Don't see many TN games, but most teams would love to be 16-2, ranked in Top 10 and have great players. Overreaction? Geno was not considered more than an above average coach until Lobo, etc. came on board.
Huh?
The problem is the great basketball minds in WCBB, Muffet, Bruno, Geno etc. don't really teach X's and O's. They show and teach options off of positional play. This is much harder to teach because as a coach you need to know the many options from each offensive position, and as a player you need to learn how to read, recognize and respond. In other words, you need to combine a smart coach who knows how to recruit the right kind of smart players. There just aren't many of these people around. Holly sure isn't one of them. She is also poor at game management and at times it seems she thinks she can carry TO's over to the next game.
Coaching and motivation.
The announcers were Kara and Rebecca and the entire discussion had me personally fuming at Mercedes. Kara started the discussion by saying that Mercedes has been basically MIA since the first half. The discussion continue that one of the announcers actually asked mercedes in times like these when your teamates are basically ignoring you; "Do you ever get mad enough to demand the ball and are you willing to strangle your teamates when you don't get it." "That's not really my personality was the response from Mercedes".
This is one area where I might be tempted to give Holly a pass. That kind of assertiveness should have been coached into Mercedes back in middle school.
She did score on a few occasions (not in this game) in the past because she was slow to pass the center line and her teammate threw the ball after a successful defensive rebound!
Agree! She is athletic enough to move back from high to low if needed, maybe not as agile as AZ, but she is more than able.
Was trying to stay "positive" by sarcastically saying she's a nice young lady.
Been watching Mercedes for a while now both at TN and before in USA basketball. Playing in the high post is not in her skill set as @HuskyNan as already suggested. With the defense ND was playing against against TN, reversing the ball or taking the mid range jumper and living with the consequences who have been far better options-as Margo's video accurately pointed out.
Not sure I understand your segue here with the Geno reference. Holly took over a Rolls Royce with Pedigree and has done nothing. She did not build that program. Geno took a nothing program with 1 winning season Andy built it.
Because even though she has proven time and again that she is at best an average coach she somehow she continues to convince 5 star recruits to come to UT. Make no mistake this team down on Rocky Top is Talented and could, given time, stumble on a formula all by themselves that can win a championship. Maybe. Possibly, in spite of Holly. Maybe. Or some FF's. Maybe.
I'm sure you be in awwww when you watch a UConn game... and wonder why is Geno doing it but no other coach can get their players all in (Muffett is pretty close, Tara use to be good too)
