AustinLewis said:

I'd tell Willie to RUN.

This is seems like a situation where the school jumped too fast without the resources or leadership to navigate the jump. And then threw HC under the bus. Why waste a what COULD be your only shot to be a FBS HC on program that is underfunded & lacks the resources to compete?

Bohannon's salary was 50% less than MT. They'll need to almost double salary to attract people

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They do have a large budget and have a ton of students. I expect they will pay their new coach a lot more. Look for a retread FBS coach to fill this role. Chad Morris is a name I’m watching.

mtfblue said:

I would expect Willie Simmons to be lead dog in the search for a new coach. The AD was the one that hired him at FAMU.

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I'd tell Willie to RUN.

This is seems like a situation where the school jumped too fast without the resources or leadership to navigate the jump. And then threw HC under the bus. Why waste a what COULD be your only shot to be a FBS HC on program that is underfunded & lacks the resources to compete?

Bohannon's salary was 50% less than MT. They'll need to almost double salary to attract people

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One of last year's keys to victory was our 3 point shooting. Especially helpful was Gregory coming out of her slump. Will be a similar situation this year. We're shooting only 24% from beyond the arc right now & I believe Gregory is 0-12 after our 1st two games.
When playing UT last year we hit 12 3-pointers. We don't necessarily need that many tonight, but shooting an improved 35% from 3 & hitting 7 or more from deep will play a big time role tonight.
If we can do that while also boxing out on the boards better, MT should be able to frustrate them. Tennessee is a newly put together team that has yet to feel frustration on the court. I've seen from interviews where players have practically admitted their occasional frustration with Caldwell & vice versa. Hopefully we should be more sound when it comes to maturity level. If we can get Caldwell upset it will bleed over to the team, & that can produce even more turnovers & bad shot selection for Tennessee. All keys to getting a road victory in Knoxville.

If they can be arrogant, I’ll be for just a second. After watching back their two home games, very little impressed me. Their half court defense is sloppy and they’ve relied on teams trying to match their pace. If MT plays their brand of defense, I see this as a road win.

However, you cannot play their game. UTM tried to run the floor, make skip passes and it hurt them on turnovers. Tennessee will play a full court trap as much as possible, even after a miss. Take care of the basketball and make them play straight up defense which they have been bad at.

Offensively, no one really impressed me. Their shooting numbers aren’t great and they stand out on a scoreboard because they generate 20+ extra possessions a night because of their trap D. I counted 1 possession in their first half against UTM in which they shot the ball under 10 seconds left on the shot clock. They want to get a shot off as quickly as possible and rely on a rebound, kick three. I think Sarah Puckett is their wild card, she is a three level scorer that hasn’t found her stroke quite yet. They have 2 players over 6’2” making this a smaller lineup than we are used to seeing at the SEC level. They will play a lot of bodies, but tonight Caldwell may hone in on her starting five more playing up an opponent.

The keys to victory tonight is win the rebounding battle. UTK will win if they dominant the boards and in turn put up a lot of second chance points. You have to control the pace of the game. They put up points because teams get rushed and turn the ball over and allow a score within 20 seconds. It can get out of hand fast if you don’t take care of those two key components both of which happened in UTK’s first two games.

I fully expect to be SEC’d by officiating tonight. Play sound defense and shoot the ball undeniably. They can’t take points off the board.

tyler90wm said:

Coach Insell made a comment in the post game alluding to UT's arrogance, at least that's how I interpreted it.

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Rick’s got me ready to run through a wall, let’s go Blue!!!

Are we really surprised by their arrogance? It’s the same thing they displayed last year - even after we beat them pretty clearly in what was not a fluke, they continue to insist there had to be some alternate reason why we won. I think we steal the win today. We’ve been prepping for this game all year and need some players to hit some big shots but I think that happens. Will also be nice having a big cheering section in Knoxville.

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Big recruiting weekend coming up during the bye.

Big donation from a classy guy. Always loved getting to see some "Miller Time". He played on some great teams. Just goes to show that be associated with a winning program can play dividends years down the road.

I would expect Willie Simmons to be lead dog in the search for a new coach. The AD was the one that hired him at FAMU.

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He is a dumbass, he has played 3 years of FBS football all since NIL has been available. He is trying to milk that Bama win, but got smoked the next nigh after filing by South Carolina.

Coach Insell made a comment in the post game alluding to UT's arrogance, at least that's how I interpreted it.

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Extremely confident Vol Nation message board.
Score predictions such as Vols winning by,
84-64
94-53
84-55
89-62
101-57
Comments: Eggs & Raiders for breakfast.
MTSU & Insell are an ideal opponent.
MT is not as good as last year, & anticipate an easy 25-30 point win.

You can tell Caldwell, Tennessee, & their fans are already developing a sense of arrogance early on. I know we'll come to play.
If all of our starting 5 can put together a good offensive effort like we can on defense we can hang with a lot of teams.

I read that too. So while I get it, as Shayne said, terrible optics in how it was handled. What is the point in doing it now as well with three games left? Should've announced together as AD and coach a change was coming at end of season.

He also was making under $400k according to CBS. They are going to have to raise that if they want anyone currently involved in FBS.

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