The Section 103 Postgame Report.

#51
#51
Bobby Maize has not been replaced. We have no set up point guard so its mostly 1 on 1 basketball or 1 on 2 basketball. This is the worst Pearl team I have seen at protecting the basketball. Turnovers are out of control because the lack of skill at point. I think the strategy has been to go inside first outside at last resort, trying to use our strength inside. 2 problems with that 1, we don't have the ability to get them the ball in position 2, they aren't that good when they do get the ball down low. I'm still scratchin my head on why we are not a dominating inside team but the fact is they were abused inside by UF tonight.

I think they must abandon this strategy and go back to transition basketball outside first inside if open, as they did the last 3 seasons. I think the 3 point percentage would improve and turnovers would decrease.

Whatever change is made it needs to be made now.
 
#52
#52
bamacheats said:
I agree, more there than expected, however, I thought noise was pretty good tonight.
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Got pretty loud at times, I'll agree. Not a bad environment.

I was surprised nobody booed Mike Hamilton when he was out there with the Verizon rep.
 
#53
#53
bamacheats said:
Forgot to mention that the geriatric ref was on the take. His whistle was so one sided its obvious someone is padding his pocket (mike slive). And tony jones did absolutely nothing about it. I was begging for a technical, but alas, tony jones is an idiot.
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Refs had nothing to do with it tonight. We shot lots of FTs.
 
#54
#54
hatvol96 said:
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7. If anyone wonders why I think so little of Scotty Hopson's game, go back and watch the offensive possession at 66-64. It will be self explanatory.
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As I said in the last game thread....he will be the death of this team. Why people are so high ion this guy is beyond me...total lack of leadership to go along with his basketball awareness and dribbling ability
 
#56
#56
And to think people were saying no way this team finishes fourth in the East. They may be right. Could finish 6th.
 
#57
#57
fearsvols said:
7. Is that the possession when the clock is running down, he dishes to Goins at the top of the key and a horrible shot is thrown up?
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That's the one. "I'm going to eat up the shot clock dribbling around aimlessly, then throw it to someone else instead of taking responsibility and shooting myself."
 
#60
#60
hatvol96 said:
1. Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver's rendition of the National Anthem was worth the price of admission. There's a reason they are bluegrass legends.
2. Good job by the dance team of firing the crowd up before the game. Nothing says "Let's Go To War" like a redux of the Melissa Etheridge routine.
3. Florida stayed out for the Anthem. Good job, Billy Munster.
4. Erving Walker flat abused Melvin Goins. Easily the worst defensive performance of Goins' career.
5. Tennessee is up 29-21 with all the momentum and loses Chandler Parsons twice at the three point line. That's the kind of lapse that loses games.
6. Tobias Harris was very good offensively. He was utterly atrocious defensively.
7. If anyone wonders why I think so little of Scotty Hopson's game, go back and watch the offensive possession at 66-64. It will be self explanatory.
8. The coaching staff was in utter disarray during overtime. It looked like they were attempting to herd cats.
9. The magic show at halftime was awesome. Awesome in its complete and total idiocy.
10. Saturday is now a must win. Lose to Vanderbilt and the season is officially off the tracks.
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A) It's off the tracks and careening down the side of a canyon

B) Who puts together these halftime shows? Everytime I hear about them they sound like something they do at a 3rd grade holiday party. Why even waste the money?




P.S. That assumes they spend money, which is generous thinking.
 
#62
#62
SeanJean said:
Refs had nothing to do with it tonight. We shot lots of FTs.
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It didn't hurt Florida that the refs called several picky fouls at times where we were threatening to make a run. That did wonders for our momentum.
 
#63
#63
i dont know why everyone is so worried about Vandy. They are ranked and i believe gameday is in knoxville? we show up for games like that.
 
#64
#64
hatvol96 said:
1. Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver's rendition of the National Anthem was worth the price of admission. There's a reason they are bluegrass legends.
2. Good job by the dance team of firing the crowd up before the game. Nothing says "Let's Go To War" like a redux of the Melissa Etheridge routine.
4. Erving Walker flat abused Melvin Goins. Easily the worst defensive performance of Goins' career.
5. Tennessee is up 29-21 with all the momentum and loses Chandler Parsons twice at the three point line. That's the kind of lapse that loses games.
8. The coaching staff was in utter disarray during overtime. It looked like they were attempting to herd cats.
9. The magic show at halftime was awesome. Awesome in its complete and total idiocy.
10. Saturday is now a must win. Lose to Vanderbilt and the season is officially off the tracks.
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As usual, a pretty good recap, especially the ones quoted. Doubly especially so for #8 and #9.

Regarding #4, I think the best indictment of Goins' play is that we had offense/defense substitutions with Golden late in regulation and Mel--usually our defensive specialist--was sitting on defense.

But I still don't think the defense, though inconsistent, is the problem with this team. The problem is that in the last five minutes of the first half and the last five minutes of a tight game, the offense completely loses all confidence in its ability to do anything. We just dribble out 80% of the shot clock and then hope Tobias can post somebody up or Hopson/Tatum can draw a foul. But the expressions on the faces go from "having fun, running smoothly" to "oh sh!t, I hope I don't screw this up." I've been to four games this year, and I've seen a complete collapse in the last six minutes against Oakland, a 7-0 run by Memphis to close the first half, an 11-2 run by Florida to close the first half, and a 6 minute dry spell by UT spanning the last 1:30 of the 2nd half and first 4:30 of overtime tonight.

I know that our offense throughout the year has not been what it was in the Pitt and Memphis games. But generally, we've had the better of the tight, grinding games for the first 15 minutes. Then we allow a big run and go down at halftime. In the second half, we slowly climb out of the hole, only to freeze up once we're out and lose a tight one.
 
#65
#65
these guys need to press and run the whole game..thats our only hope if we get stuck in a half court offense we are doomed
 
#68
#68
I know the answer, but go ahead and ask the question in this thread. Why in the hell was Tony Jones giving an interview to ESPN during the first timeout? I thought they were playing a pre-game clip, then realized it was actually live during the timeout.

Coaches coach during timeouts, not talk to courtside reporters.
 
#69
#69
UT IE 95 said:
I know the answer, but go ahead and ask the question in this thread. Why in the hell was Tony Jones giving an interview to ESPN during the first timeout? I thought they were playing a pre-game clip, then realized it was actually live during the timeout.

Coaches coach during timeouts, not talk to courtside reporters.
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You should have seen it in person. UT's media guy was going back and forth with the reporter and she about walked into UT's timeout to get TJ. Eventually Pancratz pulled TJ out of the huddle and he did the interview.

It was a very odd sequence.
 
#70
#70
JZVOL said:
You should have seen it in person. UT's media guy was going back and forth with the reporter and she about walked into UT's timeout to get TJ. Eventually Pancratz pulled TJ out of the huddle and he did the interview.

It was a very odd sequence.
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I've never met Tony so I don't know him personally, but he appears to have zero control over what is going on around him. He is obviously not prepared for the stage he is on. Any decent coach would have told her to get out of his huddle. The first time out is a time for the coach to settle the team down and make adjustments. To give an interview while the team stood around was ridiculous.
 
#71
#71
UT IE 95 said:
I've never met Tony so I don't know him personally, but he appears to have zero control over what is going on around him. He is obviously not prepared for the stage he is on. Any decent coach would have told her to get out of his huddle. The first time out is a time for the coach to settle the team down and make adjustments. To give an interview while the team stood around was ridiculous.
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I felt the same way. He never looked comfortable to me.
 
#72
#72
JZVOL said:
You should have seen it in person. UT's media guy was going back and forth with the reporter and she about walked into UT's timeout to get TJ. Eventually Pancratz pulled TJ out of the huddle and he did the interview.

It was a very odd sequence.
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She should have been escorted out if that's the case.
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#73
#73
UT IE 95 said:
I've never met Tony so I don't know him personally, but he appears to have zero control over what is going on around him. He is obviously not prepared for the stage he is on. Any decent coach would have told her to get out of his huddle. The first time out is a time for the coach to settle the team down and make adjustments. To give an interview while the team stood around was ridiculous.
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Donovan left his huddle to do one as well.
 
#74
#74
I love how people blast Hopson and want him benched. That is uterly stupid!! People who say that are idiots and have no idea what they're talking about. Yes, he turns the ball over some and isn't a "lock-down defender", but he's averaging 16.5 ppg in 30 mpg (up from 9 ppg in '09, 12 ppg in '10). He sucks I guess.

I think people are so obsessed with Hopson that they've become blind to everything else. Like Melvin Goins piss poor defensive play recently. He's killin us. And our bench has no productivity at all.
 
#75
#75
hatvol96 said:
Donovan left his huddle to do one as well.
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Then that may explain a pre-game agreement. Still doesn't excuse chick from going into the huddle. I must have been st the petro stand when this happened.
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