Recent content by oldaaucoach

OK, we can agree to disagree.

Again, I am only talking about his defense. (BTW, I am a big fan of DK.) Like Carr, he was not a good defender with the Vols. The point is DK's scoring out-weighed his poor defense and I think most people can agree that adding 20 PPG with Carr would out-weigh his weak defensive skills.

But you specifically said, "he couldn't learn to play defense". I just pointed out that DK was at least as bad defensively, but CRB overlooked his bad defense because he could drop in 20 PPG like Carr is doing.

Yeah, too bad he wasn't a lock down defender like DK

Who knew? It seems that sometimes it takes patience and some playing time for young players to reach their peak.

How about Luigi Suigo from Italy

Agreed.

But the Vols just beat Bama and Ga with a Felix/JP lineup.

Holy cow. JP goes for 17 pts on 8/12 shooting, 9 rebounds, and a Net+13 and yet all the negativity. I doubt the Vols win that Georgia game with JP's contributions. Maybe someone can tell me which Vol player had a 100% flawless game against Georgia.

Ha! While we're at it, let's morph Burg into Chaz Lanier too.

JP looked bad in the A&M game. To me it looks like he is playing scared. If he makes a mistake he is probably going to the bench. If he makes two mistakes he is probably out for the half. It is hard for a player to gain any confidence in that kind of environment. I remember at the start of...

well JP has the same number of rebounds and more points in about half the minutes so yes, I would give JP a chance to show what he could do.

Okpara's value is perimeter defense. He really isn't a good defender against other bigs and his rim protection is grossly overrated.

spot on.

Is this acceptable from your starting center? okpara/arkansas 31min 3pts 7reb okpara/texas 16min 4pts 4reb okpara/florida 27min 3pts 1reb