Just pay the Baylor coach whatever it takes

[CAVPUT]

The Lady Vols used to make money, and a substantial amount. 1998: PROFITS AND MARKETING HELP KEEP ATTENDANCE HIGH AT LADY VOLS GAMES - University of Tennessee Athletics

Used to...and for a brief period of time. They and most other womens bb programs lose money. This idea UT should pay whatever it takes to get coach xx/xy is simply silly. Let this program start paying it's own way. It can then pay whatever it can afford.

 

[Nute Gunray]

Cori Close of UCLA reminds me of Kim Mulkey. Check her out. I believe UT can hire her at a salary that is within the WCBB budget.

 

[Tennesseefan2019]

Cori Close of UCLA reminds me of Kim Mulkey. Check her out. I believe UT can hire her at a salary that is within the WCBB budget.

I'd rather Tennessee hire Katie Meier or Gail Goestenkors at this point,Nute Gunray

 

[dtnvol]

Translation: $2 million signing bonus, buyout and $2.5 million a year. Money well spent if we do it.

Again, sounds good and wishful thinking

 

[JohnTN]

Not even comparable. The women's sweet sixteen still has about half of its teams that aren't very good.

This statement argues against you. If there are weak teams in the top 16, there are much weaker teams in the top 44 (the 11 seeds). And one of these very weak 11 seeds (coached by KJH) beat much higher seeds. I am not convinced KJH is the right person, but I don't think some of you on the forum are giving her credit for the coaching job she did last year with much less talent than the top 16 seeds. If she is the new coach, I will support her until there is a reason not to.

 

[SmokyRiverDog]

This statement argues against you. If there are weak teams in the top 16, there are much weaker teams in the top 44 (the 11 seeds). And one of these very weak 11 seeds (coached by KJH) beat much higher seeds. I am not convinced KJH is the right person, but I don't think some of you on the forum are giving her credit for the coaching job she did last year with much less talent than the top 16 seeds. If she is the new coach, I will support her until there is a reason not to.

Actually, numbers 9 through exactly 44 are solidly classified as mediocre. With that range being even in their qualification, it cannot be considered an accomplishment.

 

[livefaith]

Right. UT should have offered her the job 7 long years ago.

Our admin's exhaustive search led us to a better candidate.

 

[FormerLadyVolFan]

Actually the men had fewer teams seeded lower than 4 in the sweet sixteen this year than the women did.

Actually, numbers 9 through exactly 44 are solidly classified as mediocre. With that range being even in their qualification, it cannot be considered an accomplishment.

 

[Volfanj1398]

Kim makes 2.1 million. You think CPF would ever touch that price? Heck no. That's why I don't believe we will get a top of the line coach, but can always dream of one

 

[creekdipper]

Actually, numbers 9 through exactly 44 are solidly classified as mediocre. With that range being even in their qualification, it cannot be considered an accomplishment.

Iowa State was a 3 seed. Stanford was a 2 seed.

Harper advanced as far as Barnes, whose team was ranked #1 for several weeks. Would you say that Barnes' job this year was "not an accomplishment"?

 

[feathersax]

Our admin's exhaustive search led us to a better candidate.

Presume you skipped the blue font here.

 

[Vol4Real]

Oh hell no

 

[Unconditional Surrender]

These are the comments from Mulkey that make me think “maybe, just maybe.”

Yeah, I think you're reaching.

 

[SmokyRiverDog]

Iowa State was a 3 seed. Stanford was a 2 seed.

Harper advanced as far as Barnes, whose team was ranked #1 for several weeks. Would you say that Barnes' job this year was "not an accomplishment"?

Barnes played against college men's teams, of which there are more than single digit number of competitive teams. The women's game falls off dramatically after the first few teams.

 

[SmokyRiverDog]

Actually the men had fewer teams seeded lower than 4 in the sweet sixteen this year than the women did.

One year without a number of lower seed upsets does not show a trend in the game. That's an anomaly.

 

[VolBall09]

Yeah, I think you're reaching.

Since when is being cautiously optimistic a reach? Far stranger things have happened.

 

[Remy]

If I'm PF, I try to sell KM with the idea, just like the Ryman Auditorium is said to be the Mother Church of country music, so should the UT Lady Vols and WBB at UT be to women's college basketball. Tell Kim to come home to Tennessee these last few yerars and set things right. As for leaving Baylor, everybody thought she'd never leave Louisiana Tech either after being born in that state, an AA as a player. and a NC as their coach. Make her say no under any circumstance PF.

 

[vols 30]

Hire Brittney Griner

 

[Only1COJ]

C’mon on to UT!!! Her last two outfits were LadyVol’s colors.. ... oh yea and Congrats!!!

 

[NEO]

We kinda just paid nearly 2 million for an offensive coordinator..

It’s football.
Even our crap teams of the past decade make three times as much as the most profitable woman’s bb team.

 

[creekdipper]

Barnes played against college men's teams, of which there are more than single digit number of competitive teams. The women's game falls off dramatically after the first few teams.

So, if we can't get one of the top six or eight team's coach, it really doesn't matter whom we get re: championship potential?

Calling Molly Miller....

 

[BUBear]

C’mon on to UT!!! Her last two outfits were LadyVol’s colors.. ... oh yea and Congrats!!!View attachment 200908

Ho Lee F***...is the Florida job opening up???


Just joking with ya.

 

[SmokyRiverDog]

So, if we can't get one of the top six or eight team's coach, it really doesn't matter whom we get re: championship potential?

Calling Molly Miller....

That's not far off from being correct, though my main original point is being distorted. The point was that KJH tournament performance does not override her failed P5 history.

 

[creekdipper]

That's not far off from being correct, though my main original point is being distorted. The point was that KJH tournament performance does not override her failed P5 history.

It sounds as though, and this may be correct, that the pool of truly talented, extraordinary players is so limited that only a handful of the same schools have a shot at a NC. The fact that women's FF are almost always #1 seeds vs. #2 seeds seems to support that.

 

[Tennesseefan2019]

Tennessee wont have decent money for the next women's head basketball coach since it looks like they will be looking for a new men's head basketball coach also.