Lady Vols assistant Jolette Law leaving for South Carolina

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NoBackBoard said:
I said it was and still think it is. We had the worst guards in the league FOR YEARS. Tennessee needs a fresh offensive mind on the bench.
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I am with you here. Underachieving in the guard ranks has been the rule instead of the exception. If JL is exclusively the guard coach, this opens the door to good change....If the opposite is true and JL is leaving because she is being held back from success,,,we will also see.

Voldon18 said:
;...Get real, since when does losing an assistant mean the ship is sinking? Some of you need better meds.
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An assistant
and two players.

I still expect more.


Amb3096 said:
I don't think Jolette Law leaving means the program is falling apart, but I also wouldn't underestimate the relationship between an assistant coach and the current players or recruits. Kentucky lost half of their team and most of their recruits because of a decision not to renew the contract of a lowly assistant coach.
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It is the lowly assistants that are most responsible for the interpersonal relationships and the individual advancement of skills and growth. . . So yes, a lowly assistant's departure can vastly affect a team.
 
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gule said:
have you hand delivered your resume to Currie yet? Hope so!
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He knows of me, yes.
I will meet him at the Nashville picnic.

Jollette was the closest thing they have to an Alpha coach.
...The next hire has to be a leader, not a follower....If they hire another Beta, they will be right where they are now.

CHW doesn't need a "yes-man/ma'am",,, She needs an assistant who is difficult to impress,,by staff, or player.
 
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Coach Jumper said:
He knows of me, yes.
I will meet him at the Nashville picnic.

Jollette was the closest thing they have to an Alpha coach.
...The next hire has to be a leader, not a follower....If they hire another Beta, they will be right where they are now.

CHW doesn't need a "yes-man/ma'am",,, She needs an assistant who is difficult to impress,,by staff, or player.
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What is "she needs Coach J" for $200?
 
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For both sides to be this happy is far better than I expected this to turn out. I do wonder if the staff takes their time with the next selection or if they already had a short list prepared that they plan not to deviate from.
 
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Coach Jumper said:
He knows of me, yes.
I will meet him at the Nashville picnic.

Jollette was the closest thing they have to an Alpha coach.
...The next hire has to be a leader, not a follower....If they hire another Beta, they will be right where they are now.

CHW doesn't need a "yes-man/ma'am",,, She needs an assistant who is difficult to impress,,by staff, or player.
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Exactly. Tennessee has been missing an alpha coach, someone to challenge the players and call them on their mistakes for a couple seasons now. That's why I was hoping for Lawson, but I know that's unlikely. I was skeptical of the Law hiring as she didn't do the best in Illinois, but was optimistic as I thought she was the alpha coach we needed, but it's back to the drawing board. I hope we can hire a coach who is skilled in play calling and can bring some half court offense and defensive schemes as well. I think this hire is a very important one and I hope Holly and company are treating it as such.
 
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Hangtyme24 said:
Exactly. Tennessee has been missing an alpha coach, someone to challenge the players and call them on their mistakes for a couple seasons now. That's why I was hoping for Lawson, but I know that's unlikely. I was skeptical of the Law hiring as she didn't do the best in Illinois, but was optimistic as I thought she was the alpha coach we needed, but it's back to the drawing board. I hope we can hire a coach who is skilled in play calling and can bring some half court offense and defensive schemes as well. I think this hire is a very important one and I hope Holly and company are treating it as such.
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If Alpha coach is needed Shannon Bobbitt would be someone to think about.
 
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Hangtyme24 said:
Exactly. Tennessee has been missing an alpha coach, someone to challenge the players and call them on their mistakes for a couple seasons now. That's why I was hoping for Lawson, but I know that's unlikely. I was skeptical of the Law hiring as she didn't do the best in Illinois, but was optimistic as I thought she was the alpha coach we needed, but it's back to the drawing board. I hope we can hire a coach who is skilled in play calling and can bring some half court offense and defensive schemes as well. I think this hire is a very important one and I hope Holly and company are treating it as such.
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I have written the administration of this....When they lost Pat, they lost the "leader symbol" that was looked to and looked at by the players. The one person on the bench, they dared not tangle with. She was loved like a Mother, yet respected like a drill seargent. . . You can never replace Pat the person or coach, but you have to have someone on the bench that the players KNOW can put them into the right frame of mind. And to expect an 18-22 year old to be able to do for them-self, what 51% of all coaches can't do for them, is to expect too much.

Even the greatest are coached. MJ, Magic, Larry all had coaches.

The thing I have seen in collegiate ranks is that teams that continually succeed seem have a coach within their mix that has a personality larger than their players. . . A coach who can't be impressed.

I thought Jollette would be this aspect. Nope.

A leader leads all the time, not just sometimes....And when they are in a role of an assistant, they lead the assistants.

Leaders lead.
No lead dog, driver beware.
Worse yet, if the lead dog IS the driver,,,rider beware.
 
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Coach Jumper said:
The thing I have seen in collegiate ranks is that teams that continually succeed seem have a coach within their mix that has a personality larger than their players. . . A coach who can't be impressed.
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I agree but can you think of the last time a team won a championship with that coach being anyone other than the head coach?
 
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