All the author knew about UT basketball was the last 2 weeks of Cuonzo's 3 years.hedge wrote:Even without reading the article, I love the headline:
Rocky times: Dysfunction in Tennessee
Cuonzo Martin's exit should show a delusional fan base what the school has become.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/cuonzo-mar ... 53186.html
But the most glaring ommission in the article: no mention of former AD Mike Hamilton, who single-handily set our athletics programs back 7 or 8 years. For a period of 3-4 years the school was paying buyouts (10 mil) at almost double what it was paying the current major sport coaches (6 mil). We truly earned the moniker Buyout U. Tortured firings, ill-conceived hirings.. wrapped around angering boosters and season ticket holders in equal shares....the guy was a disaster.
Cuonzo Martin was the last Hamilton misjudgement, our unexpected run to the Swt16 notwithstanding. It was mudwrestling Keady-ball and it fit Martin's ultra-low-key personality to a T.
Fans here were resigned to the fact that he was going to be here another year. Note that I said resigned. 85% of our scoring and 90% of our rebounding was not coming back. His incoming recruiting class was ranked 49th. After Stokes declared for the NBA, Martin saw the sub-.500 handwriting on the wall and Cal threw him a lifeline. Good for him; good for us.
Best guess at the moment is Ricky Pitino Jr.
