Recruiting Forum Football Talk VI

[volinexile17]

Need Phillips to turn into a guy who can attack the basket to score and spark the offense when the shots aren’t falling. Don’t think it’s gonna happen though and ZZ is the only other guy on the team who can maybe play that role.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

I told y'all this team is barely average offensively and elite plus defensively. They are not going to suddenly become consistent shooters and scorers at this point.

This is why we can beat anybody in CBB and lose to anybody in CBB.

When we have above average shooting nights...we destroy fools...when we have games like this...we lose. How far we go in March totally depends on how lucky we get in getting an above average offensive streak of games at that time.

Losing in the first round would not shock me with this team...neither would going to the FF...

It's a really good overall team...and I like having a really good team most years instead of the garbage UT basketball I mostly witnessed all through the 80s and 90s.

 

[VolNash17]

Need Phillips to turn into a guy who can attack the basket to score and spark the offense when the shots aren’t falling. Don’t think it’s gonna happen though and ZZ is the only other guy on the team who can maybe play that role.

That’s the issue. No dominant guy.

 

[SoilVol]

Fix the mistakes and beat Auburn on Saturday. Q2 loss on the road not a big deal. Still on track to be a 1 seed.

 

[UTProf]

This is why you have at least one guy (or girl bc same goes for the women) on your team that always hits even if they're terrible at everything else.

 

[Type Orange+]

Swan song for The Strip: It's just Cumberland Avenue, now - Knox TN Today

 

[BigSteve09]

I'd give anything to have someone like Schofield on this team. Someone that isn't scared to actually drive with ferocity to the basket or can hit a much-needed three during a drought.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

No matter how hard I try, not sold on them as a FF team. There I said it. So much would have to go right. Part of it is learning from dumpster fire games like this.

Why do they have to be a FF team to be excited to have a consistently good program?

 

[Vols4us]

Every year there are a couple of times when the game plan makes zero sense and the shooting tanks such that they cannot overcome it . This was one.

Moving on...

 

[Nuctech777]

Dangit, we lost bc Shane Beamer’s recruiting prowess

 

[Devo182]

I told y'all this team is barely average offensively and elite plus defensively. They are not going to suddenly become consistent shooters and scorers at this point.

This is why we can beat anybody in CBB and lose to anybody in CBB.

When we have above average shooting nights...we destroy fools...when we have games like this...we lose. How far we go in March totally depends on how lucky we get in getting an above average offensive streak of games at that time.

Losing in the first round would not shock me with this team...neither would going to the FF...

It's a really good overall team...and I like having a really good team most years instead of the garbage UT basketball I mostly witnessed all through the 80s and 90s.

Uhhhh we are #30 offensively out of 350 teams


Yes we have our issues, but this is a relatively very good offense. We need to prime up for neutral courts. I hate the away-game disadvantage at the college level and would expect vets like Santi and JJJ to overcome them. We still have 6 weeks...

 

[VolNash17]

I'd give anything to have someone like Schofield on this team. Someone that isn't scared to actually drive with ferocity to the basket or can hit a much-needed three during a drought.

That was the only team that UT’s had where the offense was better than the defense. So much fun to watch as well…

 

[SoilVol]

Somehow the Vols committed 20 fouls to Florida's 11

But shot poorly and Plavsic/Aidoo were non-factors.

 

[orangesoda]

We don’t have a go to scorer and the offensive scheme is bland. Don’t see a final 4 with the inconsistency.

 

[reVOLution33]

RICK BARNES ball baby!!! So hard to watch!!!

 

[engineerVOL]

One Suck, We All Suck.

 

[VolNash17]

Should’ve won the game. UT is better. Is what it is. Kick auburns tail like a poster said above and this will be forgotten

 

[Jackcrevol]

Why do they have to be a FF team to be excited to have a consistently good program?

I still get excited, granted their play is frustrating at times.

Would like to be in contention for a championship.

 

[VolNash17]

RICK BARNES ball baby!!! So hard to watch!!!

Really….

 

[RiseToTheTop]

Shot 27% for the game. Just gotta laugh Bc that’s so awful. This is def a good team but they don’t look like the other elite teams offensively. They shoot like garbage way too much.

 

[Deebowbear]

AP starting to believe the TE coaching hire will be internal. Alec Abeln.

Hubbs said few days ago it would be an outside hire

 

[Devo182]

This is why you have at least one guy (or girl bc same goes for the women) on your team that always hits even if they're terrible at everything else.

Jmo but in lieu we need a "go-to" set of plays.

Actually, I suspect they may be our lob/alley-oop plays. Out of the entire season, we did it tonight and completely whiffed on the oop.

Just a bad night offensively all around. Nobody was on. But that's basketball. We need more Plan Bs imo though.

 

[Nuctech777]

We need a dominant Big

 

[SoilVol]

Uhhhh we are #30 offensively out of 350 teams


Yes we have our issues, but this is a relatively very good offense. We need to prime up for neutral courts. I hate the away-game disadvantage at the college level and would expect vets like Santi and JJJ to overcome them. We still have 6 weeks...

I've been impressed with JJJ stepping up in away games this season. In the Mississippi State game for example, they were giving us everything they had just like Florida did. When we scratched back into it there was that breaking point and JJJ started hitting 3s and tough shots. Not tonight - he went 0-5 from 3 and 2-11 from the floor. I'm sure he knows he has to be better as a veteran leader.

 

[BigSteve09]

I told y'all this team is barely average offensively and elite plus defensively. They are not going to suddenly become consistent shooters and scorers at this point.

This is why we can beat anybody in CBB and lose to anybody in CBB.

When we have above average shooting nights...we destroy fools...when we have games like this...we lose. How far we go in March totally depends on how lucky we get in getting an above average offensive streak of games at that time.

Losing in the first round would not shock me with this team...neither would going to the FF...

It's a really good overall team...and I like having a really good team most years instead of the garbage UT basketball I mostly witnessed all through the 80s and 90s.

This team has first round upset written all over them. Especially if we face a team of hot shooters and the refs go whistle heavy on us on defense. We'll be toast.