Recipe to win a NC in womens basketball

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1. recruit 2 players that run sprints in track.
2 teach them to make layups. practice nothing further out than 3 ft from goal( No problem nobody on the team now has hit lay ups all year)
3 Remember speed kills so no problem in stopping the other teams long shots and speeding down court for us to score.
 
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We recruit girls that can shoot. But they run like they are barefoot in knee deep sand and cant jump. All around the nations best teams they have girls that are athletic and can create their own shots. You have to be able to create space. So if there is anyway that Darby and Puckett can get faster then that is what the coaches should work on all off season. And Striplin if she doesnt start jumping she doesnt ever need to see the floor again. Standing there may have worked in high school but now the bigs are called bigs for a reason. Your no longer the tall girl in the game vs short girls. The rest of the team needs an off season in fundamentals. Learn that dribbling off your own foot isn’t proper basketball. Lazy passes are not proper basketball. And to the coaches quit recruiting guards that cant see over their socks that try to drive into the paint and shoot over girls a foot taller. And for the love of God figure out what your offense is supposed to look like and teach it to the girls. And dont wait until your down double digits to press if thats an asset. Your team was obviovery good at disrupting teams. Use that from the get go.
 
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EtowahVol said:
1. recruit 2 players that run sprints in track.
2 teach them to make layups. practice nothing further out than 3 ft from goal( No problem nobody on the team now has hit lay ups all year)
3 Remember speed kills so no problem in stopping the other teams long shots and speeding down court for us to score.
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Didn't work this year, considering we have 2 State sprint champions on this years team. Wynn and Miles are both high school state sprinting champions.
 
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EtowahVol said:
1. recruit 2 players that run sprints in track.
2 teach them to make layups. practice nothing further out than 3 ft from goal( No problem nobody on the team now has hit lay ups all year)
3 Remember speed kills so no problem in stopping the other teams long shots and speeding down court for us to score.
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We have that player Kaiya Wynn but the tricky issue is getting them be competent offensive players.

Those kind of athletic "project" players take too long to develop if they ever do.

A top tier program needs players who are both skilled and athletic. End of story. Recruiting more Rickea Jacksons is the solution
 
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We recruit girls that can shoot. But they run like they are barefoot in knee deep sand and cant jump. All around the nations best teams they have girls that are athletic and can create their own shots. You have to be able to create space. So if there is anyway that Darby and Puckett can get faster then that is what the coaches should work on all off season. And Striplin if she doesnt start jumping she doesnt ever need to see the floor again. Standing there may have worked in high school but now the bigs are called bigs for a reason. Your no longer the tall girl in the game vs short girls. The rest of the team needs an off season in fundamentals. Learn that dribbling off your own foot isn’t proper basketball. Lazy passes are not proper basketball. And to the coaches quit recruiting guards that cant see over their socks that try to drive into the paint and shoot over girls a foot taller. And for the love of God figure out what your offense is supposed to look like and teach it to the girls. And dont wait until your down double digits to press if thats an asset. Your team was obviovery good at disrupting teams. Use that from the get go.
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I totally agree. We need many more players long and lanky with speed like Jackson. You see most of the successful teams have lots of that type not the slow type that cant guard. Puckett and Darby neither can play a lick of defense, they are beat off the dribble most every time down court. Horston could have been so much better if she would just play and stop all the razzle dazzle that she tries every game.
 
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Honestly you can win a NC in any way but you have to have certain level of respectability in all facets of the game (offense, defense, rebounding).

But I notice teams with talent and athleticism have thrived more in this tournament. Only team left in the field of 8 that I wouldn't describe as very athletic would be Iowa but when you have Clark and a group of a bunch of seniors, its not all too shocking.
 
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allenfan1 said:
I totally agree. We need many more players long and lanky with speed like Jackson. You see most of the successful teams have lots of that type not the slow type that cant guard. Puckett and Darby neither can play a lick of defense, they are beat off the dribble most every time down court. Horston could have been so much better if she would just play and stop all the razzle dazzle that she tries every game.
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Her skills arent as good as she thinks. She needs to tighten those things up.
 
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EtowahVol said:
1. recruit 2 players that run sprints in track.
2 teach them to make layups. practice nothing further out than 3 ft from goal( No problem nobody on the team now has hit lay ups all year)
3 Remember speed kills so no problem in stopping the other teams long shots and speeding down court for us to score.
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I couldn’t resist. 😆

 
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I really don't like saying this.
But, this (or at least the past) administrations do NOT have winning a NC as a top priority. No, I'm not an insider. I am an observer.
The hiring decision to succeed the legend was not primarily based on winning National Titles. Even though we were one of 2 programs that were head and shoulders the elite of WCBB. That failed experiment tarnished our status in the sport and was carried out for too long.
Then as "one of several upper echelon programs" we had a chance to undo the original failed decision and prove that winning NCs was THE primary goal. The admins made a similar decision to the first and the results are basically the same. Eventually the admins will have to make a proper decision. Hopefully, the program has not slipped too far down to make that near impossible. It will be painful but have to be done ... IF ... your original question has merit.
 
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livefaith said:
I really don't like saying this.
But, this (or at least the past) administrations do NOT have winning a NC as a top priority. No, I'm not an insider. I am an observer.
The hiring decision to succeed the legend was not primarily based on winning National Titles. Even though we were one of 2 programs that were head and shoulders the elite of WCBB. That failed experiment tarnished our status in the sport and was carried out for too long.
Then as "one of several upper echelon programs" we had a chance to undo the original failed decision and prove that winning NCs was THE primary goal. The admins made a similar decision to the first and the results are basically the same. Eventually the admins will have to make a proper decision. Hopefully, the program has not slipped too far down to make that near impossible. It will be painful but have to be done ... IF ... your original question has merit.
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Well, fortunately, the "admins" you are referring to are no longer in charge. We have a totally different group running things.
 
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Mulky going to Final 4 with a non tradition rich women's program, in year 2 no less, not a good look for a very tradition rich Tennessee program.
 
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first time caller said:
Mulky going to Final 4 with a non tradition rich women's program, in year 2 no less, not a good look for a very tradition rich Tennessee program.
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Or maybe not a good look for the trope/delusion that tradition matters very much to recruits. It's in the mix, but nowhere near the amount for 18-22 yr old players as for older message board posters. To them, tradition means 4 or 5 years ago which is 1/4 of their lives. They want to win championships and go to the W (or use to want to) most of all by far.
 
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glv98 said:
Or maybe not a good look for the trope/delusion that tradition matters very much to recruits. It's in the mix, but nowhere near the amount for 18-22 yr old players as for older message board posters. To them, tradition means 4 or 5 years ago which is 1/4 of their lives. They want to win championships and go to the W (or use to want to) most of all by far.
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Good point. Or who has the coolest coach that dresses like a bufoon.
 
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first time caller said:
Mulky going to Final 4 with a non tradition rich women's program, in year 2 no less, not a good look for a very tradition rich Tennessee program.
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I would say that LSU is tradition-rich. Sure, they're not Tennessee, but they made five-straight final fours from 2004-2008. Their final four drought was the exact same as ours. On top of that, they also made the Elite 8 in 1986, 2000, and 2003, and the Sweet 16 in 1984, 1989, 2000, 2013, and 2014. They won the SEC conference tournament in 1991 and 2003 and the SEC regular season in 2005, 2006, and 2008.
 
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There are very few coaches that can do better than Kelly has. Is Mulky a better coach right now? Yes. We'll see if she can recruit some more impact players and continue to grow as a coach but sweet 16s aren't the worst thing that could happen, realistically.
 
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nelliee6 said:
There are very few coaches that can do better than Kelly has. Is Mulky a better coach right now? Yes. We'll see if she can recruit some more impact players and continue to grow as a coach but sweet 16s aren't the worst thing that could happen, realistically.
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Delurk up vote! Thanks you for contributing. Need to post more!
 
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livefaith said:
I really don't like saying this.
But, this (or at least the past) administrations do NOT have winning a NC as a top priority. No, I'm not an insider. I am an observer.
The hiring decision to succeed the legend was not primarily based on winning National Titles. Even though we were one of 2 programs that were head and shoulders the elite of WCBB. That failed experiment tarnished our status in the sport and was carried out for too long.
Then as "one of several upper echelon programs" we had a chance to undo the original failed decision and prove that winning NCs was THE primary goal. The admins made a similar decision to the first and the results are basically the same. Eventually the admins will have to make a proper decision. Hopefully, the program has not slipped too far down to make that near impossible. It will be painful but have to be done ... IF ... your original question has merit.
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good post KJH is going forth and i hope she does well yes the previous administration had filters affecting their hiring choices had to be from the LV family and had to be female noble goals indeed but overarching goal should have been always been win natties muffet geno and tara never graduated from the WCBB schools whose programs they elevated kenny jones the same the ohio state womens hockey coach and northwestern womens lacrosse coach came in fact from rival schools to bring championships to their new turf would like us to take hiring constraints off in all sports getting coaches in top flight programs should always be about getting the best person available
 
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Simple solution ...get the gal (PG who has triple double games ) from Iowa and that Center from South
Carolina and forward from LSU ( both who consistenly have double/double games ) to put off their WNBA careers and transfer to Tennessee one last year of eligibility .....add Coach Jumper as a Voluntary Assistant Coach and let the feathers fly from that famous LSU Coaches outfit worn in that last game.
 
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