Confessions of a Rogue LV Fan

[Geno-ista]

I remember a few years ago when Alexis Jones chose Duke over Tenn... ... and some of the fans were saying that it wasnt that big of a deal.. that she was would have been just a luxury recruit as they would already have massengale, simmons... and carter. I know that Im biased... but Jones is way better than any guard on TN's roster..... bet they wish that had been able to snag her now

Jones is terrific- was one of the only Duke players U Conn had trouble with last year. She is awesome.

 

[UcMiami]

I wanted to post and address your concerns because I think you are a true Lady Vol fan, and like myself is/was also unhappy with the way things are being run at "The Summitt". The thing that really pissed me off was the owner, Josh Woodward, posting a sticky thread threatening legal action if anybody put their "premium" content on other boards. This is silly because most of what they call "premium" content will come out regardless of whether it's posted on "The Summitt" or not. First off, I constantly check the Boneyard, and Volnation and I NEVER see any content that Maria posts put on these sights, so to post that seemed to be a little pretentious and prissy. Kind of like Woodward trying to show his big boy pants and trying to show people who the boss is, MC is like this as well and it is VERY offputting. I was unimpressed and I'm sure they have lost many subscribers to their draconian posting policies. Bottom line is, the site isn't nowhere near worth 10 dollars a month, maybe 5, but that's still stretching it. Not all Summitt posters are bad and the majority are cool and are diehard Lady Vol fans, but there is a small minority there who make Lady Vol fans look bad, but of course they are too arrogant to know it.

I did want to take the opportunity and thank HuskyNan for being very welcoming to me and other Lady Vol fans. Volnation and Boneyard are two forums where you can be free to post what you like and not face some sort of "public" shaming. Now, Boneyarders can be tough, especially DoggyDaddy and a few others, but that's to be understood. I am a Lady Vol fan posting on a rivals boards, so I don't expect my opinions to be met with rosy optimism lol, and to all the Boneyarders who have been nice to me, thanks, I appreciate it.

Now, with this said, I don't consider myself a "rouge Lady Vol fan", rather a very unhappy former subscriber of the Summitt. I fully support Holly and I think she is the right coach to lead this team back to elite status. Were there other coaches out there who could have come in and been very successful at UT? Yes, of course. My personal choice was Rick Insell out of MTSU. Anyway, Holly has done a great job so far with great recruiting and against expectations, winning the SEC last season. It's been proven that following a legend is almost an impossible task, but Holly so far is doing a job of it.

As far as your 3rd point, Ill have to disagree with you a bit there. Massengale last night showed us why she plays Team USA basketball, was recruited heavily by UCONN and was the best PG in her class. I hope she can continue that kind of domination because she played like an AA last night. Russell needs more time to adjust to the college game and get more weight on strength on her. Once she does that, watch out, and no I'm not saying she will be the type of game changer that Moore, Holdsclaw, Parker, EDD, Taurasi and Griner were, but those players don't come along very often, so let's give Russell a break and let her adjust. It's just way to early to write her off..

Boxer - thanks for the explanation of your arrival here and for a nicely balanced post. I agree on your assessment of Russell - early days but I think she will be good and no one should expect any player to reach the lofty heights of those you list based on a high school ranking.
I will just offer a mild disagreement on your assessment of Massengale - she did have a good game but until she strings together a number of them in a row I don't see as part of the upper rank of college guards - I haven't seen her be both a facilitator and a scorer and think she will end her career closer to a Simmons than a Sims - that is not bad, just not really good.