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I have lived in Tennessee most of my life. The scenery is great and the state is geographically beautiful. Speaking of the people here, the quality of life, and society's mode of operandi... well... there are challenges depending on who you are.

If you are in good health; are able to reasonably navigate the Good ol' Boy system well; and have stability, connections, status, wealth, a strong personality, or a solid combination of these, you will likely live well here and perhaps thrive.

If you, however, have complex health issues that are atypical and unresponsive to common, first-line approaches; are ever experiencing a sudden medical emergency; have moderate-to-severe mental and emotional defects; are disabled; struggle socially; or have had any legal troubles besides maybe an underage drinking conviction... you may be in for a very rough ride here in Tennessee.

People here are often very opinionated, take offense to any criticism of the state, cliquey, stubborn, and harsh.

The EMS systems here are weak, the state ranks high in hospital closures, the mental health system is very broken, and there are minimal resources available to people who are both poor and defective. People are moving here to our state to take advantage of our lower cost of living, yet our infrastructure continues to crumble and is unable to adapt. We rank the highest for depression, especially around the Knoxville Area and northeast TN.

Rick Pitino , Bill Self, Tom Izzo, John Calipari, Scott Drew

Scott Drew really only had 2 really good teams , Calopari relies on Good Freshman too much, Tom Izzo had two really good teams at start and won once. Bill Self is overrated and has health issues, Rick Pitino is getting old and gets in trouble a lot.

Calipari has always cheated and only won one Title. Izzo never cheats but will always be second fiddle to Michigan , Rick Pitino had others cheat and got in Trouble at Louisville and Hawaii. Bill Self has had teams that should have won and failed and he was investigated for cheating. Scott Drew turned down job at Kentucky before Portal/NIL disaster was created. Now he can't get players to come to Baylor because there is no money at Baylor. I bet now he would have taken job at Kentucky.

One and done players suit Calipari , Pitino, and Self more. Drew and Izzo are more traditional coached that did better with 4 year building.

I will rate who I think has best chance of winning again and the ones that won't.

Best chance to win

1) Bill Self has best chance if heath holds out , even though he has blown it with really good teams and was favored

2) Pitino , slight chance , He is in 70's now and I expect he will be out before 80's

3) Calipari slight chance. He relies on Freshman too much, but if he stops freshman and goes after JR and SR players maybe

4) Tom Izzo is getting old , and more traditional , I don;t see him ever winning it again at Mich St

5) Drew I don;t think can win another at Baylor