Woot! Woot!
Always nice to see the Lady Vols go down!!!
Go Vandy!!
What's the difference between the Vols going down and the Titanic? The band playing.
Woot! Woot!
Always nice to see the Lady Vols go down!!!
Go Vandy!!
Poor Margo's problem is she still thinks "We're Tennessee," means something. Not so much anymore.
The kid is still just a freshman and this is the time of year that freshmen usually hit the wall. College teams play a lot more games than high schoolers, and more frequently. January or thereabouts is usually the time that the physical and emotional toll starts to become apparent, especially for an elite player like Mercedes. Players like her hate losing and want to do something about it but don't know quite what to do in her new setting. This is all in addition to being away from home, probably for the first time, and adjusting to college.A few questions for those in the know:
Why didn't Russell log more than 14 min for TN? Thought I read earlier this season that she was as good as advertised as a center.
The kid is still just a freshman and this is the time of year that freshmen usually hit the wall. College teams play a lot more games than high schoolers, and more frequently. January or thereabouts is usually the time that the physical and emotional toll starts to become apparent, especially for an elite player like Mercedes. Players like her hate losing and want to do something about it but don't know quite what to do in her new setting. This is all in addition to being away from home, probably for the first time, and adjusting to college.
Problem is she thinks she can make it have meaning to the team. Either you have school and team pride or you don't. It is hard to regain when you lose it.to them is has meaning. To be a fan only when the team is winning is to be a fair weather fan.
I too think that all that is needed is a little discipline and better refs to get the Vols back to an NC game. X's and O's are overated, especially the O's, and the Vols just need to pass the ball into the paint, which will allow them to score 100+ points like they did against Troy and Lipscomb. Not sure why UTenn got away from that plan that worked so well against those two teams.The general feeling over on Volnation (other than that they got jobbed by the refs) was that the LV simply lack disciline. e.g., Simmons flinging the ball at the basket whenever the itch strikes to do so, failure to get really serious on defense, etc.
Wow - that is not a good tweet to have posted by a player after a game (and a good reason for Uconn's ban on twitter in season.) I can understand her frustration, but ...A couple of more losses like this and the team may lose whatever spirit and cohesion it has. Graves tweeted after the game: "If I was free to actually speak my mind. [grumpy face emoticon]. https://twitter.com/BASH931
I agree that HW's post game floundering was pretty pathetic. Boiled down to : I don't know how to get them to play defense.
I too think that all that is needed is a little discipline and better refs to get the Vols back to an NC game. X's and O's are overated, especially the O's, and the Vols just need to pass the ball into the paint, which will allow them to score 100+ points like they did against Troy and Lipscomb. Not sure why UTenn got away from that plan that worked so well against those two teams.
How would they realize that? There has never been a discernible plan on offense other throw the ball up and get the rebound for a put back.Actually, Dobbs, the denizens over yonder DID have a few quite uncomplimentary comments about the lack of a discerbable plan on offense. And also about Graves and Russell spending so much time on the pine. And the generally unsatisfactory nature of Holly's performance as coach.Many of them seem to want Melanie back, while others just wish for a "big time coach". (No one, however, suggested trying to lure Geno away from UConn.) Schadenfreude is unadmirable! I really wish I did not enjoy it so much. I would be a better person. So it goes.
From what I can tell, the VolNationals want players who can pass, and pass the ball into the paint for the post players. That has always been the Vol creed -- shoot and crash the boards, and they rode it to 8 NCs so you can't say it didn't have some big success. Besides the lack of the Holdsclaw\Parker superstar in recent times though, they also have had way too many years without good ballhandlers, and that is going to stall out an offense. Massengale has been decent at times this year, but she's too inconsistent and may be tailing off in SEC playActually, Dobbs, the denizens over yonder DID have a few quite uncomplimentary comments about the lack of a discerbable plan on offense. And also about Graves and Russell spending so much time on the pine. And the generally unsatisfactory nature of Holly's performance as coach.Many of them seem to want Melanie back, while others just wish for a "big time coach". (No one, however, suggested trying to lure Geno away from UConn.) Schadenfreude is unadmirable! I really wish I did not enjoy it so much. I would be a better person. So it goes.