Danny White raise

[Orange931]

Well deserved. We have the #1 athletics program in the country right now. Nobody else has football, basketball and baseball all inside the top10. Amazing stuff right there.

 

[Vols1891]

Random question here but does anyone know if we’re still paying Fulmer?

 

[HooahVol]

Worth every penny for the reasons already stated. All of our sports are winning now. Lets put Danny White's value into real numbers. The Tennessee Athletic revenue increased to $136,807,801 in 2022 up from 99 million in '21 (https://www.collegefactual.com/colleges/the-university-of-tennessee/student-life/sports/) . The city of Knoxville did a planning study and showed UT athletics made $355 million for the local economy in 2022 (https://www.wate.com/news/knox-coun...-games-bring-big-economic-boost-to-knoxville/) . We are not losing a dime paying him more.

 

[DaddyChad]

Let me help you a bit

Since White launched the My All Campaign in the summer of 2021, the Tennessee Fund has engaged with close to 13,000 "new" donors—individuals who had never previously given to Tennessee Athletics.

White announced in December that commitments to the My All Campaign had climbed to more than $361 million—72 percent of the campaign's goal of raising $500 million by summer 2026.

Multiple innovative initiatives spearheaded by White—such as moving the department's outbound ticket sales operation in-house, increasing sponsorship revenue nearly 10 percent and introducing a pair of new and popular premium-seating offerings at Neyland Stadium, to name only a few—led to Tennessee Athletics posting its highest-ever single-year operating revenue of $154.5 million in FY22—with significant growth again forecasted for FY23.

Its not just that he has some successful coaches on staff already - he is crushing the BUSINESS of the AD. THAT is his real job and he is doing fan-frikkin-tastic at it. Granted, it all goes oh so much more smoothly when UTfootball is going well and he knows that.

Enabling coaches to do their jobs and do them well while still generating as much cash as humanly possible. That’s what White has done in a nutshell. He is the best we’ve had in a long while. Some crap gets solved behind the scenes as well just bc of political influence and just how many people the White family know as well.

 

[DaddyChad]

Random question here but does anyone know if we’re still paying Fulmer?

Should be done this year unless they took care of it early behind the scenes. He was supposed to get paid through 2023 after his “retirement”.

 

[Vols1891]

Should be done this year unless they took care of it early behind the scenes. He was supposed to get paid through 2023 after his “retirement”.

I wonder if Fulmer is bitter about what a great job Danny White and Josh Heupel have done so far, especially in comparison to his hire, Pruitt.

 

[the_todd]

Let's get real here, gents: We had some excellent coaches and programs long before White arrived. White didn't hire ANY of the UT coaches who've won SEC titles recently--zero. I'm pretty sure the basketball program has "clicked" because of Rick Barnes, not White, and the same for our swimming program (2 SEC titles for the women) under Kredich--one of the best coaches in the country. Same with men's tennis (a recent SEC tourney title): It's been strong for a very long time. Baseball? I suspect that a lot of fans have assumed that White hired Vitello. He didn't.

Athletic directors don't raise programs--coaches do. White has been the beneficiary of good hires by previous ADs. White deserves credit for hiring Heupel, of course--and while I'm as excited as anybody about the year we just had and the prospects for our football program going forward, it's also true that there have been many coaches who done well in their first year or two, then gotten big extensions/raises amid renewed excitement, only to flounder in subsequent years. The only other hire that White has made, soccer (SEC tourney title before the coach was hired away), is looking... not good. Best AD in the country? We'd have to at least finish in the top 10 in the All Sports rankings to make that claim even halfway valid--and we haven't

Mind you, I've got nothing against White--except for the soccer hire--but all this hype about guy turning programs around is amusing and quite accurate. Your programs are only as good as your coaches.

Lets say you work for a manufacturing company as an assembly line worker. Your company isn’t doing good at all, kinda chaotic, a laughing stock of the industry, & just a mess. The plant manager is let go & a new one is brought in. The new plant manager keeps all the assembly line workers, team leaders, & supervisors. He immediately get down in the trenches & goes to work. He helps stabilize the company, & starts making improvements, changing the culture, & the mindset of everyone. Morale is up, productivity is up, and profits go up. In the span of less than 2 yrs, he has taken that company from the bottom & put them in the top 10% of the entire industry. You’re telling me the new plant manager doesn’t get any credit?

 

[Fatdad32]

Ranked #1 in Football
Ranked #1 in Baseball
Currently ranked #4 Basketball (could also go to #1)
You sir have earned a Raise!
I said it’s great to be a TN Vol!

 

[tomq_123]

 

[GrizzlyVol]

I'm as close to coach Fulmer as family but looking back at his time as AD and the raise he gave Pruitt, that had to be the dumbest **** I've ever seen, I tried to take up for him on here and everywhere else it seemed but we're so much better off now. Luckily we didn't have to Pay Pruitt a buyout but he did enough damage paying players and family and not even getting most of those players.

 

[vol1981]

Let's get real here, gents: We had some excellent coaches and programs long before White arrived. White didn't hire ANY of the UT coaches who've won SEC titles recently--zero. I'm pretty sure the basketball program has "clicked" because of Rick Barnes, not White, and the same for our swimming program (2 SEC titles for the women) under Kredich--one of the best coaches in the country. Same with men's tennis (a recent SEC tourney title): It's been strong for a very long time. Baseball? I suspect that a lot of fans have assumed that White hired Vitello. He didn't.

Athletic directors don't raise programs--coaches do. White has been the beneficiary of good hires by previous ADs. White deserves credit for hiring Heupel, of course--and while I'm as excited as anybody about the year we just had and the prospects for our football program going forward, it's also true that there have been many coaches who done well in their first year or two, then gotten big extensions/raises amid renewed excitement, only to flounder in subsequent years. The only other hire that White has made, soccer (SEC tourney title before the coach was hired away), is looking... not good. Best AD in the country? We'd have to at least finish in the top 10 in the All Sports rankings to make that claim even halfway valid--and we haven't

Mind you, I've got nothing against White--except for the soccer hire--but all this hype about guy turning programs around is amusing and quite accurate. Your programs are only as good as your coaches.

(See highlighted.) Proofreading could be your friend.

 

[vol1981]

GM's make less then the coaches in pro sports too

** than

 

[warrior]

Boss pictures like this get you raises.

 

[VFL 89]

Danny White deserves a lot of credit for bringing Josh in and the continued overall success of UT's athletic programs. Danny deserves a big raise and contract extension in my book. I think he should have received a little more money than he did though.

 

[sami]

I'll never get the obsession so many fans have making sure that players, coaches, or in this case administrators get the millions they "deserve".

First of all, no one 'deserves' anything, they earn it.

Secondly, players and coaches are going to do what they are going to do, and the idea that throwing silly money at them will ensure their undying loyalty forever is patently ridiculous. If the situation here somehow soured in '23 and/or '24, instead of talking about who 'deserves' what, the obsession will automatically be how much the buyout is.

Let the powers that be take care of the money issues - they benefit greatly from a successful football program and will do what is necessary to keep it going. On the other hand, they also have to be wary of the 'worm turning', so to speak. It's pretty easy to spend silly money that isn't ours.

 

[sami]

Danny White deserves a lot of credit for bringing Josh in and the continued overall success of UT's athletic programs. Danny deserves a big raise and contract extension in my book. I think he should have received a little more money than he did though.

Why? He was offered a contract and signed it. Isn't that good enough?

 

[VOLtaism]

Whoever thought up those fireworks across the top of the stadium is a genius. Makes the photos of big wins or scores something special, like when they made the FG to win against Bama. Fantastic shot with the fireworks and every recruit in America saw it.

 

[kiddiedoc]

I'll never get the obsession so many fans have making sure that players, coaches, or in this case administrators get the millions they "deserve".

First of all, no one 'deserves' anything, they earn it.

Secondly, players and coaches are going to do what they are going to do, and the idea that throwing silly money at them will ensure their undying loyalty forever is patently ridiculous. If the situation here somehow soured in '23 and/or '24, instead of talking about who 'deserves' what, the obsession will automatically be how much the buyout is.

Let the powers that be take care of the money issues - they benefit greatly from a successful football program and will do what is necessary to keep it going. On the other hand, they also have to be wary of the 'worm turning', so to speak. It's pretty easy to spend silly money that isn't ours.

This is utter nonsense.

A raise to $2M after generating $130M in donor revenue and having all 3 major men's programs in the top 5-10 is absolutely warranted. Plus, he brought Heupel, and football is absolutely King of the Cashflow.

 

[kiddiedoc]

Whoever thought up those fireworks across the top of the stadium is a genius. Makes the photos of big wins or scores something special, like when they made the FG to win against Bama. Fantastic shot with the fireworks and every recruit in America saw it.

Pyro Jesus?

 

[Remy]

THIS is the guy that walked into a total cra;p show and got it turned around before anyone else did. Pay this fellow and extend him as necessary.

 

[sami]

This is utter nonsense.

A raise to $2M after generating $130M in donor revenue and having all 3 major men's programs in the top 5-10 is absolutely warranted. Plus, he brought Heupel, and football is absolutely King of the Cashflow.

What is nonsense? I said that raises are earned, not 'deserved', and clearly White and Heupel earned their raises. My point is that it's foolish for fans to act as 'advocates' for these raises and somehow decide how much is 'enough'. As you said, the raises were warranted and they happened. Where's the problem?

 

[kiddiedoc]

What is nonsense? I said that raises are earned, not 'deserved', and clearly White and Heupel earned their raises. My point is that it's foolish for fans to act as 'advocates' for these raises and somehow decide how much is 'enough'. As you said, the raises were warranted and they happened. Where's the problem?

Guess I misunderstood your post. I think we all agree that he "deserved" the raise by earning it with success.

 

[Chad F]

The most important hire our athletic department has made since the early 2000s. Hard to believe we hired that many idiots prior to White to serve as AD . . . Hamilton, Hart, Currie, Fulmer. Wow.

 

[VolGee4]

Worth every penny for the reasons already stated. All of our sports are winning now. Lets put Danny White's value into real numbers. The Tennessee Athletic revenue increased to $136,807,801 in 2022 up from 99 million in '21 (https://www.collegefactual.com/colleges/the-university-of-tennessee/student-life/sports/) . The city of Knoxville did a planning study and showed UT athletics made $355 million for the local economy in 2022 (https://www.wate.com/news/knox-coun...-games-bring-big-economic-boost-to-knoxville/) . We are not losing a dime paying him more.

That’s exactly how this all works. When Barnes was given $5 million per year, it was for stability but also knowing that he sells out TBA. The sellouts and increased revenue pay for his raise by itself. Just like Heupel and White now. I wonder how much the department made in extra revenue after the Bama game and Orange Bowl?

 

[Mccage]

Let's get real here, gents: We had some excellent coaches and programs long before White arrived. White didn't hire ANY of the UT coaches who've won SEC titles recently--zero. I'm pretty sure the basketball program has "clicked" because of Rick Barnes, not White, and the same for our swimming program (2 SEC titles for the women) under Kredich--one of the best coaches in the country. Same with men's tennis (a recent SEC tourney title): It's been strong for a very long time. Baseball? I suspect that a lot of fans have assumed that White hired Vitello. He didn't.

Athletic directors don't raise programs--coaches do. White has been the beneficiary of good hires by previous ADs. White deserves credit for hiring Heupel, of course--and while I'm as excited as anybody about the year we just had and the prospects for our football program going forward, it's also true that there have been many coaches who done well in their first year or two, then gotten big extensions/raises amid renewed excitement, only to flounder in subsequent years. The only other hire that White has made, soccer (SEC tourney title before the coach was hired away), is looking... not good. Best AD in the country? We'd have to at least finish in the top 10 in the All Sports rankings to make that claim even halfway valid--and we haven't

Mind you, I've got nothing against White--except for the soccer hire--but all this hype about guy turning programs around is amusing and quite accurate. Your programs are only as good as your coaches.

What's Soccer?