Breaking: Cuonzo Martin hired at Tennessee

[Volstylexx]

He never even took them to the NCAA tournament

NO but they did get to the second round of the NIT!!!

"The Bears fell to Indiana State in the finals of the MVC Tournament in St. Louis on March 6 and capped an unforgettable season by advancing to the second round of the National Invitation Tournament."

 

[OrangeUTopia]

Fire Pearl. Fire Dooley. Fire Hamilton. Fire Cheek. Fire Cuonzo. Fire the Janitor. Is that all you clowns can think of?

I'll be satisfied with just Hamilton.

 

[VolsDeep]

and dooley hasn't done anything yet.

but I don't think too many people are calling for his head (or hammy's) because he was hired....

 

[volroadwarrior]

He has great facilities, great fan base, can he recruit blue chip players? Can he keep Jones, Ware, Scotty and Tobias? We shall see. Let's get behind him.

 

[TheThrill]

This has trainwreck written all over it. Good luck Cuonzo, you got some big shoes and a big arena to fill.
As for Hamilton, c'mon man, just leave. Please

 

[tnktm]

Welcome Coach Martin.

 

[orangepeopleeater]

At least you can say we have a coach that played in the NBA

 

[mkil5]

Remember last year everyone hated the Dooley hire, now most are coming around to him.
Now, I am not crazy about this hire, but granted I just don't know enough about him. I am going to give him a shot and hopefully he will win us over.

 

[IPorange]

Where did you get that from? I just stated my opinion. I actually think Martin is a solid hire. IMO Frank was a pipe dream. I certainly like Martin a Hell of a lot more than I would have Gregory.

After the Gregory talk, I'm okay with Martin. It softened the blow.

 

[orangeblooded2]

I am willing to wait and see....

I will say it falls in line with the typical Hamilton hire. Why anyone is surprised is the surprise.

 

[seaofORANGE22]

wow... dumbest thing i have seen posted in awhile

Ok sorry dad. Only serious posts from here on out. 
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[lylsmorr]

He never even took them to the NCAA tournament

I wish you could have seen what he inherited. The fact that he won the MVC regular season championship and went to the championship game this year is good indicator of how good he is.

 

[volatil]

Happy Cuonzo everyone

 

[VolsDeep]

we only beat them by 4 this year, i don't remember the game though. those that do, what are your recollections?

 

[Imintnse]

The man had a good run at mizzou state, lets give him a chance. Welcome to the madness Coach! (cheers)

 

[WeekendWarrior]

hat said it was a good hire...enough said (he's usually on point)

 

[VolStudent247]

He's 0-1 in TBA! Don't do it!

 

[Govol111]

Really people? Really? "Facepalm" "SMH" "Bad hire" ? Come on.

Much to your dismay, we are not a high profile ultimate dream job in college basketball that is guaranteed to nab a big name coach. Cuonzo is 39 years old and has a record thats been strongly trending upwards.

Could anyone tell me who a guy named Derek Dooley was 2 years ago?

 

[volwarrior33]

I'm not jumping and down with this hire, but I'm happier than I was with Dooley's hiring.

 

[VOLnMiami]

I wish you could have seen what he inherited. The fact that he won the MVC regular season championship and went to the championship game this year is good indicator of how good he is.

You got to be kidding lol:

 

[BlueHalo]

Cam_Tatum_23 Cam Tatum
Wth is goin on??

 

[tnvols72]

Miss Pearl yet ?

 

[TennesseePride]

Good hire.. He will do well here

 

[Johnny Majors' Ghost]

We will just have to wait and see as we did with Bruce Pearl. He was a relative unknown to us at the time if not for the sweet 16 run he had before we hired him.

 

[orange_peel]

I am willing to give Martin a chance and see what he can do but Mike Hamilton needs to be fired. Hamilton has screwed up everything but tennis.