The Official #14 Tennessee @ #19 Alabama Game Thread, 9:00 PM ET, ESPN2

[GoBigOrangeUT]

Man I can’t wait until we actually have a team who can actually shoot. Loads of talent and yet our offense is pathetic more times than not.

 

[Cdywolfe]

I wished they actually enforced traveling

 

[Fun coupon VOL]

Tennessee plays better without him

This is a fact. It isn’t even close.

 

[Ernest T. Vol]

You can't play Bailey in place of Powell when a shot is needed.

 

[JCP201]

We should have won it, even without Fulkey and Chandler.

 

[wmcovol]

Barnes can’t win games down the stretch unless some kid becomes a hero like Admiral did vs Gonzaga. Terrible coaching job the last 3-4 minutes.

 

[RockyTop140]

You just can’t be an elite team with players like JJJ and Bailey playing significant minutes. Too inconsistent and Bailey is simply just not good.

Bailey is so weak offensively and defensively. How in the world does he get minutes

 

[GAVol]

I thought the football forum was the worst on this board....but my god....the morons in this one take the cake.

No lie

 

[Berry4Heisman14]

**ATTENTION**
We were without our two best players

Flyby posters can kiss my ass

Doesn’t excuse blown leads and Bailey being in over Powell

 

[volforlife15]

So make the argument about Powell then…..

I mean he’s a much better shooter and overall playmaker. It’s not difficult

 

[LieutenantNeyland]

I wished they actually enforced traveling

Bama was good at it tonight

 

[zjcvols]

Lost the game up 6 and not able to push it to more.

But they schemed up a wide open 3 that Bailey missed.

Terrible missed calls- tired of seeing guys skip to the basket.

There is no such thing with Victor Bailey

 

[Rickyvol77]

Tough loss but we win going away with our two best players

 

[Mr French]

**ATTENTION**
We were without our two best players

Flyby posters can kiss my ass

Bailey can kiss mine. That's a wasted scholarship and has been all damn year.

 

[minorvol]

Hats off to the players, they didn’t panic being short handed. I’m not typically negative towards Barnes, but this loss is on him. Hardly any BHH or Powell. Refused to go away from Bailey even though he provides nothing. There’s just no excuse, if Bailey at least was defending well then okay sure, but he didn’t even do that.

I hate to blame Barnes but you’re right. I don’t understand his coaching decisions tonight at all. Should have won this game - rather easily.

 

[TJVol95]

Barnes isn't going to win anything significant here is he?

Never has even with the best team we’ve had in 30 years.

 

[JRVOL11]

Should’ve won that game

 

[Cartervol]

I hate Alabama. That's all I got. Can't beat those bastards at anything.. Maybe checkers possibly..

 

[LivinginthePast]

Team played good but of course the new nick saban bends us over and rams it home. So sick of this. I think we win with our players. But who knows fulky doesn’t show up sometimes. I’m sorry I’m so salty I just hate alabama beating us all the time. Oh well. Go vols.

 

[JMSqb11]

We should have won it, even without Fulkey and Chandler.

I’m gonna rewatch but it just seems like Vescovi and JJJ were minor roles the last 4-5 minutes. So odd

 

[Hbg]

JJJ played the entire game and did nothing, absolutely nothing. His defense even sucked and he didn’t get many rebs either.

 

[Lankykong]

Oates changed the game by ragging on that official. Refs were very inconsistent

 

[vols1071]

Barnes can’t win games down the stretch unless some kid becomes a hero like Admiral did vs Gonzaga. Terrible coaching job the last 3-4 minutes.

100%....

 

[NighthawkVol]

Bailey’s experience trumps ZZ’s inexperience. To argue that, you brought Kennedy Chandler into the argument, who the last time I checked, is not playing this game. I can only think you did that because you can’t make a legitimate or coherent case to rebut ZZ’s inexperience vs Bailey’s experience. But please tell me what Kennedy Chandler has to do with a direct comparison of ZZ to Bailey. I’m all ears.

ZZ is better than VB, regardless of experience. Just as KC is even better regardless of experience. That’s the parallel. That’s the only argument I need because it’s idiotic to think that a ****** player should play over a good player because ****** player is more experienced. There are things more important than experience. Like being good at basketball, which ZZ is and VB isn’t. KC is a more extreme example of that principle, which I used to help you see it. I’m sorry it didn’t take.

 

[UTK]

I thought the football forum was the worst on this board....but my god....the morons in this one take the cake.

Glad you're self aware. If you're not livid about this, your standards are laughingly low.