Warlick post-game presser: 'Honestly, I don't have an answer'

[alexvol]

No matter how many times you post this, it's not going to happen.

Good for you since you are all knowing in what the completely new Administration will do.I do not know what they will do but if Holly loses 15+ games which is a pace which is easily accomplishable ,fails to make the NCAA tourney for 1st time in the program's history ,I predict that the New AD will take some action reference the LV program and that action will likely be Holly will be replaced.

 

[Hoya Saxa]

...but your continued defense of Holly Warlick as Head Coach is head scratching to the point I am almost bald .

You are worrying for nothing. Holly Warlick has been picking cooties and scratching her head for years and she still has a full head of hair. Relax!

 

[sccshortstop]

Jeff Walz obliterated his team in his press conference after a close loss to Maryland on Thursday, and his team responded with a gritty win over a game Kentucky team. His star players supported what he had to say.

It's not just the message, it's also the person delivering it.

He has also said that this generation grew up not having to do anything to be a winner.. Every person getting a trophy to please mom and pop has turned the athletes to be soft P*****. Maybe not his exact words but 99% of us on this VN whether it be MBB Football or what ever this is the truth. I coached for 25 years and I am ashamed that we have fallen so far that everyone has to be a winner. I was asked to handle my church BB league and when I found out all the players they got a trophy because they paid to play I said forget it.:loco::loco:

 

[Darth_Vol]

No, I'm a shill for facts. And when people say things that aren't factual, I'm going to point it out. If you don't like it, this site has an "Ignore" button.

Like you "ignore" the overwhelming "facts" that prove Holly is a poor coach? I can't wait to see how she will top herself from last year setting all kinds of negative records. But hey, as long as she stumbles into another Elite 8....

 

[T.J.]

You are worrying for nothing. Holly Warlick has been picking cooties and scratching her head for years and she still has a full head of hair. Relax!

Itchy itchy scratch scratch, indeed. :lolabove:

 

[th2421]

Why doesn't Holly just ask another coach for help with her team. Didn't Pat Summitt bring the Villanova coach to Knoxville to teach her how to run an offense when things got stagnant?

Yes, and that was one of my favorite Lady Vols teams to watch, running a very good motion offense. We had a team full of pretty excellent shooters, though (39% shooting from 3 as a team...what a dream), like Lawson, Gwen Jackson, Zolman, even Ely, Loree Moore, and Brittany Jackson. It all kind of came full circle when we beat Villanova in the Elite 8 that year.

 

[Pat4life]

Unfortunately, she had 5 players on the floor and 4 on the bench. A good coach knows how to bring the best out of all their players.

I guess, HOlly is a good coach cos he has done it better than 321 coaches the past four years. ijs. She's struggling during the season, but she gets them ready.

Let's go Lady Vols. What would u do to motivate these players who are mentally weak? Old gurus of basketball? I mean tell us. Old know it all of basketball?

How do you motivate Gordon, Catchings, Holdsclaw? u didn't have too, it came from within, Good players don't need any motivation, u might have to pick them up after a bad performance, but motivation, they got that part down Pat. They are usually mentally tough, that's why they are All Americans, Olympians, they do thangs other players can't, mentally.

Now how do you motivate role players, Dunbar, Middleton, Jordan Sr. (more chances than any players, players who wouldn't be on the court if they played 4 our opponents), how do u get them motivated to play every nite?

wuteva, its more than x and o's and its a process, Holly toughen up and do ya thang. Season ain't ova yet.

 

[Voltopia]

I have always had respect to what you bring to all Boards on Lady Viols and will have in the future but your continued defense of Holly Warlick as Head Coach is head scratching to the point I am almost bald .

I don't think Deerpark is defending Warlick, or attacking her for the matter - I'm not sure I've ever seen his opinion on whether or not Warlick should be retained. And regardless what of his opinion might be, he's mainly made neutral observations on whether or not a new AD stepping into UT's department would have the power and the desire to make that kind of change. Or, more simply, he's saying that there's no way a new AD would have the temerity to step in and fire a coach who had made the past two Elite Eights, won over 70% of their games, and had the #1 recruiting class coming in next year. That's not meant as a defense of Warlick -- or a condemnation -- it's just her performance to date (which is well above the median for a coach in this league). I also get the impression Deerpark's suggesting any athletic director who *did* choose to do that as one of their first actions would face a number of challenges and problems afterward.

 

[Pat4life]

I don't think Deerpark is defending Warlick, or attacking her for the matter - I'm not sure I've ever seen his opinion on whether or not Warlick should be retained. And regardless what of his opinion might be, he's mainly made neutral observations on whether or not a new AD stepping into UT's department would have the power and the desire to make that kind of change. Or, more simply, he's saying that there's no way a new AD would have the temerity to step in and fire a coach who had made the past two Elite Eights, won over 65% of their games, and had the #1 recruiting class coming in next year. That's not meant as a defense of Warlick -- or a condemnation. It's just her performance to date (which is well above the median for a coach in this league). It also get the impression Deerpark's suggesting any athletic director who *did* choose to do that as one of their first actions would face a number of challenges and problems afterward.

Nice post. But I do say if we struggle again this year, another coaching change on the staff is needed cos something is not working, Holly build yo program.

And run the "coaching effort practice." Run, run, run, run, we wouldn't see the basketball unless we got in time on our own. Two or three hours of running, squattin, diving on the floor, defense and rebounding, that's it, and that force us to get in the gym on our own. The ones that got in the gym on their own played. Those practices were brutal.

These ladies know the game, Holly, all they are saying to you, make us tougher coach. So, Holly no more I want to be there friends, tough criticism, tough feedback (the coaching staff is here to make u the best player, woman possible ) and a sound philosophy. Mean what you say! I think Holly will get it. Build yo program Holly. We have taken some hits but the Lady Vols program hasn't fallen, only out the top 25. Now that hurts, and Diamond says ranking don't matter. Yo leader saying that... wuteva.

 

[IPleadInsanity]

Regular season means nothing. Its just the lead up to the post season. This is what I was told last year after attending 10 regular season games and watching others on TV. Stay away from the arena and don't watch the Tv coverage until March. Its the way we roll at UT!

 

[armchair]

Why doesn't Holly just ask another coach for help with her team. Didn't Pat Summitt bring the Villanova coach to Knoxville to teach her how to run an offense when things got stagnant?

As our team offense under Summitt pretty much suxed the last decade of her tenure. When we had a superstar like Parker, the offense seemed fine--but otherwise Summitt's offense was terrible. That is why she lost four title games to Geno. Warlick, like her predecessor, seems clueless about offense--but the bigger problem is that we can no longer play good defense. Under Summitt our defense would usually bail out our crappy offense, but that's not been the case for a few years. We're not bad on both ends of the floor.

But certainly, I can't imagine that Warlick wouldn't pick Barnes's brain about both offense and defense as he knows a TON more than she does. But a big part of coaching is being a great leader, communicator, motivator--and clearly Warlick is wanting badly in those areas.

 

[alexvol]

You are worrying for nothing. Holly Warlick has been picking cooties and scratching her head for years and she still has a full head of hair. Relax!

Have never been worried ...just scratching my head as an after thought of total confusion.:ermm:

 

[alexvol]

I don't think Deerpark is defending Warlick, or attacking her for the matter - I'm not sure I've ever seen his opinion on whether or not Warlick should be retained. And regardless what of his opinion might be, he's mainly made neutral observations on whether or not a new AD stepping into UT's department would have the power and the desire to make that kind of change. Or, more simply, he's saying that there's no way a new AD would have the temerity to step in and fire a coach who had made the past two Elite Eights, won over 70% of their games, and had the #1 recruiting class coming in next year. That's not meant as a defense of Warlick -- or a condemnation -- it's just her performance to date (which is well above the median for a coach in this league). I also get the impression Deerpark's suggesting any athletic director who *did* choose to do that as one of their first actions would face a number of challenges and problems afterward.

I did not post that the New AD would fire her nor mention any timeframe for her replacement.Au contraire I have stated repeatedly that she will not be fired but the more likely action is that she will be asked to retire after this season and if she is smart she would do so.This would save face for Holly who is a great person who has devoted most of adult life to the Lady Vols.Unfortunately even the most pedestrian basketball fan can ascertain that her experiment must come to an end and the sooner the better.

 

[sccshortstop]

As our team offense under Summitt pretty much suxed the last decade of her tenure. When we had a superstar like Parker, the offense seemed fine--but otherwise Summitt's offense was terrible. That is why she lost four title games to Geno. Warlick, like her predecessor, seems clueless about offense--but the bigger problem is that we can no longer play good defense. Under Summitt our defense would usually bail out our crappy offense, but that's not been the case for a few years. We're not bad on both ends of the floor.

But certainly, I can't imagine that Warlick wouldn't pick Barnes's brain about both offense and defense as he knows a TON more than she does. But a big part of coaching is being a great leader, communicator, motivator--and clearly Warlick is wanting badly in those areas.

I said it since the season started. Holly should not ever mind talking to Barnes about offense and certainly defense. His kids play hard for him and he single handed made Punter a better shooter last year. I know many maybe even most teams are a reflection of their head coach. Barnes is pretty laid back during the game but he is Hello on them during the practices from what I have been told. :thud:

 

[governmentmule]

Consider the source. It's well known Deerpark is a shill for the athletic department...

Deerpark is one of the better posters on VolNation period :hi:,

accurate and very knowledgeable in his post and shares it here

 

[volman128]

Consider the source. It's well known Deerpark is a shill for the athletic department...

Well he works for the athletic department, so it shouldn't come as a surprise.

With that being said, he is 100% correct about Elzy. What I find hilarious is that she got two players to come to Kentucky that she refused to recruit while at UT.

 

[volnationnj]

Well he works for the athletic department, so it shouldn't come as a surprise.

With that being said, he is 100% correct about Elzy. What I find hilarious is that she got two players to come to Kentucky that she refused to recruit while at UT.

I was not aware that Deerpark actually worked in the the athletic department. Interesting.

 

[Darth_Vol]

Deerpark is one of the better posters on VolNation period :hi:,

accurate and very knowledgeable in his post and shares it here

That may be true, but just remember his position negates any objectivity. Don't expect him to discuss how ineffective Holly is until she is no longer part of the UT athletic program, much like he's doing now with Elzy...

 

[LVJeff]

That may be true, but just remember his position negates any objectivity. Don't expect him to discuss how ineffective Holly is until she is no longer part of the UT athletic program, much like he's doing now with Elzy...

What his is position?

 

[BuffDaddy]

If Holly don't have an answer, then it's time for her to step down. As with any job, it starts at the top then trickles down. She is destroying the legacy that Pat created for the Lady Vols. I'd be willing to bet that every time the Lady Vols step on the court under Holly Warlick's leadership....Pat starts turning over in her grave like a rotisserie chicken! It's truly pathetic what Holly has done to this program!

 

[Volfan2012]

Where coaching comes in is getting your players to play in a system both on defense and offense. Our players like to stand with the ball go one on one against a double team, make the fabulous pass. These are all habits that make you a losing team.
Holly has the team trying to guard their man one on one in the man to man this season. None of these girls other than maybe Russell have shown the ability to guard this way. Seems they are always getting beat for layups or giving up the short shot in the paint. None know how to block out and prevent the offensive rebound. We average over 15 turnovers a game. This is all coaching were terrible in the fundamentals. We also have some players that love to shoot more than pass and when they do pass they try to make it a spectacular one not a simple one that someone can actually catch.
This years team is a disaster worse than last season and it would take a miracle to turn it around and I don't think Holly has one.

 

[MDVolFan14]

What I saw was a team that is not well coached and not in shape. A team that is riding it's off da court hype. They looked unorganized, out of shape and uninspired.

It's time for a coaching change. Across the board. Get a whole new staff in, period. And who ever it is, needs to have the resume and stones to coach and not coddle players. That demands excellence for 40 minutes. That can make in-game adjustments.

I'm a DD fan but I don't see any thing of what she was at UNC. Yes, she's still athletic and talented but I don't see the transition from just being talented and athletic to being great and efficient. Bre Stewart, Tif Mitchell, etc. grew into being great players. A lot of that had to do with who their coaches were. Geno and Dawn are very demanding coaches that can actually coach. What is here at UT is far from it. DD will get better but it won't be at UT.