Wiley-Gatewood leaving the Lady Vols

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#26
(TN Vol 0320 @ Dec 20 said:
was the pregnancy thing a joke or is there some truth to that?
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I am sure that poster was kidding.
 
#27
#27
I think if she was pregnant, Coach wouldn't have used the excuse, "Sa'de didn't feel like she could play her game here."

Not sure, though.


~*Crystal*
 
#28
#28
(CrystalEHS07 @ Dec 20 said:
I think if she was pregnant, Coach wouldn't have used the excuse, "Sa'de didn't feel like she could play her game here."

Not sure, though.
~*Crystal*
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notice the word FEEL. :birgits_giggle:
 
#29
#29
If she can't play her game here, I wonder what her "game" really is?? I hate to say it, but right now it seems like she wasn't getting enough attention or something. Maybe she can go to a school where she is the only star.
 
#30
#30
well did you see the recuriting class that can possibly be coming next year. we have a shot at 4 of the top 5 players, i would leave too....
 
#31
#31
(vols2345 @ Dec 19 said:
well did you see the recuriting class that can possibly be coming next year. we have a shot at 4 of the top 5 players, i would leave too....
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Pat has already finished her class for next year!! With Nicci Moats a PF and a PG that plays at Maryville
 
#32
#32
This is shocking to me Sa'de was a great player and never seemed to be the selfish type...with that said that leaves us with Zolman and hornbuckle as the PG or players to bring the ball down the court and Moss occansionaly along with Parker....Dang we only have 10 players left on the team now
 
#33
#33
Point Blank fact is she couldn't be the BIG STAR, She couldn't freelance like she wanted to. The big part of her stat line that stands out is 12 assist, 60 shot attempts. GoodBYE and Good Riddance!
 
#34
#34
I have no idea what happened, but personally I think I could put up with a lot in return for playing on the #1 team in the nation.
 
#35
#35
(GAVol @ Dec 20 said:
I have no idea what happened, but personally I think I could put up with a lot in return for playing on the #1 team in the nation.
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Exactly. You're playing with the best team and for the best coach in the nation. Many girls would die just for the chance to sit on the bench and wear the uniform of this team.
 
#36
#36
(GAVol @ Dec 20 said:
I have no idea what happened, but personally I think I could put up with a lot in return for playing on the #1 team in the nation.
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I wasn't going to say it...but I was thinking the same thing. She didn't feel like she could play her game under the best women's basketball coach to ever live?

I think she's headed to a school that's fairly successful, but where she can be the star.


~*Crystal*~
 
#37
#37
does anyone else believe that the team will not miss a beat without her? in my mind this leaves 2 possibilites of starting lineups for coach summit:

G- Hornbuckle
G- Zolman
G- Redding/Moss
F- Parker
F- Anosike

OR

G- Hornbuckle
G- Zolman
G- Parker
F- Anosike
F- Fluker

How do you guys see it playing out??
 
#38
#38
She collided with CPS and lost. :thumbsup: Bet we keep winning without her.


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#39
#39
Redding nor Moss is starting material now, Moss maybe in a year or 2, Redding no way.

PG-Hornbuckle
SG-Zolman
SF-Parker
PF-Anioske
C-Fluker
 
#41
#41
A pure point guard with exceptional speed and court vision, Wiley-Gatewood said she was particularly frustrated by the lack of freedom she had in running the offense.

"I don't know about everybody else, but speaking for myself, this just wasn't my style," she said. "I felt like a robot while I was playing.

I bet she wouldn't mind feeling like a robot every now and then when she's hoisting that National Championship trophy in the air. Again, I would put up with a lot to play for Coach Summit.

But, maybe that's just me.


~*Crystal*~
 
#42
#42
(CrystalEHS07 @ Dec 20 said:
Again, I would put up with a lot to play for Coach Summit.

But, maybe that's just me.
~*Crystal*~
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Crystal,

Like I said before I think there are quite a few girls out there that would kill just to be able to sit the bench on this team. They would die to play but they'd be content with just sitting the bench and wearing the uniform.

If this player can't handle Summit or playing on this team she can't handle being a winner. And if she can't handle being a winner, have a nice life wherever the happy trails take her.
 
#43
#43
Anytime a player or a parent of a player says to a coach, you just need to let them play their game, I always like what the General Bobby Knight has to say about that, Quote "I never meet a player with a game that was any good" quote. Coach Knight is right, and so is Coach Summitt for telling this ego driven player to hit the road. Players don't run the programs or the teams. Coaches do, they are the boss. You are going to have bosses in life that you will like and dislike. This would be a good leason for Gatewood to learn, however she will never understand because she couldn't get her way. To bad, tuff.
Like an earlier poster said, there are young women who would give a right arm just to be part of the LADY VOLS program. It is a privlege, not a right.
Gatewood will be watching form some living room, when the Lady Vols cut down the nets, and show off the National Championship Trophy. In her sick little peanut brain, she will say to herself, I screwed up.
 
#45
#45
In the article where she said she felt like a robot, that in itself tells me shes neither willing nor dedicated enough to do what it takes. She may have crossed Pat and unlike some UT coaches Pat doesn't play that game.To Pats credit, no comment was proper.I would like to add I think Gatewood is a good player,good ball handler,good shooter.I hate to see her go unless its disciplinary reasons. I think her being hurt last year, she really didn't practice too much, maybe she just couldn't adjust to Pats style.
 
#47
#47
Simple Facts

Gatewood 225 minutes 12 assists
compared to:
Moss 75 minutes 10 assists

Also
Hornbuckle, Zolman and Parker all had more assists. 20, 23, 23
 
#48
#48
Other simple facts:

Pat Summitt - 892 wins, 6 national championships

Gatewood and her mother - 22 collegiate games, more turnovers than assists, scoring average about 5 ppg
 
#49
#49
"I felt like crap the last three games because I was structured for her running her plays"

Anyone else notice that quote in the article? Wow! Is she joking? Of coarse you are running her plays, its her team. Why does she think she should be calling the plays and making those types of decisions. Does she not understand the purpose of a coach and the purpose of a player. Saying she doesn't match Summit's "style" is actually not completely correct. The style is fine. Summit's system invovles pressure defenes that leads to lots of transition offense. Sounds like her "style" to me. The problem is that she doesn't have free reign to adlib and freelance and do whatever she wants to on the offensive end of the floor. Sorry hunny, but that is not "system." She wants to play streetball, and unfortunately that is not an offensive "style."
 
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#50
(therickbol @ Dec 23 said:
"I felt like crap the last three games because I was structured for her running her plays"

Anyone else notice that quote in the article? Wow! Is she joking? Of coarse you are running her plays, its her team. Why does she think she should be calling the plays and making those types of decisions. Does she not understand the purpose of a coach and the purpose of a player. Saying she doesn't match Summit's "style" is actually not completely correct. The style is fine. Summit's system invovles pressure defenes that leads to lots of transition offense. Sounds like her "style" to me. The problem is that she doesn't have free reign to adlib and freelance and do whatever she wants to on the offensive end of the floor. Sorry hunny, but that is not "system." She wants to play streetball, and unfortunately that is not an offensive "style."
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You mean fortunately streetball is not our style. Wouldn't have it. To much hucking and bucking going on with that crap.
 
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