Who is your top choice for a replacement?

[secking]

Women’s basketball.

LMBO, you goober.

Butchna 1 King 0

I’ll get ya back later...

 

[butchna]

You usually do. See the edit

 

[Creekdog]

Hopefully someone who embraces Pat Summitt’s style and not Holly’s. Pat was all discipline, heart, and hard work. We have become prima Donna U in my opinion. Also someone who wins.

Every successful coach embraces discipline, heart and hard work. Unsuccessful ones do also. How many times did we hear Warlick mention those desirable traits or lament the lack of them in a player or the team as a whole. Style is how a coach goes about getting players to put those traits into practice. Some coaches have IT some coaches don't. The new coach will have her or his own style. Hope they have IT. I wholeheartedly admire Coach Summitt but she is gone. If you wish the new coach to be Pat you will be disappointed.

 

[DonjoVol]

Actually, he does and they interviewed one of his p,Ayers and they said they loved him. He could bring the flop to rocky top.

Plus I see Laimbeer the same way as Barnes. He's currently 61. I believe he could turn the program around instantly and bring respect back to the program. Not sure what his salary is in the WNBA right now and if he'd actually be willing to coach the college game. He's definitely one of the top coaches for women's basketball today.

 

[Volfan2012]

Whom will Tennessee hire to replace head coach Holly Warlick?

Here is a list with some names we haven't seen before.

 

[DonjoVol]

Lolz wow. No he’s got a nice up and coming team in Vegas. Besides we want to keep things classy on the court.

What do you mean "keep it classy on the court"? We're not talking about the Bill Laimbeer who played for the Pistons in the 80s and 90s. Referring to the Bill Laimbeer who has 3 WNBA Championships under his belt as a head coach. He's also one of the most respected head coaches in the history of the WNBA.

However, you do make a good point about his current job in Las Vegas. He's not only head coach but also president of basketball operations. Not sure if he'd be willing to give that up to come here.

 

[bobkitten]

There are several candidates with whom we could hardly go wrong!

 

[VOLnMiami]

Jeff Walz is my top choice for the next Tennessee women's head basketball coach

Mine too...This guy is the real deal.

 

[VOLnMiami]

I like Kellie Jolly because I believe she is a great coach who cares about her players. The fact she was an outstanding Lady Vol is just a plus. I would not want Brenda Frese on the sideline representing out university.

If she is so great then why did NCST almost fire her for having losing records in the ACC the entire time she was there?...She is having a nice run right now in the tournament but come on...She isn't ready for a job like UT.

 

[MocVol]

Walz is the obvious go-to if available
Wes Moore would be my choice if no JW

100%

 

[jarnol32]

Tyler Summit.

 

[Velo Vol]

Edit: link already posted

 

[DonjoVol]

What about Nikki McCray-Penson? She was a long time assistant under Staley and has already turned Old Dominion around in her second year as coach there.

 

[DonjoVol]

If she is so great then why did NCST almost fire her for having losing records in the ACC the entire time she was there?...She is having a nice run right now in the tournament but come on...She isn't ready for a job like UT.

My thoughts exactly. She didn't succeed in her stint at NC State. What makes people think she would succeed at a program with higher expectations than NC State. She's doing good where she's at now. Some coaches, in men's and women's basketball, are better suited to coach mid major programs. Nothing wrong with that.

 

[ksl415]

Women’s basketball.

Seriously he was the top assistant for Brenda Frese at Maryland. That 2006 NC was made up of several recruiting wins against us with alleged shady overtones and a former high school player of the year they outright poached off our roster during her second season. Sa’de Wiley-Gatewood.

Wow. I thought she had left for personal reasons.

 

[JohnnyPayne]

My thoughts exactly. She didn't succeed in her stint at NC State. What makes people think she would succeed at a program with higher expectations than NC State. She's doing good where she's at now. Some coaches, in men's and women's basketball, are better suited to coach mid major programs. Nothing wrong with that.

This has been discussed several times about her time there. She got a new AD who just happened to be Kay Yow's sister. Everyone wanted Glance to be hired, so she was fighting an uphill battle. AD came in and fired all (most?) the coaches in the dept.

Harper would do well here. She can coach.

 

[WVU05UT09]

What about Nikki McCray-Penson? She was a long time assistant under Staley and has already turned Old Dominion around in her second year as coach there.

The opening is really bad timing for both her and Harper IMO. While both show hints at success there's really not enough there to justify giving them this opening.

In the case of Nikki that's especially so given that she is in the same league with another person allegedly in the running for this job in Tina Langley. Langley has a much better record at Rice. Nikki may get there but blind resume vs blind resume Langley is a better choice at this moment in time.

The funny thing about Langley is that if she doesn't get the UT job were likely going to be facing her as I expect she'll end up at Alabama, Auburn, or LSU after next year.

 

[butchna]

Wow. I thought she had left for personal reasons.

Frese never stopped recruiting Candace Parker either...among others.

 

[3rdDegreeVol]

This has been discussed several times about her time there. She got a new AD who just happened to be Kay Yow's sister. Everyone wanted Glance to be hired, so she was fighting an uphill battle. AD came in and fired all (most?) the coaches in the dept.

Harper would do well here. She can coach.

Just over the last four years she's got a 65% winning percentage, same as Holly but in a worse conference. Not seeing it.

 

[ksl415]

Frese never stopped recruiting Candace Parker either...among others.

Messy.

 

[Wireless1]

Wow, I can't believe Bruce Pearl's name hasn't come up.
Seriously, I have all the confidence that AD Fulmer will make the right hire.
To get the LVBB back to the elite level will take more than just a coach (I think a lot of Holly's problem was her inability to recognize all the peripherals that make a great program, and how we'd been passed by other programs)
To get the program back, a lot of the sidelined LV booster/supports will need to re-engage and we'll be able to afford any coach that Fulmer selects.

 

[Tennesseefan2019]

Wow, I can't believe Bruce Pearl's name hasn't come up.
Seriously, I have all the confidence that AD Fulmer will make the right hire.
To get the LVBB back to the elite level will take more than just a coach (I think a lot of Holly's problem was her inability to recognize all the peripherals that make a great program, and how we'd been passed by other programs)
To get the program back, a lot of the sidelined LV booster/supports will need to re-engage and we'll be able to afford any coach that Fulmer selects.

I've been pleasantly surprised at the good job Coach Fulmer has done as AD

 

[DonjoVol]

This has been discussed several times about her time there. She got a new AD who just happened to be Kay Yow's sister. Everyone wanted Glance to be hired, so she was fighting an uphill battle. AD came in and fired all (most?) the coaches in the dept.

Harper would do well here. She can coach.

She had 4 years to be successful at NC State and she wasn't. She barely finished over .500 overall and was 16 games under .500 in ACC play. She's not at NC State any longer for a reason. It's because she wasn't successful as a coach and that's it. Harper is a much better fit at a mid major program. If Harper is the top choice then we would have just been better off keeping Holly.

 

[LadyVol1908]

Niele Ivey!

 

[87&91ALUM]

Every successful coach embraces discipline, heart and hard work. Unsuccessful ones do also. How many times did we hear Warlick mention those desirable traits or lament the lack of them in a player or the team as a whole. Style is how a coach goes about getting players to put those traits into practice. Some coaches have IT some coaches don't. The new coach will have her or his own style. Hope they have IT. I wholeheartedly admire Coach Summitt but she is gone. If you wish the new coach to be Pat you will be disappointed.

Obviously you can't read. I didn't wish the new coach to "be Pat". Got an issue with my comment, fine. Posting condescending statements just makes you look like an elitist or ego filled blow hard.