Official: UT hires Kim Caldwell as the new coach for Lady Vols basketball

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Volstylexx said:
PR 101, Short, simple, don't let them get grilled. Mention Peyton Manning. Mention Pat Summit. Cut the feed. LOL
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Which btw, were the two lines that I resonated the most with.

"Did you hear. I got a text from Peyton Manning" and "I will never be Pat Summit but I will strive everyday to be someone she would be proud of"
 
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VolBall09 said:
Yall im in love

“I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t think we could do it here.”

Succinct. To the point.

Man alive im excited. The reporters even seem a little scared of her. We’ve got one yall, I can feel it.
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I love how she didn’t feel the need to over-explain herself. That’s one of the signs of a confident, self-assured person.
 
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She is going to do everything her way. If it works it works and if it doesn't it doesn't. She believes and why shouldn't she it has been successful everywhere to this point. I hope she can get the team that will make her system work cause players like her style of play. She should have no trouble getting players if she shows she can win.
 
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Orange_Mamba said:
That’s it. Didn’t he say we would hear from Jewel?
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Guessing it’s because they aren’t sure she’ll be back. Doesn’t sound like KC is willing to alter her style and top players aren’t signing up to play in 90 second spurts. Not saying she won’t be successful but it’ll be with gritty 2 and 3 star type players. Rickea Jackson isn’t playing that style and sitting half of every game.
 
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SheShoots said:
Guessing it’s because they aren’t sure she’ll be back. Doesn’t sound like KC is willing to alter her style and top players are signing up to play in 90 second spurts. Not saying she won’t be successful but it’ll be with gritty 2 and 3 star type players. Rickea Jackson isn’t playing that style and sitting half of every game.
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That’s part of my concern. I don’t believe all players want the same thing. Success has many definitions.

Edited to give an example: see the coaches who didn’t want to coach here! success to them looks like perhaps lower pay but not dealing with us 😂
 
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brittannica said:
That’s part of my concern. I don’t believe all players want the same thing. Success has many definitions.
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Very true. This style can work. But there is no chance that players like JuJu, CC or Hidalgo are willing to play this style. She admitted she wants to limit players to less than 2 min stretches.
 
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Orange_Mamba said:
Would the platoon system actually work? Those who’ve tried come to realize that stuff don’t actually work.
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Don’t think it really matters at this point. Sounds like she thinks it will work here, and I don’t expect her to change it. Either it does or doesn’t. We’ll either live by it or die by it.
 
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SheShoots said:
Very true. This style can work. But there is no chance that players like JuJu, CC or Hidalgo are willing to play this style. She admitted she wants to limit players to less than 2 min stretches.
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Well they’re all ball dominant guards. Those aren’t the kind of players she’ll be recruiting.

Wasn’t the kind of players Harper recruited either. We haven’t had a ball dominant guard on Rocky Top since probably DeShields. Just not our style usually.

CKC will be looking to have a roster of 8-10 players who can go at a full clip, shoot the three, rebound and be unselfish.

I do think she’ll find that she has to play people for longer stretches than she anticipates, at least until we get the talent level up on our roster. We are not deep enough to run people in and out every 2 minutes right now so the portal will determine a lot for us.

Just really hope to see her HS recruiting take off. She’s gonna be recruits some DOGS.
 
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SheShoots said:
She subs players out similar to a hockey line change. She wants players to play hard for 90 seconds at a time and then substitute out.
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That does make your team incredibly difficult to defend and it’s demoralizing for the opponent if you’re hitting shots. When you’re changing players that often it’s almost impossible for the defense to stay organized and matched up.
 
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DarkPhoenix said:
That just tells me we won’t be getting any elite recruits, they want playing time.
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Elite recruits want to win. Otherwise we wouldn’t see 5 stars sitting on Dawn, Tara and Geno’s bench for 2.5 seasons until they finally get some real minutes.
 
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Orange_Mamba said:
5 in 5 out. Haven’t seen a successful game plan like that yet.
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Okay, I've never heard that name before. All teams, from rec to the pros do it. For me it seems you have to beat you defender to score points. Few screens or picks are set and the post play is gone..
 
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