This is Tennessee, chances are slim that it will be anyone who was born, lived, worked, or visited anyplace north of the Mason-Dixon Line. This is the University of Tennessee, they'll most likely hire the best WBB coach of all those available whose first name is Tyler.
I've found adulthood brings more than maturity. It also brings perspective. To me the health of the sport far out weighs any misguided need for vengeance upon some woman/program with Alzheimers no matter how questionable, vindictive or wrongheaded her/their (addled) acts were. I no longer feel pleasure pounding ants with sledgehammers. When our coach finally retires try to remember your joy when those same Volunteers are thrashing us. When the entire WBB world is dancing on our grave. I've said it before but the back of the hand is often at the front of revenge.NO! Not compared to seeing TN die a humiliating death. No sadness in TN's lot this year. Only Joy!!! Pure, pure joy.
So dam true. Let's also remember Cam and his interview after the SB. Where he looked like he had a wet diaper. As I tried to say to meyers7, being a champion isn't how you react when you're winning. It's how you react when you've lost. That is the measure of a man or woman. Them sitting there answering hard question after question reminds me of Jim Kelly standing before those cameras after losing that fourth SB. THAT's character.
You weren't on the Boneyard during the time of the NCAA investigation and didn't see the vitriol and spewing of lies by a handful of whackadoos in the Tennessee fan base. Part of the complaint was based on posts from the Boneyard and gathered by minions of the Head Whackadoo. Boneyarders, including me, were called to task by the UConn Compliance Department and its lawyers. I, personally received a slew of nasty, vile PMs from Tennessee fans due to my support of Geno and the UConn Athletic Department and I was actually condemned to eternal damnation by one particularly loopy person.
Not a bad choice, but a recycle of a decent coach who couldn't get OSU over the top and ended with them sliding down into average.
I agree they may well give that serious consideration, but personally I think it would be a disaster - there is probably no better than a 1 in 50 chance he would be any better than just average, and then you would be stuck with him for as long as he wanted to stay, and just be perpetuating the cult of Pat into the future. I feel the same way about any of her former players as well. Best to do a complete break with someone that doesn't bring that cult baggage. If Tyler or one of Pat's tree really proves themselves elsewhere it will be time enough to hire them if whoever you have hired in the interim hasn't worked out.This is Tennessee, chances are slim that it will be anyone who was born, lived, worked, or visited anyplace north of the Mason-Dixon Line. This is the University of Tennessee, they'll most likely hire the best WBB coach of all those available whose first name is Tyler.
Jordy like you I was not here on (Boneyard) when the events that Nan is describing actually happened. I feel bad for not having warned you. When I did join just by reading the intensity of some of the posting regarding TN and the attempt to destroy the UCONN program via innuendo I decided two things 1) For the people that were here it was a very traumatic set of events 2) It must be entirely and solely up those people how they deal with that trauma. The best that outsiders like you and I can do is to give them as wide a berth as possible. (Why did I just hear Sean Connery voice in my head when I was writing that?
Easy: Jim Foster. Local, respected, and a VERY good coach. Not only will he pick the program up quickly, he'll get UConn back on the schedule, as well. Since he's on the back end of his career, after 4-5 years righting the ship he'll be heading out to pasture.
Another non UCONN fan. There are so many on this board anymore. Might as well call it something else.
Watch ESPN replays. But I think your cable package must included the SEC network for you to see this replay.
I wish they had 25 quality losses.
Nan, I can totally understand your feelings toward that subset of LV fans, but would you carry that to the point of opposing a re-initiation of the UConn-Tennessee regular season game (assuming that the LV team becomes competitive again, somehow)? Would you insist on a public apology before that occurs? As I've said before, it seems completely unfair to penalize current players on both teams who had no involvement in those now-ancient events, and (frankly) it is also unfair to us fans who just want to see a good game, to refuse to play them except on a condition that we know they cannot possibly accept?
I don't oppose a game vs Tennessee but it's not particularly relevant at this point, IMO. PHS is no longer coach and unless Tennessee hires someone that can inspire UConn fans to care about the game, I don't know why anyone wants this matchup. If, say, Courtney Banghart were the LV coach, I'd have a hard time feeling that I want to see Lou drop 40 points on her and then punch something orange. Tennessee is no longer a rival in any way, shape, or form so to me a game would be just another out of conference date on the schedule.
The University of Tennessee as an institution put their reputation, weight, and support behind Pat in her attempt to tear down Uconn, Geno, and both Maya and her mother. That is pretty reprehensible considering the tissue of lies that the complaint contained. No one connected with the university, the program, or Pat has ever apologized. While Uconn and Geno are big enough to move on, and both Moore and her mother have I suspect in christian charity forgiven them, there is no reason why they need to have anything to do with Tennessee and the Lady Vols program. It certainly hasn't hurt Uconn or Geno or the players who have passed through the program since to not being playing TN, and as far as I can see it hasn't impacted any of the TN players either. So what is lost?
