LVs Lose to Louisville 5 Takeaways

[Nuyoika]

A huge hitch in her shot? KD shoots all the time and does work on her game. KD has not earned more playing time in practice. Playing time is earned not given.

Harris must not be showing up to practice at all.

 

[mike099]

Harris must not be showing up to practice at all.

:lolabove:

If Harris wants to play, she would need to transfer. Of course she may be content to practice, go to classes and get her degree. Really ashamed that she was recruited at all and last minute to boot.

 

[maxvolfan]

I think what hurt Dunbar was her looking to shoot the 3 as soon as she touched the ball. Shooting your first 3 right off the bench is hard to do because you justbhavemt had time to zero in on your range. Shooting a couple jumpers or inside the paint will build up to more accurate 3 pt attempts.

 

[Amb3096]

:lolabove:

If Harris wants to play, she would need to transfer. Of course she may be content to practice, go to classes and get her degree. Really ashamed that she was recruited at all and last minute to boot.

What I find embarrassing is that Kamera could be at Alabama or Auburn and look like a five star player while beating up Tennessee. She's the same caliber player that a lot of lower profile schools recruit and use to beat Tennessee...yet Holly can't find ways to use her on a roster with no post depth. Any semi competent coach would have been able to fit her in the rotation.

 

[T.J.]

I think what hurt Dunbar was her looking to shoot the 3 as soon as she touched the ball. Shooting your first 3 right off the bench is hard to do because you justbhavemt had time to zero in on your range. Shooting a couple jumpers or inside the paint will build up to more accurate 3 pt attempts.

A good coach would of coached that into Kortney.

Holly refused or is just incompetent to put Kortney in the positon to be successful for herself and the team.

And that is just one eye opener. The other eye was closed while Mercedes roamed the perimeter.

Holly can not coach PERIOD!

 

[MDVolFan14]

Define adequate:

More knowledgeable of skills than she is?
Difficult to impress?
Personality bigger than hers?

Shall I go on..?

DD needs an "alpha" coach that demands her best while at the same time coaching her too. The one thing that you have to remember about uber talented kids is that:

1. You must always demand their best.

2. You must be consistent in your message, your philosophy, your end goals.

3. You must know your x's and o's and in-game/half-time adjustments. Once they find out you don't know what you are doing, you lose them. Heard a story that DD was asked by Calder at UNC on the bench during a game, "what do you see out there?" And DD was like "I dunno, I'm just a freshman trying to figure this stuff out. You the coach, you tell me!"

4. You must create a culture of accountability. If you stink it up on the floor or in classroom, you must be held accountable whether your are the 1st player or the 15th player and be consistent with it, making no exceptions.

5. You have to show them you can succeed without them. That the next "girl up" is capable of being coached to do their job and be successful at running your plays and philosophy.

DD is that uber talent and like I've said before on here, has not been coached since UNC until now.

 

[Darth_Vol]

But as far as the ability to keep her own fire lit,,,,,,,,,,DD is miles behind.

And that's why she will never be one of the greats, no matter who her coach is....

 

[jonson]

DD needs an "alpha" coach that demands her best while at the same time coaching her too. The one thing that you have to remember about uber talented kids is that:

1. You must always demand their best.

2. You must be consistent in your message, your philosophy, your end goals.

3. You must know your x's and o's and in-game/half-time adjustments. Once they find out you don't know what you are doing, you lose them. Heard a story that DD was asked by Calder at UNC on the bench during a game, "what do you see out there?" And DD was like "I dunno, I'm just a freshman trying to figure this stuff out. You the coach, you tell me!"

4. You must create a culture of accountability. If you stink it up on the floor or in classroom, you must be held accountable whether your are the 1st player or the 15th player and be consistent with it, making no exceptions.

5. You have to show them you can succeed without them. That the next "girl up" is capable of being coached to do their job and be successful at running your plays and philosophy.

DD is that uber talent and like I've said before on here, has not been coached since UNC until now.

I agree completely with everything here. However, I also think that DD--or her family or her advisors or some combination of the three--needs to take some responsibility for not seeking out the coaching she needs in order to take advantage of her extraordinary gifts. Hatchell hardly seems to have anything in common with the above, and, surely, there were plenty of signs that Holly doesn't either. DD in essence has chosen two situations in which she was almost assured of not receiving the mentorship that would have made a major difference.

 

[governmentmule]

Would wonder if dunbars percentage is artificially skewed bc has shot so few times that a few misses really affects the whole . I can't tell you the last time she was in the game long enough for the ball to touch her hands much less shoot if!! Seriously I bet her average is less than one attempt per game . If she were allowed to shoot 20x like the "big3" or even half of that I guarantee her percentage would improve .
Shooter gotta shoot.....

I all ways thought she shot better after 4 or 5 shots

the reason the Lady Vols lost was due to a lack of decent guard play and shooting on there part

 

[Coach Jumper]

Yep. Bring back the Big 3, add a healthy Green and Te'a, factor in the incoming talent and the LVs should be a legit F4 team.

Yep

. . . . She rushed everything, passed up shots and always had one eye on the bench because she knew she would be taken out of the game.

There should have been a hi-Low ran with Kortney and MR or Nunn...It would have given us a go-to second offensive set for when the "semi-flex" wasn't producing.

I echo you g

That girl was the only girl I saw at TBA that broke a sweat in warm ups. And it wasn't because she was out of shape. She was running the drills,,
as drills.

 

[Coach Jumper]

DD needs an "alpha" coach that demands her best while at the same time coaching her too. The one thing that you have to remember about uber talented kids is that:

1. You must always demand their best.

Correct, not "ask" for ... Expect, and Demand.

2. You must be consistent in your message, your philosophy, your end goals.

The first time you aren't able to impress your Alpha player with the answer,,,You might get away with that a time or two, but you better do your homework,,,,because the next time it is sought out, you better have something for them.

3. You must know your x's and o's and in-game/half-time adjustments. Once they find out you don't know what you are doing, you lose them. Heard a story that DD was asked by Calder at UNC on the bench during a game, "what do you see out there?" And DD was like "I dunno, I'm just a freshman trying to figure this stuff out. You the coach, you tell me!"

At that moment I would have yelled to my assistants, you got practice,,,DD and I are gonna watch. And I would have talked to her from that moment until the last ball was picked up.

4. You must create a culture of accountability. If you stink it up on the floor or in classroom, you must be held accountable whether your are the 1st player or the 15th player and be consistent with it, making no exceptions.

Well put

5. You have to show them you can succeed without them. That the next "girl up" is capable of being coached to do their job and be successful at running your plays and philosophy.

The coldest thing i can remember saying to a player that thought she had impressed me was:
"I built you and I can build a better version of you to beat you because I know your weaknesses"

And that's why she will never be one of the greats, no matter who her coach is....

I believe you're wrong.