Coach Kellie Harper fired

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People assuming or saying Hammon should think twice as shes a great PRO coach Spurs / Aces , this is college where kids and their emotions matter let alone the NIL so i would not be so sure to throw the bank at her without coaching on this level . Hell can she even recruit ? That's not required with her past job history ....
 
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LadyVol1908 said:
Cora article on potential coaches.

www.knoxnews.com

Lady Vols basketball coaching candidates: 11 options to replace Kellie Harper

Kellie Harper's tenure is over with Tennessee basketball. Here are candidates to watch throughout Lady Vols' coaching search.
www.knoxnews.com
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Ahahahaaaaa - "Wild Card: Shea Ralph." I can't. I can't. My sides. My heart. I can't. I don't have anything against her as a coach or a person or whatever, but I can't even.

Can you imagine the first time some of her former UConn buddies would visit her and parade around Tennessee's facilities? They'd probably make fun of everything. Or scribble on the Graduation Pole, or stomp all over the Summitt logo, or God only knows what. I can just see the photos leaking out of it. Taurasi spinning around in Pat's seat with a faux "oooh scary" look on her face.

It would be the firestorm to end all firestorms. A plague of hellfire from the Smokies to the Mississippi. The women's basketball equivalent of a nuclear exchange.
 
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Voltopia said:
Ahahahaaaaa - "Wild Card: Shea Ralph." I can't. I can't. My sides. My heart. I can't. I don't have anything against her as a coach or a person or whatever, but I can't even.

Can you imagine the first time some of her former UConn buddies would visit her and parade around Tennessee's facilities? They'd probably make fun of everything. Or scribble on the Graduation Pole, or God only knows what. I can just see the photos leaking out of it. It would be the firestorm to end all firestorms. A plague of hellfire from the Smokeys to the Mississippi.
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The day Shea Ralph becomes our head coach is the day i will request my own blockage of Volnation.
 
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Voltopia said:
Ahahahaaaaa - "Wild Card: Shea Ralph." I can't. I can't. My sides. My heart. I can't. I don't have anything against her as a coach or a person or whatever, but I can't even.

Can you imagine the first time some of her former UConn buddies would visit her and parade around Tennessee's facilities? They'd probably make fun of everything. Or scribble on the Graduation Pole, or God only knows what. I can just see the photos leaking out of it. It would be the firestorm to end all firestorms. A plague of hellfire from the Smokeys to the Mississippi.
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AGAIN, even if it were possible on the UConn/LV scale, she and many other promising young coaches are off the list because apparently E TN is just not ready for a husband/wife coaching team. We've started setting limits already.
 
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glv98 said:
Agree, which is why I'm shocked if he doesn't have a home run hire lined up that he's just waiting a decent amt of time to announce. Because if he doesn't, his ability to make a huge hire is really constrained by time and by who's available right now. Has to get it done very quickly w the portal, etc.
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Time ain't a problem until after the Natty
 
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volbound1700 said:
Tennessee lost 13 games this year, that may have played a part as well. They didn't even make it to the Sweet 16 so I don't get where "Final Four or bust" is in the lingo.

Perhaps Sweet 16 and Finish in top 25 or bust could be accurate (after being a preseason top ten team).
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It's not even that. Kellie had Rickea, as Iowa had Caitlin, as Conecticut had Paige, as LSU had.. etc. To be blunt, that incredible talent was wasted because Kellie is not an elite coach. Kellie didn't even do as good as Holly.
 
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glv98 said:
Attendance actually trended back up a bit this yr and is still top 8, or was. And you're right, Yo had to publically shame multiple people and bus in kids to get 3K for the game against us.
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Sad to see. More half of the Power 5 women’s teams are playing in front less than 2,500 on game nights and some not seeing more than a thousand. Resorted to having to give tickets away.
 
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glv98 said:
It makes far more sense she was protecting Sam, since lack of recruiting has been identified as Kellie's downfall. Also bc the AD knew very well she wouldn't throw him under the bus.

People uncomfortable with the male working as assistant to the female have raised a stink about this for a long time. Problem is it's a growing trend with many sharp young female coaches in the modern world, which we will now have no chance at. The Jon haters just won a battle, even though they don't really know it was him. but cost themselves the war in the long term.
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Wasn’t it reported by our “resident NIL expert” that NIL would be improving? If that is true, Kellie stepping in Sam doesn’t make sense. It’s been stated by those “in the know” that we were missing out on recruits to due to NIL alone.
 
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Voltopia said:
Ahahahaaaaa - "Wild Card: Shea Ralph." I can't. I can't. My sides. My heart. I can't. I don't have anything against her as a coach or a person or whatever, but I can't even.

Can you imagine the first time some of her former UConn buddies would visit her and parade around Tennessee's facilities? They'd probably make fun of everything. Or scribble on the Graduation Pole, or stomp all over the Summitt logo, or God only knows what. I can just see the photos leaking out of it. Taurasi spinning around in Pat's seat with a faux "oooh scary" look on her face.

It would be the firestorm to end all firestorms. A plague of hellfire from the Smokies to the Mississippi. The women's basketball equivalent of a nuclear exchange.
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You and I go WAY back on message board days and totally agree with ALL of this!!
 
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901 Orange said:
Time ain't a problem until after the Natty
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Disagree. A week is forever in wasted portal time. The longer we wait, the more this HAS to be a hire that can bring players.
ttharp said:
Wasn’t it reported by our “resident NIL expert” that NIL would be improving? If that is true, Kellie stepping in Sam doesn’t make sense. It’s been stated by those “in the know” that we were missing out on recruits to due to NIL alone.
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Hopefully it was true that they finally got an NIL bag, bc who would take this job without it? We're all speculating out our arse, but maybe they just didn't trust Sam to spend it. Or more likely, didn't trust all of them to spend it. Now they've gotta get someone huge in here pronto to make it work.
 
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Orange931 said:
A couple of incidents happen everywhere on every team. It’s not like they’re out there doing it on a weekly basis. Calm down and look around the league before you go spewing this stuff.
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I don’t care about other schools. I care about UT.
I have been calm all day, sad but calm. The people losing their minds are the ones defending bad behavior in our baseball program.
 
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glv98 said:
Disagree. A week is forever in wasted portal time. The longer we wait, the more this HAS to be a hire that can bring players.

Hopefully it was true that they finally got an NIL bag, bc who would take this job without it? We're all speculating out our arse, but maybe they just didn't trust Sam to spend it. Or more likely, didn't trust all of them to spend it. Now they've gotta get someone huge in here pronto to make it work.
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If Kellie let Sam go, she would be looking for her 3rd recruiting coordinator going into year six (!)

She let Lacey go after two years. The issue was never the recruiting coordinator, IMO.
 
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DarkPhoenix said:
White could have fired him, Kellie couldn’t do anything about it but quit, and she wouldn’t get that big payout she’s getting now.
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Agreeing to mutually part ways sort of implies she quit. I don't think would want to stiff her out of the buy clause. How you treat your last coach impacts how future prospects view you...
 
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Voltopia said:
Ahahahaaaaa - "Wild Card: Shea Ralph." I can't. I can't. My sides. My heart. I can't. I don't have anything against her as a coach or a person or whatever, but I can't even.

Can you imagine the first time some of her former UConn buddies would visit her and parade around Tennessee's facilities? They'd probably make fun of everything. Or scribble on the Graduation Pole, or stomp all over the Summitt logo, or God only knows what. I can just see the photos leaking out of it. Taurasi spinning around in Pat's seat with a faux "oooh scary" look on her face.

It would be the firestorm to end all firestorms. A plague of hellfire from the Smokies to the Mississippi. The women's basketball equivalent of a nuclear exchange.
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I think even UCONN fans would have a problem with one of their own becoming a Vol coach. Agree can't see that happening. LV fans would revolt like the FB fans did over the Schiano hire.
 
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Lucy said:
Obviously you are all good with UT athletes flipping off opponent’s fans. Why make this about me. I’m not the coach of the team. Your guy is your guy. I just don’t like my school being embarrassed. Also why do you all think the only people who care about student athletes representing their school with class are old? Is being okay with crass behavior a part of middle age? I am not old but I always want my school to look good in the public eye.
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Lol, I absolutely loved Gaulden flipping the Bama fans off. I Loved Danny White and Donde telling The Ncaa to screw themselves and having the balls to bring this to legislation well before the Ncaa came back. I love the baseball team with an us against everyone mentality. Emotion is part of the game. Do I want our kids flipping off officials or Umpires ? No. But banter between teams is the new norm. Can't be soft but must be able to handle what you dish out. I didn't love our fans delaying a football game with mustard and golfballs.
 
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