[petersalas]

I met her after the Tennessee game at Tennessee at a random restaurant after their loss there.. they had finished eating their dinner and she got up first. I got the courage to say hi to her and tell her I was there from CA to see them play cause Tennessee is my husband’s favorite team. She was friendly asked if I wanted a picture.. what happened next was totally unexpected.. I thought it was just going to be the two of us only, but c to the called the entire team to the front of the restaurant and I got a picture with the entire team. All this to say, I see her differently and think she will be successful and do a great job!

I was ok with the press conference. Nothing earth shattering or proclamations that may be difficult to accomplish.

The only slightly cringe moment for me was at the beginning when KP said to Tara something like "Hey, there's more people here today than at your press conference." I thought I heard some groans from the audience.

I think she was just making a harmless joke, showing some personality and a little quirkiness. Tara has said many similar off beat comments over the years and both of them mean no harm. All good.

I'm inclined to agree, that it was Kate attempting to interject some humor. But that's something that concerns me, and always has about the prospect of Kate replacing Tara, that Kate comes across as humorless, not much personal energy. As someone noted earlier re her at chalk talks, until the last couple of years, she's not been very good at connecting with the fans. Gave off a vibe of being bored to be there, really didn't want to do it, short answers that didn't say much, etc. She improved recently, but she still my last choice for who I want to see in a chalk talk (of course, we won't see her there any more). The question is, how well does she connect with the players? This is the most important issue.

[petersalas]

I met her after the Tennessee game at Tennessee at a random restaurant after their loss there.. they had finished eating their dinner and she got up first. I got the courage to say hi to her and tell her I was there from CA to see them play cause Tennessee is my husband’s favorite team. She was friendly asked if I wanted a picture.. what happened next was totally unexpected.. I thought it was just going to be the two of us only, but c to the called the entire team to the front of the restaurant and I got a picture with the entire team. All this to say, I see her differently and think she will be successful and do a great job!

I was ok with the press conference. Nothing earth shattering or proclamations that may be difficult to accomplish.

The only slightly cringe moment for me was at the beginning when KP said to Tara something like "Hey, there's more people here today than at your press conference." I thought I heard some groans from the audience.

I think she was just making a harmless joke, showing some personality and a little quirkiness. Tara has said many similar off beat comments over the years and both of them mean no harm. All good.

I'm inclined to agree, that it was Kate attempting to interject some humor. But that's something that concerns me, and always has about the prospect of Kate replacing Tara, that Kate comes across as humorless, not much personal energy. As someone noted earlier re her at chalk talks, until the last couple of years, she's not been very good at connecting with the fans. Gave off a vibe of being bored to be there, really didn't want to do it, short answers that didn't say much, etc. She improved recently, but she still my last choice for who I want to see in a chalk talk (of course, we won't see her there any more). The question is, how well does she connect with the players? This is the most important issue.