Game Thread: (12/8) Lady Vols 64 - Alabama 74

[orangefloyd]

21 win team getting blown out by the worst teams in the league. Unbelievable.

 

[Caz]

21 win team getting blown out by the worst teams in the league. Unbelievable.

That’s what we do! No excuse for this continues decline and the embarrassment it brings with it.

 

[dtnvol]

21 win team getting blown out by the worst teams in the league. Unbelievable.

BUT, unfortunately REALITY

 

[casetopia]

Lol we lost to a team that was 3 and 9 in the sec. It sounds like a library in there.

 

[TN1111]

Great Horston looked like her arm or wrist got hurt

 

[youcancallmeAl]

OH, NO!

 

[volforlife10]

not good at all to have her possibly hurt.

 

[I4Vols]

I hate bama

 

[casetopia]

She's probably out for the year now. The hits keep on coming.

 

[chuckiepoo]

Didn’t sound good in an empty gym

 

[Vols2015]

What’s wrong with Horston? Why are they all blocking her and using some contraption on her? Is it a cramp?

 

[LVol]

Pray for Jordan

 

[Orange Maniac]

Pumping up a cast

 

[pasadenavol]

Dang I hope she's ok. That sucks!

 

[volnationnj]

I'm not sure what happened to Horston but by the looks of the people around her, it isn't good.

 

[SGMVols]

She's probably out for the year now. The hits keep on coming.

Just threw away the whole season trying to chase a game that was over. She, Key, and Burrell should’ve been taken out when Bama went up 20.

 

[casetopia]

Sundays game is going to be like watching a car wreck. It will be so bad that you won't be able to look away.

 

[volnationnj]

Horston is up and walking off the court with a blow up cast on her left arm.

 

[SandyO]

Ok, I’m crying now. This is devastating. Bless her heart. Im praying for Jordan

 

[youcancallmeAl]

I'm out. Can't stand to watch this any more.

 

[TN1111]

It didn't look good when I saw it live....hope I'm wrong and didn't see what it looked like.

If she's out for the season that ends their season even earlier. Without her against SC, a 40 point loss looks likely unless Dawn is nice.

 

[Voltopia]

Thank you for your cordial response. I understand the CRB comparison, but Barnes was able to make the right adjustments and get his players humming like a fine machine...Kellie has not. I didn't say that we need to fire Kellie, I just pointed out the fact that with the amount of experience she has as a head coach, she should know the basics of substitutions, when to use man vs zone defense, etc. This has not been her best performance. But just like the team, she need to step it up and do better. Don't misinterpret me, I said she may not be the right coach for the future, but maybe she will. I hope she is and wants to improve as much as she wants her team to improve.

No worries, I hear ya. And you're right about Barnes being a different situation. He's a Hall of Fame coach someday, so I don't consider him and Harper to be an equal comparison, but rather reference him only to say that it's possible for teams to turn misfortunes around, even from apparent debacles of games. You're right that this is not a good look - for anyone, player or coach. It's not the first, either. Multiple losses to unranked bad teams is a very not-good look. I just don't know enough about what's going on with the team's chemistry or the coach's motivational strategies to feel like I can judge the situation. Maybe it's something that needs roster turnover to fix. It certainly appears that way. If the current players don't want to fight for forty minutes then Harper is going to roll up her sleeves and find some who do. Anyway, I hope she can figure it out also.

 

[I4Vols]

Just threw away the whole season trying to chase a game that was over. She, Key, and Burrell should’ve been taken out when Bama went up 20.

No

 

[LadyVol1908]

WHY WAS SHE EVEN IN? I quit watching the game….were we coming back or something?

 

[casetopia]

Talented ball clubs don't lose games like this.