Counzo Martin new Tennessee Vols coach

[DoubleJayAlum]

How about instead of saying it is "easier" now, we simply say that you don't have to be as good? Would you agree with that MSUDuo?

[uniftw]

MVJ, did you say the same things about Drake and UNI the 3 previous seasons? ValleyTalk was a crap shoot by then but I sure don't remember anyone bagging on DU and UNI for winning a conference that was supposedly down and UNI was "trending upward" more than MSU ever was...

To say that more teams competed for the title back in the early to middle part of the last decade is kind of a slap to the face of the teams now. 1st to 5th place this year was separated by 5 games. Only one year, 05-06, was better than that and that year, the perfect storm, 1st-6th was separated by 3 games. The rest of the years were equal or worse. We have no clue who will compete for the title each year. It could be the same teams again like it was with CU and SIU or it could be someone new each year. That hardly makes it worth less or easier to win

Yes....he did....especially during the first UNI title run. As did every SIU and WSU fan.

[Snapshot9]

No locker rooms at JQH? Really .... No wonder Cuonzo left ...

[unipanther99]

Yes....he did....especially during the first UNI title run. As did every SIU and WSU fan.

It's not fair to say every SIU and WSU fan. That was definitely not the case, and I remember at least a few posters from those schools sticking up for UNI/Drake. There were a few highly visible posters from those schools and others who were constantly taking jabs at UNI's "lack of talent," however.

[CaseyGarrisonforPrez]

Get me Bruce Pearl and I am dead serious.

The NCAA infractions are minor, he made a heartfelt apology, I put the odds very, very low that he would do that again. And it wasn't the actual minor violation that got him in trouble, it was the cover up. Wherever he resurfaces, he will be successful and get plenty of media attention. Why not us?


Jeff Capel is on my NO list. He'll fit in better on the East Coast. Too liberal to succeed in the Bible Belt in my opinion, I think that doomed him in Oklahoma.

[MSUDuo]

Get me Bruce Pearl and I am dead serious.

The NCAA infractions are minor, he made a heartfelt apology, I put the odds very, very low that he would do that again. And it wasn't the actual minor violation that got him in trouble, it was the cover up. Wherever he resurfaces, he will be successful and get plenty of media attention. Why not us?


Jeff Capel is on my NO list. He'll fit in better on the East Coast. Too liberal to succeed in the Bible Belt in my opinion, I think that doomed him in Oklahoma.

The violations aren't going to be minor on Pearl from what I have read. Tennessee may get something minor but Pearl might want to watch out.

If we are going to go with a reject, my vote is for John Pelphrey or Pat Knight

[TylerDurden]

Jay Spoonhour.

[CaseyGarrisonforPrez]

Get me Bruce Pearl and I am dead serious.

The NCAA infractions are minor, he made a heartfelt apology, I put the odds very, very low that he would do that again. And it wasn't the actual minor violation that got him in trouble, it was the cover up. Wherever he resurfaces, he will be successful and get plenty of media attention. Why not us?


Jeff Capel is on my NO list. He'll fit in better on the East Coast. Too liberal to succeed in the Bible Belt in my opinion, I think that doomed him in Oklahoma.

The violations aren't going to be minor on Pearl from what I have read. Tennessee may get something minor but Pearl might want to watch out.

If we are going to go with a reject, my vote is for John Pelphrey or Pat Knight

I like Knight's teams the past couple of years. I would have been radically opposed in 2008 or so but would not hate his hire. Stand up guy.

Pelphrey seems kind of peculiar. Way too nervous and emotional on the sideline for me. Not good enough at Arkansas either.

I'll throw out a couple of MIAA names: Jeff Guiot and Kim Anderson. I think both could be successful if we don't go for the home run with Pearl. I don't particularly want Harris, Woodberry, or Williams.

[Ricardo del Rio]

Did I hear someone say Pearl to Mo State?

[MSUDuo]

I'll throw out a couple of MIAA names: Jeff Guiot and Kim Anderson. I think both could be successful if we don't go for the home run with Pearl. I don't particularly want Harris, Woodberry, or Williams.

You have lost your ever loving mind...

Please tell me you aren't GLENDALE over on BearNation...

So because someone couldn't do it at Arkansas means they couldn't do it here? On what basis?