Agree to disagree. Lack of relevance was used over and over as a recruiting and publicity tool against us. And truthfully, we're no longer relevant enough in the national conversation to get a player like Rickea on an AA team. Another 3 or 4 years and we're a full two decades from our last FF or natty, which was before most of today's players were born. So your "drama queen" is my "legit concern". Relevance is relative.
Cite someone specifically who publicly said that Tennessee's women's basketball program was irrelevant, so it could be used as a recruiting tool against Tennessee.
You said this :
Can you specifically name someone who publicly said that Tennessee's women's basketball program was irrelevant, and used that as a publicity tool against Tennessee? I don't recall anyone doing that.
See above. You changed the argument from "someone said" to "an opposing coach/player/AD said". Of course those folks don't say it publically, they just use it in recruiting against us, understandably so since it's so obviously true. And of course they use the fact it's widely said publically to bolster their argument, as if it needs any backup.You are not following me, for some reason ....
I'm arguing that no opposing coach/player/AD has ever publicly said that the Tennessee women's basketball program was irrelevant and then used that as a "recruiting and publicity tool," which was your initial claim.
Your prosecturial challenge to me, until your last post, was to prove "someone" said it publically. Best example was our own AD who has said it and lived it in big way for the last week or so. Plus everyone who's ever broadcast an LV game or discussion of our tourney prospects. It's like arguing no one ever said publically the sky is blue.
But enough already! Let's touch some grass today.