Tennessee Athletic Department

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So we're doing another "to the batpole" thread? Honestly, do you really think he'd leave Knoxville (where he walks on water) to go to California?
 
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How hard and fast did they come after Foley, UF's AD, all those years. He was highly thought of as one of the best in the bidness year after year. Retired a Gator. I'm not sure what another school could possibly offer DW that UT couldn't match or exceed.
 
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This is not a knock on Danny White or the Vols.... BUT when is all of this success going to result in National Championships? Softball has a shot right now, Baseball blew it last year with probably the best team in the history of college baseball. The postseason history of Rick Barnes is well known, and UT was 1 win away against SC from playing in the CFB playoffs. I get it, these programs are very good and DW deserves all the accolades and then some. But has any UT program won a national title since the Lady Vols in 2008? Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades (and corn hole as my kids now tell me), but hopefully we can get several of these programs to the top of the mountain!
 
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rocky top buzz said:
This is not a knock on Danny White or the Vols.... BUT when is all of this success going to result in National Championships? Softball has a shot right now, Baseball blew it last year with probably the best team in the history of college baseball. The postseason history of Rick Barnes is well known, and UT was 1 win away against SC from playing in the CFB playoffs. I get it, these programs are very good and DW deserves all the accolades and then some. But has any UT program won a national title since the Lady Vols in 2008? Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades (and corn hole as my kids now tell me), but hopefully we can get several of these programs to the top of the mountain!
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An AD can only set the conditions and remove obstacles. From there, it's up to the coaches.

The coaches can only gather, plan, scheme and develop. Once the ball hits the field, it's up to the players.

The players can only strive and excel at execution. From there, it's up to the other team, who also get a vote. We can't forget, both sides get to push things their own way.

All this to say, championships are never guaranteed. Even Saban, the greatest college football coach of all time, with unquestionably the most talented roster over the past two decades, won it all only about a third of the time (and may already have won his last).

So, to answer your question: when will all this success yield a national title? Maybe this coming year. Maybe not for five years. Probably something in between.

Why something in between? Because the AD is setting the best possible conditions, and the coaches are (across the board, more or less) doing a great job gathering, planning, scheming, and developing. And the players are talented, striving and excelling.

Now we just gotta wait for our vote to over-balance all those other championship programs' votes.

Go Vols!
 
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rocky top buzz said:
This is not a knock on Danny White or the Vols.... BUT when is all of this success going to result in National Championships? Softball has a shot right now, Baseball blew it last year with probably the best team in the history of college baseball. The postseason history of Rick Barnes is well known, and UT was 1 win away against SC from playing in the CFB playoffs. I get it, these programs are very good and DW deserves all the accolades and then some. But has any UT program won a national title since the Lady Vols in 2008? Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades (and corn hole as my kids now tell me), but hopefully we can get several of these programs to the top of the mountain!
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Winning Championships isnt Danny's job. Hiring the right coach you believe in and providing said coach everything he needs to succeed is danny's job. That includes fund raising, entertainment district, dealing with the boosters (which is a mountain to climb in its own right). Yes we as fans judge him based off of the coaches hes hired. but there is way more that goes into it. Danny has done an amazing job behind the scenes
 
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onevol74 said:
As a successful AD, why would you want to go to a school where the area population considers college athletics as an afterthought?

Not the case in East Tennessee.[/QUOTE. .
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. When USC is good in football they will pack out the coliseum they get good pretty fan support.
 
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VFL-82-JP said:
An AD can only set the conditions and remove obstacles. From there, it's up to the coaches.

The coaches can only gather, plan, scheme and develop. Once the ball hits the field, it's up to the players.

The players can only strive and excel at execution. From there, it's up to the other team, who also get a vote. We can't forget, both sides get to push things their own way.

All this to say, championships are never guaranteed. Even Saban, the greatest college football coach of all time, with unquestionably the most talented roster over the past two decades, won it all only about a third of the time (and may already have won his last).

So, to answer your question: when will all this success yield a national title? Maybe this coming year. Maybe not for five years. Probably something in between.

Why something in between? Because the AD is setting the best possible conditions, and the coaches are (across the board, more or less) doing a great job gathering, planning, scheming, and developing. And the players are talented, striving and excelling.

Now we just gotta wait for our vote to over-balance all those other championship programs' votes.

Go Vols!
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Well stated;)
 
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rocky top buzz said:
This is not a knock on Danny White or the Vols.... BUT when is all of this success going to result in National Championships? Softball has a shot right now, Baseball blew it last year with probably the best team in the history of college baseball. The postseason history of Rick Barnes is well known, and UT was 1 win away against SC from playing in the CFB playoffs. I get it, these programs are very good and DW deserves all the accolades and then some. But has any UT program won a national title since the Lady Vols in 2008? Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades (and corn hole as my kids now tell me), but hopefully we can get several of these programs to the top of the mountain!
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The man is in his second year here, but look at 9ur success under his leadership.

"The strong performances across all sports led to Tennessee repeating as the SEC All-Sports Champions. Tennessee was just the second school ever to win both the men’s and women’s championship in the same season."

-Football Scoop
 
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Voldog1998 said:
Tennessee postseason success in 2022-23 athletic year has the Volunteers in rare company. We gotta pay AD Danny White and keep him around he’s done a hell of a job in just two years on the job our best AD since Doug Dickey.
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WOW! It seems to me UT has paid everyone but the milkman really well for the past 20 years. When someone signs a contract, UT provides money as their side of the deal and the employee is a liable for doing a good job as they’re part of the deal. Why not wait until contracts are completed and then renegotiate, instead of just giving money away at the sight of some success.
 
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MiramarVol said:
The man is in his second year here, but look at 9ur success under his leadership.

"The strong performances across all sports led to Tennessee repeating as the SEC All-Sports Champions. Tennessee was just the second school ever to win both the men’s and women’s championship in the same season."

-Football Scoop
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I like what I’ve seen to date, but have no idea if DW is an outstanding AD since he’s only hired one coach here and inherited the rest. The AD position is probably better judged on a much longer timeframe than 2 years. Looks good so far though!
 
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MiramarVol said:
The man is in his second year here, but look at 9ur success under his leadership.

"The strong performances across all sports led to Tennessee repeating as the SEC All-Sports Champions. Tennessee was just the second school ever to win both the men’s and women’s championship in the same season."

-Football Scoop
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Again which is why I said it was not a knock on Danny White. That said, Barnes and Vitello were finding success before he was hired. The most important job for a UT AD is hiring the head football coach; he did that and all signs show that to be a home run hire. I want to talk about championships in sports not championships in fundraising.
 
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rocky top buzz said:
Again which is why I said it was not a knock on Danny White. That said, Barnes and Vitello were finding success before he was hired. The most important job for a UT AD is hiring the head football coach; he did that and all signs show that to be a home run hire. I want to talk about championships in sports not championships in fundraising.
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Championships are hard to win, even some of the best teams and programs never win them. Just based on how good all of our major programs currently are though, I definitely think we will see one if not several in the next decade.
 
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Voldog1998 said:
. When USC is good in football they will pack out the coliseum they get good pretty fan support.
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Yes, only when they are winning. LA fans only show up when their teams are winning. Otherwise, plenty of empty seats and apathy sinks in.
 
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If Mr. White leaves for southern Kalifornication tomorrow, we got us some awesome coaches due to his business acumen and prowess. Hope he stays but, it is now up to our coaches to bring home the bacon.
 
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