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04-23-2011, 03:12 PM
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#31 (permalink)
| | Boom. +14. Moby Dick.
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| Yeah, we don't need a first team All-SEC player, what with all the talent we have stockpiled. Anyone who posted that they did not want Hopson back is a moronic, idiotic, bunhole. | 
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04-23-2011, 03:34 PM
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#32 (permalink)
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| Im not going to say I dont want Scotty back. But I will say if one had to go out of Hopson and Harris, I would rather see him go. Thing about Scotty is he does more psychological bad for the team than he does good. With Hopson and harris both here, people will still look up to Scotty. That in itself hurts our team. I think losing Scotty would make the whole team have to be better. Sort of like the losing of Tyler Smith made our team better as a whole. There will be no give it to Scotty and stand around and wait. Others will need to step up and I think we have people who can. | |
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04-23-2011, 04:01 PM
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#33 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by WesternKyVol  I get angry. I will be a happy camper if Hopson stays. | Why get angry? It's comedy for me to see fools wanting an All-SEC player out. | |
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04-23-2011, 04:01 PM
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#34 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by PoochPunt3rdDown Yeah, we don't need a first team All-SEC player, what with all the talent we have stockpiled. Anyone who posted that they did not want Hopson back is a moronic, idiotic, bunhole. | That's all that needs to be said. | |
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04-23-2011, 04:43 PM
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| | Biggest Vols
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| We had a lot more players capable of scoring the ball when Tyler got axed than we do currently. Similar talent IMO, just different strengths and weaknesses.
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04-23-2011, 09:23 PM
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| Why do you want Hopson back - that's is the real question? Do you want his dependable offense? 20+ one game; then 5 points the next? Against a quality defender when he has to work to get off a shot and gets banged around we get to see the pouting Scotty. In no game did we see him hit the glass for the rebounds, or get floor burns diving for loose balls, or make the extra pass to a wide open player, or really work to get open in crunch time, or stay in front of the man he is defending instead of playing the Matordor Defense he normally plays.
How can anyone mean it when they say he is our best player? There is so much more to basketball than scoring well in half of the games and doing virtually nothing else. If Harris did not play for us this past season we don't even make the NIT. Give me Harris 100% of the time over Hopson. If Hopson does come back, which I highly doubt at this stage, he would benefit from a hard nose coaching staff that will make him play hard in all aspects of the game - or sit. | 
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04-23-2011, 11:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Vols4us Why do you want Hopson back - that's is the real question? Do you want his dependable offense? 20+ one game; then 5 points the next? Against a quality defender when he has to work to get off a shot and gets banged around we get to see the pouting Scotty. In no game did we see him hit the glass for the rebounds, or get floor burns diving for loose balls, or make the extra pass to a wide open player, or really work to get open in crunch time, or stay in front of the man he is defending instead of playing the Matordor Defense he normally plays.
How can anyone mean it when they say he is our best player? There is so much more to basketball than scoring well in half of the games and doing virtually nothing else. If Harris did not play for us this past season we don't even make the NIT. Give me Harris 100% of the time over Hopson. If Hopson does come back, which I highly doubt at this stage, he would benefit from a hard nose coaching staff that will make him play hard in all aspects of the game - or sit. | Who, from UT, was a first team All-SEC selection?
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04-23-2011, 11:54 PM
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#38 (permalink)
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| Yeah, Hopson sure couldn't play in the big games, what with his best game being in Pitt. | |
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04-24-2011, 12:28 AM
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#39 (permalink)
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| I don't think anyone's denying that Hopson had problems, but to say that we would have been better off without him last year or that we would be better without him this year is silly. | |
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04-24-2011, 12:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Sudeepvol Who, from UT, was a first team All-SEC selection?
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04-24-2011, 12:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Daloth Yeah, Hopson sure couldn't play in the big games, what with his best game being in Pitt. | I thought the Michigan game was a pretty big game myself. Posted via VolNation Mobile | |
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04-24-2011, 01:33 AM
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| Spotty still dribbles off his damn foot. | |
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04-24-2011, 02:58 AM
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#43 (permalink)
| | Straight cash, homey...
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Originally Posted by jewishreggae We can only pray that Hopson is out. We need to pray even harder that Harris stays. | Hopson is right on the borderline of being the Erik Ainge of UT BBall.
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04-24-2011, 03:07 AM
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#44 (permalink)
| | Straight cash, homey...
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Originally Posted by Sudeepvol That's all that needs to be said. | Addition by subtraction.
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04-24-2011, 10:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Rasputin_Vol Addition by subtraction. | Not in this case. | |
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