Originally Posted by wikileaks View Post
I have no problem with this team, or the players on it. I never singled out any player for making turnovers. I simply stated that turnovers are a problem, and players needed to be held accountable. I don't care if they are freshman. A turnover is a turnover regardless of who makes it. In the boxscore it says turnover. Not turnover made by freshman. The freshmen aren't the only one's turning the ball over. You singled them out, not me.
Amen Wiki, but now you'll be labeled a Troll. Again Amen! Go Lady Vols!
Okay, you two absolutely not trolls but basketball geniuses. Exactly, what do you want done in terms of accountability? Bench a player after she makes a TO. Hey, I like it. Zero tolerance is the way, that will teach em
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In the Auburn game, since Evina, Annie, and Meme all had turnovers in the first quarter, that would have left Nared running point. Oh wait, she had some TOs also. So that leaves Mercedes or Davis. No problem! Oh wait, they had TOs as well. So, should Holly have benched the entire team and let Auburn just play unopposed in the name of "accountability." GENIUS!!!!!! Better to lose with ACCOUNTABILITY than win.
Or would you have just preferred that Holly scream at her players until her vessels are bursting in the name of accountability?
BTW, I remember 2 years ago, "the board is a better coach Holly" conventional wisdom was that she had her team afraid of making mistakes and so no one would take any risk, leading to stagnant basketball. I guess the game has suddenly changed.
Now I am no fancy baskeball geniuses like you two but I
would expect that TOs are a point of emphasis in the LVs practices and film sessions. But, the LVs had not faced pressure like Auburn placed on them. Sometimes you just can't prepare for the actual reality of competition.
Importantly, the LVs TO went down in the 2nd half and particularly in the 4th. Is that positive trend not a sign of accountability and learning?
Also, Holly will have a breakdown of the stats on a quarter by quarter basis that can highlight in game trends. And the trends on defensive stops and TOs clearly went the LVs way in the final quarter.
Oh, y'all might want to learn how to read box scores. The statement of
In the boxscore it says turnover. Not turnover made by freshman
is equivalent to saying that the final score does not tell how many points a given player produced. In the box score, each player has an individual state line that tells how many points, rebounds, TOs and minutes they had during the game (do you see it now? Good, what a revelation right?)
Now, looking at these individual stat lines, we can ascertain that freshman Evina had 9 TOs and freshman Hayes had 5 To, with fewer game minutes. So, that is 14 out of 28 TO coming from freshman PGs. So, it is not homerism to say that inexperience is a big part of the problem.
But as absolutely not trolls and bonafide basketball geniuses, why are y'all focusing just on the negative. How did the LVs overcome an admittedly poorly executed first 3 quarters and not have all those TOs take them out of that game. There was a lot of effort in terms of defensive intensity, winning hustle plays, and crashing the boards and clutch shooting. Do those count at toward the idea of holding players accountable? Or does the game come down to one statistic-- TOs? You tell me, absolutely not trolls, basketball geniuses.