Rick Byrd

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Incipient said:
I believe he can coach, but I don't know if he can recruit. There are more question marks surrounding him than some other guys.
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I know Belmont doesn't recruit players TN recruits, but Belmont's recruiting has chenged while Byrd was there. Byrd has been at Belmont through the NAIA to Div 1 transition. I'm sure he had to recruit a higher rated athlete when they transitioned into Div 1. It doesn't prove he can recruit SEC caliber athletes, but it does prove he is capable of modifying his recruiting techniques to bring in the neccessary talent.
 
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If Rick Byrd is the worst option Tennessee has, this search is in really good shape.
 
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TennesseeFan07 said:
He's a good coach, but do you seriously think he is capable of marketing or recruiting for an SEC school?
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Why not?? It's not like he's trying to recruit to Belmont, if he is here. National exposure, recent success, and he is one of the best fundamental coaches in the nation. The only thing that's going to hurt any of the candidates, is the lack of a ruling from the 'AA, but I'm pretty sure that the 'AA has let UT know that it's penalties will be much less severe if Pearl is not here, thus he's gone. I think a lot of people had the same fears about Dooley recruiting coming from La. Tech, and that's worked out pretty well.
 
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g8terh8ter_eric said:
Why not?? It's not like he's trying to recruit to Belmont, if he is here. National exposure, recent success, and he is one of the best fundamental coaches in the nation. The only thing that's going to hurt any of the candidates, is the lack of a ruling from the 'AA, but I'm pretty sure that the 'AA has let UT know that it's penalties will be much less severe if Pearl is not here, thus he's gone. I think a lot of people had the same fears about Dooley recruiting coming from La. Tech, and that's worked out pretty well.
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I think Rick Byrd is a great person and coach. However, I think he's third on the list of realistic options, and he is probably fifth on Tennessee's list of options overall.
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TennesseeFan07 said:
I think Rick Hues is a great person and coach. However, I think he's third on the list of realistic options, and he is probably fifth on Tennessee's list of options overall.
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That's fine if he's in that position, I have no problem with that. I just hope for Tennessee's sake, that they don't hire the wrong person. At least with Byrd, we would be getting a proven winner, and that kinda matters at this point.
 
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g8terh8ter_eric said:
That's fine if he's in that position, I have no problem with that. I just hope for Tennessee's sake, that they don't hire the wrong person. At least with Byrd, we would be getting a proven winner, and that kinda matters at this point.
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I can't disagree. I would much rather have Byrd than Smart, Mooney or Grant.
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I've watched Rick Byrd in the A-sun for about six years. He is without a doubt one of the best coaches I've ever seen. He is a master tactician, a great motivator of his players (albeit in a very different way from Bruce Pearl) and perhaps his greatest quality is that he gets the full potential of his players.

I remember a few years ago he had Boomer Herndon, a UT wipe out, who for the life of me I don't see how he ever got a scholarship to UT. Buzz Peterson recruit. The kid didn't have an ounce of ability...but under Byrd he was effective. Rick Byrd got everything there was to get out that kid and he took him to the NCAA tournament both years as a result.

The question is...what can Byrd do with superior athletes? Would Rick Byrd's system work with high class athletes that are used to being told how great they are? I don't know and there isn't anyone out there who does. It's all speculation at this point.

But after watching him for the past several years I'm inclined to think he could do well at UT. I honestly don't think there is a better tactician in the SEC than Rick Byrd. The question is will his quiet and seemingly laid back persona work at a major university?
 
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Tux said:
Not what the Vols program needs.
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The guy has won 610 games coaching, I'd say we need someone like that right now to help us get through the issues we face over the next few years. Who knows, he might be able to take what maybe a pretty bad roster, and get them to play fundamental basketball and surprise a lot of people.
 
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Great defense, smart and he has a fantastic support staff. His assistant Casey Alexander is a former Brentwood Academy/ Belmont star. Byrd and staff have a wealth of B-ball knowledge. I am good with this hire. GBO!!!
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VolunteerHillbilly said:
I understand what you are insinuating but I don't know if I'd call those type of athletes "high class". Maybe high and classless?
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superior athletes then. Finesse players.


Look it...there is no doubt he can coach. There are risks involved in hiring him. Then again there are risks involved in hiring anyone. As someone who has sworn off his old school because it is essentially dead and corrupt and now has no one to root for....I would become a UT fan if they hired Byrd. Not that UT is in need of me. But the guy is a class act and a great coach.

Also if Byrd was hired by UT, which honestly I doubt happens, his long time assistant Casey Alexander would most likely assume the Belmont head coaching position.
 
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g8terh8ter_eric said:
That's fine if he's in that position, I have no problem with that. I just hope for Tennessee's sake, that they don't hire the wrong person. At least with Byrd, we would be getting a proven winner, and that kinda matters at this point.
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With Byrd, we would also be getting a gentleman and a wonderful mentor, and that kinda matters at this point as well.
 
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Formeretsufan said:
superior athletes then. Finesse players.


Look it...there is no doubt he can coach. There are risks involved in hiring him. Then again there are risks involved in hiring anyone. As someone who has sworn off his old school because it is essentially dead and corrupt and now has no one to root for....I would become a UT fan if they hired Byrd. Not that UT is in need of me. But the guy is a class act and a great coach.

Also if Byrd was hired by UT, which honestly I doubt happens, his long time assistant Casey Alexander would most likely assume the Belmont head coaching position.
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He was joking with you about you calling them "high class" athletes. :hi:
 
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g8terh8ter_eric said:
The guy has won 610 games coaching, I'd say we need someone like that right now to help us get through the issues we face over the next few years. Who knows, he might be able to take what maybe a pretty bad roster, and get them to play fundamental basketball and surprise a lot of people.
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This is Tennessee in the SEC, not Belmont in some podunk conference. If Rick Byrd were that hot of a commodity, there would have been other major SEC, Big Ten, Big 12, Big East schools knocking at his door along the way, but they did not. Better hurry before all of the schools in those major conferences beat us to the punch, right?

Thus, we do not need to settle for a guy from a small barely heard of school because he grew up in Knoxville and his daddy wrote basketball columns for the local paper.
 
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Tux said:
This is Tennessee in the SEC, not Belmont in some podunk conference. If Rick Byrd were that hot of a commodity, there would have been other major SEC, Big Ten, Big 12, Big East schools knocking at his door along the way, but they did not. Better hurry before all of the schools in those major conferences beat us to the punch, right?

Thus, we do not need to settle for a guy from a small barely heard of school because he grew up in Knoxville and his daddy wrote basketball columns for the local paper.
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Tennessee got run out the gym by a truly underwhelming Michigan team, and Belmont played Wisconsin tough until the last 5 minutes of the game. You tell me who seems podunk at this point.
 
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Tux said:
This is Tennessee in the SEC, not Belmont in some podunk conference. If Rick Byrd were that hot of a commodity, there would have been other major SEC, Big Ten, Big 12, Big East schools knocking at his door along the way, but they did not. Better hurry before all of the schools in those major conferences beat us to the punch, right?

Thus, we do not need to settle for a guy from a small barely heard of school because he grew up in Knoxville and his daddy wrote basketball columns for the local paper.
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Hat, eric, and others have refuted this garbage time and again with sound reasoning, but please keep dragging out the same tired arguments.

Our fans don't deserve a coach like Byrd, but I'd love to have him nonetheless. He's one of many good options on our board. I think we're in a great spot right now.
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hallowed_hill said:
Hat, eric, and others have refuted this garbage time and again with sound reasoning, but please keep dragging out the same tired arguments.

Our fans don't deserve a coach like Byrd, but I'd love to have him nonetheless. He's one of many good options on our board. I think we're in a great spot right now.
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All of these open jobs at major schools and not ONCE did any of them knock on Rick Byrd's door....and now some goobers want to hire him for the UT job because his daddy wrote for the local paper and because he is from Knoxville. It is fans that think like that, give us such a bad name and make us look like backwater denizens.
 
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