Cuonzo's downfall: lack of leadership at point guard

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One of the problems Cuonzo will continue to have is the type of players he recruits. Kids who want to shoot and score don't want to play his style of play. He wants the long athletic type who can defend first and if he is lucky get to shoot the ball on occasions. I believe a team needs both, but Cuonzo doesn't seem interested or capable of recruiting a mix of talents that fill a team's needs. The only consistent 3 point shooter on the team is a kid he did not recruit.
 
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If only we had gotten the dre mathieu kid who's at Minnesota. He was a juco aa and from knoxville but zo didn't even try to recruit him cuz he's only 5'9". He's havin a good year in the big 10
 
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Team has zero basketball IQ. Richardson savviest player. Who calls timeout with 2 seconds left in game. Any coaches come to mind? Anyone?
 
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govols120 said:
In case people have forgotten just how horrendous an athletic director Hamilton was, he interviewed both Cuonzo and Gregg Marshall, who had been to the NCAAs seven times at time of interview...and hired Cuonzo, owner of (still) zero NCAA appearances.
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SMDH...:ermm: Directed at Hamilton's failures...not your post.
 
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BigDave said:
Martin can recruit . . . but is not a game management or game plan type of coach . . . Sorry, but Martin needs to Exit Stage Left . . . right after the NIT 1st game, as we will not see the 2nd round . . .
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Disagree respectfully about his ability to recruit. As far as the NIT, I hope Dave Hart declines an invitation. He may not have to decline. This team could conceivably lose it's remaining games.
 
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In the SEC, Barton has scored a total of 30 points in 14 games including game high 14 points against LSU..in SEC, 2.5 points a game. Thompson has scored a total of 28 points,
2.0 points a game....at Texas A&M. they scored a total of 2 points...if Tennessee opponent scores 65 points, Tennessee is often in trouble....good chance they could lose to Vanderbilt and Missouri.. NIT bound.......
 
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BigZiti09 said:
He doesn't deserve the UT job. Never did. He was given the job due to circumstance, not merit.
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Agree, he never went to the tourney before he came here so what did we expect? A coaches history is an indication of where they are going and Zo's told us that he could get us close to the NCAA tourney but that was it.
 
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govols120 said:
You could replace "leadership" with "talent", "efficiency", "offensive prowess", or any other similarly minded word/words, but yeah. Nothing worth noting at the position since CJ Watson.

Also, timeouts, gameplans, lineups, etc.
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You do realize there have been multiple sweet 16s and an elite 8 since CJ, right?
 
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SPRINGHILLVOL said:
In the SEC, Barton has scored a total of 30 points in 14 games including game high 14 points against LSU..in SEC, 2.5 points a game. Thompson has scored a total of 28 points,
2.0 points a game....at Texas A&M. they scored a total of 2 points...if Tennessee opponent scores 65 points, Tennessee is often in trouble....good chance they could lose to Vanderbilt and Missouri.. NIT bound.......
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CCM better rest and prepare for the SECT ... Its the only hope IMO.
 
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de3cls said:
Disagree respectfully about his ability to recruit. As far as the NIT, I hope Dave Hart declines an invitation. He may not have to decline. This team could conceivably lose it's remaining games.[/QUOTE.

If you do decline it does hurt your University. Also you no longer have to have a winning record to make it into the tourney. So if we tank he could still make it in. Hart would also accept the invite to not put a negative cloud over the orogram with the NCAa
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Insunseri said:
The hallmark of a bad coach is consistently losing winnable games. I gotta say, I don't think I've ever seen a coach take a timeout in that form and fashion. Underachieving is so ingrained in this team's psyche that it's impossible to really achieve success
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You know if we hadn't been talking about his time out usage over the last several weeks perhaps yesterdays incident might not be so magnified. Whatever spin folk put on it we lost the game when we had the win.
 
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govols120 said:
You could replace "leadership" with "talent", "efficiency", "offensive prowess", or any other similarly minded word/words, but yeah. Nothing worth noting at the position since CJ Watson.

Also, timeouts, gameplans, lineups, etc.
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No, right now his main downfall is the fact he hasn't recruited well enough to have a decent bench. Bench points or points from the 7-8-9 guy has cost them plenty. But, if you also look game to game you'll see some serious inconsistentcies in % production even from the starters. Again, that falls squarely on the coach(es). Bottom line is, a change needs to occur.
 
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govols120 said:
In case people have forgotten just how horrendous an athletic director Hamilton was, he interviewed both Cuonzo and Gregg Marshall, who had been to the NCAAs seven times at time of interview...and hired Cuonzo, owner of (still) zero NCAA appearances.
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Well, yeah, and that may be our biggest problem. If you look at both men's resumes it's a no brainer. But I'm afraid at UT, our AD will always worry about what the FB coach will think about the BB coach's contract. That will always hold us down in BB. It's a real easy fix. It's two different sports. You let each coach know that you will be paid 'accordingly'. That means if you win, you will be paid. But in my mind no sport automatically makes you the higher paid coach. We have fans who think the FB coach should be paid more...regardless. LOL!
 
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BurninOrange said:
If you do decline it does hurt your University. Also you no longer have to have a winning record to make it into the tourney. So if we tank he could still make it in. Hart would also accept the invite to not put a negative cloud over the orogram with the NCAa
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You also have to decline preseason
 
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Watching Dre Mathieu and Fabyon Harris lately, 2 guys we could've had and Martin passed on due to size, is beyond frustrating.

I don't get Martin's PG recruiting honestly. He criticized golden because he couldn't guard quicker PGs. So he adds Thompson and Barton, 2 guys that also struggle to stay in front of quicker PGs. Barton not as much as Thompson, but Thompson was recruited by Martin as the pg of the future? So once again what has been an issue this year, not being able to defend opposing PGs.

It just seems like you would like a guy like Mathieu or Harris, they have no issues sticking to quicker PGs.

Jmo
 
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Spartacavolus said:
and DT got worse after given the starting job and being coached as a starter. Kid is long and can run and see the floor but is told to walk it up and run away from it.

There isn't a pg around that wants to play in that offense. At least not one with any sense.
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What disturbs me most about this is that every player who suddenly gets some minutes regresses with each passing game. Thompson has gotten progressively worse since being inserted into the starting lineup. Armani finally was unleashed, and after a good game or two, he's taken a big step back. Same with Reese. Same with A.J. Young players should be getting better with game experience, not worse.
 
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DowntownVol said:
What disturbs me most about this is that every player who suddenly gets some minutes regresses with each passing game. Thompson has gotten progressively worse since being inserted into the starting lineup. Armani finally was unleashed, and after a good game or two, he's taken a big step back. Same with Reese. Same with A.J. Young players should be getting better with game experience, not worse.
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Richardson has progressed, same for McRae, Maymon and Stokes.

I agree many haven't, but not all IMO.
 
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Spartacavolus said:
I warned you after DT looked so good in his first start that it would go downhill from there and it did. He never came close to looking the same again.
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Seriously, I can only remember him hitting 4 shots beyond 2 ft all season. When he fires from long range , he has a good chance of hitting a blue hair in the 2nd row.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
Richardson has progressed, same for McRae, Maymon and Stokes.

I agree many haven't, but not all IMO.
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Richardson and Stokes are juniors. McRae and Maymon are seniors. At this point, they are what they are. And I will grant that Richardson and Stokes have taken a step forward this year. But we desperately need some production from PG and the bench in general, and Thompson and Armani are the two guys who could and should (at this point in the year) be able to really help us. They're not. And that's basically the fine line between being comfortably in the Dance as a 7 or 8 seed and being outside looking in, as we are right now, regardless of what Lunardi says. We'd have to win the last 4 plus at least one SECT game. I'd say the odds on that are about 20-1.
 
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vols 30 said:
Seriously, I can only remember him hitting 4 shots beyond 2 ft all season. When he fires from long range , he has a good chance of hitting a blue hair in the 2nd row.
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His release and footwork is terrible. Of course Bto said he is a great shooter and needs no changes, but he hasn't been right in 3 years.
 
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