AP Poll: Tied @ #36

#3
#3
You can just bet that the other coaches at UT who have been coaching in the shadows of the Mighty Basketball Program are secretly LTAO!
 
#4
#4
I'm afraid you may be right. Just as "fans" on here are pulling for the LVs to lose!
 
#6
#6
Holy cow!!!
Did anyone just hear holly say in regards to falling out of top 25 " it's just unfortunate it happened on my watch .."
What????????
So it has nothing to do w coaching ?
Mirror in your house ??
She seriously is acting like it was just some bad luck. Wow.
 
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orangealways said:
Holy cow!!!
Did anyone just hear holly say in regards to falling out of top 25 " it's just unfortunate it happened on my watch .."
What????????
So it has nothing to do w coaching ?
Mirror in your house ??
She seriously is acting like it was just some bad luck. Wow.
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I think she means that it's unfortunate that a team with final four talent would fall out of the top 25 "while she was watching them". Not to be confused with "while she was coaching them".
 
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I never thought that I would see this! We were a pre-season top 5 team. You know what the bad part is? This team will be even worse next year. With Graves leaving along with Moore and Jones and NO new players committed, it will be another disaster unless we get a new coach. Holly is in way over her head and her assistants are just as bad!
 
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Anytime you have a team with true "Alpha-Females" on it,,, You have to have a true "Alpha-leader" leading them... Pat Summit was an alpha-female. Holly is a visibly masculine female trying to be an alpha female.

Alpha female athletes like: Cooper, Graves, Desheilds and Jackson (the obvious alpha's) have to be treated differently than the more feminine, yet equally athletic females (Moore,Nared, Carter).

It is going to take an Alpha-Coach to handle this team. Not necessarily a male coach, but without a doubt, an Alpha coach.
 
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Coach Jumper said:
Anytime you have a team with true "Alpha-Females" on it,,, You have to have a true "Alpha-leader" leading them... Pat Summit was an alpha-female. Holly is a visibly masculine female trying to be an alpha female.

Alpha female athletes like: Cooper, Graves, Desheilds and Jackson (the obvious alpha's) have to be treated differently than the more feminine, yet equally athletic females (Moore,Nared, Carter).

It is going to take an Alpha-Coach to handle this team. Not necessarily a male coach, but without a doubt, an Alpha coach.
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Are you the guy that cost the football Vols a couple games last season ?
 
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#13
#13
Truly lucky to be ranked that high.They should have been out of the Top 25 weeks ago but the Lady Vol tradition and name kept them in it .
 
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508mikey said:
Are you the guy that cost the football Vols a couple games last season ?
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No, I'm the coach who could do a better job of handling these girls.... I have coached as young as 11 and as old as adults. My last team was a 16U out of Knoxville/ 5 of my 8 are in college now. And i have a girl on the 16u USA team... look at this video < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjvIZMA3ojE > ... I get movement and scoring from every player, 13 deep.

Give me horses like she has to work with, and, my ability to get the best out of my girls and i would give Geno a new worry....Coach Jumper
 
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Just remember the good 'ol days. And they weren't that long ago. I went home for Thanksgiving and we were ranked 4th in the AP poll and projected as a final four team. (And now we are 36th).

We still have top 5 talent, so anything could happen, but damn I don't ever recall a team falling 31 places in three months.
 
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Coach Jumper said:
It is going to take an Alpha-Coach to handle this team. Not necessarily a male coach, but without a doubt, an Alpha coach.
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:good!:

And, as much as I love Kellie Jean, it might take a Becky Hammon to whip this team into shape. She's never run a program, but right now a firm hand with street cred at all levels (college, Olympics, WNBA, NBA) would be a big plus if she could assemble a staff familiar with the intricacies of running a program (scheduling, recruiting, academic discipline & oversight, conflict resolution, etc.) to help.

Whether people would accept an unproven (at college level) coach or whether she'd even be interested (although she'd love to make history at the NBA level, that's still a long shot & she at least might be able to right the ship while getting head coaching experience...and might just find that she loves the job and can be very successful at restoring the program).

Others might balk at leaving a comfortable job and successful program, but Hammon will be available and might welcome the challenge.

She might not be everyone's ideal candidate, but how many would rather maintain the status quo? I'd think that she could help coach up the guards (one of our most glaring weaknesses), instill a toughness that's lacking, kick some candy butts if needed, get great PR for the program and maybe turn some recruits' heads back in our direction. And she'd have a year to show that she can turn around a group of talented players (and might retain any of them having second thoughts) to help with recruiting.

Holly has had a great run over her 30+ year career, but sometimes a change of scenery is best for all concerned. Rick Barnes didn't have any trouble landing the UT job after getting his pink slip, so Holly should be able to land on her feet elsewhere if her skills are as appreciable as touted by her defenders. No one wants to leave on a sour note, but the powers that be have to decide whether it's better to make a change or stay the course and hope for a huge improvement (at this point, the sky's the limit). The program could improve, just stabilize, or we might not have seen the bottom of the well yet.
 
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