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Tennessee Lady Vols hot board: Candidates to replace Holly Warlick

By Caleb Calhoun

LOS ANGELES, CA - MARCH 12: Head coach Nikki Caldwell of the UCLA Bruins reacts while taking on the Stanford Cardinal in the championship game of the 2011 Pacific Life Pac-10 Women's Basketball Tournament at Staples Center on March 12, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA - MARCH 12: Head coach Nikki Caldwell of the UCLA Bruins reacts while taking on the Stanford Cardinal in the championship game of the 2011 Pacific Life Pac-10 Women's Basketball Tournament at Staples Center on March 12, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Images) /
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Eliminated Would-be Candidates Part I (Not Coming)

These are candidates who are in a better situation at their current job, either through pay, success, personal choice or level of pressure.

Note: Holly Warlick’s pay, after last year’s contract extension, only went up to $690,000, according to reports. Coaches who receive more would not likely come unless they were a home run hire.

Lisa Bluder, Iowa Hawkeyes

Lisa Bluder’s total compensation surpassed $720,000 two years ago, according to information on women’s basketball salaries. With no national titles, there’s no reason for the Lady Vols to give her that much if they wouldn’t give that to Warlick, a legend with the program.

Carolyn Kieger, Marquette Golden Eagles

A Marquette graduate, Carolyn Kieger has made three straight NCAA Tournaments. She wouldn’t uprooting from the upper Midwest, where she has spent most of her life, and leave her alma mater for a school in worse shape that brings higher expectations.

Suzy Merchant, Michigan State Spartans

Suzy Merchant’s entire life has been in Michigan, and her pay is comparable. She’s not leaving the Spartans for a job with way more pressure.

Matthew Mitchell, Kentucky Wildcats

Again, Matthew Mitchell makes nearly twice what Holly Warlick is paid. Tennessee would be stupid to offer close to that with his accomplishments, meaning it makes no sense for him to take less pay for more pressure.

Kim Mulkey, Baylor Bears

Like Muffet McGraw, Kim Mulkey is accomplished enough with the Baylor Bears. Why would she leave for a program in worse shape that offers less pay?

Vic Schaefer, Mississippi State Bulldogs

Vic Schaefer just got a huge payday and is rolling with the Mississippi State Bulldogs. Tennessee can offer him nothing that he already doesn’t have.

Dawn Staley, South Carolina Gamecocks

Dawn Staley joins Kim Mulkey and Muffet McGraw as people who are already accomplished champions elsewhere, make more money than they’d make in Knoxville and are with a better program. Why leave?

Sue Semrau, Florida State Seminoles

Again, Sue Semrau makes more now than her value would allow in Knoxville, and there’d be more pressure. No reason to leave.