Cuonzo has a lot to offer!

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TennaciousD957

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I rarely post, but read every day. I am Vol all the way through. I am twice the basketball fan than I am football fan, and I am huge football fan. Cuonzo has impressed me in several ways since he has been here.

1. He is a great representative of the University. He is honest, straightforward, and I have a lot of respect for him.
2. He is a nice recruiter, and an even better talent evaluater. Anybody that can get Stokes and Hubbs is doin g something right. His evaluations of Richardson, Moore, Thompson, Davis, etc seem spot on. Taking the BP leftovers and recruiting he has built a very talented roster
3. His players seem to respect him and play hard.

However, at this point in his career, the big question is. When have you seen him "outcoach" the other team? He has won some big games against good teams. He has lost some terrible games to terrible teams. The problem is that when you look at the other teams bench and you see a guy that can gameplan and adjust (Marshall, Floyd, etc.) Tennessee is in trouble regardless of talent. It is possible he has potential to be a good game coach, but Hamilton once again hired a guy 5-10 years before he was ready for primetime. Its a shame too, because I think Cuonzo has a ton of strengths, but I fear that the rest of this season will be just like the last 2. A few good wins, a few bad losses, and an NIT bid. I hope I am wrong.
 
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He's impressed everywhere except where it matters most. On the court. The win column. Vanilla offense and defense.
 
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Unfortunately for him it all rest in the W-L column. I would add he just does not show enough fire, and even though it is redundant he doesn't focus on ft shooting and his team is the worst, how many points did we leave at the line today? It is a mindset and we don't have it.
 
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TennaciousD957 said:
I rarely post, but read every day. I am Vol all the way through. I am twice the basketball fan than I am football fan, and I am huge football fan. Cuonzo has impressed me in several ways since he has been here.

1. He is a great representative of the University. He is honest, straightforward, and I have a lot of respect for him.
2. He is a nice recruiter, and an even better talent evaluater. Anybody that can get Stokes and Hubbs is doin g something right. His evaluations of Richardson, Moore, Thompson, Davis, etc seem spot on. Taking the BP leftovers and recruiting he has built a very talented roster
3. His players seem to respect him and play hard.

However, at this point in his career, the big question is. When have you seen him "outcoach" the other team? He has won some big games against good teams. He has lost some terrible games to terrible teams. The problem is that when you look at the other teams bench and you see a guy that can gameplan and adjust (Marshall, Floyd, etc.) Tennessee is in trouble regardless of talent. It is possible he has potential to be a good game coach, but Hamilton once again hired a guy 5-10 years before he was ready for primetime. Its a shame too, because I think Cuonzo has a ton of strengths, but I fear that the rest of this season will be just like the last 2. A few good wins, a few bad losses, and an NIT bid. I hope I am wrong.
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Even your 1,2,3 are incorrect. There is absolutely nothing defensible about this guys program in year 3.
 
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Poor guy's probably stuck here 2 more years because of the money situation.
Hope it doesn't get to the point where they're booing him in the parking lot like they did Doofus.
 
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TennaciousD957 said:
He has won some big games against good teams. He has lost some terrible games to terrible teams.
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Care to mention what "big games" he has won? The only ones I can think of are against Florida. The terrible loses far outweigh the wins over Florida. And you can't say that the win over UK last years was against a good team...
 
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calban said:
Poor guy's probably stuck here 2 more years because of the money situation.
Hope it doesn't get to the point where they're booing him in the parking lot like they did Doofus.
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Yeah I'm losing faith in him. But there is no reason for everyone on here to bash the guy because he lost on the road to a top 10 team. If this game is played on a neutral court I think we win by 10+. I'm one of his biggest supporters but if he doesn't make the tourney this year I think it's time to start looking around.
 
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AZVOLSFAN said:
Care to mention what "big games" he has won? The only ones I can think of are against Florida. The terrible loses far outweigh the wins over Florida. And you can't say that the win over UK last years was against a good team...
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Florida x 3, Uconn, UK by 30, Mizzou, Vandy, there's a few. But he has had his bad loses too.
 
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Stoked4Zo said:
Yeah I'm losing faith in him. But there is no reason for everyone on here to bash the guy because he lost on the road to a top 10 team. If this game is played on a neutral court I think we win by 10+. I'm one of his biggest supporters but if he doesn't make the tourney this year I think it's time to start looking around.
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This game was the season, bro. We won't make the tourny.

We all know Cuonzo can't coach well enough to run the gamut in the SEC and get us there.
 
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Stoked4Zo said:
Yeah I'm losing faith in him. But there is no reason for everyone on here to bash the guy because he lost on the road to a top 10 team. If this game is played on a neutral court I think we win by 10+. I'm one of his biggest supporters but if he doesn't make the tourney this year I think it's time to start looking around.
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I lost faith in him last season! Last season, it was obivious that he wasn't going to be the future of U.T. basketball.


(1) Lost to Austin Peay

(2) Lost to College of Charleston

(3) Lost to M.T.S.U. in the 1st round of the N.I.T.
 
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Stoked4Zo said:
Florida x 3, Uconn, UK by 30, Mizzou, Vandy, there's a few. But he has had his bad loses too.
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I said the Florida wins were good wins. However, Vandy didn't even go to the NIT tournament last year. The UK team that he beat by 30 lost first round of the NIT. I'll give you Uconn and Mizzou, even though those two team lost their first round NCAA tournament games.
 
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Ernest T. Vol said:
Has a lot to offer someone like TN Wesleyan.
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When do we get to hear Martin mumble for 5 minutes about today's game? I have purchased an ear magnifier to try and hear what he has to say. LOL I think he does it on purpose.
 
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Cuonzo is now 7-8 vs. Top 25 teams. Is that good enough for most fans? Not without an NCAA tourney bid
 
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Rudy123 said:
I lost faith in him last season! Last season, it was obivious that he wasn't going to be the future of U.T. basketball.


(1) Lost to Austin Peay

(2) Lost to College of Charleston

(3) Lost to M.T.S.U. in the 1st round of the N.I.T.
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These are all teams that your man crush Pearl lost to as well.
 
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Rudy123 said:
I lost faith in him last season! Last season, it was obivious that he wasn't going to be the future of U.T. basketball.


(1) Lost to Austin Peay

(2) Lost to College of Charleston

(3) Lost to M.T.S.U. in the 1st round of the N.I.T.
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Wrong season but I get your point man.
 
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