With coaching changes, TN lucky to have what they have. No idea how new coaching staff will change make up of team with their first class. This year's recruiting results will be interesting.
That was the downfall of Georgetown men's basketball teams in the mid to late 80's when John Thompson starting recruiting athletes instead of basketball players.
Unfortunately for LV fans, who are loath to admit it, the era of TN as a national powerhouse has long been over. TN is struggling to remain in the top half of the SEC (currently 7/14), let alone remain among the top 25 teams nationally.
Pretty soon it may be Folly coaching.
LV preeminence has indeed been absent for years. The last gasp was the CP era. With all respect to Pat, it was obvious that her coaching style was outdated long before her retirement. Holly was a Pat product and kept up top-notch recruiting. But the team kept playing PatBall and falling further downward. Kellie is also a Pat product. It ain’t 1995 any longer.
That should have been obvious to anyone that was not caught up in the Pat Summit hero worship hype train. She was excellent for her time, as were some other WCBB coaches that came in at a time when few coaches were very good. Her decline sort of corresponded with Gino's rise. Ironically Geno was the vanguard of the new era of WCBB coaches while Pat represented the past.
Who cares about their fan base. The funny thing is, for those who think it’s whacko to not care or even enjoy for certain reasons, when ND or UT fail, their fan bases are generally gleeful when we fail in some fashion. Personally, I have nothing against TN and enjoyed the rivalry, so their losing is kinda fun for that reason the same way Yankee or Red Sox fans are satisfied when the other is having a bad year. ND, on the other hand, I think has an arrogant, self-entitled sports department and even overall administration when it comes to sports and their teams can’t lose often enough for me, although I don’t really follow them including their women this year, them not being in our conference. I have nothing against their players.
This is what some of the LV fans are saying on Vol Nation. I did not know that about Pat. She did not have a structured offense. Did not know that.
I'm completely confused. I said that you could hate on them all you want, I thought. What I added regarding Ed's post was that your RPI will be better if they win, although this is truthfully not actually nuanced, it will probably have little effect. It CAN have an affect on teams, but given how UConn is positioned, I doubt the affect will be major. I then added essentially that [I don't] see Tennessee as a threat anymore and that even their (Tennessee's) fanbase is dissatisfied. They may indeed become a power, but are not this year.
I wouldn't say it's recent. Even Pat was doing that. Hence "rebounding" and "defense" as their offensive strategy.
Went to a wedding in Eastern Tennessee last fall. Came away without scars, But it was close enough to the VA border for me to escape quickly should I spot Candace Parker. Speaking of which parker was at a restaurant table next to us and seemed pretty regular to me, no horns or pointed tail or anything devilish. Sorry Husky fans.Disgusting.
You know, the devil masquerades as an angel of light.
It was pretty clear.
I tend to agree with that. I knew the Warlick experiment had to end but honestly didn’t see any of the “name” coaches leaving for Knoxville.
Timing is everything. Harper last year just happened to have by far her most successful season in her 15 years as HC ... with her Missouri State team still in the midst of their Cinderella Sweet 16 run as Warlick was canned. Timing couldn’t have been better for her to get the TN job.
No judgement here. But its interesting that Missouri St (22-3) is arguably a better team this year (probably with the players she recruited).
They were also vastly improved at the end of last season compared to how they started -- namely, a 1-7 start that included losses to Wichita State, Santa Clara and North Texas. (They also lost close games to good teams, such as Missouri and Gonzaga.) From there they went 24-3 the rest of the way.
I thought it would be the same. Turned out pretty well. Pretty area with some neat history, some of which I knew about. If you never heard of the would be State of Franklin, give it a google.It had the beginning of a great joke.
They only lost Green who averaged 13.4 pts a game.
