Billy Donovan: Vols Team to Beat in SEC

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GoBigOrangeVols said:
John Adams: Billy Donovan sees Vols as team to beat in SEC » GoVolsXtra
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The comments at GVX are always good for a laugh. The trolls over there must get text alerts every time an article goes up.

Back on topic. I think if Donavon coached in a lot of other places besides Florida, UT fans would appreciate him. He doesn't make an a.s.s of himself on the bench, wins and loses graciously, and always puts a competitive product on the floor. It's just hard to get over him being a gator for some people.
 
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zansdad said:
The comments at GVX are always good for a laugh. The trolls over there must get text alerts every time an article goes up.

Back on topic. I think if Donavon coached in a lot of other places besides Florida, UT fans would appreciate him. He doesn't make an a.s.s of himself on the bench, wins and loses graciously, and always puts a competitive product on the floor. It's just hard to get over him being a gator for some people.
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Those guys blow my mind every time I make the mistake of looking at the comment section.
 
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Personally I feel it's UF as the team to beat, but you treks gear coaches say that about themselves. Also, with the trouble UF has verse Tennessee, maybe he's trying a new approach.

All seriousness though, I do think UF and Tennessee on paper have a chance to be 1 & 2, but that's why they play the games.
 
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I love Billy Donovan as a coach. I think he's underrated which is odd for a guy with two titles. That said, this comment is silly.
 
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zansdad said:
The comments at GVX are always good for a laugh. The trolls over there must get text alerts every time an article goes up.

Back on topic. I think if Donavon coached in a lot of other places besides Florida, UT fans would appreciate him. He doesn't make an a.s.s of himself on the bench, wins and loses graciously, and always puts a competitive product on the floor. It's just hard to get over him being a gator for some people.
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If your Mama had balls she'd be your Daddy. He IS the coach @ FL so we DON'T appreciate him.
 
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Yankee_Vol said:
If only we had a real PG
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Serious or sarcastic?

If serious not sure I understand. Golden is more than adequate and that was as a first year PG, a year in which he was arguably a top 3-5 PG in the SEC. Given a full off season to work with a great PG in asst coach Webster, I'm not sure PG is our biggest area of concern.
 
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cncchris33 said:
I love Billy Donovan as a coach. I think he's underrated which is odd for a guy with two titles. That said, this comment is silly.
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Well you know he won't say his own team is the team to beat so that leaves Tennessee and Kentucky. I'm a bit surprised he "shunned" KY like that, but I don't think we're that far behind UK, if at all. With that said, I also wouldn't think we're clearly the better team than KY and am surprised he amounts us that spot and not even mention KY in the same sentence.
 
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cncchris33 said:
I love Billy Donovan as a coach. I think he's underrated which is odd for a guy with two titles. That said, this comment is silly.
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Why is it silly? If you coached a team that had done to them what we did to Florida last year, you would be talking that team up too. You're not gonna poor mouth a team that blew you out at home.
 
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I'd still take Florida. But we are definitely top four.
 
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sonofUT62 said:
Why is it silly? If you coached a team that had done to them what we did to Florida last year, you would be talking that team up too. You're not gonna poor mouth a team that blew you out at home.
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There is a clear difference in poor-mouthing, and annointing a paper champion. He could have done neither, and saved face. I think its a little premature to be speculating that a team with holes at two positions (SG and SF) will win the conference. However, I will acknowledge that its unlikely that a class guy like Donovan would pick his own team and boast about their talents, so I can see why he picked the obvious two other programs who have either talent or experience on their side.
 
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Are we really expected to be that good next year? If so that is good to hear!
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
We should be ncaa tourney team and close if not in the top 25 most of the season.
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If UT starts strong in Puerto Rico I would assume they jump up into the top 15 pretty soon. I think a lot of people are waiting to see which UT team is taking the floor in 2012-2013. The one that looked horrible during last year's OOC schedule, the team that looked mediocre the last 3 games of the season, or the squad that went on a tear down the stretch of the SEC schedule. If UT comes out strong, I bet a lot of national media jumps on the bandwagon.
 
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zansdad said:
If UT starts strong in Puerto Rico I would assume they jump up into the top 15 pretty soon. I think a lot of people are waiting to see which UT team is taking the floor in 2012-2013. The one that looked horrible during last year's OOC schedule, the team that looked mediocre the last 3 games of the season, or the squad that went on a tear down the stretch of the SEC schedule. If UT comes out strong, I bet a lot of national media jumps on the bandwagon.
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That's a good point. If we start out winnig that tourney and beating a top 5-10 team in nc state, we could definitely jump up very quickly. Pretty exciting to think about!
 
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I'll wait and see how Golden has progressed. He is the key IMO. We'll be pretty solid everywhere else. Fla and Ky will still be formidable. Candy should take a big step back.
 
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