Coach Kellie Harper

Do you want Coach Harper to return or hire new Coach?

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#426
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knoxvol52 said:
Conversation was about 1st round draft picks, so you're saying Rickea would've not been a top 3 draft pick at ANY other school?
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It definitely could have turned out differently. Maybe Dawn runs her off in 2022, maybe Mulkey coddles her to her own detriment. At a smaller school maybe she tries to run the team and blows up the chemistry. CKH's suspension seemed overly tough to me at the time, but apparently, it was tough enough and something that Jackson respected enough to return this year.
 
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37620VOL said:
It definitely could have turned out differently. Maybe Dawn runs her off in 2022, maybe Mulkey coddles her to her own detriment. At a smaller school maybe she tries to run the team and blows up the chemistry. CKH's suspension seemed overly tough to me at the time, but apparently, it was tough enough and something that Jackson respected enough to return this year.
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Appreciate the answer without going into the full blown you hate Kellie bs some spew.
Yes I agree the discipline helped her.
Thanks enjoy the game today..
 
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knoxvol52 said:
Conversation was about 1st round draft picks, so you're saying Rickea would've not been a top 3 draft pick at ANY other school?
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When she came here she heard the right words from someone and they have impacted her life and given her the ambition to stay a top five pick....Someone really steered her right

And this happened at UT,,,,
 
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37620VOL said:
It definitely could have turned out differently. Maybe Dawn runs her off in 2022, maybe Mulkey coddles her to her own detriment. At a smaller school maybe she tries to run the team and blows up the chemistry. CKH's suspension seemed overly tough to me at the time, but apparently, it was tough enough and something that Jackson respected enough to return this year.
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You're right the transition to a completely different player in Rickea,,, started right there.
That was her transition into the "now-player"
She has become Michael to Jewel's Scottie
We need to see that side of them today
 
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knoxvol52 said:
Rickea Jackson would be a lottery pick if she had stayed at MSU, her talent alone no matter what school she played at she would still be a top 3 pick and you know this as well..
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I know no such thing. Both Rickea and her Mom have said if had stayed at MSU she probably wouldn't be playing at all right now. Talent alone ain't it. RJ has always had plenty, but definitely needed a certain kind of culture to mature into. See Barker, Janiah.

But you know what, I don't care a whit about this argument. Could have happened in Timbuktu. But the maturity of RJ as a person and a player happened with the UT Lady Vols under Coach Kellie Harper and that is never changing. Coulda, mighta will be quickly forgotten. 4 straight first round draft picks will be long remembered.
 
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knoxvol52 said:
Even agree to a certain point with Horston
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To a certain point? What KJH did for RJ was chump change after what she did for Jordy. How many coaches would have nursed Jordy during her 'more turnovers than Arbys' period or been patient enough to pull JH out of her own head as deeply as she was into it besides Kellie? IMO the strong relationship they developed is almost exclusively responsible for Jordy's talent being free to emerge for the WNBA.

KJH has her weaknesses, but developing very talented players who may have some head issues is most certainly not one of them.
 
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glv98 said:
I know no such thing. Both Rickea and her Mom have said if had stayed at MSU she probably wouldn't be playing at all right now. Talent alone ain't it. RJ has always had plenty, but definitely needed a certain kind of culture to mature into. See Barker, Janiah.

But you know what, I don't care a whit about this argument. Could have happened in Timbuktu. But the maturity of RJ as a person and a player happened with the UT Lady Vols under Coach Kellie Harper and that is never changing. Coulda, mighta will be quickly forgotten. 4 straight first round draft picks will be long remembered.
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Not a damn argument. I agree about one thing with you I don't give a **** about this conversation either.
 
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glv98 said:
To a certain point? What KJH did for RJ was chump change after what she did for Jordy. How many coaches would have nursed Jordy during her 'more turnovers than Arbys' period or been patient enough to pull JH out of her own head as deeply as she was into it besides Kellie? IMO the strong relationship they developed is almost exclusively responsible for Jordy's talent being free to emerge healthy enough for the WNBA.

KJH has her weaknesses, but developing very talented players who may have some head issues is most certainly not one of them.
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