Head Coach Holly Warlick talks to the media on Nov. 29, 2016

[Ladyvol777]

This canard has been around for several years and it's not true. I've personally witnessed Holly rip the team during a timeout. This belief as nearly as I can guess stems from Holly's role as liaison between the players and Pat when Summitt was coaching.

Criticism of Holly is one thing, but the criticism at least needs to be factual.

A better observation might be to ask if Holly knows when to get mad, does she know how to correct whatever behavior made her mad in the first place, does she know how to communicate with the players to get them to understand why she is mad.

Those are better questions to ask as opposed to the same old tired and untrue "Holly doesn't get mad she wants to be their friend".

I guest I just blind, I have watch many games and have never seen it.

 

[NoBackBoard]

I don't at all understand the perception around here that Holly is too stubborn. Recruiting wasn't working, and she made the difficult decision to have a former player and close friend to leave the program, and it's clearly paid dividends. There was an effort to address the offensive challenges from last year over the summer and in the first few weeks of practice (which required a different approach than she had ever used in the past, taking away the traditional heavier focus on defense in pre-season), which most people here acknowledged seemed to have paid off in the first few games, until the last two losses. It's true that something still isn't working, but it's ridiculous to claim that it's because Holly is just too stubborn.

It's not ridiculous because the offense is still bad. She clearly is having offensive issues so why not ALSO hire an offensive-minded assistant? Or does she think she can correct it all herself?

 

[PineyBluff Vol]

Three things I think.

(1) I think Holly Warlick knows plenty enough about basketball. I don't think I've ever doubted that part.

(2) I wonder if Holly can figure out how to motivate this team to compete at the level they should be capable of competing at. I know she knows what's wrong. But can she get them to do the things being talked about? That's the 64,000 dollar question. I dearly want her to answer it. I hope her roster will gel.

(3) This is the sort of video that makes me wish people would try a bit more to be objective without taking unnecessary shots at the people who probably care most about this program -- I don't just mean the wins and losses, I mean the department and the institution. Favor and success, outside of a select few people in this game, are fleeting things. Programs get a flash, a moment in the sun, and then fade back to the curve. The fan support is a large part of why the Lady Vols haven't ever faded way. Not yet anyway. But if they stop supporting it, it will fade. It will fade. And getting nasty about things just hastens that, to me. The losses don't help. I get it. So. I hope she figures those girls out.

Voltopia, you sound like Holly is a first year coach:cray:, she is not. If she hasn't figure out these girls by now, 30 something years of coaching, I don't think she is going to figure it out.

 

[T.J.]

This canard has been around for several years and it's not true. I've personally witnessed Holly rip the team during a timeout. This belief as nearly as I can guess stems from Holly's role as liaison between the players and Pat when Summitt was coaching.

Criticism of Holly is one thing, but the criticism at least needs to be factual.

A better observation might be to ask if Holly knows when to get mad, does she know how to correct whatever behavior made her mad in the first place, does she know how to communicate with the players to get them to understand why she is mad.

Those are better questions to ask as opposed to the same old tired and untrue "Holly doesn't get mad she wants to be their friend".

It's not about her getting mad nor being friends with the players. Holly is getting paid to coach and she's done a very bad job of it.

 

[T_Vol376]

I guest I just blind, I have watch many games and have never seen it.

Guess you did because she does. As a matter of fact practice this week was intense to say the least. She gets mad plenty and lets them know it. Sorry if you've missed it .

 

[Voltopia]

Well, in CPS last few season's going back to the "baby vol" season, she was in their faces a lot and definitely getting mad at the players and that did not generate final 4 results.

Let's be fair about this thought. There is no way to know how much Pat's illness had already impacted parts of her decision making and mental acuity well in advance of her retirement. I don't think we can take anything in her last 3-4 seasons as indicative of how successful or unsuccessful her approach would have been. I honestly think that a healthy Pat Summitt would have made it to the Final Four with those players, and would have been much stronger in recruiting. She would have probably handled Simmons and the "baby Vols" differently as well. And probably made at least 1 or 2 more title game appearances.

There were times in years before where, during some games, we'd look at each other and wonder why she wasn't reacting to things on the court. The Pat we knew would have stormed, but she seemed hesitant or even lost in thought. I really think she was suffering the effects long before she went public. Her style, combined with her ability to self-assess and improve when things needed to be changed, would have handled the transition much more capably.

 

[LVJeff]

It's not about her getting mad nor being friends with the players...

There was a post that stated Holly doesn't get mad at the players. So, you are incorrect. For that poster, it was about getting mad and the poster said Holly doesn't.

...Holly is getting paid to coach and she's done a very bad job of it.

I don't disagree. But any criticism of her coaching should have some semblance of being true. And it's past time to put to bed the "Holly doesn't get mad she just wants to be their friend" canard.

 

[LVJeff]

I don't at all understand the perception around here that Holly is too stubborn...

I can argue this either way. There is evidence that Holly is stubborn and there is also evidence she is trying to adapt.

She let one assistant go (Elzy) and declined to retain another one (Charles). Not stubborn.

Jordan Reynolds has been the starting PG for three seasons. Stubborn.

She replaced the double-post with a 4-out 1-in on many occasions. Not stubborn.

When the chips are down she goes back to the double-post. Stubborn.

I could add more, but you get the idea. I think rather than stubborn (or not stubborn) Holly is struggling to find an answer and cannot come up with one, she tries something and it doesn't work so she goes back to formula.

 

[Advol]

Blah Blah Blah Blah We go on and on about what she can and can not do........

Holly can NOT Coach...........period.

She fell into a job that was OVER her Head by leaps and bounds and she is going to single handedly put this program where no one EVER thot it would fall to.
She needs to go!!

 

[LVJeff]

Switch to decaf.