Title: Charles Davis thinks John Currie is a 'big get' for Tennessee Post by: Tnphil on March 01, 2017, 09:55:21 EST http://www.knoxnews.com/story/sports/college/university-of-tennessee/2017/02/28/charles-davis-thinks-currie-big-get-ut-ad/98539168/
Title: Re: Charles Davis thinks John Currie is a 'big get' for Tennessee Post by: BanditVol on March 02, 2017, 03:41:34 EST Hm. I didn't know he had spent time at UT. You wouldn't know it from all the wailing and gnashing of teeth. :naughty:
Plus, he's relatively young and energetic. I didn't think Hart was the greatest AD of all time by any means, but I thought he did well enough, but at his age you wonder how much energy he could really put it. So at least Currie has relative youth going for him. :patriot: And he was an AD at another major P5 program that has a rich bball tradition and recent football success. Doesn't sound so bad to me. But if all I did was listen to message boards, I would have expected to see this hire in May, but only with a lot of luck. Heck, we were going to start football season without an AD, apparently. :dance: Title: Re: Charles Davis thinks John Currie is a 'big get' for Tennessee Post by: Hollerboy on March 08, 2017, 05:52:30 EST I agree...some were upset we didn't hire Fulmer but he had Zero expecting an Ad.. Terrible choice. Some wanted Blackburn but his best quality was that he was a UT guy... He has done a "nice" job at UTC but he has not captained a major program. I think Currie will be fine.
Title: Re: Charles Davis thinks John Currie is a 'big get' for Tennessee Post by: murfvol on March 09, 2017, 02:07:28 EST Here are my questions.
1) Why hire Currie when he's never hired a successful hoops or football coach? 2) If he's so great with money, why was he in a key position during UT's great financial mismanagement? 3) Why do seemingly so many people at K. State and UT say he's not good to work with? Doug Mathews is a Fulmer guy (I did not want Coach Fulmer as AD), but he's also pretty calm. His podcast is always worth a listen, but he was really fired up in his most recent one (below). http://www.1045thezone.com/features/podcasts/ (http://www.1045thezone.com/features/podcasts/) Title: Re: Charles Davis thinks John Currie is a 'big get' for Tennessee Post by: BanditVol on March 09, 2017, 05:12:25 EST Here are my questions. 1) Why hire Currie when he's never hired a successful hoops or football coach? 2) If he's so great with money, why was he in a key position during UT's great financial mismanagement? 3) Why do seemingly so many people at K. State and UT say he's not good to work with? Doug Mathews is a Fulmer guy (I did not want Coach Fulmer as AD), but he's also pretty calm. His podcast is always worth a listen, but he was really fired up in his most recent one (below). http://www.1045thezone.com/features/podcasts/ (http://www.1045thezone.com/features/podcasts/) The press will always stir the pot, because it's good for the bottom line. Almost every reporter is automatically going to question Currie, because it helps their bottom line. :patriot: Title: Re: Charles Davis thinks John Currie is a 'big get' for Tennessee Post by: Tnphil on March 09, 2017, 05:14:12 EST Currie did hire Snider back as the football coach.
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