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[orange+white=heaven]

...If you’re trying to make people forget Pearl, shouldn’t you hire somebody who at least enters the job with something approaching the Sweet 16 run that Bruce Almighty orchestrated at Wisconsin-Milwaukee his final season there?
What can Hamilton say when someone asks today, “What most impressed you about Cuonzo?”
Something like: “I just thought anybody who could lose by only nine at Miami in the second round of the NIT is the guy to finally guide us to the Final Four”?...

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[GAVol]

The whole premise is a little flawed. None of the yahoos that think Pearl is the greatest were going to forget him no matter what.

 

[Neyland Law Vol]

There have been plenty of coaches who fail in their big conference job despite a mid major flash in the pan run in the NCAA. I feel better about Martin then I would have Smart, even though Smart is in the final four.

 

[SGMVols]

Yet another reason why I will not be a TFP subscriber if I move back to Chattanooga after I'm done at UT.

 

[zjcvols]

I see his point. However, if we hired anybody but Lawrence Frank, most of the fanbase would have been disappointed. People aren't going to like the hire period.

 

[orange+white=heaven]

The Teflon coating is finally wearing off of Hamilton. I'll be amazed if he's still employed in September.

 

[DERELICK_MY_VOLS]

Hamilton could say: The fact that Pearl's Bigger than Tennessee ego turned our program from one of the top tier programs in the country to not being touched by a 100 ft. poll in by a coach at a great program looking to move up to a big league school regardless of money and facilities due to Pearl bringing the NCAA to those new state of the art facilities front door!

(Then he'll take a long deep well needed breath, wipes the sweat from his brow, and his knees get wobbly from the lack of oxygen.)

Now here is the man with the

to take a chance and build our image, brand, and program back to the status Pearl built it to in the beginning and take it finally to the Final Four! Meet Head Coach Cuonzo Martin of your Tennessee Volunteer Men's Basketball Team!

Something like that I guess.

 

[VolunteerHillbilly]

There have been plenty of coaches who fail in their big conference job despite a mid major flash in the pan run in the NCAA. I feel better about Martin then I would have Smart, even though Smart is in the final four.

Seriously? I'm trying not to wade into this since I don't pull for the Basketvols (although I do not root against them either), but I have a hard time with this one. Smart's Final Four run will put recruits signatures on LOIs and fans butts in seats wherever he goes.

 

[jc4vols]

Seriously? I'm trying not to wade into this since I don't pull for the Basketvols (although I do not root against them either), but I have a hard time with this one. Smart's Final Four run will put recruits signatures on LOIs and fans butts in seats wherever he goes.

This is Y HAMMY will be gone. Better coaches out there for the job
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[235lbVol]

Nothing makes some of you happy, Shaka Smart Is a flash in the pan living off of Grants recruits. Counzo Martin is a great hire in my opinion, young, great recruiter, clean cut, knows the game. All great coaches start somewhere, Roy Williams at one time was a up and comer!
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