Coach Kellie Harper

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

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#680
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Volfan2012 said:
So what is your plan if Kellie is coming back next season?
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Well Texas and Oklahoma are joining next season , so that's two more teams to stress about yearly.

South Carolina will be near top of rankings next season .
Texas will be strong.
Alabama has a really good incoming class
Florida should be better
LSU will just reload thru portal.
Ole Miss and State isn't going anywhere
Vanderbilt has a nice recruit incoming
Tennessee has a couple of really good players incoming and the PG coming back from injury.

So another 3rd or 4th place finish. It's all good though.
 
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knoxvol52 said:
Well Texas and Oklahoma are joining next season , so that's two more teams to stress about yearly.

South Carolina will be near top of rankings next season .
Texas will be strong.
Alabama has a really good incoming class
Florida should be better
LSU will just reload thru portal.
Ole Miss and State isn't going anywhere
Vanderbilt has a nice recruit incoming
Tennessee has a couple of really good players incoming and the PG coming back from injury.

So another 3rd or 4th place finish. It's all good though.
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I think it will take some significant upgrades in the portal to aim for 3rd or 4th. SC will have almost everyone return, as will Ole Miss. Texas will have Harmon back and Booker. LSU may only lose Angel of their starting 5 and will probably get some transfers in. We did beat Oklahoma without Rickea in overtime, but they may return all their starters. Bama will be tough as well.

Kellie is really going to have to pull a miracle out of the transfer portal and get them meshed with the team MUCH quicker than the last two years have taken.
 
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Really seems to be setting up TN 7 seed heading to Austin to play in which round of 32 game against TX. Just a guess. Kellie coaching for her job Rickea facing her former coach. We will know soon enough. In CHRIST Alone
 
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EarlVolFan said:
Kellie is NOT coaching for her job.
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I don't think Kellie is coaching for her job either. She will return but what scenario she should start worrying though.

Texas and Oklahoma joins SEC next season, according to another poster Texas brings nucleus of their team back next season. Texas HC knows the SEC and I don't want to hear this he left because he couldn't handle SEC . Texas by far is a better job than Mississippi State.

So does coming in 5th or 6th put Kellie on hot seat ? Maybe Tennessee comes in 1st in conference next year who knows.🤷🤷🤷🤷
 
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knoxvol52 said:
I don't think Kellie is coaching for her job either. She will return but what scenario she should start worrying though.

Texas and Oklahoma joins SEC next season, according to another poster Texas brings nucleus of their team back next season. Texas HC knows the SEC and I don't want to hear this he left because he couldn't handle SEC . Texas by far is a better job than Mississippi State.

So does coming in 5th or 6th put Kellie on hot seat ? Maybe Tennessee comes in 1st in conference next year who knows.🤷🤷🤷🤷
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I think it is do or die next season. Not that she has to win the SEC, but has to be ranked and would expect be huge contender for the SEC title. Should be required to lose less than 8 games JMO. Six years you should be established.
 
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glv98 said:
I realize you were on break for a while, but we've discussed this here a few times. For some reason, the LVs collective is totally seperate from Big Daddy. It's basically in the hands of LV super fans who are wonderful at small events and t shirt sales. And totally dedicated. But apparently without the first clue for professional fund development on the scale needed to pay for play. You're exactly right, if they're depending on me and you to show up and paint with the girls to pay for the next Ju Ju, we are in big trouble. Not dissing those funds, they give less high profile players some pocket change. But obviously we need the Haslams

Everyone can have an opinion. It's just if you don't donate, nobody much will care.

Fully realize they'll make their own decision. But the big donors feelings on those decisions are always a factor. Again Jed C/Milburn D.
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Why would LV BB have a separate collective? I don't think the softball team is like that. My understanding is the over-arching collective secured the funding and directed the amount of $ each sports program got for its NIL use and Spire did the NIL contracts. Is this wrong?
 
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Volfan2012 said:
I think it is do or die next season. Not that she has to win the SEC, but has to be ranked and would expect be huge contender for the SEC title. Should be required to lose less than 8 games JMO. Six years you should be established.
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Yeah, I stated this in another thread, but the amount of losses have to start going the other direction. For four years, our losses will have increased. I’m sure there are caveats of strength of schedule, strength of conference, injuries at in inopportune times, but the perception is that we are going the wrong way in that stat. Now, for tourney finishes, we have stayed stagnant or increased our standing, which is a feather in her cap; however, having better overall seasons will only help our circumstances in finishing further in the tourney.
 
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OrangeBeachVol said:
Why would LV BB have a separate collective? I don't think the softball team is like that. My understanding is the over-arching collective secured the funding and directed the amount of $ each sports program got for its NIL use and Spire did the NIL contracts. Is this wrong?
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To my understanding, it is wrong. All LV sports are seperate fm Spire and under the Lady Vol Boost Her Club. We don't know why, and it's clearly not working well. LVBHC do great with event based small change NIL. They're also able to swing into action in emegency and find major individual deals, most notably the one with Mercedes last spring that kept Rickea here. Forever grateful for that. But they seem to have no clue as to sustained, big donor fund development needed to fund guaranteed salary.

Looks like the best hope is for the salary/pay for play type funding to come from within the university so that TItle IX is in effect and they have to share the big bucks with women's sports.
 
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Volfan2012 said:
I think it is do or die next season. Not that she has to win the SEC, but has to be ranked and would expect be huge contender for the SEC title. Should be required to lose less than 8 games JMO. Six years you should be established.
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She’s done more than enough to feel comfortable thru her extension sns
 
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Volfan2012 said:
I think it is do or die next season. Not that she has to win the SEC, but has to be ranked and would expect be huge contender for the SEC title. Should be required to lose less than 8 games JMO. Six years you should be established.
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Very likely, particularly with the SEC getting even tougher. Realistically, this year's transfer portal is huge because without some quality reinforcements, I am not sure the LVs would have enough to be top 5 in the conference
 
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I felt this was Harper's do or die year. The results were a small step backwards in terms of record and performance on the court. HW didn't have the wheels come off suddenly but if Harper loses in the first or second round, it's a repeat of the trajectory of the previous coach.

I predict she's back next year despite the early struggles and unless she pulls a rabbit out of the portal, next year's team won't be as good as this one. If Spears and Wells return, with Cooper added in, that's not a terrible backcourt but the frontcourt will need at least one reinforcement.
 
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This is coming from someone who is an onlooker and doesn't watch women's basketball outside of big games,you shouldn't be content with the way things are with the Lady Vols and the way they're playing. Not speaking to anyone,but just a general comment. With the tradition and being a bluebood in the women's game, with the talent I've seen recruiting they should be better and that's on a coach.

She has an extension and was one bad defensive play and a few hit free throws from silencing the doubters for another year by beating South Carolina. This year, there's still plenty of ammunition to doubt Kelly.
 
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i think the folks on this forum are much more demanding than the administration. The athletic department, in my opinion, seeks only to be competitive..... upper half of the conference.

Final 4, national championship..... not vital to them unlike UCLA and ND, for instance, who always seek to be relevant and "in the mix"
 
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LasVegasBill23 said:
i think the folks on this forum are much more demanding than the administration. The athletic department, in my opinion, seeks only to be competitive..... upper half of the conference.

Final 4, national championship..... not vital to them unlike UCLA and ND, for instance, who always seek to be relevant and "in the mix"
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That isn’t what White has said. He expects teams at his programs to compete for conference championships and win them at least every 3-4 seasons.
 
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