Pearl's Already Gone: The Exit Strategy Hypothesis

#151
#151
GoBigOrangeVols said:
It defies logic for UT to go through the turmoil of this season just to fire/force him to resign after the season.
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I think it's the only thing Tennessee could have done.

Waste a year with Bruce then let him go when you have time to get the guy you want.

The season was screwed from the beginning. If you had fired Pearl in September, Tennessee would still have gone through a cluster of a season.
 
#152
#152
GoBigOrangeVols said:
would be the only upgrade over what we have now, imo.

The OP makes good points, but I still think cbp is back.

It defies logic for UT to go through the turmoil of this season just to fire/force him to resign after the season.
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1) Mike Anderson would be an upgrade as well
2) if you think Pearl is back at this point, you are in denial
 
#154
#154
oklavol said:
I just don't see a scenario where you would allow Hamilton to hire your next coach given his track record so far. If Pearl is gone, who is contacting coaches on behalf of the AD? Wouldn't Hamilton rather resign then be terminated?
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Hamilton won't "make" the hire.

There are an infinite number of intermediaries from each party involved. Some, closer than you think.

I don't see how MH's desire to either resign or be terminated is germaine to the hiring of a new coach. Neither will occur before Pearl's replacement is named.
 
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#156
Jaytrain5 said:
You have to think Arkansas would want Anderson too.
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I think they already made their interest fairly clear, which was followed by Anderson saying he wants to retire at Mizzou. He's driving his price up, so Arky and Tenn should have their work cut out for them if they are both after him
 
#157
#157
emainvol said:
1) Mike Anderson would be an upgrade as well
2) if you think Pearl is back at this point, you are in denial
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CMA might be on par with CBP, he is not an upgrade, imo.

I would counter #2 with the statement that those who think he will be fired are opportunists employing wishful thinking.
 
#163
#163
emainvol said:
I think they already made their interest fairly clear, which was followed by Anderson saying he wants to retire at Mizzou. He's driving his price up, so Arky and Tenn should have their work cut out for them if they are both after him
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Chris4Vols22 said:
I think an article I read on ESPN was insinuating that Anderson is their primary target.
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Ah, hadn't been following the story, but figured as much.
 
#164
#164
If he cheated the program would have benefited from it.No recruits were bought, no money or gifts exchanged hands.All he did was cook hamburgers & hotdogs for them whoopty do.Yeah it was wrong and he should have told the truth when the ncaa asked him about it.What i'm saying is my defenition of cheating is different from some of you.My defenition of cheating is when you buy a player or give him and his family gifts.Having a cookout and calling and sending text messages is not cheating.Just my opinion.
 
#167
#167
Kudos!

Great negavol thread just as the team tries to get ready for the Tournament. You could just as well start this thread after we are out of the tournament. This is like having a fifth column within our fanbase. We don't need opponents we have negavols.
 
#168
#168
oldsmokey67 said:
If he cheated the program would have benefited from it.No recruits were bought, no money or gifts exchanged hands.All he did was cook hamburgers & hotdogs for them whoopty do.Yeah it was wrong and he should have told the truth when the ncaa asked him about it.What i'm saying is my defenition of cheating is different from some of you.My defenition of cheating is when you buy a player or give him and his family gifts.Having a cookout and calling and sending text messages is not cheating.Just my opinion.
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so intentionally breaking the rules of your profession and then lying about them is not cheating?
 
#169
#169
How about Mark Turgeon or Stew Morrill? Danny Manning will want to be next in line at Kansas (though the same could probably be said for Turgeon) and there's no way Wright leaves Nova, especially for the Vols.
 
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#170
#170
Tenacious D said:
Hamilton won't "make" the hire.

There are an infinite number of intermediaries from each party involved. Some, closer than you think.

I don't see how MH's desire to either resign or be terminated is germaine to the hiring of a new coach. Neither will occur before Pearl's replacement is named.
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Who hired Dooley? Didn't we go through this scenario last season? If Hamilton isn't hiring coaches, then he sure does talk a good game about the process he went through.
 
#171
#171
VolColts03 said:
How about Mark Turgeon? Danny Manning will want to be next in line at Kansas (though the same could probably be said for Turgeon) and there's no way Wright leaves Nova, especially for the Vols.
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He's on my list of people I would like. Originally from Texas though, don't know if he'd be interested in leaving A&M.
 
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#174
Tenacious D said:
Hamilton won't "make" the hire.

There are an infinite number of intermediaries from each party involved. Some, closer than you think.

I don't see how MH's desire to either resign or be terminated is germaine to the hiring of a new coach. Neither will occur before Pearl's replacement is named.
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It looks much better to go into your next interview to say you resigned for personal reasons rather then say I was terminated. That's what I was thinking.
 
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