Chaz Lanier watch thread

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#176
He is a good player but it’s more than obvious who is the weak link on offense and it isn’t Lanier. JM is a clone of JJJ offensively and that is probably an insult to Josiah. Teams literally don’t have to guard him, he provides nothing offensively
 
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#177
Chaz didn’t cost us the game today. Our inability to defend them in the half court for the majority of game, over reliance on perimeter scoring and inability to execute anything offensively without Zeigler on court is what cost us. Lanier could have been the hero but didn’t get it done.
 
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landscapingvol said:
He is a good player but it’s more than obvious who is the weak link on offense and it isn’t Lanier. JM is a clone of JJJ offensively and that is probably an insult to Josiah. Teams literally don’t have to guard him, he provides nothing offensively
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Dude, he’s nothing like JJJ. JJJ would randomly go off for like 20 points here and there and shot 32% from 3. Mashack will never do that well offensively.
 
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#180
Time to start Gainey over Lanier, today in front of his family he made every type of turnover possible, including walking, played mediocre defense, killed momentum with every turnover, got packed driving to the goal, he's not a dribble drive wing, he's a standstill shooter, had a chance to redeem himself, didn't get it done, 5th year player making first year mistakes, the skill set necessary to play at a high SEC level simply is not there, time to see if he can be instant offense off the bend without the turnovers, Rick needs to move on from the Chaz experiment, the SEC season is no training ground for kids that didn't have the necessary skills years 1 - 4.
 
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#181
Lanier has killed this team in conference play. Killed us. Bench him. Awful defense. Careless with the basketball. Can’t hit his free throws.
 
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TartanTurff said:
Time to start Gainey over Lanier, today in front of his family he made every type of turnover possible, including walking, played mediocre defense, killed momentum with every turnover, got packed driving to the goal, he's not a dribble drive wing, he's a standstill shooter, had a chance to redeem himself, didn't get it done, 5th year player making first year mistakes, the skill set necessary to play at a high SEC level simply is not there, time to see if he can be instant offense off the bend without the turnovers, Rick needs to move on from the Chaz experiment, the SEC season is no training ground for kids that didn't have the necessary skills years 1 - 4.
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He was the leading scorer today….and Gainey is the most inconsistent player on this team.
 
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CNeagleVolFan said:
We also aren’t in the game without his 4-6 from 3. The issues run deeper than that. Gotta rebound the damn ball and get tougher!
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I know. I’m just frustrated. This team is hard to pin down right now. I’m not sure how to feel about them. It’s always 1 step forward 2 steps backwards so far to start SEC play. And this is the “easy” portion of our schedule.
 
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TheMookieMonster said:
Lanier has killed this team in conference play. Killed us. Bench him. Awful defense. Careless with the basketball. Can’t hit his free throws.
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Chaz's 5 turnovers today were unusual. He typically over averages 1 per game. He was just flat careless today and alot had to do with how Vandy was defending him. Other teams will do likewise. He is almost strictly a catch and shoot player. Handle isn't very good and he dribbles too high. Still one of the best shooters I've seen but he can't carry the scoring load and we at times tend to become a perimeter-oriented halfcourt offense while trying to get him involved in the offense. UT will be a better offensive team when we rely on him less, his points come in the flow of the offense and others like Milicic, Mashack and hopefully Dubar (if he gets minutes) get more involved and more aggressive scoring the ball.
 
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TartanTurff said:
Time to start Gainey over Lanier, today in front of his family he made every type of turnover possible, including walking, played mediocre defense, killed momentum with every turnover, got packed driving to the goal, he's not a dribble drive wing, he's a standstill shooter, had a chance to redeem himself, didn't get it done, 5th year player making first year mistakes, the skill set necessary to play at a high SEC level simply is not there, time to see if he can be instant offense off the bend without the turnovers, Rick needs to move on from the Chaz experiment, the SEC season is no training ground for kids that didn't have the necessary skills years 1 - 4.
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Even if you did that you'd have to bring him right in. Gainey is only playing 3 less minutes than Lanier as it is.
Gainey is already almost a starter. We have no bench. Is it what it is.
We just have to pray Chaz gets hot again.
It's really our only way to win a game.🫤
 
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landscapingvol said:
He is a good player but it’s more than obvious who is the weak link on offense and it isn’t Lanier. JM is a clone of JJJ offensively and that is probably an insult to Josiah. Teams literally don’t have to guard him, he provides nothing offensively
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IMO JM should be replaced in the starting lineup by Gainey. Let JM focus on defense late in the game if we need to protect a lead. Otherwise, his offense doesn’t travel and he is a liability.
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
Wasn’t Chaz the leading scorer on the #1 team in the country for 5 weeks?
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That #1 ranking was completely fools gold. Chaz is a mediocre player at best against good SEC defense. He has very limited ability to do anything outside of shoot a three. His ball handling, defense and rebounding are also slightly below average. He is decent player but he’s not a player who can lead and carry a team. He’s not an alpha dog. We have one alpha on this team, but unfortunately he’s only 5’9”.
 
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#195
Vandy beat us because our bench had a bad night

Gainey 34 minutes 5 PTs 1-6 FG (he’s our 3rd leading scorer)
Cade 9 minutes, 0 points, 1 rebound
Dubar, 7 minutes 3 points 1-4 FG
 
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87Vol said:
That #1 ranking was completely fools gold. Chaz is a mediocre player at best against good SEC defense. He has very limited ability to do anything outside of shoot a three. His ball handling, defense and rebounding are also slightly below average. He is decent player but he’s not a player who can lead and carry a team. He’s not an alpha dog. We have one alpha on this team, but unfortunately he’s only 5’9”.
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Best start in the history of TN basketball. Won another holiday tournament. #1 ranking doubling the # of weeks as the AP #1 in program
history. Yes. Our players and coaches suck.
 
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MoCo_Vol said:
17 Points
5-11 FG
4-6 3PT
3-4 FT

The 5 TOs were rough, but this lost isn’t on Chaz
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His 5 TOs were very costly, as was getting stuffed at end, and then missing free throw.

You are right that there are plenty of other things that went wrong during the game including rebounding, defense, fouling 3 point shooters that loss not solely on Chaz. His turnovers were just extremely frustrating as was end of the game execution.
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
Best start in the history of TN basketball. Won another holiday tournament. #1 ranking doubling the # of weeks as the AP #1 in program
history. Yes. Our players and coaches suck.
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Well, we’re only 3-2 in conference play, and we sucked plenty against Florida and Vandy. If we can’t play tougher on the road, we might wind up with 8 or 9 losses in conference which would totally ruin that “best start” and promising season.
 
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87Vol said:
Well, we’re only 3-2 in conference play, and we sucked plenty against Florida and Vandy. If we can’t play tougher on the road, we might wind up with 8 or 9 losses in conference which would totally ruin that “best start” and promising season.
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And we MIGHT be 0-5 in the conference if Chaz wasn’t part of this team.
 
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