Baffled about Lady Vols

[Majors]

I think Creekdipper was country music as an analogy but hey rock on with Shania (and check out Sarah Shook! who wrote one of the great country lines "I’m drinkin’ water tonight cos I drank all the whiskey this mornin’ "

But let's put the situation in reverse. "Now I never watch football, I don't think football is even a real sport because I only follow the women's rowing team but Johnny Majors was a terrible football coach."

Would you not feel an urge, to say hey wait a minute, you are you, as complete non-fan, to judge the coaching caliber of Johnny Majors?" Would that response make you a Tennesse football elitist?

Lucy and I touched this conversation two days ago. My urge would fall more into, my wife feels the same way. She still wonders why our dog is named Majors.

 

[Coach Jumper]

I don't follow any of the sport's recruiting closely...

Is it Sara Buckets?

Are you wanting to start Buckets, Jillian, RJ, Jordy, and Walker?

Justine Pissott
If she had had the opportunity afforded Darby,,,I think she would be much further along

 

[Majors]

Justine Pissott
If she had had the opportunity afforded Darby,,,I think she would be much further along

Seems people forget prior to this year we had freshman playing big minutes as they learned.

 

[Coach Jumper]

Seems people forget prior to this year we had freshman playing big minutes as they learned.

zackly

 

[Jax_Vol]

Justine Pissott
If she had had the opportunity afforded Darby,,,I think she would be much further along

Oh. Well, I think that ship has sailed for this year.

Pissott has improved her movement from start of year when she only stood in the left corner.

But, I do expect that we'll see her with bulk/muscles next year and starting on a wing.

 

[Majors]

zackly

Which goes to JP watching Darby, Puckett, Striplin playing early and probably encouraged her to come as she would get time. Recruits watching JP thinking otherwise.

 

[lvocd]

Oh. Well, I think that ship has sailed for this year.

Pissott has improved her movement from start of year when she only stood in the left corner.

But, I do expect that we'll see her with bulk/muscles next year and starting on a wing.

I agree. Though I believe much of the standing in the corner that our shooters do is by coach's direction in order to create more space in the paint as defenders have to keep tabs on Justine and Darby. Kellie is trying to make them conscious of good spacing, but I think that has often resulted in too little movement as they look around and worry that they'll create a logjam if they move around too much.

IMO that problem could be resolved if only everyone would stop casually trotting around the floor and really start getting from spot to spot with a lot more, dare I say it, URGENCY. We too often jog fairly gingerly while on offense, and that's not going to get people wide open very often as we make ourselves easy to defend because we're not making defenders have to make decisions so quickly that they sometimes make the wrong choice.

And that's what good movement does. It makes defenders sometimes go the wrong way or not switch off quickly enough or take their eyes off the big picture, getting the offense an occasional truly open look. If you'll notice, we rarely get truly open looks. We've almost always have someone defending the shooter.

We need to quicken the pace of every movement on offense. Period.

 

[feathersax]

Entire team appears to be "BAFFLED".

 

[LUVMESUMVOL]

Entire team appears to be "BAFFLED".

Some have lost confidence and faith in the head coach I bet Coach Joy and Coach Samantha have more of the ear of the players than CKH now and I think that’s what been happening in recruiting the recruits are giving more respect to our assistants than our head coach

 

[creekdipper]

I think someone has been reading too much Faulkner and Joyce.

 

[Advol]

Baffled is the least of their worries...........

 

[creekdipper]

#6 men Vols lost by one on a last-second three by Vanderbilt.

Time to start discussing Barnes' successor.

 

[Advol]

Question, how bad does it have have to get before you can admit it should be over..........??
Just wondering.....................

 

[creekdipper]

Personally, I allow the missus three times burning the toast.

Always good to err on the generous side.

 

[lvocd]

Personally, I allow the missus three times burning the toast.

Always good to err on the generous side.

Of course, you could consider making your OWN dang toast! lol

 

[lvocd]

And yes, creekdipper, I know you were being creekdippity sarcastic!

 

[Lucy]

And how do you propose this happens. This staff has had plenty of time to recruit better talent. Hasn't happened. Not wanting to point out that there seem to be quiet a few blonds on the squad. Blonds? And our coach?? Birds of a feather - - But I have...

There aren’t any blonds on our team.

 

[Coach Jumper]

I am sure there are "people" seeing things. As for the staff, they better start seeing the "writing on the wall" and trying to get this bunch of ladies playing intelligent basketball even with the handicap of being not very quick and not skilled or playing with good team work. Too much one on one dribbling by the undersized poorly skilled point guard for this team to be much of a success.

And how do you propose this happens. This staff has had plenty of time to recruit better talent. Hasn't happened. Not wanting to point out that there seem to be quiet a few blonds on the squad. Blonds? And our coach?? Birds of a feather - - But I have...

When describing males, you would use blond: He is blond. You can add an E to blond when you describe females: She is blonde

Intelligent?

 

[Chippo]

#6 men Vols lost by one on a last-second three by Vanderbilt.

Time to start discussing Barnes' successor.

Nonsense!!!!

 

[xtpsrh08123]

So what is our ceiling this season in the tourney , what would we feel good about as far as the ending >? Id say Elite 8 would be a surprise low end we lose in 1st or 2nd round seems how this season is going. Sweet 16 last season lets pray we get a nice favorable bracket.

 

[madtownvol]

There aren’t any blonds on our team.

First the blue hairs and now the blondes. Hair color is our downfall!!!!

 

[glv98]

Good question. Answer sadly very different from when this was asked preseason.

Nice favorable bracket is not happening absent a couple of miracle wins. So assumming a tough bracket where we face a top 10 team in the early rounds, I'd say 1st or 2nd round exit is probable. Sweet 16 would be a good surprise, elite 8 a freaking miracle. Anything beyond that inconceivable at this point.

 

[madtownvol]

So what is our ceiling this season in the tourney , what would we feel good about as far as the ending >? Id say Elite 8 would be a surprise low end we lose in 1st or 2nd round seems how this season is going. Sweet 16 last season lets pray we get a nice favorable bracket.

This one I think is simple. The LVs will probably have a fairly tough road owing to being a lower seed (we are now looking 7 or 8). If the team pulls it together and makes it back to the Sweet 16 that level of success would takes pressure off Kellie and she very likely will be coaching next season.

An early exit in round one or two, and the pressure and calls for a coaching change are going to escalate. I think Sweet 16 is the minimum for their not to be some big shake-ups.

 

[glv98]

And early in round one or two, and the pressure and calls for a coaching change are going to escalate. I think Sweet 16 is the minimum for their not to be some big shake-ups.

Interesting. I've been thinking they get another year even with early exit. Next year is already going to be bad without a portal miracle, so no one would oppose the change then or say they didn't get a fair chance.

I hope they don't fire Joy and/or Sam just to do some deck chair rearranging. They just got here a couple of years ago, both are very highly regarded, and no one thinks what's going on is bc of them. Although you could say Sam's recruiting results are, um, a little hard to find right now.

 

[LadyVol1908]

Idk y’all…..if we’re no where near Stanford, UCONN, and South Carolina in the brackets, I’m still hoping for a FF! I just feel like we have that Cinderella run in us if we’re clicking on all cylinders.

Or maybe it’s because I haven’t ate today yet!