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We are missing ZZ something terrible this year. Watching them struggle to inbounds the ball against A&M was an eye opener. It better get straightened out real quick or we will see it every week.
 
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I couldn't agree with you more. I really like JG and he does somethings a lot better than ZZ, but he doesn't handle it or distribute it like ZZ did. I really wish we had him for one more year. I think with another year under Barnes, he could be a monster.
 
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I dont understand starting your players at or beyond the 3 point line to try and enter the ball against the press. Its like playing your cornerbacks 15 yards off the line of scrimmage on 3rd and 3. And there seems to be no urgency with the guys trying to get open. This is completely on the coaching staff for not making an in game adjustment to this.
 
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No doubt that the staff has been aware that it was going to be an issue. Using Ament as the inbounder might be a really smart move, although he’s going to go through some growing pains with more turnovers than is ultimately acceptable. Especially if Henderson gets proficient at attacking the press as well. As bad as the half court offense is at times, breaking the press could evolve into scoring opportunities.
 
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Volnanza said:
We are missing ZZ something terrible this year. Watching them struggle to inbounds the ball against A&M was an eye opener. It better get straightened out real quick or we will see it every week.
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A big part of that is on the coaches. They look at films and they knew what was coming. Have a plan in practice to address it. When I played at Memphis State under Gene Bartow/Leroy Hunt they prepared the team for each game and each different team. Tenn did not look prepared at all to attack the full court press.
 
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cwbytruckers said:
I dont understand starting your players at or beyond the 3 point line to try and enter the ball against the press. Its like playing your cornerbacks 15 yards off the line of scrimmage on 3rd and 3. And there seems to be no urgency with the guys trying to get open. This is completely on the coaching staff for not making an in game adjustment to this.
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It looked like too many times we would let the ball lay on the floor for 5 seconds before someone would pick it up and take it out and then AM had more time to set their defense. Looks like someone should take it out quick as possible before the defense can find their man.
 
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larjoranj said:
It looked like too many times we would let the ball lay on the floor for 5 seconds before someone would pick it up and take it out and then AM had more time to set their defense. Looks like someone should take it out quick as possible before the defense can find their man.
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Plus A&M messed with the ball after nearly every basket
 
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We missing quite a bit this season, but I don't think ZZ would help this particular squad much. Real question is how long before we replace Barnes? Time to start figuring out a transition to someone, right?
 
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Raiford62 said:
A big part of that is on the coaches. They look at films and they knew what was coming. Have a plan in practice to address it. When I played at Memphis State under Gene Bartow/Leroy Hunt they prepared the team for each game and each different team. Tenn did not look prepared at all to attack the full court press.
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Ultimately, the coaches are responsible for the players execution. That said, Barnes was extremely frustrated after the game with the players execution. They spent an entire day on Monday preparing for A&M’s press. Players failed to carry out their assignments and were confused when they could and couldn’t run the baseline when inbounding. Hopefully they’ll get it fixed.

I went to many games in the Mid South Coliseum in the early 70’s watching Clean Gene and his Tiger Machine,
 
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Volnanza said:
We are missing ZZ something terrible this year. Watching them struggle to inbounds the ball against A&M was an eye opener. It better get straightened out real quick or we will see it every week.
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I went to A & M game ...I've never saw a team have as hard time inbounding the ball as Vols had the entire game
Can someone tell me what the problem was ?
 
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Interestingly, Zakai had a 2.4 assist-to-turnover ratio last year, while Gillespie is at 2.2 this year. Zakai averaged 3.0 turnovers per game and Gillespie averages 2.5. Obviously, Zeigler had more assists per game.
 
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Whats missing is the drive and dish. We were so good at that for the past few years. Now, we don't really attempt it.
 
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