The Official #7 Tennessee vs. Syracuse Game Thread, 2:30 PM ET, ESPN2

[TheMookieMonster]

Biggest story of the game was our depth, IMO. To lose Awaka and Knecht and not have Freddie and finish like that was a very promising sign for the season.

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

Any word about Awaka? Looked like a rolled ankle?

Yes. Sit him the rest of the tournament. No need right now with our depth. Plus, Estrella gets more time. He is going to be a player

 

[ColinS]

Notice all the “fans” in here during the game criticizing and complaining aren’t here now. Absolute pathetic losers.

We did play poorly for the first 10 or 15 minutes of the game. Just struggled to settle in. If they commented on it they were not wrong. I was here nearly the whole game and didnt see but a couple of posts that were over the top.

 

[CaliVol2009]

Criticizing is fine. Bashing isn’t.

They were bashing

 

[DuckInAPen]

And none of them ever admit they were wrong. Pathetic.

I'd love to see the peanut gallery go one-on-one against the players they trash.

 

[hUTch2002]

This very much reminded me of a tourney game and environment. Cuse played well, we’re just better. Every time I watch our guys I come away impressed. What’s crazy is I also see a lot of room for improvement. I can’t wait to see what happens tomorrow and Wednesday.

 

[TheMookieMonster]

We did play poorly for the first 10 or 15 minutes of the game. Just struggled to settle in. If they commented on it they were not wrong. I was here nearly the whole game and didnt see but a couple of posts that were over the top.

We looked terrible for the first 17 minutes. No one, that I saw, called out specific players by name and bashed them. Calling a spade a spade and saying we looked awful is fine. We responded really well in the 2nd half which is what good teams do.

 

[NighthawkVol]

Yes. Sit him the rest of the tournament. No need right now with our depth. Plus, Estrella gets more time. He is going to be a player

So is Phillips. Play him too.

 

[ColinS]

Yes. Sit him the rest of the tournament. No need right now with our depth. Plus, Estrella gets more time. He is going to be a player

What depth? With the injuries it's 7 guys and inexperienced Freshmen. Although we did get some good minutes from one of those guys today.

 

[hUTch2002]

I'd love to see the peanut gallery go one-on-one against the players they trash.

Hell, I struggled staying in front of Ace Clement playing pickup ball. No way I’m staying in front of someone like Gainey, ZZ, etc.

 

[Vols410]

This team just plays different at the mention of the word “tournament”

Bump lol...

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

Criticizing is fine. Bashing isn’t.

No, not all criticizing is fine because often it is know-nothing, arm chair bashing. Commenting that they were sloppy, early is fine. Missed some great opportunities offensively is worthy of criticism. Commenting on players' perceived traits isn't worthy of criticism

 

[Col_Cathcart]

Yes. Sit him the rest of the tournament. No need right now with our depth. Plus, Estrella gets more time. He is going to be a player

I was really impressed by Estrellas play today. He’s got a lot to like about his game. High energy, good defender, and will definitely grow out of that role over time.

 

[ColinS]

We looked terrible for the first 17 minutes. No one, that I saw, called out specific players by name and bashed them. Calling a spade a spade and saying we looked awful is fine. We responded really well in the 2nd half which is what good teams do.

Spot on

 

[spyfish007]

Won't the tip-off be at 9:30 am in Honolulu? Wow.

Yeah. I suspected a slow start and that happened. We finished the game well and with DK sitting out which is added bonus.

 

[Vols410]

Sorry but Mashack is only good at defense

Oof

 

[Vols410]

We're in trouble. This has all the familiar symptoms.

Thankfully we have the cure now.

 

[OrangeBeachVol]

IMO the last 5 minuets was a clinic on running an offense and with our best offensive player on the bench. That group stepped up big and sealed the game when Cuse just wouldn't go away. As some others have said, depth is good on this team.

 

[Clad in Big Orange]

Bump lol...

Game thread, LOL. You are way late to this party. How about going back 5 years and finding some posts to “bump”. You’ll probably find some good laughs.

 

[whodeycin85]

Notice all the “fans” in here during the game criticizing and complaining aren’t here now. Absolute pathetic losers.

They are the same that run down the football team every game...they have all that Madden and 2k experience to guide them

 

[camp_steveo]

Gotta cut back on the turnovers. But good to see we have some scorers when others are cold.

Some of the passes were lackadaisical, NTM they need to learn to keep their feet inbounds.

 

[DuckInAPen]

Hell, I struggled staying in front of Ace Clement playing pickup ball. No way I’m staying in front of someone like Gainey, ZZ, etc.

I'm happy if I can stay in front of my toddler.

 

[Vols410]

Game thread, LOL. You are way late to this party. How about going back 5 years and finding some posts to “bump”. You’ll probably find some good laughs.

Lol cry

 

[tennrich1]

Biggest story of the game was our depth, IMO. To lose Awaka and Knecht and not have Freddie and finish like that was a very promising sign for the season.

Absolutely…and I thought SV played an awesome game without scoring much. I felt like he changed the game with his aggressive too.

 

[ColinS]

Biggest story of the game was our depth, IMO. To lose Awaka and Knecht and not have Freddie and finish like that was a very promising sign for the season.

I don't agree with this. We basicly went with 6 guys in that second half. We had no depth. Gainey may have gave us a little but but I don't remember him out there much. We finished them off because our main guys stepped up.