Tennessee 2025 season

[FormerCTrez]

Whoaah! I wonder what happened between them? Or, could it be because UCLA spanked her new team?
But seriously, it’s not a good look on Janiah’s part. However, this reaction was immediately after the game, so hopefully she’ll have time to reflect, if she so chooses.

 

[GoChips20]

Honestly, I feel like this is how you'd set your starting lineup if you coached a kindergarten class. I like Caldwell a lot but that's definitely not the recipe for fine-tuning your team over the course of a season. Save the gold stars for the end-of-season report cards and set your starting lineup based on collective performance.

Couldn’t agree more. I can see where this worked at Marshall where she needed to motivate players who frankly just have less to gain. But a team that’s built to play for the Final Four like Tennessee shouldn’t need single-game starting spots to motivate some of the best players and recruits in the country.

I also think it encourages a lot of isolation play. They do have excellent one-on-one players, but encouraging players to seek individual stats isn’t a winning recipe at this level.

Lastly, I just can’t see how it helps player confidence. Seems like a lot of added pressure. Shoot poorly and you’ll be on the bench the next night.

I like Kim a lot, and I think she’ll end her coaching career with a lot of major accolades. But this is a strategy I think she’ll need to overhaul.

 

[visitingcock]

Couldn’t agree more. I can see where this worked at Marshall where she needed to motivate players who frankly just have less to gain. But a team that’s built to play for the Final Four like Tennessee shouldn’t need single-game starting spots to motivate some of the best players and recruits in the country.

I also think it encourages a lot of isolation play. They do have excellent one-on-one players, but encouraging players to seek individual stats isn’t a winning recipe at this level.

Lastly, I just can’t see how it helps player confidence. Seems like a lot of added pressure. Shoot poorly and you’ll be on the bench the next night.

I like Kim a lot, and I think she’ll end her coaching career with a lot of major accolades. But this is a strategy I think she’ll need to overhaul.

“Built to play for the Final Four” seems like an overstatement of UT’s potential ( but you may have stated that sarcastically). They aren’t that loaded yet

 

[JeannoCT]

“Built to play for the Final Four” seems like an overstatement of UT’s potential ( but you may have stated that sarcastically). They aren’t that loaded yet

Agree. They haven’t been built for a final four in years. And I don’t think this year will be any different.

 

[GoChips20]

“Built to play for the Final Four” seems like an overstatement of UT’s potential ( but you may have stated that sarcastically). They aren’t that loaded yet

Agree they aren’t there, but didn’t mean it sarcastically - Caldwell has said in multiple interviews over the last few months that their goal for the year is the FF and they’ve recruited and worked the portal with that goal in mind.

They look like a Sweet 16 team at best right now though.

 

[visitingcock]

Agree they aren’t there, but didn’t mean it sarcastically - Caldwell has said in multiple interviews over the last few months that their goal for the year is the FF and they’ve recruited and worked the portal with that goal in mind.

They look like a Sweet 16 team at best right now though.

Goals and realistic forecasts have not been the same thing since Pat