knowing what you do know now...

[Chris4Vols22]

Originally Posted by jbeard82

He just stands there looking with his big bug eyes. Scream or do something. Lord!

Are you serious? Do you watch the games?

[TennesseeFan07]

Originally Posted by jbeard82

Maybe that's true. But Bruce's team came to play and won most games they were supposed to win.

I'm not sure that's necessarily true. I think they did at the beginning of his tenure, but as it went on they became inconsistent in that department.

[Chris4Vols22]

Originally Posted by jbeard82

Maybe that's true. But Bruce's team came to play and won most games they were supposed to win.

Lol.

[bleedingTNorange]

Originally Posted by calban

We played at KY's tempo last night which is about 70.4 posspg. Our normal tempo is about 64.4.
It did seem like we had a lot of TOs but only about 6 per half which is pretty good for this team. (13 ttl)
Perimeter defense is what killed us last night.
Wiltjer standing wide open on just about every shot he took. McBee on Mays didn't help either.

The first half TOs were bad, 2nd half was better. UK has one threat outside, and some how we continued to lose him.

[cncchris33]

Originally Posted by JMSqb11

You're a dumbass if you think that bringing in a style from another conference against 13 teams who are the same is gonna work. We are trying to play defense and run the clock down. That's working swell isn't it? That's like saying just because Oregon has won so much that if we hired chip Kelly he would have the same record at Tennessee.

To use a recent example (last 10 years), Bruce Pearl brought in a style from another conference against 11 other teams who did it differently and parlayed that into a #2 NCAA seed in his first season as head coach.

Going back a little further in history (last 25 years), Steve Spurrier brought in a style of football from another conference against 11 other teams who did it differently and built an SEC powerhouse football program.

This would be the antithesis to your theory that an unfamiliar system can't work amongst a group of teams that traditionally play a certain brand.

[knoxville's finest]

I don't remember Pearl getting a #2 seed in his first season.

[cncchris33]

Originally Posted by knoxville's finest

I don't remember Pearl getting a #2 seed in his first season.

Well check again.

[Chris4Vols22]

Originally Posted by knoxville's finest

I don't remember Pearl getting a #2 seed in his first season.

Well, he did.

[Chris4Vols22]

Chrises are all over that!!!!

[voldawgforever]

Originally Posted by Chris4Vols22

Are you serious? Do you watch the games?

I do. What are you wanting to say? That Counzo defends his team? Because he doesn't most of the time.

[knoxville's finest]

Your right. My bad. Lost in the second round.

[cncchris33]

Originally Posted by knoxville's finest

Your right. My bad. Lost in the second round.

No problem. Beat Winthrop on a last second prayer by Lofton in the first round and lost to Wichita State in the second.

[UT IE 95]

Originally Posted by cncchris33

This. When we take the air out of the ball and drive scores into the 50s, we give a pseudo-appearance of a good defensive team. In reality, we are among the SEC's bottom third in defensive efficiency (points per possession).

Pushing the tempo seemed like a really good idea at a time when we thought we were a good defensive team. Seeing now over the last several games (Memphis, Ole Miss, and UK in particular), we just give the other team more possessions to score by pushing the tempo. As a result, those teams scored an average of 84 points on us shooting a combined 43.4% from the field.

Not signs of a good defensive team.

It was pointed out in a stat during a recent game that we are near the bottom of the conference in defensive efficiency - points per possession. To your point, we never were good defensively, we just limited the number of possessions to keep the score low. It was fools gold all along.

[calban]

Originally Posted by UT IE 95

It was pointed out in a stat during a recent game that we are near the bottom of the conference in defensive efficiency - points per possession. To your point, we never were good defensively, we just limited the number of possessions to keep the score low. It was fools gold all along.

illusions

[UT IE 95]

Originally Posted by bleedingTNorange

The first half TOs were bad, 2nd half was better. UK has one threat outside, and some how we continued to lose him.

And with the sloppy play, TO's, and defensive struggles to stay with the only shooter UK had on the floor, we still ate our first half time out.

Maybe cuonzo doesn't understand that he has a TO to burn in the first half. I wouldn't be surprised.