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#102
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allenfan1 said:
I just watched the press conference and the saddest thing of all is she thinks that they played well, and will win the SEC tournament. She takes no blame.

The other is the most ridiculous thing that I have ever seen in every press conference. She apparently has never had any training in that area, as she continues to scratch her head after every question. The assistants sit on the bench like they are being held hostage at gunpoint.

The decline hasn't surprised as I saw the writing on the wall as soon as I heard she was the head coach, I just didn't think it would be this fast.
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And it's a good thing you didn't question the decision to not interview a single candidate across the entire USA. We just transitioned to seamlessly to the 2nd rated coach on our own bench.

Had you said a single word in protest at such a process, you would have been drug into Peyton Manning Pass and beaten. We deserve every bit of this until we have and Athletic Department that can and will make proper winning decisions.

JMO. Enjoy the ride.
 
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Fullfillmer said:
As a general rule I try not to watch the Lady Vols - however I did end up watching the last 4 minutes and although DD did score a few points during that span - I am not sure that I have ever seen a more disorganized mess than what I witnessed in those 4 minutes. It can only be described as rec ball with one person taking every shot while the other 4 watched to see if it was going to go in or not. There is no way to have any chemistry on a team when you have one person shooting and dribbling every time they touch it and never looking to distribute the ball. The ball stopped moving every time it reached her. Four minutes is not enough time to critique the play of DD, the team, or the coaching but you have to have better ball movement, player movement and the ball can't reside in one persons hands the whole time. Perhaps she was trying to make up for lost minutes - but what was striking - was having one person going 1 on 5 with the other 4 not involved.
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You do realize that the ball movement is still horrible when DD is on the bench, right? I hope you also realize that most of the other players in the team are afraid to shoot and hesitate even when they are wide open?
 
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BengalHuskie said:
"There was never any doubt she was the kind of talent coming out of high school that could have kind of a Maya [Moore] impact on a program," Auriemma said. "It was managing all the other stuff that went along with it that was going to be an issue for wherever she went."
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About whom was Geno speaking?
 
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Vols4us said:
I really don't know how a person sews discontent. Might be a little hard to do. But if they sow discontent, which happens with seeds being sown (planted) we may be on to something. lol. jk.

Her dad is a professional, which HW is supposed to be after 30 years of coaching at one of the top 2 collegiate women's basketball programs in history. Any honest person that knows anything about the game can see the system is not designed for the roster and HW is clueless about managing the roster and system she does run in games. He is simply frustrated that she wasted her transfer coming to this mess.
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If we are going to be Grammar Police, Mr. DeShields needs quite a few lessons.
 
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NoBackBoard said:
You do realize that the ball movement is still horrible when DD is on the bench, right? I hope you also realize that most of the other players in the team are afraid to shoot and hesitate even when they are wide open?
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Agree ^^^ and the last 4 minutes they were in desperation mode so any observations made if that were the only part of game watched are completely skewed .
 
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So far Diamond has been a big disappointment, so has Russell, Te'a, Graves and just about any young lady wearing the big orange. The coaching also has been far less than stellar. With that being said, DD's dad has a point, I hate for a parent to decide that his daughter's playing time is the reason for the failure of this team. DD has made a lot of mistakes and is playing no where near the way she played her freshman year. She also presents herself as a spoiled little Bi--h. Is that coaching, yes to some degree but DD has to making better passing and shooting decisions inspite of the coaching, or the lack thereof. That is what good leaders do. Good leaders are not the issue they are the problem solvers, right now, for some reason, DD's playing is both good and bad. She needs to be a positive for this program to make any noise in the post season. I just do not see that happening. Daddy D needs to realize that his daughter is a part of the problem.
 
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teacherdean said:
So far Diamond has been a big disappointment, so has Russell, Te'a, Graves and just about any young lady wearing the big orange. The coaching also has been far less than stellar. With that being said, DD's dad has a point, I hate for a parent to decide that his daughter's playing time is the reason for the failure of this team. DD has made a lot of mistakes and is playing no where near the way she played her freshman year. She also presents herself as a spoiled little Bi--h. Is that coaching, yes to some degree but DD has to making better passing and shooting decisions inspite of the coaching, or the lack thereof. That is what good leaders do. Good leaders are not the issue they are the problem solvers, right now, for some reason, DD's playing is both good and bad. She needs to be a positive for this program to make any noise in the post season. I just do not see that happening. Daddy D needs to realize that his daughter is a part of the problem.
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I will take the good and bad of Diamond trying to make something happen rather then Andraya dribbling beyond the arc for 29 seconds then passing to Diamond.

Andraya is the starting PG. She doesn't run the team effectively and does not provide leadership or stability when the team is in shambles. She isn't a good passer. She's had numerous games this year with 0 assists. Half the time, she doesn't even want the ball in her hands (to shoot or pass). Diamond handles the ball way more than she would have to if she had a competent PG on the court.

Andraya does nothing to earn her 36 minutes of playing time. She is a non-factor for better or worse because she takes no chances and really does nothing to impact the game. And she's the PG!

But yes, it's Diamond's fault.
 
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I would be playing Russell, Deshields, Cooper, Dunbar, and Graves 36 minutes per game if a team was in a zone. Just win or lose with those players. If they went to a man to man then I would sub in Nared for Dunbar. Carter has regressed in the last couple games so I would play her minimal minutes. Same for Reynolds she really can't guard anybody on the perimeter no better than Dunbar can.
 
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#110
diamond needs to pop Holly upside the head and tell her to go back to sit on the bench and be quiet.

imnsvvvho
 
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DD has been described in lots of words in some of these posts. It can all be summed up by saying $1,000,000 talent, $0.10 head, $0.10 heart, $0.01 concern for team. Keep track of her career from here on, including WNBA, she will be an empty stat filler that never plays on a high-caliber winning team. If she happens to end up on a winning team with a winning culture she will be a bench player. There are tons of issues associated with Holly being a bad coach. But DD owns her poor decision making, selfishness, and lack of heart on the court.
 
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Turnovers continue to be the most frustrating problem. Guess who leads the team? Deshields with 88 for the year. Cooper is a distant second with 65.
 
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Volfan2012 said:
I would be playing Russell, Deshields, Cooper, Dunbar, and Graves 36 minutes per game if a team was in a zone. Just win or lose with those players. If they went to a man to man then I would sub in Nared for Dunbar. Carter has regressed in the last couple games so I would play her minimal minutes. Same for Reynolds she really can't guard anybody on the perimeter no better than Dunbar can.
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I've said for 2 years that Carter and Reynolds are the worst guards on the team and shouldn't be seeing the kind of minutes they are getting. I was hoping Cooper and Middleton would be better, but the fact is all 4 guards just flat out suck. Maybe Cooper sucks less than the others at this point, but she's still not much.

It's amazing just how bad that group is. They barely look like Div I caliber players.
 
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Nobody should defend HOLLY this year period !!! If you have 8-9 Macdonald's All Americans on 1 team..................you should not have all these losses !! Just do a comparison of other teams and how many MacDonald's All Americans they have. Holly is not a Head Coach but she probably is really good at being an Asst Coach.....
 
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therickbol said:
DD has been described in lots of words in some of these posts. It can all be summed up by saying $1,000,000 talent, $0.10 head, $0.10 heart, $0.01 concern for team. Keep track of her career from here on, including WNBA, she will be an empty stat filler that never plays on a high-caliber winning team. If she happens to end up on a winning team with a winning culture she will be a bench player. There are tons of issues associated with Holly being a bad coach. But DD owns her poor decision making, selfishness, and lack of heart on the court.
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I don't blame her one bit if she's miserable. She plays for a bush league coach, and many players that aren't worthy of a Div I scholarship. I'd be miserable too. I'm amazed she's lasted as long as she has.

There's nothing that better teammates and coaching won't fix. She is going to have a better WNBA career than college career, individually and team wise, for sure.
 
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teacherdean said:
So far Diamond has been a big disappointment, so has Russell, Te'a, Graves and just about any young lady wearing the big orange. The coaching also has been far less than stellar. With that being said, DD's dad has a point, I hate for a parent to decide that his daughter's playing time is the reason for the failure of this team. DD has made a lot of mistakes and is playing no where near the way she played her freshman year. She also presents herself as a spoiled little Bi--h. Is that coaching, yes to some degree but DD has to making better passing and shooting decisions inspite of the coaching, or the lack thereof. That is what good leaders do. Good leaders are not the issue they are the problem solvers, right now, for some reason, DD's playing is both good and bad. She needs to be a positive for this program to make any noise in the post season. I just do not see that happening. Daddy D needs to realize that his daughter is a part of the problem.
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DD is a turnover machine. She is very talented, but consistently makes big mental mistakes along with her brilliant play at times. Maybe Holly isn't the coach we need, but I hate to see parents go public when they are mad because their sons or daughters are not playing. Every athlete's parents are biased one way or the other with their kid and playing time should not be based on who screams the loudest. Actions such as Daddy D's will add to any dissension and destruction to team morale that already exists.
 
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Nute Gunray said:
If DD played for Geno or CPS (before her health issues) they would mold her into a superstar. She is very talented but needs a strong coach to bring out her talent. Geno made Tina Charles into a superstar. CPS made Chamique Holdsclaw into a superstar. Both Geno and CPS would be in DD's face until she played up to her immense talent. I will include Kim M. in this list also. She made Brittney Griner into a superstar. Holly lacks this ability. Which is unfortunate for the great LV fans.
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Not to mention Muffet and Tara and a few others.
 
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Hoya Saxa said:
12,014 fans in attendance last night. She can still put paying customers in the seats.
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How many of those were there to see the best team in the SEC? And it says more about the loyalty of LV fans than it does Warlick because they damn sure didn't come out to see her. You Holly apologists crack me up, anything to deflect the blame off of her you will.
 
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Amb3096 said:
I don't blame her one bit if she's miserable. She plays for a bush league coach, and many players that aren't worthy of a Div I scholarship. I'd be miserable too. I'm amazed she's lasted as long as she has.

There's nothing that better teammates and coaching won't fix. She is going to have a better WNBA career than college career, individually and team wise, for sure.
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Irrelevant. #1, those issues existed for her way before she was coached by Holly. #2, any player that plays they way she does "because she is miserable about her coach" does not have the right attitude to be a high-caliber player that is part of a team with a winning culture.

And, to say she is on a team full of players that are not worthy of D1 scholarships shows your ignorance and I now regret that I even replied to your post.
 
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We lost this game last night for 2 reasons...mediocre shooting and too many TO's. Those things describe DD to a T. Having her in the game for more minutes wouldn't have changed a thing on offense.

Our defense was great. We held SC to well below their season ppg and shooting percentages. We crushed them on the boards. Having DD and her lackadaisical wave-by defense in the game for more minutes would only have impaired our play on defense.

Twice last night the camera caught her rolling her eyes at her teammates. How much damage is this doing?

Maybe Delino needs to do the math here.
 
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therickbol said:
Irrelevant. #1, those issues existed for her way before she was coached by Holly. #2, any player that plays they way she does "because she is miserable about her coach" does not have the right attitude to be a high-caliber player that is part of a team with a winning culture.

And, to say she is on a team full of players that are not worthy of D1 scholarships shows your ignorance and I now regret that I even replied to your post.
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People let us face the truth, this is a bad team coached by a bad coach. Please do not confuse the issue because 12,000 fans showed up last night, as one poster said it is more about loyalty and hope then it is about Holly's great, or lack their of, coaching ability. My wife and I follow the Lady Vols because we are committed to the program and not Holly. This ship does not have a captain. That is reality.
 
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therickbol said:
Irrelevant. #1, those issues existed for her way before she was coached by Holly. #2, any player that plays they way she does "because she is miserable about her coach" does not have the right attitude to be a high-caliber player that is part of a team with a winning culture.

And, to say she is on a team full of players that are not worthy of D1 scholarships shows your ignorance and I now regret that I even replied to your post.
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I've stated repeatedly that Diamond, Bashaara and Mercedes are the only consistent players on the team.

I wouldn't just say that Diamond is miserable about playing for a crappy coach, but playing along (mostly) crappy teammates. She's wasted a year at Tennessee, and if she's smart, she'll look for her exit plan. Any sane player would do exactly that.

And yes, the guards suck. More often than not, they are the worst guards on the floor. Look at their numbers. They don't lie. They can't play.

People are all over Diamond, who is the best player on the team, but ignore the fact that the guards would not start for any Top 10 team, and wouldn't even make the rotation for most of them.

But yeah, Diamond's the problem.
 
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