seaofORANGE22
Eats a lot of peaches
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This is a tough basketball year, hell sports year in general. Last season the BasketVols probably should have looked a lot worse than they did, but they overachieved, which probably inflated the current seasons expectations. I could see us closing this year out in a similar fashion, playing well at the end of the season and still missing the tourney. I think we are playing hard, and I still enjoy watching the games (I know some of you don't for some reason). It feels like we are slowly growing, but we just aren't there yet.
I am trying to keep in mind that it's only year 2 in Cuonzo's system. We are a super young team. We don't have a plethora of developed talent yet.
Richardson - sophomore - heart and soul of our defense (tons of potential, still finding different ways to impact the game)
Reese - freshman (playing with poise mostly, sometimes forces things, but has the ability to make shots)
Moore - freshman (plays hard as hell and can make shots)
Stokes - Technically a sophomore, but actually only a freshman and playing like it.
Yemi - sophomore (just a badass - we are lucky we have him on this team)
Golden - junior - clearly either injured or mentally stuck in his own head. So lazy with the ball. (Cuonzo should consider giving Lopez [sophomore] his minutes in my opinion).
McRae - junior who is FINALLY living up to his own offensive potential (IN YEAR 3, when things like that usually happen)
Hall - 4 year underachiever - so out of position on defense sometimes. Cannot be relied upon. He basically eats up fouls. There is no excuse for this. He could be a leader on this team. Very disappointing career up to this point.
McBee - senior (plays his butt off, but its rarely ever enough. He is the least accurate three point shooting three point specialist I've ever seen)
Next year we replace probably the least productive player who contributes in McBee, with 5 star stud Hubbs. Also we will replace the least productive big man who contributes in Hall with Jeronne Maymon. The other players all get at least one more year to work on their game and get better. Which will happen.
And yes, I'm a natural optimist. Put me in the wait til next year crowd. Because things actually could look awesome next year. In the meantime, I'm going to enjoy watching this team develop and try to get better.
Thanks for reading.
Go Vols
I am trying to keep in mind that it's only year 2 in Cuonzo's system. We are a super young team. We don't have a plethora of developed talent yet.
Richardson - sophomore - heart and soul of our defense (tons of potential, still finding different ways to impact the game)
Reese - freshman (playing with poise mostly, sometimes forces things, but has the ability to make shots)
Moore - freshman (plays hard as hell and can make shots)
Stokes - Technically a sophomore, but actually only a freshman and playing like it.
Yemi - sophomore (just a badass - we are lucky we have him on this team)
Golden - junior - clearly either injured or mentally stuck in his own head. So lazy with the ball. (Cuonzo should consider giving Lopez [sophomore] his minutes in my opinion).
McRae - junior who is FINALLY living up to his own offensive potential (IN YEAR 3, when things like that usually happen)
Hall - 4 year underachiever - so out of position on defense sometimes. Cannot be relied upon. He basically eats up fouls. There is no excuse for this. He could be a leader on this team. Very disappointing career up to this point.
McBee - senior (plays his butt off, but its rarely ever enough. He is the least accurate three point shooting three point specialist I've ever seen)
Next year we replace probably the least productive player who contributes in McBee, with 5 star stud Hubbs. Also we will replace the least productive big man who contributes in Hall with Jeronne Maymon. The other players all get at least one more year to work on their game and get better. Which will happen.
And yes, I'm a natural optimist. Put me in the wait til next year crowd. Because things actually could look awesome next year. In the meantime, I'm going to enjoy watching this team develop and try to get better.
Thanks for reading.
Go Vols