Allan Houston or Dale Ellis?

[wmcovol]

Dale Ellis played out of position and against some of the All time SEC greats like Wilkins, Barkley etc but still led Vols to a SEC championship. Conference POY. Houston was a great player but Dale by a very thin margin.

 

[The Dog]

Dale Ellis, by closer than it really should be, considering he won SEC POY and won, a lot more games. Like many posters have said, "Houston was just so smooth on offense"

 

[golfballs]

Wade for Allan = the doldrums for years.

Can someone remind me who the other coach was that wanted to come to Tennessee but Lamar Alexander wanted Wade?

 

[zjcvols]

Can someone remind me who the other coach was that wanted to come to Tennessee but Lamar Alexander wanted Wade?

Paging @Thunder Good-Oil

Golf if you hadn’t posted it I would have remembered lol

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Can someone remind me who the other coach was that wanted to come to Tennessee but Lamar Alexander wanted Wade?

Dickey wanted Pat Kennedy but PK turned TN down. Then Wade and Leonard Hamilton were next up and Lamar forced DD to hire Wade. I remember the local news had a clip of Hamilton arriving in Knoxville walking through the airport.

 

[golfballs]

Dickey wanted Pat Kennedy but PK turned TN down. Then Wade and Leonard Hamilton were next up and Lamar forced DD to hire Wade. I remember the local news had a clip of Hamilton arriving in Knoxville walking through the airport.

Didnt know about Kennedy. Hamilton is who I was thinking of. Thanks

 

[n_huffhines]

Who you taking between these two Vol greats?

Not old enough to have watched Dale Ellis at Tennessee, but as pros I think it's a dead ass tie. They're basically the same player. Good wing scorers/shooters and didn't do a whole lot else.

My pal was in a PE course with Ellis at Tennessee and he said he was the best at everything, it didn't matter what they played. He'd be crushing fools at badminton.

 

[USAFgolferVol]

Allan Houston. My favorite Vol ever. He was so smooth. Best looking shot I’ve ever seen.

Ellis was great, but he didn’t develop that outside shot until he got to the NBA, so he and Houston were very different types of player in college.

Houston was nowhere near the gamer as Ellis. Ellis literally carried the Vols on his back his junior and senior seasons

 

[azvol03]

Who you taking between these two Vol greats?

Ellis had more...oomph. (Surely, I get some ‘likes’ for using the word oomph...)

 

[SlyStone]

Dale Ellis without question. He had more intangibles. His defense alone is what stands out to me.

 

[Chemvol]

It's hard to go wrong with either, but I'd take Ellis. I think his overall game was better, and he's my favorite player from DeVoe's early teams.

 

[VOLnMiami]

Dale Ellis

 

[VolArmy74]

Houston had such poor coaching and such a terrible roster around him it was a testament to his ability that UT had winning seasons with him. 5 wins after he left shows that.

 

[Volitaire]

Houston had such poor coaching and such a terrible roster around him it was a testament to his ability that UT had winning seasons with him. 5 wins after he left shows that.

The biggest reason Houston even came to UT was because of the coaching…

 

[VolArmy74]

The biggest reason Houston even came to UT was because of the coaching…

Because of the coach, not the coaching.