Coach Kellie Harper

Do you want Coach Harper to return or hire new Coach?


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You may be asking yourself what a softball tweet has to do with women’s basketball… Danny white is pouring money into every sport at TN. He wants a winning program. If I’m Kelli and I’m seeing this, I’m sweating bullets unless the team gets to a sweet 16


Turns out it's not all Danny White pouring money into the softball facilities. According to the ever reliable Twitter, the Weakleys made a big donation toward this. Karen W, in turn thanked another couple for their generous donation.

This is the kind of fund development the LVs apparently struggle with right now.
 
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Look, I really appreciate your monetary support for the Ladies. I think we all do considering that there isn’t much going around, apparently. I do want to thank you for that, just maybe next time understand that not everyone is able to but can still be invested in the team. 👍
 
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Turns out it's not all Danny White pouring money into the softball facilities. According to the ever reliable Twitter, the Weakleys made a big donation toward this. Karen W, in turn thanked another couple for their generous donation.

This is the kind of fund development the LVs apparently struggle with right now.
I asked this before, but is there like a development role or position that can help with this? I don’t think the AD can be involved in any collective or NIL but is there someone more involved in outreach for the ladies? It sounds like the big funds may need a lot more schmoozing so to speak and wonder if anyone’s responsibility includes that.
 
Again, you should choose your words more carefully instead of throwing parting shots at fans that you have no idea about their circumstances. It comes off extremely privileged to say only those who can afford such things should have opinions.
What in their post about the observations of the AD on two different categories of fan interaction did you find even remotely offensive. Every team has strong fans and every team has those that want to feature negativity and the AD's are free to establish their own value system for ALL fans. Their theory that the AD will value those that attend and donate over those that want to hide behind screennames. seems like a reasonable observation. Total lack of discretion by repetitive to the max poster's evidently suffer from the IF YOU SAY IT ENOUGH IT MUST BE TRUE theory. The distribution of over the top pro coach vs over the top anti coach pushing those envelopes is pretty clear. Sometimes you just gotta finish out the year with what you got and I bet the AD is concentrating on what next years team will look like relative to a coaching change.
 
Not what I meant.

The AD is more concerned about fan support, through attendance and/or donations, than the opinions of internet coaches who critique with their keyboards!
That is the reality many on here want to deny. They live in a pretend world where White spends his day tabulating points on X and the board and then makes a decision accordingly.
In the world of Football, it is all about what the big donors want and fan reactions just provide additional justification. Probably not the case as much with WCBB but if donations were to suddenly drop off, I am sure that would get White's attention but I am willing to bet that Kellie plays very well with the donor set. Everyone thinks that we should be back to the NCAA level of the CP3 era but the flipside is that, in the current environment, Kellie may be doing a good job in keeping us from becoming LA Tech.
 
What in their post about the observations of the AD on two different categories of fan interaction did you find even remotely offensive. Every team has strong fans and every team has those that want to feature negativity and the AD's are free to establish their own value system for ALL fans. Their theory that the AD will value those that attend and donate over those that want to hide behind screennames. seems like a reasonable observation. Total lack of discretion by repetitive to the max poster's evidently suffer from the IF YOU SAY IT ENOUGH IT MUST BE TRUE theory. The distribution of over the top pro coach vs over the top anti coach pushing those envelopes is pretty clear. Sometimes you just gotta finish out the year with what you got and I bet the AD is concentrating on what next years team will look like relative to a coaching change.
Earl and I have come to an agreement, so I don’t want to rehash; however, there was no caveat about observations of the AD in the original post between the two groups. I can agree that the AD will put a higher priority on donors. The original post looked like it implied that only those who have given or able to go to games should have an opinion on the ladies. That is all I stated and took offense to, nothing more and nothing less. I think Earl and I are good now and have cleared up any misunderstandings.
 
I never said Pat would be happy, but she would not be rolling over in her grave either. Pat is the smartest person to ever coach women's basketball, and even she did not get her first national championship until she had 14 years at Tennessee. I know for a fact that she would be encouraging Kellie to keep at this, despite the adversity she has faced. I knew Pat - know her family. This is exactly what she would have said to Kellie.
I didn’t know Pat but I imagine she would be thrilled how women’s basketball has grown over the past 25 years and with how many schools now take the sport seriously. She was much more than just for UT basketball. She was for Women’s Basketball. JMO
 
Lol yea I'm rolling in the money. Poster stated you shouldn't have an opinion unless you went to games or donate to NIL .

The bread crumbs I donate probably allows me no opinion.🤣🤣🤣

I drive to any Tennessee sporting event within 4 hours of Houston. I’ve seen games in men’s and women’s basketball, volleyball, soccer, softball, and football at LSU, Aggies, Texas, etc. apparently I am only contributing to the opponents, which makes since why I am so NegaVol now that I think of it. 🤣

I was actually on the fence about Kelli until I watched them play in College Station this year. We had no answers for the Aggies and Kelli just stood there confused. All the coaches were quiet. Jewel Spears family sat a row behind me and they kept yelling “DO SOMETHING!” I realized then she doesn’t have a clue when it comes to in game management and my Nega position was born.
 
I drive to any Tennessee sporting event within 4 hours of Houston. I’ve seen games in men’s and women’s basketball, volleyball, soccer, softball, and football at LSU, Aggies, Texas, etc. apparently I am only contributing to the opponents, which makes since why I am so NegaVol now that I think of it. 🤣

I was actually on the fence about Kelli until I watched them play in College Station this year. We had no answers for the Aggies and Kelli just stood there confused. All the coaches were quiet. Jewel Spears family sat a row behind me and they kept yelling “DO SOMETHING!” I realized then she doesn’t have a clue when it comes to in game management and my Nega position was born.
That was literally the LVs worst game of the season and half the team was down with the flu. That is just one data point. What about the rematch game against Texas A&M or the hard fought games against SC?
 
That was literally the LVs worst game of the season and half the team was down with the flu. That is just one data point. What about the rematch game against Texas A&M or the hard fought games against SC?

Even more reason for Kelli to have actually done some coaching.

Rematch with the Aggies went well - granted everyone beat A&M down the stretch. I take no moral victories in playing SC close. I’m apathetic at this point. A deep tourney run would probably bring most fans back into the fold until the next 10+ loss regular season and we will be right back where we started.
 
I didn’t know Pat but I imagine she would be thrilled how women’s basketball has grown over the past 25 years and with how many schools now take the sport seriously. She was much more than just for UT basketball. She was for Women’s Basketball. JMO
What she worked her entire life for is now coming to fruition. She wanted women's basketball to be in the spotlight, and today it is. More little girls than ever are playing the game, and college teams are more competitive than ever. I don't even know how many women's games were televised this year. This was Pat's vision for the game. I only wish she were here to take it all in.
 
Personally I don't believe Danny White fires Kellie Harper.
Although when that day does arrive, individuals who scream keep it in the family should be ignored.
The best coach isn't always an ex- player for the University. BTW who says the coach has to be a Alum?

I agree. I don’t he does either, but she’s on the clock. Next year will be worse than this one and his hand will be forced. If Kelli staying is the sacrificial lamb for say a men’s final 4, or baseball natty… sign her to a 10 year extension. The success of the other programs is ironically overshadowing the winningest program in TN sports history.
 
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He might fire her if she lost to Kentucky today as that would be a bad loss. I think she is on the clock even if she gets to come back. Another season like this one probably would be the end. She has to upgrade this roster almost every SEC team has most of their key players coming back. We have a lot coming back as well. but the main two Jackson and Powell are not coming back.

Barnes and the basketball Vols just won the SEC regular season championship and softball won both the league and tournament last season. Just a year or two removed Baseball won them both. Tennessee has won the all sport SEC Championship two years in a row. I am sure he won't let one program pull that down much longer. I think she comes back with results expected next season.
 
If you were a 4 or 5 Star Lady recruit.....................WHY would you sign with Kellie and the Lady Vols????
 
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