According to another site, she would have been allowed to stay on one more year if she had been willing to make major staff changes; in other words, get rid of her husband. She declined, according to the report and it was a mutual parting of ways.

If that is true, she did not want to keep the job imo.

The weak link was recruiting. Which was on her. She never had anything like the talent Pat had. Did she ever have A players good as she was? What we found out was. It was about Pat--Not Tennessee.

Agree...they have the talent.

We are somewhat the same

Didn't we go out early last year?  Isn't Barnes on record as saying he doesn't care for the SEC Tourney?  Wasn't there a perception last year that we did better in the NCAA Tourney last year?

Did we lose on purpose?  Or at any rate, was Barnes just unmotivated? 

We lost because we only shot less than 30%.  And probably a few other things

Yep I saw it...I think ESPN announcers were FOS. They said LSU would on have 5 players for the 1 game of the NCAA tournament....Pretty sure the ones that came off the bench and weren't fighting or involved in fighting are only ejected for that current game...Not the next game.

The USC player is the only that is not eligible for the next game

Not sure who they meant, but I think they said that when UT had a coach move to IU, some others followed, and DeBoer now has five former IU coaches on staff, so it may be one of them? 

I looked at the staff, and TBH did not recognize any of them.

Side note...the snippet that I heard was Finebaum interviewing Mike Griffith on the impact of the changes at bama on uga and "other major powers in the SEC".  Mike Griffith, homer that he is, said there is no way bama doesn't take a step down.  Which...is just stating the obvious but he was a bit over the top about it due to his bias, IMO.

After he said that, Finebaum sounded deflated and depressed.  Which for all the issues that bammer appears to have, that's a nice  bonus.   

DeBore took his team to the national championship game. Alabama and Georgia did not. With far more talent. Nobody knows what he will do at Alabama.

So you must be one of the ones who preach the Vols have never cheated and never will. I'm sorry to break it to you...they do. They just aren't as good at getting by with it as the other guys. A slap on the wrist doesn't mean much. When they start giving out bowl bans is when it starts to suck. This will probably end up being a nothing burger. Does any school really know the NIL rules? That's the big problem.

Everybody cheated. Nobody is cheating now. Because everything is legal. Per the United States Supreme court.

If true...why the hell aren't we in the top 5 in recruiting!!!

WE are getting out spent. Players are getting bought now. Legally.

I'm telling you NIL and the transfer portal are the devil. Any time you get that much money and the talent that comes with it involved, you are going to get shady dealings. It's just human nature to try to get an advantage. When has UT ever been choirboys? As much as it's a given they "all" cheat, we have had  our fair share of incidents. But being typical fans it is all good if we win and we try to gloss over the bad stuff. I would rather be a little shady and win than be holier than thou and lose.

There is no cheating now. The Supreme court set the players free. They can make deals with anybody they want to. Just like we can.

He's not in the Pac 12 anymore, for sure.   

 

And he will not have Pac 12 talent

I?m not saying that Nick isn?t/wasn?t a good coach, but it is a lot easier to win when you always have the best talent.

Getting talent is the first responsibility of a coach. He/Alabama did that

I didn't think it would be this soon, but he's never had to face so many competent coaches.

Dabo would be crazy to take it, but he's an emotional guy.

DeMeco Ryans might take a look.

He is not worried about competition. He handled that better than any coach has.

I have always thought that Dabo would be in the running.

Lane Kiffin

I agree with a lot of what is posted here, but I do not think that the NCAA has any alternative regarding players being allowed multiple transfers. There is, unless I misunderstand, a temporary injunction barring the NCAA from blocking those transfers.

As soon as NIL became a thing (again, due to the courts and not the NCAA), the process of limiting transfers was always going to be contested in court. It is really questionable whether you can tell an athlete that he can transfer only once when he might have better NIL opportunities elsewhere. It is akin to telling someone that they can transfer jobs only once without having to sit out a year. It is an anti-trust issue, as I understand it.

We can definitely accuse the NCAA of sitting on their hands for the past 20 years and not anticipating this coming, but in the current situation their hands are likely tied behind their backs.

   


The ruling by the supreme court in the Alston set the players free. The NCAA can't do   much without getting sued.

I don?t think there is a cap. Nico could still get his $2M/year, but Title IX would demand that an additional $2M/year be allocated to female athletes. I think that the $30K is just a minimum payment for at least half of every school?s athletes.

Other possibilities are no limit on the number of scholarships a school could award as well as no limits on the number of coaches employed. One article I read indicated that these are just two of the many possible changes.

NIL collectives would likely be incorporated as part of the university athletic department.

  There is no cap. Anybody can give A player any amount of money for any reason, and nobody can do anything about. That is per the constitution.

Who ever thought you would hear the words Bo Nix and Heisman in the same sentence? He has as good a shot as anyone to win it. 
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The Heisman is about numbers. He is in the best school in football to create numbers.

6-6 Auburn completed 6 passes and had Bama beaten until an idiotic defensive strategy.

All that said, it doesn?t change the fact that the criteria changed from week 13 to week 14.
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. Beating number 1 always makes a difference

Lyle Jones and his Arkansas State Red Wolves.

So, uh, does the SEC have any bowl matchups with the Sun Belt? Birmingham Bowl maybe? Because if we can't play for anything meaningful, I sure wouldn't mind hanging 70+ on his ass.

But, can we hang 70 on anybody. Did you notice what happened to Auburn.

We were outs scored 66-9 in the 2nd half. The 9 was against Florida. The  other 3 we were shut out. Something doesn?t look right with this staff. 

And probably half the points scored in football are scored after one team has quit.

We were outs scored 66-9 in the 2nd half. The 9 was against Florida. The  other 3 we were shut out. Something doesn?t look right with this staff. 

Yes, a few probably need to go. and we do not have a QB than can play.

He?s just not IT.

And maybe we should have seen that long ago.

28 points behind. Where is the vaulted quick offense?

That was last year

The WRs have not added always aided Joe's cause this season.

They hace not, but he just can?t play.

the Tennessee offense has scored 4 TDs.

I did not believe that stat when I read it on VQ until I went back and looked at the box scores.

I have an opinion as to why we have been so bad after the half, but I will hang up and listen to your replies. 📞

poor play is always coaching. Or just a total lack of skills

Pay Cooper whatever it takes to get him to return.

As an aside, as bad as the defense was they still "only" gave up 29. That shouldn't be an insurmountable figure.

it can be if you don't have a QB

Let GitmoMilton take the beating AGAINST UGA and then let Nico play against Vandy and the bowl game.

And we will have recruit Niico again. He will get offers.