Coach Kellie Harper

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

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River67 said:
If you have your top 2 schools and really like both coaching staffs, the culture, academics and everything else, but one can only afford say $25k signing bonus and the other $75k, where are you going? I wish they would move women’s basketball under the Vol Club and let Terri take care of the rest. Swimming, golf, rowing and tennis is taking away from basketball and it’s beyond ridiculous, especially since Terri isn’t transparent in how much they’ve raised vs The Vol Club being totally transparent
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That actually depends on who the player is, if it’s a player like Juju Watkins she could still take the 25k since she will be making 7 figures anyway.
 
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madtownvol said:
There are lots of really good schools, with good coaches and where NIL can make the difference at the margin.
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That statement is so redolent of common sense that I have no choice but to applaud 👏🏾.

Of course Ceteris paribus does not include every pair of schools.
 
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spojo13 said:
Maybe. I can see losing to SC or LSU or UConn and those top teams bc the roster is stacked, but what about the other top 25 teams that we’ve lost to or the unranked teams. I don’t think they all have stacked rosters and certainly haven’t had 4 first round WNBA draft picks over the last few years but still beat us? How many more Elite recruits does she need to have a stacked roster?
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Bingo. I’m not calling for a coaching change but there needs to be accountability for coaching decisions made this season. I don’t think talent is the issue at Tennessee. The NIL agenda group will never try to answer the questions you presented. Many of us have asked the same and the goalpost gets moved every single time.
 
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spojo13 said:
Maybe. I can see losing to SC or LSU or UConn and those top teams bc the roster is stacked, but what about the other top 25 teams that we’ve lost to or the unranked teams. I don’t think they all have stacked rosters and certainly haven’t had 4 first round WNBA draft picks over the last few years but still beat us? How many more Elite recruits does she need to have a stacked roster?
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The other teams just had more athletic players for the most part, we are too slow at too many positions. We had the best player on the floor every night but that wasn’t enough, maybe letting Eickea shoot 25 shots a night would have helped some but the roster was too flawed to begin with.
 
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Deebowbear said:
Why is it so dang hard for people to let her go. Be different if she had show she could do she would have already done it. I want to win now not later have waited way too long now
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They can’t separate Kellie Jolly the player from Kellie Harper the coach. Because had she been a player somewhere else, she’s not coaching here today and it’s a non-issue with her resume.
 
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DarkPhoenix said:
The other teams just had more athletic players for the most part, we are too slow at too many positions. We had the best player on the floor every night but that wasn’t enough, maybe letting Eickea shoot 25 shots a night would have helped some but the roster was too flawed to begin with.
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So not elite but athletic, faster players with some ball skills? Not a stacked roster for them? So if NIL is the reason we don’t get the elite players, why didn’t we get any of these more athletic, faster players with skills that were better?
 
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EarlVolFan said:
Most of them are winning because of better athletes secured by NIL deals...
“It’s not the X’s and the O’s, but the Jimmys and the Joes that make the difference.”
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Jimmy and Joe leaving players open is a reflection on the X’s and O’s

Probably shouldn’t quote Fulmer
 
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Majors said:
They can’t separate Kellie Jolly the player from Kellie Harper the coach. Because had she been a player somewhere else, she’s not coaching here today and it’s a non-issue with her resume.
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I don’t care is she stays or goes, I just want to know what the plan is. For example if she goes and Spear transfers and Chastain and brooks decommit what happens. If we don’t get a coach like Lindsey Gottlieb to bring her players like Juji Watkins with her, what will make us win next season, nobody wants to sit around another 5 years while this new coach tries to figure it out.
 
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DarkPhoenix said:
I don’t care is she stays or goes, I just want to know what the plan is. For example if she goes and Spear transfers and Chastain and brooks decommit what happens. If we don’t get a coach like Lindsey Gottlieb to bring her players like Juji Watkins with her, what will make us win next season, nobody wants to sit around another 5 years while this new coach tries to figure it out.
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You said we need a stacked roster for Kellie to compete? Jewel wouldn’t be here when Nyla and Finley will be. Finley and Nyla will be here together two years. Are those two enough of a stacked roster for her to win? We’ve had Rennia and Rae, Rae and Jordan, Jordan and Rickea. It doesn’t seem like two are enough at this point?
 
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DarkPhoenix said:
I don’t care is she stays or goes, I just want to know what the plan is. For example if she goes and Spear transfers and Chastain and brooks decommit what happens. If we don’t get a coach like Lindsey Gottlieb to bring her players like Juji Watkins with her, what will make us win next season, nobody wants to sit around another 5 years while this new coach tries to figure it out.
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Players leave that frees up more takes. Not worried about kids that are years away that haven’t played. Can’t live in fear based on the results we’ve seen with the one we have.
 
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spojo13 said:
You said we need a stacked roster for Kellie to compete? Jewel wouldn’t be here when Nyla and Finley will be. Finley and Nyla will be here together two years. Are those two enough of a stacked roster for her to win? We’ve had Rennia and Rae, Rae and Jordan, Jordan and Rickea. It doesn’t seem like two are enough at this point?
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It depends on who we get in the 25 class, I’m not on either side of this debate. Whoever can get us the roster to win as soon as next season I’m fine with that.
 
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Amb3096 said:
Exactly, no way for us to know. 100% agree that it's different factors at play, including reputation of the coach. So why is it inferred that Shade, Booker and ADR were bought vs. affording them the same benefit of doubt? I don't ski anyway, so I'm not slipping down the slippery self-righteous slope that many others here are doing.
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I don't think saying someone took the job with the best salary is passing a value judgement on them one way or the other. Kenny Brooks just did exactly that. Doesn't make him a sinner. And taking a job for less doesn't make anyone a saint. No one said that. Just said that starting salary was a factor in some of those decisions. Some have the luxary of considering other factors first, others do not. Don't think there's self righteous involved, just economics.
EarlVolFan said:
Jewel Spear just announced that she's coming back!
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Great news. Unsurprising, but great news. Guess she likes the new coach.
 
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DarkPhoenix said:
It depends on who we get in the 25 class, I’m not on either side of this debate. Whoever can get us the roster to win as soon as next season I’m fine with that.
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I get that. I’m just thinking through things. Say Kellie nor a new coach win by next season, do you have more faith that the 7th or 2nd year of a coach’s tenure might turn out better?
 
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spojo13 said:
I get that. I’m just thinking through things. Say Kellie nor a new coach win by next season, do you have more faith that the 7th or 2nd year of a coach’s tenure might turn out better?
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All depends on who we get through the portal, if we strike out we are done,
 
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Amb3096 said:
Not unless they personally spoke to the players themselves, who then confirmed that they chose not to go to Tenn because a different school offered more money. And we all know that didn't happen, so they are speculating just like the rest of us are.

And now we are back to the narrative of all of the pure angels who aren't tainted by the almighty dollar coming down from the heavens to play for St. Kellie of Mediocrity. Not like those greedy b!tches Ashlynn Shade and Madison Booker who clearly went to the highest bidder. The fact that they chose to play for successful coaches (instead of a journeyman coach) who consistently make it out of the S16 is irrelevant. It's all about the NIL (except for the Tennessee commits who are above it, of course!).
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I believe there are ways to get a good understanding of NIL etc. other than talking to players who went elsewhere. There are a few posters on here who have more insight than most and I would tend to give their opinion more weight.
Your true feelings and bias are readily apparent in your school yard name calling of our coach. You obviously would support NIL having no impact in order to demean Kellie.
I believe the true answer is NIL is a big deal for a lot of players but not always the final deciding factor.
 
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DarkPhoenix said:
So u think we can win next year with Key, Pucket, Wells and Striplin as starters?
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Yeah, I don’t get this. I thought the prevailing theme in this thread for the pro “keep Kellie” crowd was that she needed better players in order to compete. We’re now saying that she doesn’t?
 
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