Is It Really Holly's Fault

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#101
1reVOLver said:
If we are generous, they are tied for 20th. A slightly more accurate, albeit churlish,
reading is that we are 21st, along with Viv Stringer's team.
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Did not even have to bring Rutgers into it. They're ranked lower than Alexa Middleton and Iowa State šŸ˜‚
 
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GAVol1945 said:
The fundamentals are lacking. Holly is everything Pat wasn't. There is no accountability from the players. Green seems to have the green light (no pun intended) to shoot at will. Her percentages are unacceptable. Several players seem lost on the court. The number of turnovers is unacceptable-a key fundamental. We have not recruited by position-post play needs work-great rebounding at times be muffed layups. What are the assistant coaches doing? Watching Holly coach in such a muddled manner is sad. We need the enthusiasm of Burrell and Massengale to spread to the entire team. Too many players seem to be sleep walking. We are very inconsistent in scoring from game to game-defense unfortunately is consistently bad. One glaring area is that we are incapable of shutting down the three point shooters. To many players become all stars when they play us. Phil needs to show some guts and address the issue that we are yesterday's news. Mississippi State and USC can find coaches who can inspire their players to grow and achieve greater heights, why can't we? We need a Rick Barns clone.
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There was one asst. coach that tried to blast the players and let them know, this is not the way Lady vols teams play the game. She's now back in Kentucky.
 
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Once upon a time, and not so long ago, there were those on here that defended Holly. I no longer see them. Perhaps even they know and want Holly gone.
 
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I don't see much outside of Notre Dame that would boost their spot in the Top 25 if they win, but just one more loss, especially at home, will probably see them out of the Top 25. Two or more additional SEC losses, that's going to kill their seeding in the SEC Tournament, and may very well impact their seeding in the NCAA Tournament.

I'm just hoping right now thst this 3 game loosing streak doesn't break morale even further, or it could start a domino effect of losses.
 
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LeannaVol said:
Holly will keep UT in the top 15 as long as she is here. She seems to recruit very well. But she will never bring home a national championship. If she is fired, there is always the chance we get someone worse.. I don't want UT to fire Holly without a good game plan with a pretty clear direction on who they will replace her with.
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The Ladyvols are not in the top 15.
The plan should be fire Holly now. Let Dean take over the job and see how he does while searching for another head coach.
 
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gule said:
that coach now at kaintucky was the one that came up a fat goose egg in recruiting in 16
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you mean the same one that Holly also laid a big fat goose egg in recruiting? I keep saying Sharona R saved Holly's job but kept getting back that Holly can recruit and it's why she keeps signing McD's AA's, however I seem to remember that Holly was the head coach during 16 also.
 
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gule said:
that coach now at kaintucky was the one that came up a fat goose egg in recruiting in 16
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For some of you know it all fans like you, no one coach ever, ever, comes up a goose egg, the team does! She tried to alert Holly to the fact, that her (Holly) way of coaching wasn't working!
 
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#112
Holly needs a little help from this guy...
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teacherdean said:
Can we really blame Holly for the various Lady Vol debacles and inconsistencies? Just maybe she is a victim of her environment. She learned at the feet of one of the greatest, if not the greatest, basketball coaches to grace a women's basketball sideline. Holly has limited experience with any other coach or team. In the past, the Lady Vols had the best women's basketball players on the planet, however, that is not the case today. All the best players are not playing in Knoxville, they are spread among the top 10 to 15 teams. What won for the Lady Vols in the past will no longer get it done. Women now play the inside/outside game, they play a version of the motion offense and the good teams are physical. Top coaches all display a version of the Summitt stare, they don't simply pat you on the butt and say, "that's okay." They know how to make game changes on the fly and have plans that don't necessarily stop the other team's best scorer but at least make their shots difficult.

Maybe as an assistant and player, Holly realized too much success and very little adversity. Just maybe the Lady Vols, being so dominant in their hay day, made winning seem too easy, all you had to do is get a bunch of 5 stars and you were guaranteed success. All the early Lady Vol success and the intimidation, that automatically brought fear to their opponents to the point they were defeated before the initial jump ball, made losing unthinkable.

Maybe, it is simply the fact that Holly may never get it because she does not have the mettle to be a successful head coach.
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YES! Everything starts and ends with the head coach. Don't make excuses for her incompetence.
 
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teacherdean said:
Can we really blame Holly for the various Lady Vol debacles and inconsistencies? Just maybe she is a victim of her environment. She learned at the feet of one of the greatest, if not the greatest, basketball coaches to grace a women's basketball sideline. Holly has limited experience with any other coach or team. In the past, the Lady Vols had the best women's basketball players on the planet, however, that is not the case today. All the best players are not playing in Knoxville, they are spread among the top 10 to 15 teams. What won for the Lady Vols in the past will no longer get it done. Women now play the inside/outside game, they play a version of the motion offense and the good teams are physical. Top coaches all display a version of the Summitt stare, they don't simply pat you on the butt and say, "that's okay." They know how to make game changes on the fly and have plans that don't necessarily stop the other team's best scorer but at least make their shots difficult.

Maybe as an assistant and player, Holly realized too much success and very little adversity. Just maybe the Lady Vols, being so dominant in their hay day, made winning seem too easy, all you had to do is get a bunch of 5 stars and you were guaranteed success. All the early Lady Vol success and the intimidation, that automatically brought fear to their opponents to the point they were defeated before the initial jump ball, made losing unthinkable.

Maybe, it is simply the fact that Holly may never get it because she does not have the mettle to be a successful head coach.
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Part of being the head of a successful business (team) is to put the best people around you.
And then use them.

More importantly empower them in your weaknesses. It is there that most business leaders/coaches fail. They don't mind farming out their strengths, its exposing to someone a weakness that scares them. They are strong in their ranking of their strengths so they know they can farm them out and always be the dominant influence on that aspect.

Hypothetically, if as the HC I begin to ...say,,, -"question, my timeouts" ...I would set it up with one assistant to write down the moment they want me to take a timeout.. I let only that asst know about this. I trust them that much. And I see if we are in sync. I get the final call, but at least my asst feels they are beginning to be relevant.

I don't sit on the bench or near enough to it to hear the talk, but I am in good view of it from my seat and I watch it like most people watch the game. I coach. SO I watch coaching.

teach,
Ready to see some magic?
The next two games will start something special.

You're about to
 
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#117
livefaith said:
Is it true as someone posted earlier, that she hired her girlfriend to be a staffer? This kind of preferential treatment is often a sign of lack of discipline and vision. If any of that is true.
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This is NOT true. When her personal assistant didnā€™t high five Cunningham in the post game line, somehow it got put out there that the assistant was her GF. Absolutely 100% not true.
 
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#119
#119
I'm sorry but this thread is dumb. Every year Holly has an excuse. It's always the players fault. She says they are jot focused, they are not executing, they are ot hustling, they are not this or they are not that. Just stop it and step up and say you got outcoached and the stage is more than you can handle and let a qualified coach bring this program back to excellence.
 
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Haven't read the entire thread, but part of being the head coach is accepting the blame when things go wrong. So yes, it's Holly's fault.
 
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