Holly as a player

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Does anyone remember watching holly play? I know she was a three time all American, but how good was she really?? comparable to odessy Simms or skylar diggans?
 
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boxerpupsrcool said:
Does anyone remember watching holly play? I know she was a three time all American, but how good was she really?? comparable to odessy Simms or skylar diggans?
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Difficult to say. She was a very dominant point guard especially defensively. Very much like Pat Summit who was a great defender. On offense she mostly fed into the big posts that Pat always had.
 
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Athletes then were nothing like they are now so you can't make comparisons. Take a scrub off a modern team and they would have been one of the best ones on the court when Holly played. It has come a long, long way since then.

But yeah, for her day she was very, very good.
 
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She was recruited to run track, wasn't she? She must have been speedy on the baskball court. Wish I had seen her play.
 
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Here is Holly accepting an award of some sort...:

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...maybe it was the 1980 SECT finals, the 1st ever for the conference, when UT beat Ole Miss 85-71. The All-Tournament Team selected that year was:

Lori Monroe, Auburn
Valerie Still, Kentucky
Peggie Gillom, Ole Miss
Carol Ross, Ole Miss
Cindy Noble, Tennessee
Jill Rankin, Tennessee (MVP)
Holly Warlick, Tennessee



Here she is in "The Stance":

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Coach Holly wants all her players to live by and honor the code of "The Stance"...
 
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I remember her as a player too. She was good, she was smart, and she was what made the team click. She got a bazillion awards and was also a member of the 1980 Olympic team that didn't play because of the boycott of the games in Moscow. So give or take, she was one of the best 12 players in the US.

When I was watching the game tonight, I was thinking about how some former PG's seem to have a difficult time translating that game management to coaching, while others are more successful. Holly, Jody Adams, and Kellie Jolly all played about a decade apart, all were outstanding PG's under an outstanding coach, and 2 of the 3 have really struggled as head coaches.
 
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FrozenLVFan said:
I remember her as a player too. She was good, she was smart, and she was what made the team click. She got a bazillion awards and was also a member of the 1980 Olympic team that didn't play because of the boycott of the games in Moscow. So give or take, she was one of the best 12 players in the US.

When I was watching the game tonight, I was thinking about how some former PG's seem to have a difficult time translating that game management to coaching, while others are more successful. Holly, Jody Adams, and Kellie Jolly all played about a decade apart, all were outstanding PG's under an outstanding coach, and 2 of the 3 have really struggled as head coaches.
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If I remember Jody wasn't a starting point guard but more of a role player. Holly was very fast with a lot of stamina. She would stick to her player like glue. I think she ran the 400 in track-middle distance sprint.
 
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