Game Thread: Lady Vols Vs Vandy ; Sun Jan 19th ; Away game; 3 PM Eastern; SEC+

#751
#751
Clad in Big Orange said:
Well that’s either encouraging that she’s willing to adjust or troubling that she’s wavering on the style that made her résumé attractive for DW. I think we just have too many slow footed players to be able to do it all game. And not enough shooters\scorers.
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And we are now playing against too many good coaches and ball handlers. There's a reason the "40 mins of hell" system comes and goes over the years.
 
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Dak1219 said:
What gets me is the subbing slowed some today and the full court pressure defense seems to have softened. Are we going to have a team that aggressively forces turnovers or are they going to play a full court soft man to man? The defense we were attempting to apply 5 games ago is very different than what we saw today.
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glv98 said:
IMO all this is true. That damn shot doesn't go in, we have by far the biggest win of KJH career, we host and go to the S16, which we almost did anyway. No way KJH gets fired around that.

But yeah, it would just have delayed the inevitable bc DW hadn't wanted KJH to be the coach for a long time and was extending her zero help.

It's way different for Kim though. Losing close in yr one, esp with a recruiting class KJH could only have dreamed of in her pocket, Kim has way more latitude. Not to speak of the AD wanting to see his gamble pay off.

This team will be fine, and next year's team will be even better.
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Your tune moves around a little bit.
 
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Rooster1 said:
Your tune moves around a little bit.
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How so? I've said all that before, probably ad nausem.

Interesting that Ralph gave Justine 4 courtesy mins in the first half, in which she had no shots, no rebounds, no nothing. Nice gesture tho. She hadn't played at all in the previous game.
 
#759
#759
If the starters are going to play starter mins as they did today, why not just sub normally? Esp if you're only half ass pressing. Maybe some of the lack of focus and mental stumbles are from being constantly subbed and not staying in the flow of the game. Sometimes it seems like we platoon sub just cuz that's what we said we do.
 
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Majors said:
Believe she was fired for being 12-32 vs ranked teams in 5 years. We quickly forget how bad she was.
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Ray Charles can see the coaching difference between the two. Harper would’ve, never, ever been considered for this job minus being an alum. Period.
 
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glv98 said:
And we are now playing against too many good coaches and ball handlers. There's a reason the "40 mins of hell" system comes and goes over the years.
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Elite D1 power 4 players are very different from D2 or Midmajor players. They are stronger, much more skilled and have better basketball IQ (generally) not to mention, they are better coached leading to better game plans and scouts. Case and point, Marshall took a 25-5 team into the NCAA tournament against a good ACC team a year ago after beating up on conference foes and we all know how that ended. Granted we have better athletes at Tennessee than any mid major team, but so does every other power 4 team. This team needs to commit to its identity or its going to to be a rough rest of the season and it maybe anyhow. Today's loss was a bad loss to an unranked opponent.
 
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#764
Volfan2012 said:
Were in a heap of trouble with the next several games being against four top ten teams. After that we have a lot of teams we should beat Missouri, Auburn. Florida, Georgia, and hopefully we can handle Ole Miss and Bama at home. That would give us 9 and 7 in the regualr season and probably something like a six or seven seed in the NCAA Tourney.
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Got to win and not get discouraged. Yes, the women (and men) have a seriously hard schedule coming up. I think they have shown they can play with the best of the best, but need to finish, and not let the game get so far behind.
 
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Recently got back from that opera house supposed gym. First thing, Vandy can't afford Wi-Fi for their fans? I can get it in Neyland.

Also, what is the point of the idiot Vandy Whistler? What is he supposed to do? This moron was going relentlessly from about the middle of the first quarter. Fitting miserable cap to one of the worst basketball weekends I can ever remember from the Vols, losing two 1 point games at the buzzer to Vandy in Memorial. Vandy.

Just a couple of observations from seeing the Caldwell product up close for the first time. The intensity of the press was either lacking or purposely gets more intense as the game goes on because the initial press was not "40 Minutes of Hell" stuff, but more token pressure. We forced very few turnovers to get easy baskets and it didn't seem to have the type of cumulative effect as it does normally.

We have no great perimeter defenders, their guards kept driving on their strong hand to the basket and the Vandy player did so on the final play to win. I sat there in the timeout with 4 seconds left knowing we would lose. If they didn't score the refs who kept the Dores from losing the lead in the third quarter would give them shots and they didn't miss a damn shot from the stripe. I didn't realize only two Vandy player shot free throws, but their #12 seemed to be at the line every few possessions.

Regardless, the game was made difficult for us in the second quarter. Vandy noticeably turned the screws on defense a bit, muddying up the game, and we didn't match until after the break.
 
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I hope to see this team get over the 25 win mark this season. Maybe they’ll put together four quarters this season and play consistent basketball.
The next game(s) I watch will be in the SEC Tourney.
GBO!
 
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Unimane said:
Also, what is the point of the idiot Vandy Whistler? What is he supposed to do? This moron was going relentlessly from about the middle of the first quarter. Fitting miserable cap to one of the worst basketball weekends I can ever remember from the Vols, losing two 1 point games at the buzzer to Vandy in Memorial. Vandy.
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The fitting miserable cap is the point of the idiot Vandy Whistler.
 
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