Thanks Cuonzo

[UT IE 95]

Boys fought hard.

 

[zjcvols]

Can't tell if serious or not. But I will say this is serious.

I was impressed with the effort in the second. 95, I thought that they would quit. But Richardson and McRae wouldn't let them.

 

[UT IE 95]

They had every sign of quit at 12 min. But they played
40 min.

 

[tnvols72]

like I said in the game thread, give me Mcrae and Richardson all day long.They dont stop fighting.

 

[Chris4Vols22]

IMHO, the Vols' inability to come out of the tipoff primed to hit shots is what lost us the game. If we could have gotten into a decent shooting rhythm in the opening minutes, we would have won fairly easily IMO.

IE, I will say that Martin has struggled to get the players mentally prepared for (specifically) the opening tip.

 

[UT IE 95]

IMHO, the Vols' inability to come out of the tipoff primed to hit shots is what lost us the game. If we could have gotten into a decent shooting rhythm in the opening minutes, we would have won fairly easily IMO.

IE, I will say that Martin has struggled to get the players mentally prepared for (specifically) the opening tip.

The d was horrible the first 20.

 

[zjcvols]

IMHO, the Vols' inability to come out of the tipoff primed to hit shots is what lost us the game. If we could have gotten into a decent shooting rhythm in the opening minutes, we would have won fairly easily IMO.

IE, I will say that Martin has struggled to get the players mentally prepared for (specifically) the opening tip.

My three biggest Cuonzo complaints:

1) He doesn't use timeouts.

2) He doesn't push tempo when it gives UT an edge or is working.

3) They look sluggish to start games.

 

[Stoked]

My first like for IE.

 

[OrangeBalls]

Boys fought hard.

Falls over.

Is IE really complimenting or just husting us?

 

[Chris4Vols22]

The d was horrible the first 20.

I disagree.

 

[UT IE 95]

My three biggest Cuonzo complaints:

1) He doesn't use timeouts.

2) He doesn't push tempo when it gives UT an edge or is working.

3) They look sluggish to start games.

I've said #1 for a year.

 

[Chris4Vols22]

My three biggest Cuonzo complaints:

1) He doesn't use timeouts.

2) He doesn't push tempo when it gives UT an edge or is working.

3) They look sluggish to start games.

3 great points.

 

[BP4Prez]

My three biggest Cuonzo complaints:

1) He doesn't use timeouts.

2) He doesn't push tempo when it gives UT an edge or is working.

3) They look sluggish to start games.

4. He doesn't play zone when it is obviously needed (tonight).

 

[zjcvols]

I've said #1 for a year.

I've always agreed with you. In the NBA, you can get away with that. In college, you can't, especially on the road.

 

[Chris4Vols22]

I've said #1 for a year.

I don't think any reasonable person would argue against it. I'm usually patient, but I was definitely hoping he would call one at a few points in the game.

 

[zjcvols]

4. He doesn't play zone when it is obviously needed (tonight).

I don't care about that. We don't need a zone D. (Where's Sparty and I to battle over this!)

 

[OrangeBalls]

My three biggest Cuonzo complaints:

1) He doesn't use timeouts.

2) He doesn't push tempo when it gives UT an edge or is working.

3) They look sluggish to start games.

He used one with 17 min to go in the 2nd half. He should've used a couple more in the 1st half. Memphis hit back to back threes and basically couldn't miss.

Memphis shot 56.4% from the field and 63.6% from 3. UT outrebounded them by 8 and got 7 more offensive boards and got 11 more shots. FT's ended up being about the same in the end.

Memphis blocked 11 shots and had 11 steals had 16 assists and only 10 turnovers. We needed them to turn the ball over more to win. And 11 blocked shots and 11 steals is absurd. UT is lucky they didn't lose by 20+ looking at their stat line.

 

[FalcoVol]

My three biggest Cuonzo complaints:

1) He doesn't use timeouts.

2) He doesn't push tempo when it gives UT an edge or is working.

3) They look sluggish to start games.

Sounds like he's more reactive than proactive.

 

[BP4Prez]

I don't care about that. We don't need a zone D. (Where's Sparty and I to battle over this!)

I disagree. You at least need to be capable. It was obvious from the tip tonight that we couldn't keep up with memphis man to man. A zone allows you to offset that somewhat.

 

[zjcvols]

I disagree. You at least need to be capable. It was obvious from the tip tonight that we couldn't keep up with memphis man to man. A zone allows you to offset that somewhat.

Zone causes other problems to. Your rotation isn't as good, harder to rebound, easier shots from 3, etc.

 

[Chris4Vols22]

I don't care about that. We don't need a zone D. (Where's Sparty and I to battle over this!)

I'm sure his head exploded when he saw Hall's performance tonight.

 

[therealitytheory]

I'm pretty sure we average 5 pts the first 5 minutes of every game.

Not coincidentally, McRae is sitting on the pine as a non-starter those first 5 minutes.

just sayin'

 

[Chris4Vols22]

WHAAAA!??!

Y u klose da gudbyE kawnzo 3read?

 

[OrangeBalls]

I'd like to see Martin throw a zone in there just to try and confuse the opponent at times. However, tonight Memphis could hardly miss. They were 7-11 from 3 and I shudder to think what they would've done if they had taken more.

 

[OrangeBalls]

I'm sure his head exploded when he saw Hall's performance tonight.

Hall had a double double. He's the only one who came to play in the 1st half other than Stokes who got into foul trouble on the bushleague flop foul.