Donovan praises Stokes and Tennessee...

[terrypedigo]

Donovan and Martin are what college coaches should be like. Great guys and good examples for their players and fans of the respective schools. The UF/UT basketball rivalry is about competition more so than hatred.

True VOLS hates gators:machgun::gun::boxing2::banghead2::spank::gun::boxing2::furious3::realmad:unch_bag::number1::horse:uke5:

 

[zansdad]

Fla. has a losing record to TN since Donovan has been there.

And Pearl went 1-3 vs Billy G and let Meeks hang 54 at TBA. Sometimes stats are useless.

 

[terrypedigo]

:bash::aggressive::realmad::banghead2::spank::machgun::bash:unch_bag::corso::horse::chair:Gators suck suck suck suck suck. You beat them kick them stomp them do what it takes to win the hell with sportsmanship when it comes to a gator.

 

[cncchris33]

You know I wasn't going to put Miller but I talked myself into thinking he was a 4 star. As far as McRae goes, his dribbling is to try to make plays for himself. He like the ball in his hands, that's my only point. As for Golden I was saying he wasn't performing well at PG, only that in a perfect world he could focus on scoring and not running the offense.

I wish McRae would attack the rim more often honestly. He's a very good FT shooter and a heck of an athlete. He just has no confidence in his ability to get there, or he's scared of contact. I'd much rather see him drive to the paint 10 seconds into the shot clock than jack up a 24-footer.

I agree on Golden. Ideally, he is a natural SG with his ability to score with his jumper and his ability to get to the basket, but our lack of a true PG has forced him to learn that position on the fly.

 

[zansdad]

I wish McRae would attack the rim more often honestly. He's a very good FT shooter and a heck of an athlete. He just has no confidence in his ability to get there, or he's scared of contact. I'd much rather see him drive to the paint 10 seconds into the shot clock than jack up a 24-footer.

I agree on Golden. Ideally, he is a natural SG with his ability to score with his jumper and his ability to get to the basket, but our lack of a true PG has forced him to learn that position on the fly.

With McRae, It might be fear of contact or it might be because he is so slightly built, it's easy for defenders to push him off his path.

As far as Golden goes, I think he is going to surprise people next year. He really started understanding how to play PG as the season went on. I think the fact that he was asked to play big minutes down the stretch plus the injuries really wore him down at the end. With an off season to get healthy and get some feedback via 1 on 1 workouts and film; plus (hopefully) someone that can give a solid 8-10 minutes at PG, Golden could have a break out season.

 

[bleedingTNorange]

Florida's lineup wasn't one I would consider to be big. Outside of Patric Young at 6-9, Will Yegoute is 6-7 and hurt half the year, Erik Murphy is 6-10 but plays out of the paint quite a bit, and Cody Larson at 6-10 rarely played.

I was counting Murphy since he did match up with our bigs, and he is big, even though e doesn't play it.

As I also mentioned though, uconn, very big front line and very talented. And not for nothing, but I felt our bigs, especially stokes, held their own against UK. I'd say they faired about as well as anybody against UK.

I agree Maymon is short, but so was Barkley and Blair, and they made it work fine. He uses his quickness to best guys to the spot. As far as stokes, what he lacks in height, there are few bigs as strong as he is, so he just gains position and doesn't relinquish it. Our bigs did a great job last year, and outplayed just about all the bigs thy faced, and that was with jarnell and kenny only playing about 6 games together. So with all 3 of those guys going, I think our posts are the best in the SEC, and one of the best in the country.

 

[esarmstrong]

And Pearl went 1-3 vs Billy G and let Meeks hang 54 at TBA. Sometimes stats are useless.

Winning and losing games is a useless stat?! I would think that the only stat that is truly important is who wins and who loses.

And what exactly do select stats about Bruce Pearl and Kentucky have to do with Billy Donovan and the price of tea in China?!

Donovan's futility with UT spans 16 seasons and more than one coach. He has had difficulty with Bruce Pearl, Cuonzo Martin, Jerry Green and Kevin O'Neal. We aren't talking about two seasons of games against one coach or one game where a opposing player catches lighting in a bottle.

Engage your brain next time before typing. Best to keep one's mouth shut and be thought a fool than to open it and remove all doubt...

 

[zansdad]

Winning and losing games is a useless stat?! I would think that the only stat that is truly important is who wins and who loses.

And what exactly do select stats about Bruce Pearl and Kentucky have to do with Billy Donovan and the price of tea in China?!

Donovan's futility with UT spans 16 seasons and more than one coach. He has had difficulty with Bruce Pearl, Cuonzo Martin, Jerry Green and Kevin O'Neal. We aren't talking about two seasons of games against one coach or one game where a opposing player catches lighting in a bottle.

Engage your brain next time before typing. Best to keep one's mouth shut and be thought a fool than to open it and remove all doubt...

No, arbitrarily picking out a coaches record vs one university or one other coach is unimportant. My use of Billy G was an example of how a more successful coach may have had a losing record vs a specific coach or university and in the long run it doesn't matter.

Donovan was 2-0 vs O'Neil while going 5-11 in the SEC, that doesn't seem like stuggling. He went 4-4 vs Green during one of the most successful 4 years spans of UT basketball while building a program at Florida, again doesn't seem like struggling. He went 5-3 vs Buzz, which doesn't seem great but that is a .625 winning percentage vs an in conference opponent so while not great is acceptable. He went 5-8 vs Pearl and 0-2 vs Martin. Much of his struggles with Pearl might have to do with Lofton (2-6 vs Florida) as Pearl (4-3 since). And Martin is a small sample size.

At the end of the day Tennessee fans can only dream about having a coach as successful as Donovan has been at Florida. With 3 Final 4's and back national championships, I think his coaching resume is just fine. And saying he struggles vs Tennessee is pointless.

I engage my brain plenty, thanks. And Pack Sand, you arrogant blow hard...

 

[esarmstrong]

^^

Irony: Someone that claims that stats are "useless" who then turns to stats to try and prove a point.:loco:

BTW, congrats on your ability to go to Wikipedia and copy down a bunch of ... STATS.