📡 Currie's direct messages shed light on Vols' coach search

[TUSKtimes]

Thats a good take @TUSKstuff ..... while I really like Pruitt ....it’s really more fun when TN is sucking hind tit....so to speak...
While some call this past season TNs worse....i sort have enjoyed it....

You and I would get it. We were raised on what this game meant to coach Bryant and therefore the rest of us. Growing up in Huntsville the only orange I ever saw was Tennessee. There are at least 3 dysfunctional BOTs that have brought me great pleasure on this earth and continue to do so. LSU, the barn, and Tennessee. For all the money they throw around it has always been the great equalizer and then some.

 

[50+yeartidefan]

You and I would get it. We were raised on what this game meant to coach Bryant and therefore the rest of us. Growing up in Huntsville the only orange I ever saw was Tennessee. There are at least 3 dysfunctional BOTs that have brought me great pleasure on this earth and continue to do so. LSU, the barn, and Tennessee. For all the money they throw around it has always been the great equalizer and then some.

And i am sure our BOT brought those same bunch pleasure when we were hiring...
Fran, Dubose, Curry, Shula, Price...etc...lol

 

[TerryP]

i sort have enjoyed it....

If you've only "sort of" enjoyed it...you and I need to have a talk.

I've always been of the opinion that the collegiate football world is better when the "blue-bloods" are doing well. I used to think that about Michigan until I dealt with their fans in softball (of all sports.) Then after the football meeting and Harbaugh...let 'em rot.

UT? I don't care if it's the worst team on Bama's record. Let 'em rot as well!

My only good thought about all of this...Pruitt gettin' paid.

 

[TUSKtimes]

And i am sure our BOT brought those same bunch pleasure when we were hiring...
Fran, Dubose, Curry, Shula, Price...etc...lol

Absolutely. It always seems to take a crapfest before you know what you got. I hear we are doing better since the sanctions, but who knows, the next crisis will tell.

 

[TUSKtimes]

If you've only "sort of" enjoyed it...you and I need to have a talk.

I've always been of the opinion that the collegiate football world is better when the "blue-bloods" are doing well. I used to think that about Michigan until I dealt with their fans in softball (of all sports.) Then after the football meeting and Harbaugh...let 'em rot.

UT? I don't care if it's the worst team on Bama's record. Let 'em rot as well!

My only good thought about all of this...Pruitt gettin' paid.

What do you make of Greg Byrne sending Tennessee exclusive coaching data to aid in their HC search? Seems pretty close to sleeping with the enemy.

 

[alabama mike]

Leach would have been a nice hire for ut.

 

[50+yeartidefan]

If you've only "sort of" enjoyed it...you and I need to have a talk.

I've always been of the opinion that the collegiate football world is better when the "blue-bloods" are doing well. I used to think that about Michigan until I dealt with their fans in softball (of all sports.) Then after the football meeting and Harbaugh...let 'em rot.

UT? I don't care if it's the worst team on Bama's record. Let 'em rot as well!

My only good thought about all of this...Pruitt gettin' paid.

Remove “sort of" completely...... now,...we can still talk...but....i really loved their last 10 years...

 

[TerryP]

What do you make of Greg Byrne sending Tennessee exclusive coaching data to aid in their HC search? Seems pretty close to sleeping with the enemy.

Not a whole lot, really. At face value it amounts to nothing more than a spread sheet. How far Currie took it is another matter. Have you seen the outline of that "system" Byrne sent? It's about like a hiring process based on baseball statistical principles.

 

[TUSKtimes]

Not a whole lot, really. At face value it amounts to nothing more than a spread sheet. How far Currie took it is another matter. Have you seen the outline of that "system" Byrne sent? It's about like a hiring process based on baseball statistical principles.

I would say with all the text and 100's of e-mails between the 2 ADs, they had a fairly close relationship. One could argue that Currie might still have his job had he paid a little more attention to the spreadsheet he was sent. Let's hope with fulmer back in control that Byrne will find something better to do with his time. As I remember it took Saban a while to quit wearing those ugly purple ties.

 

[TerryP]

I would say with all the text and 100's of e-mails between the 2 ADs, they had a fairly close relationship

Byrne had one of his assistants send the spread sheet to Currie. There were 1000's of texts and emails released but there were not 100's between the two AD's. Vasey told Currie if he had any questions feel free to reply with any questions. In a span of less than three weeks Currie was fired at UT...less than three weeks since that email was sent in the first place.

One could argue that Currie might still have his job had he paid a little more attention to the spreadsheet he was sent.

True, if he were actually given that time.

Interestingly enough...and it's important to note here...with all these emails and texts released via the FOIA request we don't see replies from Currie to Vasey. Assuming there was continuing communications between the two is just that; assuming. There's no record of such.

 

[TUSKtimes]

Byrne had one of his assistants send the spread sheet to Currie. There were 1000's of texts and emails released but there were not 100's between the two AD's. Vasey told Currie if he had any questions feel free to reply with any questions. In a span of less than three weeks Currie was fired at UT...less than three weeks since that email was sent in the first place.


True, if he were actually given that time.

Interestingly enough...and it's important to note here...with all these emails and texts released via the FOIA request we don't see replies from Currie to Vasey. Assuming there was continuing communications between the two is just that; assuming. There's no record of such.

So what do you make of the "spreadsheet" that "Alabama" sent? That Currie has friends that are ADs is a given. Obviously, Currie knows Byrnes at Alabama personally. So as all this dysfunctional stuff went down in Knoxville I was and I am curious why Bama would participate that much with a Tennessee head coaching search? That's it.

Alabama, Florida ADs weigh in on the firing of Tennessee AD John ...

 

[TerryP]

So what do you make of the "spreadsheet" that "Alabama" sent? That Currie has friends that are ADs is a given. Obviously, Currie knows Byrnes at Alabama personally. So as all this dysfunctional stuff went down in Knoxville I was and I am curious why Bama would participate that much with a Tennessee head coaching search? That's it.

Alabama, Florida ADs weigh in on the firing of Tennessee AD John ...

Why the quotation marks over spreadsheet? That's what it was; an Excel spread sheet.
Participate that much? An email is "that much?" How is it any different than a head coach talking to other head coaches about assistant hires?

The sheet is so simple in its methodology I don't see what the big deal is in the first place.

Hello John,​

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My name is Kyle Vasey and I am an assistant AD for strategic planning at Alabama. Greg Byrne asked me to send you some analysis we performed on head coaches recently. You’ll find an excel spreadsheet which ranks head coaches based on a metric we created called: coaching efficiency. This metric is a weighted score which incorporates various factors such as national championships, final AP ranking, overall win percentage, etc. You’ll also find a pdf file which analyzes coaches based on their previous coaching experience: Power 5 Head Coach, Power 5 Assistant Coach, former NFL head coach, etc​

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I am happy to answer any questions you might have on the data.​

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Thanks,​

​

Kyle Vasey​

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"The ratings used a weighting system that tied 40 percent of a rating to national championship seasons, 30 percent to AP Poll top-10 finishes, 20 percent to winning percentage, and 10 percent to “recency factor,” or five-year success." It's not that complicated--a comparison chart a kid in junior high could have put together.

I'm reminded of a statement the AD at Mizzou or A&M made when they attended their first SEC meeting(s.) It was along the lines of how well the AD's from different schools within the SEC worked together versus what they'd been exposed to coming from the Big 12. The gist of the statement was "they were working together for the betterment of the conference, not for pushing their school or agenda above the others." (We've seen the later on several occasions.)

I see much ado about nothing.

 

[50+yeartidefan]

Why the quotation marks over spreadsheet? That's what it was; an Excel spread sheet.
Participate that much? An email is "that much?" How is it any different than a head coach talking to other head coaches about assistant hires?

The sheet is so simple in its methodology I don't see what the big deal is in the first place.

Hello John,​

​

My name is Kyle Vasey and I am an assistant AD for strategic planning at Alabama. Greg Byrne asked me to send you some analysis we performed on head coaches recently. You’ll find an excel spreadsheet which ranks head coaches based on a metric we created called: coaching efficiency. This metric is a weighted score which incorporates various factors such as national championships, final AP ranking, overall win percentage, etc. You’ll also find a pdf file which analyzes coaches based on their previous coaching experience: Power 5 Head Coach, Power 5 Assistant Coach, former NFL head coach, etc​

​

I am happy to answer any questions you might have on the data.​

​

Thanks,​

​

Kyle Vasey​

​

"The ratings used a weighting system that tied 40 percent of a rating to national championship seasons, 30 percent to AP Poll top-10 finishes, 20 percent to winning percentage, and 10 percent to “recency factor,” or five-year success." It's not that complicated--a comparison chart a kid in junior high could have put together.

I'm reminded of a statement the AD at Mizzou or A&M made when they attended their first SEC meeting(s.) It was along the lines of how well the AD's from different schools within the SEC worked together versus what they'd been exposed to coming from the Big 12. The gist of the statement was "they were working together for the betterment of the conference, not for pushing their school or agenda above the others." (We've seen the later on several occasions.)

I see much ado about nothing.

Should have recommended Dubose, Shula, or couple of past AU coaches....