AMUSINGLY, I FIRST LEARNED OF THIS FROM VOL SPORTS TWITTER: Chancellor of Tennessee Flagship Is Suddenly Fired After Only One Year. I have nothing of substance to say on this decision, but I’ll note that lately we’ve tended to hire outsiders for senior administrative positions via a professional search firm and it hasn’t worked out especially well. When we promoted people internally it seemed to go better. Maybe just coincidence. And seriously, on this decision, and on the state legislature’s restructuring of the UT Board, the Vol sports twitter folks have had better information, and a higher level of interest, than anyone else I’ve seen.