2021 Lady Vol Recruiting Thread

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Bballnut1952 said:
Maybe against the weaker opponents and as you said in injury or foul trouble situations but other than that she will probably be on the bench. Hey, don't get me wrong, I'm pulling for her, but it's just not likely she will be a part of the regular rotation.
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Maybe not this year with Kasi still in the rotation. Does she bring anything additional to the table that a senior with loads of playing time doesn't already provide? As long as Tamari, Kasi and Jaiden are healthy, I don't see a lot of playing time opportunities for Emily this coming year unless she has a tremendous leap in readiness that puts her well above the two reserves listed above. If anything, she will be a luxury in 2021 as an upperclassman back up C, provided that Kellie is able to bring in the post player of the future in the 2021 class.
 
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Coach Jumper said:
From my first gig 1981-2001 I had been a beginner in every way upwards/community center/ymca/rec/competitive rec/etc. I fell into a HC role and never did work under a lead coach. In 2001 Jack Feagin gave me the opportunity to coach with the Pistols and quickly I became his go-to developmental coach for the 12-15 age ranges. I worked with the Pistols for 11 years. Also coaching in a developmental HS league called the EMBL, as well as camps, clinics and ran an 11-week summer session school.

My "Ninja teachers" were the wiser announcers like Hubie Brown and other NBA and CBB/WCBB color commentators who explained in their telecasts what referess looked for, how not or how to do things. I also watched and broke-down the moves of the greats Ewing's fade, Olajuwon's dream-shake, MJ's step-back, Kareem's sky-hook, Payton's floater, Gervin's finger-roll, etc...I quizzed referees along the way as to what they looked for on charge-v-blocks, walks/travels etc...I studied the flights of MJ, Clyde, Kobe, Dawkins and learned from them how come they were able to do things in the air others weren't able to. I studied how they landed.

The "set" offense I ran I called the high-post. ...Once the ball gets past half-court;
5-sets up on the low-block.
4-sets up on the opposite elbow(the hi-post)
3-sets up at the arc, opposite the hi-post
2-sets up on the hi-post baseline (baseline forward)
1-is a the top of the key
From there each players has several options of movements...I've never seen this offense ran by anyone else, so I claim it as mine.

Yes I have terminologies unique to me as well as drills unique to me. They may exist as other terminologies elsewhere, but if I didn't learn them from somebody and came up with the concepts or drills of my own thinking, they were mine to name.

I run a drill called "Bang Bang" 300 shots in 300 seconds, four balls five players. No shots in the paint. (The record for this so far is 256 shots in the 5 minute duration/

I have a shooting competition called 3-2-1-50 that is also a very good game-speed movement and shooting drill

No one is fully self-taught, but the majority of what I have come up with and perfected has been on my own learning.
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thank you
 
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Bballnut1952 said:
I'm sure she is a great kid. However, I'm not sure why anyone would expect her to contribute much being ranked outside the top 100 in HS.
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Is the only recruiting derive you go by ESPN hoopgurlz? There is also prospectsnation and blue star report which give some good rankings. I usually compare Hoopgurlz to Prospect Nations to see the rankings.

Emily Saunders | Prospects Nation
 
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Bballnut1952 said:
Maybe against the weaker opponents and as you said in injury or foul trouble situations but other than that she will probably be on the bench. Hey, don't get me wrong, I'm pulling for her, but it's just not likely she will be a part of the regular rotation.
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is that the same thought process coach Stringer thought about Davenport?
 
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sccshortstop said:
I really like Emily but unless she does an about face I do not see her playing a lot next year for sure.
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I believe we may be pleasantly surprised this year with Emily's progress. We never got to see her against the best competition, but I think she posts up well, has a dependable shot that she puts up with little hesitation, and has shot-blocking skills. If she has improved her quickness in transition and on defense, I could see her pkaying valuable minutes in relief of Key.

She was in an unenviable role last year but stuck it out. That shows perseverance and a willingness to work on whatever areas kept her on the bench during the latter part of last season. If we see dramatic improvement between her, McCoy, and Key, that will go a long way toward shutting up detractors of our post coaching.
 
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Whenever the camera showed our sidelines, and I saw Emily just staring at the action, I felt very bad for the girl...She didn't come here to just sit on the bench...

I'm hoping this next season she can contribute and be part of the on court battles....She has the height, just hope she has learned how to be a competitive basketball player...

A beautiful face...I'm sure her mom and dad are proud of her.
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GameTime said:
Whenever the camera showed our sidelines, and I saw Emily just staring at the action, I felt very bad for the girl...She didn't come here to just sit on the bench...

I'm hoping this next season she can contribute and be part of the on court battles....She has the height, just hope she has learned how to be a competitive basketball player...

A beautiful face...I'm sure her mom and dad are proud of her.
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If she don’t get to play a lot I would hope she would Red shirt next year. Would have no KK to share time with.
 
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Ladyvol777 said:
If she don’t get to play a lot I would hope she would Red shirt next year. Would have no KK to share time with.
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She's got to bow-up and take it. No one's gonna give it to her.

Your mentality on a basketball team can't be "trying out for a spot", it has to be "taking and protecting MY spot!"
 
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I see 80 minutes for five players. Key was an 18 minute a game player last season of course that might go up to around 25. You put Green in there for 25 she played a little less than that at Liberty per game. Then you have KK, McCoy, and Saunders vying for 30 minutes of playing time. I can see KK getting about 15 of that so will see which player gets a lot better and grabs that additional 15 minutes of playing time. Of course we could again see Key only go around 20 minutes a game so a lot to be determined.

What I saw out of Emily was solid play in the post and a nice touch with her shot. I think her problem was movement a little slow on defense and getting up and down the court. She could easily remedy some of this with off season training building up the legs and core should make her a lot quicker. She is never going to be super speedy but she can definitely improve dramatically over what she was last season. As far as her basketball skills I thought she was well advanced in knowing what her role was around the basket. If she has worked I can see her getting in the 10 minute range per game all about what has been done in the off season not only for her but every player on the team.
 
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VA_VOLFAN said:
Is the only recruiting derive you go by ESPN hoopgurlz? There is also prospectsnation and blue star report which give some good rankings. I usually compare Hoopgurlz to Prospect Nations to see the rankings.

Emily Saunders | Prospects Nation
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It depends. Sometimes I’m lazy and only look at ESPN.

I don’t see much difference here Between ESPN and Prospect Nation.

She is probably just out the top 100 and 19th ranked post in ESPN. And she is 88 and 18th ranked post in PN.

At the highest level of WCBB, you just don’t see post players get into the regular rotation.
 
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Coach Jumper said:
She's got to bow-up and take it. No one's gonna give it to her.

Your mentality on a basketball team can't be "trying out for a spot", it has to be "taking and protecting MY spot!"
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I agree, but if she only gets 5 minutes a game, she could set out a year and be a starter her senior year and play 25 to 30 minutes.
 
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Volfan2012 said:
I see 80 minutes for five players. Key was an 18 minute a game player last season of course that might go up to around 25. You put Green in there for 25 she played a little less than that at Liberty per game. Then you have KK, McCoy, and Saunders vying for 30 minutes of playing time. I can see KK getting about 15 of that so will see which player gets a lot better and grabs that additional 15 minutes of playing time. Of course we could again see Key only go around 20 minutes a game so a lot to be determined.

What I saw out of Emily was solid play in the post and a nice touch with her shot. I think her problem was movement a little slow on defense and getting up and down the court. She could easily remedy some of this with off season training building up the legs and core should make her a lot quicker. She is never going to be super speedy but she can definitely improve dramatically over what she was last season. As far as her basketball skills I thought she was well advanced in knowing what her role was around the basket. If she has worked I can see her getting in the 10 minute range per game all about what has been done in the off season not only for her but every player on the team.
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What I saw was the late in posting up...once the ball gets to the arc a post should already be posturing
 
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Ladyvol777 said:
I agree, but if she only gets 5 minutes a game, she could set out a year and be a starter her senior year and play 25 to 30 minutes.
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depends on her off-season progress this year. She has more size and structure than all the other subs, But she has to use it. Most of what I saw last year was opportunistic goals. Defenders may give you one or two, but you can't make a game out of that
 
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creekdipper said:
I believe we may be pleasantly surprised this year with Emily's progress. We never got to see her against the best competition, but I think she posts up well, has a dependable shot that she puts up with little hesitation, and has shot-blocking skills. If she has improved her quickness in transition and on defense, I could see her playing valuable minutes in relief of Key.

She was in an unenviable role last year but stuck it out. That shows perseverance and a willingness to work on whatever areas kept her on the bench during the latter part of last season. If we see dramatic improvement between her, McCoy, and Key, that will go a long way toward shutting up detractors of our post coaching.
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I thought I saw the same things. I believe in her and hope she gets the opportunities she should get as a sophomore.
 
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Women's college basketball transfer rankings for 2020-21 and 2021-22


4. Keyen Green, 6-1, F/C, RS Jr., Liberty
Committed to Tennessee
She could earn first-team all-conference honors in three conferences. Not even Slocum can do that. The Big South Player of the Year in 2017-18, Green missed the 2018-19 season with an injury but picked up where she left off as Liberty moved to the Atlantic Sun this past season. In 22 minutes per game, she averaged 13.9 points, 7.5 rebounds and nearly a block.
 
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