Game Thread: #11 Lady Vols at #18 Fla St; Thurs Nov 9, 6PM

[xtpsrh08123]

bingo

If you believe that then it shows how much u believe in the Coaching lol

 

[VolBalls33]

End of quarter plays for this team are just mind boggling to me. The players dont seem to know what to do. Last year and tonights game. That's on the coach.

And playing Sun and Tues probably wasn't ideal to play a road game on Thursday.

Really disappointing loss. Outrebounding a team by 19 and shooting 51% from the floor and 50% from 3 and still lose.

I know I am going to miss Rickea Jackson after this season. What a talent!! 31 and 17. Too bad she missed the chippy at the end.

 

[Coach Jumper]

It’s a shot she hits 8-10 times. It simply didn’t fall.

I understand that
but in two quarters we failed to make the last shot
take a timeout and strategize
don't just hope

 

[SGMVols]

Maybe when Duke fires Kara for never having an offense she can come coach defense with Kellie and John can Mr. Mom his way outta this deal.

I maintain he’s a waste of a coaching positions and salary. Super nice dude, but we need someone else in that position. Clearly someone with a defensive mind and a backbone.

We’ve got to stop restricting ourselves to only hiring former Pat players. Her coaching tree is not that good. They all try to be Pat but there will never be another one. We need new blood.

 

[cwbytruckers]

With the new comers and these girls get more experience playing together they are going to be really good. If Key can get back to what she was by tournament time would be a huge boost. But im more excited about these girls than i thought i would be. When the figure out their roles oh man. They could have folded tonight and they didnt. Great job girls leaving it on the floor.

 

[lvocd]

If Key were healthy our guards could play tight man-to-man defense and cut down on some of those threes that are there for opponents when we're in a zone D. We are not quick enough to close out when we play zone.

This season's success was always, to me, going to hinge on whether or not we had her imposing, opponent-offense-altering presence in the paint.

It's still way early, so I'm certainly not throwing in the towel. Take some deep breaths, folks.

 

[volfan__18]

I understand that
but in two quarters we failed to make the last shot
take a timeout and strategize
don't just hope

I’m disagreeing with you. simple. We got the shot we wanted. It wasn’t our night. Basketball works like that.

 

[turbovol]

Puckett was shooting well in this game. We set up one shot for her, a three that she drained, but that was the only time in the last 7-10 minutes
we looked for her at all.

 

[volnationnj]

Well, let's put it this way.

If you believe a turnaround, contested jumper from the elbow is a better shot than a play designed by your coach during a timeout when the defense is already set, you have a massive coaching problem.

You've missed how our point guards played on the offensive end this game.
A combined 9 turnovers.

 

[Peas29]

bingo

So when she make that shot it’s ok but now all of sudden because she missed it the TO not being called is the problem?????

 

[Golfteacher]

Our offense was good enough to win the game, but defending the three was awful. Our free throwing was awful, we shoot 65% and we win the game. KJH has more work to do. We have the players. I would like to see Holinshed be more physical.

 

[Coach Jumper]

If you believe that then it shows how much u believe in the Coaching lol

It is next to impossible for a player to impress me
for a coach,,,that impossibility doubles

 

[VolBall09]

We’ve got to stop restricting ourselves to only hiring former Pat players. Her coaching tree is not that good. They all try to be Pat but there will never be another one. We need new blood.

You and I agree 100% on that.


I’d prefer a man with no connections. Kenny Brooks would be my top pick at the moment.

Or Campbell at TCU


And I’m not on the “fire Kellie” train YET. I really like her and am hoping for the best, it’s the second game of the season and was a good test on the road. I think the FSU coach kept Latson out so we couldn’t see their systems before we played. She did not look recently injured at all to me.

 

[Coach Jumper]

So when she make that shot it’s ok but now all of sudden because she missed it the TO not being called is the problem?????

we failed to close out the prior quarters with a score
yes,,learn from that and do something different
try running a play

 

[Deebowbear]

Should have gotten another big especially if they knew Tamari was going to be in this shape

 

[volforlife10]

2nd game of the season and we already have our Vol Nation ADs going on the hunt for a new coach. Oh how i’ve missed this…

 

[th2421]

Can't win a lot of games shooting 56% from the free throw line - but when you outrebound the other team by 20, you really kinda sorta should maybe anyway.

Oh well. Hope they can build on what they did well tonight.

And if you told me we'd shoot 10-20 on 3s in a game, no way I would've pegged that as a loss.

 

[Coach Jumper]

I've got to walk away for a while
when we lost the game, I yelled and slammed my fist on my desk,,,
probably scared my next door neighbor

waiting for the cops to show up
;o)

 

[KTrain]

Shew dude put down the phone. I get it, a one point loss is painful but to already write these girls off is ridiculous.

It’s like that Dr Pepper commercial “maybe we overreacted “

 

[Peas29]

If you as a coach can’t trust your team enough to go down and run a play in those situations then you don’t have a Championship team. Nobody on here know what’s being taught in practice for that exact scenario. Just a bunch of speculation and complaining as usual.

 

[xtpsrh08123]

It is next to impossible for a player to impress me
for a coach,,,that impossibility doubles

That’s why we are where we are other programs demand beyond impression they require consistency.

 

[Coach Jumper]

Shew dude put down the phone. I get it, a one point loss is painful but to already write these girls off is ridiculous.

agree,,,long season ahead
very looooooooooooooooooooooooong

 

[VolFuture]

We also left defense in the bench. Kellie is sending a message that only points matter

 

[volnationnj]

Don't think that there has ever been a LV game where they shoot 50% from the 3 pt line, 50% in field goals overall, out rebound the opposition by 19 yet still lose.

 

[xtpsrh08123]

The only message kelly sent was defense and timeouts don’t matter

We also left defense in the bench. Kellie is sending a message that only points matter