Diamond out!!

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volbabyvol said:
So the sorry Coach can come out and lie about a player not being with the team anymore and its alright, if I'm not mistaking we found out from another party about Tea??

A player does something to that extent(not sure on the situation) we hold them more accountable than the coach, I wonder were she learned it from??

We are down 3 players and 1 assistant coach and this is a players fault??
No one wants to associate with a sorry coach its only so much one can take but everybody gets the blame but the person in charge this is crazy our coaching sucks period!!

If the coach doesn't owe us a explanation why does the player??

Agree to disagree
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And life goes on. So want to watch them play this year.
 
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Diamond left because she thought her friend Cooper had been slighted by the University. This points out that she was never about team and we'll be better off without her. Several of us were hoping a player would stay that didn't really care about Tennessee. Her main focus was Diamond and Cooper.
If the person that takes her place can score ten a game and limit their turnovers to three or less a game will be more benefit to the team than she was.
 
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Volfan2012 said:
Diamond left because she thought her friend Cooper had been slighted by the University. This points out that she was never about team and we'll be better off without her. Several of us were hoping a player would stay that didn't really care about Tennessee. Her main focus was Diamond and Cooper.
If the person that takes her place can score ten a game and limit their turnovers to three or less a game will be more benefit to the team than she was.
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Rennia Davis will be our girl.....
 
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I am tired of discussing Diamond and Cooper, that is a closed chapter. Let us deal with what we have. What we have is very good with a lot of upsides.
 
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Bloviate as much as you'd like. I doubt if Diamond cares one whit if she's considered a VFL, a term fans assign as they please for their own amusement.
 
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Cut and Pasted from a Grant Ramey article on VFL...

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What exactly is a Vol For Life?



The question is the most basic one that can be asked to Antone Davis. Davis, who has been Tennessee football's Vol For Life coordinator since 2012, knows the answer better than anyone. Still, he laughs when asked.

Then he takes a deep breath.

"It's kind of become a loaded question," he said. "The answer, in my opinion, has really been what's made it so special. I'll explain that."

That explanation takes around 10 minutes, with Davis going into detail about where the program began, a crash course of life skills for Tennessee football players, to where it is now, a three-letter acronym in the everyday language of an entire state, synonymous with checkerboard end zones and "Rocky Top."

"There's a lot of meaning behind Vol For Life," Tennessee football coach Butch Jones said last week. "It means so much it took us about a week to really define what a Vol for Life is. It's something that is lived every day. It's something special."

It's something very different from what it was on the ground floor six years ago.

The start

Vol For Life was the brainchild of Derek Dooley. Hired to replace Lane Kiffin in 2010, the new Tennessee coach knew his football team needed a program that taught life skills, one that looked after players and helped them prepare for life after football.

"What we were trying to say at that time," Davis said, "was once you're a Vol, you're a Vol For Life. We're not turning our backs on you once you've given us your four years.

"We're going to stick with you, try to help you become a successful young man beyond your time at Tennessee. It's not about the next four years, it's about the next 40 years."
 
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NoBackBoard said:
I agree with most of the article. However, where were these media critiques of DD when she played? It probably would have helped. Seems like the media and others are just jumping on the bandwagon.
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I wondered where the critical critiques by the media were for the last two years also. It's easy to give explanations in hindsight. A little foresight, a little investigative journalism these past two seasons would have been appreciated.
The author of this article lost all credibility with me with this one line: "But Diamond always had the ability to play point guard and orchestrate a well-oiled offensive machine" What ???
Has he watched ANY LV games the last couple of years ? That might be the most clueless statement, about LV basketball, that I've read in the last two years. And that covers some mighty big territory.
 
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Teacherdean: That's the great unknown, the rookies When Pat brought in five players each of whom were their states' player of the year, there were All-Americans Tanya Haave and Mary O in there We didn't know until they played. Let's see if there arev at least two All-Americans now and the team will be alright
 
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Ladyvolfan4ever said:
I thought she would have to go through the draft next year? Does she think she can pick a WNBA game like she did a college team? Also I thought her and Kaela Davis didn't want to play together? Can they get along?
Just wondering!!!
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If she waits it out, she can control her destiny. She may have already devalued herself to some teams by "jumping" the draft and playing overseas.
 
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