Shaka Smart=Stan Heath.

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there isn't a nick saban of basketball that's coming to tennessee.

so, there will be risk no matter what happens.
 
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Pearl built a nice reputation for himself that UT benefited from. It will be interesting to see where we go from here. I assume we go back to the "nice little program" under the radar. That's not a terrible thing. Yes, we'd all love to be Sweet 16 caliber regularly, but is it realistic?
 
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99gator said:
there isn't a nick saban of basketball that's coming to tennessee.

so, there will be risk no matter what happens.
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Do you find it worthwhile to say stupid stuff on an opponents' board?
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Volstylexx said:
not like they beat a #1 seed to get there... didn't they beat a #13 seed to advance?
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4th in their conference with their talent is not indicative of great coaching. They might have had good coaching, but their results don't reflect it. Stumbling backwards into a 13 seed and winning 1 good ballgame isn't much to go on.
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tnvols72 said:
I dont see this turning out good at all.People might be wishing Pearl back.I was 50/50 on the Pearl situation.A part of me thought it was time to move on and the other part I thought we would wind up with a joke of a coach.
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this
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True, true, but you never know when that diamond in the rough is going to be priceless, like say a Coach K. It might be wise to consider an up-n-comer with unknowon sactions pending. You can always kick him to the curb when they are over and hire the coach you really want, that is if the up-n-comer doesn't wow you with his performance.
 
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goodnight_vol said:
He also happened to shred three teams in a high-pressure situation recently, which doesn't hurt. I think he has star potential, and even in the situation we're in, I'd rather take someone with huge upside than someone who's been plodding nicely along somewhere and doing three-and-a-half star work.
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Is three-and-a-half star work finishing 4th in CAA?
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TNDRIVER said:
True, true, but you never know when that diamond in the rough is going to be priceless, like say a Coach K. It might be wise to consider an up-n-comer with unknowon sactions pending. You can always kick him to the curb when they are over and hire the coach you really want, that is if the up-n-comer doesn't wow you with his performance.
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Just to clarify how much of a diamond in the rough Coach K was: 73-59 (and final season 9-17) at Army, then 38-47 first three years at Duke. We would have fired him before it all started falling into place. (Incidentally, when I was complaining about the Dooley hire, THIS is what people should have thrown at me.)

I'm back to: I like what Shaka's team looks like on the court; I believe that with him you'll get good results immediately and great results soon after.
 
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papatomany said:
Just to clarify how much of a diamond in the rough Coach K was: 73-59 (and final season 9-17) at Army, then 38-47 first three years at Duke. We would have fired him before it all started falling into place. (Incidentally, when I was complaining about the Dooley hire, THIS is what people should have thrown at me.)

I'm back to: I like what Shaka's team looks like on the court; I believe that with him you'll get good results immediately and great results soon after.
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I've missed where you walked through his team, being one of the most talented in the CAA, yet finishing 4th. Doesn't compute.

In the end, he's as 3 happy as any coach in America, including Donovan and K. That can work for a couple of games, but will lose far more than you should win if you're talented. If you have no talent, it's a very good plan.
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BigPapaVol said:
I've missed where you walked through his team, being one of the most talented in the CAA, yet finishing 4th. Doesn't compute.

In the end, he's as 3 happy as any coach in America, including Donovan and K. That can work for a couple of games, but will lose far more than you should win if you're talented. If you have no talent, it's a very good plan.
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I'm not sure including K and Donovan in your post illustrates your point too well.
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HendersonVol said:
I'm not sure including K and Donovan in your post illustrates your point too well.
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You beat me to it.

If Shaka Smart could bring us what Billy the Kid has brought UF 3 National Championship Games and 2 titles.
Clean with the 'AA. I would be fine with how many 3's the team shot.

Coach K-- enough said.
 
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BigPapaVol said:
Do you find it worthwhile to say stupid stuff on an opponents' board?
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you post this......

and then......

post the following.

In the end, he's as 3 happy as any coach in America, including Donovan and K. That can work for a couple of games, but will lose far more than you should win if you're talented. If you have no talent, it's a very good plan.

gold. pure gold.
 
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So Smart has won 53 games and never finished better than fourth in conference play and we're mentioning him with Donovan and Coach K?
 
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JZVOL said:
So Smart has won 53 games and never finished better than fourth in conference play and we're mentioning him with Donovan and Coach K?
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He might parlay that into his own VH1 special. You gots to thinkout of the box,man!
 
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To clarify, I in no way am advocating for Smart. I don't think he's ready yet.

I just don't think adding K and Donovan made his point very well.
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HendersonVol said:
To clarify, I in no way am advocating for Smart. I don't think he's ready yet.

I just don't think adding K and Donovan made his point very well.
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To clarify, I do hope UT hires Smart but he is probably too 'smart' to take the job.
 
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StepCross said:
The problem: everyone who is a great coach was unheard-of first. However, that doesn't mean everyone who is small potatoes will eventually be great.
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yeah but obviously Smart is the straw that stirs the drink.
 
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