Recent content by mcdoug

Exactly where did I say that was good for TN? Pretty sure I said it wasn't.

I've been hard on Kellie, but the fact is she averaged almost 22 wins a season in a very hard job. Her job performance at UT would have been just fine for all but a few programs, but, unfortunately for her, TN is one of those few. I'm not ready to break out the worry beads for CKC just yet. I...

Agreed about the player development. I think Jill did have a nagging injury, and I don't think she'd played the 5 very much before TN, but I could be wrong about that. I might be wrong about this too, but I often thought Kellie's teams weren't as fundamentally sound as they needed to be. Too...

Does Immaculata still field a team?

Exactly. Pretty sure you're right about Geno against Pat, and I remember thinking at the time that Geno's teams were significantly better offensively than Pat's.

Thanks to you! I had forgotten about Donovan. Much as I hated the gators, his teams were a really, really well coached bunch. Kim will almost certainly have to modify her system a bit to deal with bigger, more athletic opponents, but I'm confident she has the smarts to do that.

Fair point. Sad that we never got a chance to find out. IIRC, she was moving toward a more modern game just before her career was cut short.

Interesting stat, one that seemed intuitively correct to me but I hadn't actually checked. Kim is the sort of hire I expected all along for reasons that have been mentioned ad infinitum. For the record, I think the coach we need should meet the first two criteria, but not necessarily the...

To me, the best thing about this hire is that Kim is not connected to the Pat era. Pat's legacy will always be with this program, but UT has wasted 12 years trying to resurrect a legend without success. IMO, neither Holly nor Kellie sported resumes commensurate with this job, but apparently...

Maybe, but my understanding is that the NIL problem was not going to be fixed so long as Kellie was the coach. So which is it? In any case, IMO. the debate is over, the decision is made, and revisiting the Kellie era is pointless.

This sounds right to me. If I understand the technology correctly, a chip that could be inserted under the skin wouldn't really do the job because they have a very short readable range (about 15 feet) and require an external power source to communicate. A watch-size wearable would have it's own...

Guess I'm showing my age, but I remember seeing Maravich play at the old fieldhouse in 1968 or 69. Vols beat LSU by 25 or so and Pete scored 40 or 50 out of 60 something total.

Ah, gotcha, this has been a lot of fun for you no doubt. Of course, being a vol fan, I'm still disappointed over 2018 so there's a little bias in my view as well.😏 BTW, I'm old enough to remember the 1963 team and still think Loyola deserves a lot of credit for doing the right thing in such...

That could be, I'm not familiar with their recruiting, but I do see 5 seniors among their top 7 rotational players this year and that suggests a step back in the next couple of years depending on how many go or stay. It's really hard to find a player at any level who executes the system as well...

Interesting that you mentioned this. Moser's teams were routinely middle of the pack until he signed Krutwig. Apparently, K has done for Moser what Grant did for us. Be interesting to see how Moser does when his big star moves on.