Recent content by CannonVol80

You're just not getting the point. Going into the portal means the student-athlete is looking for another school at which to play. While a coach can suggest all of the things that have been suggested here to let a player know she is not going to play in the new system, that coach cannot make the...

How many times have you personally met Maria?

VolFuture, if I might make a suggestion, to differentiate between visits and commitments, use italics for one and bold for the other. I know my old eyes have a hard time distinguishing between bold and italicized bold and I doubt I'm the only one. Thanks, Jim

Semantics are important, what you did was state as fact that none of the top players are considering [the Lady Vols] us. You simply admitted that your statement of "fact " was based on rumors. It's a shame that so many posters fail to understand the effect the written word can have! Jim

I believe what she was trying to convey was that she wants her team fighting fr offensive rebounds before simply acceding the rebound and then getting pressing defense 40 feet. Jim

An assistant coach is expected to take her direction from the head coach. I don't expect any assistant would simply continue to recruit players that the previous head coach had indicated an interest in simply to be working and representing the university without that direction. Jim

Or, our new coach may have seen Adam's article the previous day which, I understand, made a rather disparaging comment about a 43 point loss leading to her hire and factored that into her response to him. Jim

If NIL takes the path many of you are suggesting ( and, maybe even if it doesn’t), I'm afraid the student athletes of the future may be in for a rude awakening, particularly in the circumstance where student-athletes become university employees. I can see the IRS classifyi If NIL takes the...

I don't remember where I saw it, but it was a clear indication that Coach Sam was currently working the portal on behalf of the Lady Vols. I'll try to find the reference again and post it here. Jim

You're making quite an assumption there, just saying! Jim

I realize it's been a while, but I seem to remember that Pat very seldom wore orange on the sidelines herself. Am I wrong? Jim

I, too, have concerns about recruiting with Coach Caldwell. That said, I hope her first interview is with Coach Sam and she retains her on the staff. If that happens, we have someone who,at least, has contact and familiarity, if not a full blown relationship, with the recruits she will likely...

I would give significantly more credence to some of the posters who have suddenly shown up to be critical of this hire if they exhibited more knowledge of women's basketball in the SEC. For instance, not knowing that all the teams do, in fact, play in the SEC tournament, a fact that seems to...

This, and her ability to achieve a level of success in the transfer portal in the next couple of days will, I believe, give all of us an indication regarding her chances of success at Tennessee. If she can pull in a solid post player, or two, and a strong scoring wing, as well as holding on to...

The Lady Vols have put themselves in this hole, But, I have to say that at least three times I have been able to count 8 seconds while Cardoso camped in the lane and the next time the refs call a 3-second violation will be the first time! Jim