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I'm thinking McKenzie and Isaiah Ford are contingency plan if Harrison backs out.

I agree fully. I know tech fans have been wanting it for a while and I doubt it is possible, but I would like to see the new AD's vaunted hiring skills go out and get Shaka Smart. I think JJ has been recruiting the same kind of kids that fit Smart's system and would be an easier transition for him into the ACC. Again, doubt it will happen.

GIVE ME EVERYTHING

Offer them all. We'll figure it all out once they're in the Burg

Yah he went to Cave Spring (Roanoke) and went to VT BBall games as a kid. He has respect for the VT bball program.

I just don't see him leaving Wichita for VT, when he will most likely get better offers and more $$$ at another major school.

Agreed. I still can't believe they would post that, let alone think it.

YIKES!!!!!!!!!

I'll never understand the hatred non-rivals have for the Redskins...

There are 2 sides of the coin on this.

If you believe the original study, a majority of the athletes in revenue sports (that is football and mens and womens basketball) cannot read above an 8th grade level. I don't remember off the top of my head, but I seem to recall that number being about 60% industry-wide, and from my own experiences in dealing with athletes while I was a student, we are no exception from that rule.

So where do you draw the line? Without the ability to effectively read, these specific athletes wouldn't be able to get into the schools they play for, and because of that, the schools offer them free 1-on-1 tutoring to help them through their studies along the way. If the athletes choose to abuse these resources and have the tutors do the work for them, is that a failure on the school's end to not give them a good education (at a school where these athletes were already at a disadvantage coming in) or is it a failure on the athlete for not taking their opportunity seriously? At a certain point, you can't force a kid to learn.

Now, what happened at UNC is disgraceful. To give out grades for classes that didn't exist is beyond acceptable and they deserve every negative comment said about them. But unless you can show with proof that this kind of blatant gaming of the system was happening everywhere and not just isolated to Chapel Hill, then I'm not sure how relevant it would be in this legal case.

So what is Pearl looking for in a next job?

I asked him.

He answered this way.

"It's going to need to be somebody that has the vision that Tennessee had," Pearl said. "Tennessee had a vision to try to get its men's basketball program to the level of its football program and where Pat Summitt had the women's basketball program. That was Tennessee's vision. They said, 'We're winning in everything else. We want to do it in men's basketball, too.' So that would be the job I'd want -- a job where somebody has that vision. It would almost need to be a school that's won a national championship in football or baseball. Somebody who's done it and wants to try to do it again in men's basketball. And I'm not saying I can win a national championship. I'm not saying that. I'm just saying it would need to be somebody who wants to try to do those things. Let's upgrade the facilities and schedule [national opponents] and engage the fans and be relevant. Just be relevant. That's what we did at Tennessee. I wanted Tennessee to matter to Kentucky fans. I wanted Tennessee to be a game Kentucky fans circled. We did that. And that's the kind of thing I would like to try to do again."

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/232...

So he's looking for a football school that needs a vision for basketball... hmmm

My initial list of candidates that I would love see get a shot

Steve Pikiell from Stony Brook, has gotten them to the NIT three of the last four years while winning 20+ games in each of those three years. Currently 15-6 (7-0) and favored to win their conference and possibly make the NCAA this year.

Derek Kellogg at UMass. Has local ties as he started his career as an assistant at George Mason, has led them to two straight 20+ win seasons, currently they are 17-2(4-1). Comes from the John Calipari coaching tree and also was a hell of a point guard at UMass, where they won four straight conference titles.

Randy Rahe from Weber State. He has led them to 20+ wins in five out of seven seasons, had a winning record in all seven seasons, led them to the NCAA tournament once and the NIT twice. They are currently 10-6(7-1).

Donnie Tyndall from Southern Miss. Led SM to 20+ wins last season, on track to do so again at 18-3(5-1) this season. Prior to coming to Southern Miss, he led Morehead State to two NCAA tournaments and had a winning record there in all but one season.

Tod Kowalczyk from Toledo. Had a tough first year at Toledo but has consistently fielded winners between Toledo and Univ of Green Bay in twelve years as a head coach.

Greg Lansing from Indiana State where he has four straight winning seasons including one NCAA appearance. They are currenly 16-4(7-1) in the Missouri Valley Conference that usually has a couple of teams.

These are just a few, there are several more that I think would do well in the job not included but they are all of the same vein. Proven winners with clean programs that have brought mid major programs to the forefront and had success in developing talent with every day hard work. Of the list above, I think Tyndall or Kellogg would be my favorits

... And then you give a smart and accurate Quarterback a triangle route-design... Wow, that would open up the running game a ton.

Mihota doesn't tackle as much as he engulfs quarterbacks and running backs.

That's what I like to hear.