Kim Caldwell (Rookie Coach of the Year-WBCA) is named Head Coach of Iconic Lady Vols WBB

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Stoerner Fumbles said:
On paper, she may be less than what we want, but I trust White, if goes that route. It means he vetted her to the center of the earth. Remember that he hired unknown assistant Nate Oats at Buffalo. When Hurley left, DW interviewed everyone Oats had ever coached and talked to the players at Buffalo. He hired him saying he was a better coach than any of the experienced candidates. He was heavily criticized. Right now, we are negotiating with a top tier candidate to try to make it work. If that fails, and White hires Kara, I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt.
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I mean has Danny made a major bad move anywhere he has been?
 
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Stoerner Fumbles said:
On paper, she may be less than what we want, but I trust White, if goes that route. It means he vetted her to the center of the earth. Remember that he hired unknown assistant Nate Oats at Buffalo. When Hurley left, DW interviewed everyone Oats had ever coached and talked to the players at Buffalo. He hired him saying he was a better coach than any of the experienced candidates. He was heavily criticized. Right now, we are negotiating with a top tier candidate to try to make it work. If that fails, and White hires Kara, I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt.
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Are we still on our #1 target or have we moved down the list
 
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House|RockyTop said:
A well paid winning coach could upgrade, NIL, and win their way out of decline on Rocky Top. Like Angel Reese says,” get your money up lol.” The check done cleared!
This is ridiculous at this point the fake and played up drama from a few in the fanbase now is comical at best. All I’m waiting for at this point is the announcement. I trust my sources. The designated hitter DW for a grand slam is a done deal!
I will be back later. Enjoy the rest of your week Vol Nation! Tennessee women’s basketball is officially back. GBO!
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Damn can’t you give us a hint
 
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House|RockyTop said:
I genuinely do not see it this way at all. Why is it that a job that opened Monday had to be filled and announced by Thursday. The AD announced it would be a nationwide search. They are conducting interviews in another state. Over four days we’ve heard analysts report interviews were underway as earlier as day two. The Alabama Crimson Tide football team took some days to find their new coach. If Tennessee takes four or five days before we get an announcement how is that an issue?
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Just chatting, you sound like you want to argue or pick a fight. Lighten up.
 
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turbovol said:
UT got it right when it hired Barnes--an experienced winner who came from a big program. The only candidates I can think
of who would qualify as "home-run" hires of the same quality would be Frese, Hammon, Schaefer, Moore and Walz. Who else? I'm not counting
Staley because there's no way she's moving and I'm not a fan of her--too many rough edges with her street personality--but if others
want to include her, whatevs.

After that there is a group of talented, somewhat younger coaches who are on the come, are at major programs, but have accomplished less. Strong potential, to be sure, but a bit more roll of the dice.
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Here is the thing. We as fans can say who we think are this or that. But the bottom line is we don’t really know.
 
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If its not Walz, Gottlieb, or Close, I kinda hope its a mid major, non p5 or low p5 coach. Maybe they are one break away from landing that big time, elite job. With our facilities, NIL, fan support, tradition etc, might be a massive win. Speaking of mid majors, low P5 rising star type people.

Lindy La Rocque of UNLV, JR Payne of Colorado, Megan Griffith of Columbia, Tomekia Reed of Jackson State, Carla Berube of Princeton are all doing incredible things at their respective schools. Some older, some up and comers etc. Molly Miller and Kim Stephens too.

Not saying this is the route we should go, or are going, just, there is a lot of coaching talent out there.
 
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Or… hear me out. Hammon comes as coach and brings Nikki with her as assistant coach.
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Speaking of Becky Hammon, can you imagine the quandary Nikki Caldwell Fargas is in right now? I mean, she's a loyal LVFL and I'm sure would love for Tennessee to hire someone amazing who can make quick progress toward winning championships. Someone like Becky Hammon.

But right now, she is Becky Hammon's boss and knows very well that Hammon was maybe the best hire in WNBA history and the reason the Aces are likely to be perennial favorites to win it all. Nikki may feel she has to forsake her alma mater and pull out all the stops in talking Becky out of ever leaving to go coach college ball.

I can hear Nikki now: "Hammon, you don't want to get into all that mess with recruiting and NIL! You'd hate it! And the pollen in East Tennessee is just awful. You don't want to be stopped up all the time, do you? You don't want to have to deal with all those donors, either! You really need to stay right here!"
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