Sharonna Reaves was responsible for the top recruiting classes of the past two years and the incoming class. She is the only member of the former staff that is really important. She is far better than Sullivan. Sullivan will be gone from UT in couple of years to a head coaching position, so why not keep Reaves? There are plenty of teams that will be bidding for Reaves. It is sad that we have to lose her. Reaves could stay head to head with all the big name coaches....shame that the decision of Harper is not to retain her.
Honestly, it isn't hard to recruit at UT. She wasn't exactly lighting the world on fire at WV before TN. Outside of Elzy, who was going after players whose parents were playing her (like Kaela Davis and Linnae Harper), I don't know many assistants who have had trouble recruiting here.