Bballnut1952
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Totally agree they missed Lauren & Robyn from Auburn, how the hell did they let Kentucky and Missouri get good players .... Kyra Lambert gone Vanderbilt got Bartram, Erica Haynes-Overton, to Kansas mid year transfer.... Erin Howard from Auburn to Florida state ... Destiny to ArkansasAnother player that really could have helped Tennessee off the board, as the rest of the SEC continues to get better...
Jesus the SEC is getting tougher and tougher!
Isn’t that a good thing? People on this site b!+ched and complained about how the Pac12 and ACC had passed us as the better conferences. So this should help and good players want to play in a good conference (unless they want to go to UConn which plays a tough non conference)
Just because they put up big offensive numbers does not mean Oregon is a run and gun team. They are just very efficient at scoring. This was generally because Sabrina, along with others on that team, made good decisions. They actually passed the ball to the best option available. If they put it on the floor it was with purpose. Slocum would not fit in there.She fits the playing styles of Oregon, Arkansas, DePaul. Any run and gun team. I honestly think she would have flourished at Maryland and should have stayed there.
Not sure what your point is here. What do you think Tennessee's record would have been those two seasons without DeShields? I shudder to think about it...
The point about DeShields is not that easy to establish...All you have to do is look at the WNBA. Who is making an impact in that league and who is not? It is pretty obvious DeShields had all the necessary requirements to play the game...The Coaching, not so much.
It really helped UT in football when the other SEC schools got good.Isn’t that a good thing? People on this site b!+ched and complained about how the Pac12 and ACC had passed us as the better conferences. So this should help and good players want to play in a good conference (unless they want to go to UConn which plays a tough non conference)
It really helped UT in football when the other SEC schools got good.Isn’t that a good thing? People on this site b!+ched and complained about how the Pac12 and ACC had passed us as the better conferences. So this should help and good players want to play in a good conference (unless they want to go to UConn which plays a tough non conference)
If my eggs taste bad I’m going to first add salt before I throw out the whole plate.That's true. No one is denying the talent or even some of the individual stats put up.
The challenge is to the statement that the teams SEC adding talent are necessarily getting better as a team. I'm assuming that the poster is talking about actual team results as reflected by wins and not just on paper or determined by stats of single players.
One can reasonably say that a lot of other SEC teams have been adding talented players during the off-season. It remains to be seen whether those additions translate into better team results and whether those additions will complement the team, be a detriment, or simply have no discernable effect.
We had back-to-back Top Five recruiting classes, but that did not result in a "better" team in the long run due to defections, internal strife, dismissals, coaching deficiciences, bad chemistry, etc.
The proof is in the pudding...not the recipe.
That's true. No one is denying the talent or even some of the individual stats put up.
The challenge is to the statement that the teams SEC adding talent are necessarily getting better as a team. I'm assuming that the poster is talking about actual team results as reflected by wins and not just on paper or determined by stats of single players.
One can reasonably say that a lot of other SEC teams have been adding talented players during the off-season. It remains to be seen whether those additions translate into better team results and whether those additions will complement the team, be a detriment, or simply have no discernable effect.
We had back-to-back Top Five recruiting classes, but that did not result in a "better" team in the long run due to defections, internal strife, dismissals, coaching deficiciences, bad chemistry, etc.
The proof is in the pudding...not the recipe.
Were going to be better at most positions. I think Green will be a huge value inside and expect all of Key, Saunders, Kk, and McCoy to be better. I don't worry about the three with Davis and hopefully Burrell will finally both display talent and discipline. I like Horston at the point, but don't want to go into the season with only her at point guard and the backup a freshman like Salary. We lost two experienced guards and the replacements are two inexperienced guards. We need players that don't need on the job training at the guard positions. After Burrell a junior you have Horston and Rennie sophomores. Darby and Salary freshmen which doesn't look like a group that will have enough experience for us to improve our record which I am expecting to happen.
It really helped UT in football when the other SEC schools got good.
oh wait, no it didn’t.
The only thing I worry about is an injury to any of the three top players really puts you in a bind. If it was Horston then the point guard would be a freshman. If it was Davis guess Burrell would switch and the two guard would be a freshman. Were solid in the post a little weak after the starters at guard. Adding one more player that is elite even a combo guard would certainly make me fell better overall.Agreed, hoping we can get a grad transfer guard or a transfer guard who would qualify for immediate play. I really don’t think we’re in a bad spot though.
The only thing I worry about is an injury to any of the three top players really puts you in a bind. If it was Horston then the point guard would be a freshman. If it was Davis guess Burrell would switch and the two guard would be a freshman. Were solid in the post a little weak after the starters at guard. Adding one more player that is elite even a combo guard would certainly make me fell better overall.
I think it's hard to come from a mid major and then try to quickly build relationships for 2021 and 2022 prospects that other coaches have spent years nurturing. I can't imagine these are the caliber of players that KJH was trying to get for MoSt. She'll need time to make a name for herself. I envision that Nikki will have the same issue at MSST. Otherwise, you're relying on kids that are hellbent on playing for a certain school, coach be damned. And there will be fewer of those kids that feel that way about Tennessee until they start winning again.The disturbing thing to me is other SEC teams have gotten better by hauling in top recruits but so far, the last few yrs, we have not. That has been the nub of the problem. KJH has not had a chance to change that trend yet and I sure hope she does. First step would be hauling in a top recruit.
Totally agree, which is why I said KJH has not had the chance to reverse the trend yet. Unfortunately, its a viscous cycle - other SEC teams get elite recruits and get better, making our ascent that much more difficult, wins harder to come by. So we move farther and farther away from destination school status and our glory legacy. Can't get the players unless you win, but can't win without the players.I think it's hard to come from a mid major and then try to quickly build relationships for 2021 and 2022 prospects that other coaches have spent years nurturing. I can't imagine these are the caliber of players that KJH was trying to get for MoSt. She'll need time to make a name for herself. I envision that Nikki will have the same issue at MSST. Otherwise, you're relying on kids that are hellbent on playing for a certain school, coach be damned. And there will be fewer of those kids that feel that way about Tennessee until they start winning again.
You said it best the other day, KJH is going to get the sternest of coaching tests, having to do more with less, create players who can scrap it out in an increasingly tough SEC landscape. She may very well be up to that challenge, I am pulling for her to do so.
That would be such a fun team to watch and pull for. Especially after so many years of doing less with more. Sure hope that's what we get in 20-21, that is if we get 20-21 at all.The good news is other SEC teams have done it. A perfect example is when UK best Tennessee last season. Howard was a freshman and foul trouble made her a non factor all game. They lost their starting PG to injury in the second half. Their best player was Maci Morris, who probably wouldn't have been able to get a callback from Holly as a recruit, but she kept them in the game until she fouled out late in the game. And they ended up winning with a rag tag group of no name players in the last 5 minutes. That's the type of team effort I'm hoping to see Kelly replicate, and truthfully, she's got more to work with than Mitchell had that year.