SI.com - Pearlman on Pat Summitt for Men...

[hbvol1982]

Tennessee should hire Pat Summitt to coach men's team - Jeff Pearlman - SI.com

I'm not a Perlman fan but still a good read.

 

[GAVol]

It was only a matter of time.

 

[kohlrums]

One of the laziest columns I have seen in a while. What an original controversial thought...pause...not.

 

[DERELICK_MY_VOLS]

I love Pat but no.....she is PERFECT where she is right now.

 

[ob79]

Now there's an original thought.

 

[tvolsfan]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20...23/pat.summitt/index.html?xid=cnnbin&hpt=SbinI'm not a Perlman fan but still a good read.

No it's not.

 

[tvolsfan]

She is the University of Tennessee.

Well it's good to know that insanity doesn't prevent some people from getting a job writing about sports.

 

[tigervol9802]

I remember this idea being mentioned as early as the O'Neil hire. Was it mentioned when Wade was hired too?

 

[tvolsfan]

I remember this idea being mentioned as early as the O'Neil hire. Was it mentioned when Wade was hired too?

She would probably be better than Wade.

 

[YankeeVol]

I'm surprised its taken this long for someone to mention it

 

[tigervol9802]

She would probably be better than Wade.

Not arguing that.

But how old is this "outside the box" idea? At least 17 years old I know. She'll be due her obligatory "I'm not interested" comment by the end of the weekend.

 

[gnm53108]

She would probably be better than Wade.

You would probably have done better than Wade.

 

[gnm53108]

Not arguing that.

But how old is this "outside the box" idea? At least 17 years old I know. She'll be due her obligatory "I'm not interested" comment by the end of the weekend.

I think you're right,the O'neil years is when I remember it being started.If she had wanted to try it she'd already done it by now.

 

[VolFanHenry]

Why would she want to leave her empire? She is on top of the world in her sport.

 

[VolThis]

I've heard this joke 1000 times.

 

[HUD2000]

Are the x's and o's betrween the two genders in the sport similiar? I know this may come across as a moronic question, but I really don't know much about the strategery (oh yeah, strategery) of each gender's play, if there is any at all.

 

[Rocky-Top 10EC]

She could at least ensure that Tyler gets his minutes like Pearl Jr. did

 

[jwells]

Oops

 

[jwells]

I think they would be fundamentally sound under pay and likely play smarter ball, but the women benefit from a top 3 roster every year, she coaches great to awesome. With our men right now it would be getting so-so to good. I wouldn't see her as some miracle worker capable of building any longevity
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[kohlrums]

I'm surprised its taken this long for someone to mention it

Most writers have enough respect for themselves not to come off as this much of a hack by suggesting it.

 

[Roughneck]

Jeez, why don't we just go hire Geno to coach the men.

 

[vol4life35]

She would probably be a good COACH, a doubt that she could get recruits to come play for her in mens bball though

 

[Escape Goat]

I would be pissed if they were dumb enough to do this. It would MAJORLY screw both programs, and set them back 5 years minimum.
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[glhal2814]

She is good enough to be sucessful as a men's coach - both recruiting and coaching.

I don't think she would want to do though. It would be step down from where she is. Why go from a top 2 program to a mediocre program?

Only gender biased sports writers think it would be a move up to coach men.

 

[orangeblooded2]

I think the root question is. Would top tier talent want to play for her? If the answer is yes. Then all things are possible.