I wouldn’t worry too much. I think they will be just fine. Harper has some good talent and they will have a good team. My question is replacing Davis. She had some monstrous 2nd half and 4th quarters to secure a win.
Yes Davis did play big at times. Dye had some big moments last year also. See what she did against Texas A&M. I understand a couple of the freshman Wynn and Miles have speed.
Replacing a legend is tough, BUT not sure that applies to Tennessee here. ANY coaching change is a challenge. Pat left after the 2012 season. In the following 4 years....Tennessee went to the Elite 8 ...3 times and the Sweet 16...1 time. SO...they pretty much held serve with what was going on in the 4 years PRIOR to Pat stepping down. To ME...that's not dropping off. AND...the talent was there. So I don't think it was about Pat's health...rest her soul. I'm being objective here. Tennessee fans were upset when Evina left and trashed her on the way out the door. She only said what others weren't willing to say. They just left and the list is LONG and not that far in the past (Destiny Salary, Zay Greene, Massengill, Mimi Collins) You don't start bleeding players *before the transfer portal craze" if there isn't some issue(s). I don't know who or what is to blame, BUT there was clearly a problem beyond Xs and Os. Harper has to stabilize that first before Tennessee gets back in the hunt. NOW TN has been a National Champion after dropping TEN games during a season, but the likelihood that happens again is slim.
Will we ever pass the ball?
Classless. LolWill we ever pass the ball?
So are you saying the FF is an impossible dream?
I think Harper has stabilized a lot of what happened before she came. I have seen growth with in the program. There were no losses to unranked teams last year.
lol Yes, for Tennessee this particular season along with a whole lot of other very good(top 25)teams. There are far too many variables to predict who that 4th team will be but there's enough information to know many teams who WONT be.
How am I cherry picking when I say a Final Four prediction in the pre-season is a reach? And what narrative are you spinning thinking my response was an attack?
Not me and I have a rooting bias because Pellington is on the team. I thought Final Four was a reach for them last year during pre-season.
Tag team? From what I've noticed people reply in this manner on BY all the time. How that's interpreted as a tag team approach, I don't understand.
I was cherry-picking the FF comment but I also said it was NOT only Tennessee but many other very good teams who would not make it to that level so you took my comments out of context.
Actually, I think BOTH you and @Zanzman had moments of questionable responses.
I disagreed with both. I posted that the S16 was this team's ceiling.
But you said this: "stwainfan gave TWO options - not just you, but EVERYONE since his/her post focused on only ONE of those two options, totally ignoring the other one."
That's your interpretation and again, that's the first I've ever seen that term used in any of the threads I've participated in. Many have done the same back to me and I've never taken it that way.