Looking ahead: Rutgers

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Sandvol said:
The problem is that is not always a winning strategy. It works in the WNBA but not necessarily in college basketball.

P.S.-A strong basketball coach like a Geno could make her an unbelievable player. Even potentially better than Stewart.
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Tennessee has lacked big time players for some time now. Diamond addresses that gap. If the pieces are around for Diamond, and they should be with some talented guards and inside players, then Diamond should be able to play both effectively and efficiently.

And I don't think that Geno would be able to get Diamond to a level beyond Stewart. Breanna is a freak with her athleticism, ball handling, shooting range, size and wingspan. She's a once in a lifetime player.
 
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Amb3096 said:
Tennessee has lacked big time players for some time now. Diamond addresses that gap. If the pieces are around for Diamond, and they should be with some talented guards and inside players, then Diamond should be able to play both effectively and efficiently.

And I don't think that Geno would be able to get Diamond to a level beyond Stewart. Breanna is a freak with her athleticism, ball handling, shooting range, size and wingspan. She's a once in a lifetime player.
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Breanna is like Larry Bird. Just so damn smart on the court. I bet the starting 5 against Rutgers is Reynolds, Massengale, Burdick, Graves and Harrison.
 
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Stewart is overrated in my opinion, don't the mentality to match her talent. Now if you had the mindset of Diana or Candace, it would be over.
 
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Pat4life said:
Stewart is overrated in my opinion, don't the mentality to match her talent. Now if you had the mindset of Diana or Candace, it would be over.
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Two NCs in two years, two Final Four MVP, and NPOY by her sophomore year? Overrated my @ss. She may not be vocal like Candace or Diana, but she is unmistakably tough as nails. As you put it, it's already "over".

She's hands down the best college player in the country. She would start for most WNBA teams today.
 
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Pat4life said:
Stewart is overrated in my opinion, don't the mentality to match her talent. Now if you had the mindset of Diana or Candace, it would be over.
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Sounds like a lot of the gloating and snickering we heard from LV fans most of Stewart's freshman year about how overrated she was.... which turned to deafening silence when she absolutely dominated the Final Four...
 
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Amb3096 said:
Two NCs in two years, two Final Four MVP, and NPOY by her sophomore year? Overrated my @ss. She may not be vocal like Candace or Diana, but she is unmistakably tough as nails. As you put it, it's already "over".

She's hands down the best college player in the country. She would start for most WNBA teams today.
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No, she would start for all WNBA teams today.
 
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Darth_Vol said:
Sounds like a lot of the gloating and snickering we heard from LV fans most of Stewart's freshman year about how overrated she was.... which turned to deafening silence when she absolutely dominated the Final Four...
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Yep, that was me. Came down with a terrible case of laryngitis after the UConn-ND National Semifinal...
 
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I think the posters here have it right..... Stewart is not perfect but very good..... and lacks the vocal leadership Parker and others had......

With Diamond next year, I hope Holly puts her as a feature of the offense, but doesn't make her the entire offense..... she has great teammates to work with
 
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Darth_Vol said:
UNC has been really impressive this season. How is it they are better without Deshields??? And before anyone gets up in arms I'm not implying anything negative about Deshields, I'm legitimately curious....
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I still think coaching is an issue. I standby what I have said several times, we have the horses but do we have the right driver? I hope we are not throwing this year in the toilet for the possibilities of next year. Diamond D. still needs a cast of players who are placed in a position to win. We can whine and cheese all we want, in the end it is coaching that wins championships. :good!:
 
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How can anyone say in their right mind that Diamond is not very good. Freshman of the year last year, she was awesome. She will be a serious upgrade. She will have coaches sleepless at night trying to figure out how to put a lid on her. Without her last year, UNC would not have gone as far as they did.
 
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We can beat Rutgers but we need to bring our A game. We cannot afford to be turnover prong and only depend on the inside game. We must establish an outside game and play D a lot better than we played at Texas. We MUST put the best players on the court from the get go.
 
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teacherdean said:
I still think coaching is an issue. I standby what I have said several times, we have the horses but do we have the right driver? I hope we are not throwing this year in the toilet for the possibilities of next year. Diamond D. still needs a cast of players who are placed in a position to win. We can whine and cheese all we want, in the end it is coaching that wins championships. :good!:
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Since when is Sylvia Hatchell considered a good coach?
 
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LasVegasBill23 said:
I think the posters here have it right..... Stewart is not perfect but very good..... and lacks the vocal leadership Parker and others had......
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Stewart is beyond very good. Stewart is a great player, whether measured at the college or pro standards.

Merely very good college players aren't finalists for the US National Team after they finish their sophomore year in college.
 
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Amb3096 said:
Stewart is beyond very good. Stewart is a great player, whether measured at the college or pro standards.

Merely very good college players aren't finalists for the US National Team after they finish their sophomore year in college.
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I think you and Sandvol hit it on the head. She is a great player and seems like a very nice young lady. Uconn is fortunate to have her, and I am sure they know that and appreciate her.
 
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LasVegasBill23 said:
I think the posters here have it right..... Stewart is not perfect but very good..... and lacks the vocal leadership Parker and others had......

With Diamond next year, I hope Holly puts her as a feature of the offense, but doesn't make her the entire offense..... she has great teammates to work with
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I have never liked the idea of featuring a player in an offense. Those teams seem to be lacking as an all-around good team. UCONN doesn't feature Stewart but her abilities just naturally come out as she fits into the finely tuned offense that they have. Featuring a player makes the others too dependent on her and it is too easy to stop. Diamond will excel if she just naturally fits into a role with the offense and doesn't try to be the star of the offense. If she is great then that will naturally come out.
 
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Sandvol said:
I have never liked the idea of featuring a player in an offense. Those teams seem to be lacking as an all-around good team. UCONN doesn't feature Stewart but her abilities just naturally come out as she fits into the finely tuned offense that they have. Featuring a player makes the others too dependent on her and it is too easy to stop. Diamond will excel if she just naturally fits into a role with the offense and doesn't try to be the star of the offense. If she is great then that will naturally come out.
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CT. doesn't clear everybody out and throw the ball to Stewart, hoping she will score. They RUN AN OFFENSE, pass the ball, and she excels within the offense. Watch next year with Deshields if Warlick is still coaching this team: we will spread out and hope Deshields can score because Warlick and Co. do not know how to actually run a team-oriented offense. This is why our offense sux. This is what we do now--hope Harrison can score.

I predict Rutgers will beat us--and then Warlick, as usual, will blame the loss on insufficient "effort." As I say on another thread: If the only thing your coach can ever talk about is player "effort," is it any wonder that she is not capable of improving the team? The players aren't the problem, the coaches are.
 
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So from the Holly interview for the Rutgers game We will see:
More Burdick
5 mins of Nared & Middleton
Dunbar buried on the bench
And No Jannah AGAIN
 
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Case in point. Stewart is averaging 3 assists per game which is about 100 per year. Harrison had 35 last year and Graves had 42. What does that tell you?
 
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Tough games remaining: Rutgers, Stanford, Notre Dame, Georgia (twice), Kentucky(twice), South Carolina. That's 8 games. Lady Vols need to win at least 5 of those. Do LSU and Vandy present porblems or any other conference games? Hard to remember when the Lady Vols had double digit losses. They still won the National Championship under Pat with 10 losses.
 
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TennFan said:
Tough games remaining: Rutgers, Stanford, Notre Dame, Georgia (twice), Kentucky(twice), South Carolina. That's 8 games. Lady Vols need to win at least 5 of those. Do LSU and Vandy present porblems or any other conference games? Hard to remember when the Lady Vols had double digit losses. They still won the National Championship under Pat with 10 losses.
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I think they win 2-3 of those 8 games. If we win 5 I will be shocked. I want to see how Holly is going to pull it off.
 
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Sandvol said:
Case in point. Stewart is averaging 3 assists per game which is about 100 per year. Harrison had 35 last year and Graves had 42. What does that tell you?
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Well to be fair, neither of those two have the skills or bball IQ as Stewart. She is elite.
 
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Pat4life said:
Stewart is overrated in my opinion, don't the mentality to match her talent. Now if you had the mindset of Diana or Candace, it would be over.
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Wait a minute..... I'm still laughing. . . That is the funniest thing I have read on any sports blog. hahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

That is hilllllllllarious. Overrated?????????? Hold on, I got another bout of laughter coming on...... Thanks for the laughs....... you one funny guy.
 
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