchises, which happens to field a team that enters into a minimum of 16 competitions each fall....I'm glad he left, but take a breath before yelling into your keyboard and glossing over the obvious fact that the dude was a head coach in the NFL-and actually made Oakland competitive for the first time in several seasons. Tennessee was not the only school after him.
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Name another school that was after him. When Wash had a chance to hire him they went with Sarkishian. If you consider the 1.5 years Kiff spent at Oak has adequate head coaching experience I can see why you support Hamilton. UT could have hired any football coach they wanted but Hamilton felt empowered because he had did so well with Pearl that he thought he could hire anybody even a loser like Kiffin. Hamilton wanted to rid UT of all the coaches that Dickey had hired. Hamilton needs to be fired !
 
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#239
LawVol13 said:
Except he is concerned about who his boss will be, according to Hubbs. Not sure I would like the hire at all, but this underscores the fact that Cheek needs to come out and really support Hamilton and make sure prospective candidates know his head is not immediately on the chopping block.
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And the unabashed man-love for Hamiltonian mediocrity continues...

Carry on, Hammysexual.
 
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#240
orange_peel said:
Name another school that was after him. When Wash had a chance to hire him they went with Sarkishian. If you consider the 1.5 years Kiff spent at Oak has adequate head coaching experience I can see why you support Hamilton. UT could have hired any football coach they wanted but Hamilton felt empowered because he had did so well with Pearl that he thought he could hire anybody even a loser like Kiffin. Hamilton wanted to rid UT of all the coaches that Dickey had hired. Hamilton needs to be fired !
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He would have been the coach at Arkansas the year before if Al Davis would have let him out of his contract. Washington had no chance to hire Lane Kiffin because he had no real interest in coaching there.
 
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#243
hatvol96 said:
He would have been the coach at Arkansas the year before if Al Davis would have let him out of his contract. Washington had no chance to hire Lane Kiffin because he had no real interest in coaching there.
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Pay no attention...

I'm sure he was burning matresses with all the other fools who bowed to Kiffin while he was here.
 
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#245
OrangeSummit said:
what do you have against shaka?
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Nothing, as long as she is down with it.

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#246
#246
I sincerely hope this whole Grant thing is not posturing for a raise. Seems like we make a lot of people rich in our coaching searches. Hopefully, not too many get rich off of us this time.
 
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