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Local Yokel said:
Fair enough. Abrams averaged 9 points as a freshman in the SEC. Both changed schools every year. Barnes is a culture guy and this just doesn’t look like a recipe too me. Granted, Barnes has earned the right, so we’ll see.

I’m just saying he’s closer to Abram’s than what we were being hinted at with the super team. First Juke, now Dowd, who was entering the portal with a no contact and now he’s trending to Auburn? Auburn? Really?

Barnes made a conscious decision to let all these guys walk. What we have so far is not exactly moving the needle. Still plenty of time, but time is not your friend in the portal.
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Portal hasn’t even been open that long so….

Barnes is the best coach we ever had.

There’s no legitimate reason not to trust him.
 
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BernardKingGOAT said:
#3 is a hilarious take
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hilarious take, huh?

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That is how Tennessee ranked in PPG the last 7 seasons. Going 7 seasons and never cracking even the top 50 nationally means you do not put a premium on scoring and you do not put pressure on your players to score more.

imagine Tennessee having one or two years in the top 10 in scoring and we would have a national title most likely.
 
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UTFranklinVol said:
hilarious take, huh?

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That is how Tennessee ranked in PPG the last 7 seasons. Going 7 seasons and never cracking even the top 50 nationally means you do not put a premium on scoring and you do not put pressure on your players to score more.

imagine Tennessee having one or two years in the top 10 in scoring and we would have a national title most likely.
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You love high tempo and hate analytics, which is fine. Folks have their preferences, some of them are more amusing than others when they voice them.
 
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kckempf said:
You love high tempo and hate analytics, which is fine. Folks have their preferences, some of them are more amusing than others when they voice them.
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It’s misleading as well:
-when you force the other team deeper in the clock, there are fewer possessions in the game. If you don’t play defense, you score more points because you have more possessions. Alabama a good example.
-the difference between for example 80th in ppg and 20th is 3-4 points…a 3 pointer that didn’t rim out, making 2 of the 10 missed layups or 3-4 made fts and shooting 16/20 from the line in a game instead of 12/20 and not missing the front end of 3 straight 1 and 1’s which is the equivalent of going 0-6
 
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UTFranklinVol said:
hilarious take, huh?

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That is how Tennessee ranked in PPG the last 7 seasons. Going 7 seasons and never cracking even the top 50 nationally means you do not put a premium on scoring and you do not put pressure on your players to score more.

imagine Tennessee having one or two years in the top 10 in scoring and we would have a national title most likely.
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Yeah. None of that proves the claim. He just stresses defense more. He certainly knows offense
 
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UTFranklinVol said:
hilarious take, huh?

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That is how Tennessee ranked in PPG the last 7 seasons. Going 7 seasons and never cracking even the top 50 nationally means you do not put a premium on scoring and you do not put pressure on your players to score more.

imagine Tennessee having one or two years in the top 10 in scoring and we would have a national title most likely.
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Have you considered how tempo affects these numbers? You should look at something like points per possession combined with shot volume to prove your point. (To be honest, offensive rating on KenPom is probably better still than those). I don’t have enough time to look those up, but I’m almost certain that we were top 50 in KenPom offensive rating basically every year with Barnes since we got good.
 
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Lankykong said:
Have you considered how tempo affects these numbers? You should look at something like points per possession combined with shot volume to prove your point. (To be honest, offensive rating on KenPom is probably better still than those). I don’t have enough time to look those up, but I’m almost certain that we were top 50 in KenPom offensive rating basically every year with Barnes since we got good.
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The offensive and defensive metrics feed off each other. If you get stops the other defense doesn't have time to set up. If you make shots, you have more time to get back.
 
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UTFranklinVol said:
if this guy plays off the bench we will be an epic team next year.

if he's a starter, I don't know.

we need a guy starting that can give us 25 night in and night out.
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Did Michigan have that? Nope. Not even close. They had no one average over 30.2 minutes either. Better to have 5-7 guys who can average 10-15. Can’t just shut down one player.
 
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Vols410 said:
What exactly was the script with Juke and Dowd, and how exactly are things going?

You don’t know. Know one does.

Let it play out.
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There was absolutely the thought that those two would be first weekend guys and that Dowd would even enter the portal with a DNC. The storyline that Barnes has a $20 million budget and was going to secure at least 3 big time names and then supplement some supporting roles. This isn’t even a controversial comment. Multiple in-the-know parties had been discussing this. Now it looks like Juke is either Michigan or UNC and Dowd Is Auburn.
 
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Local Yokel said:
There was absolutely the thought that those two would be first weekend guys and that Dowd would even enter the portal with a DNC. The storyline that Barnes has a $20 million budget and was going to secure at least 3 big time names and then supplement some supporting roles. This isn’t even a controversial comment. Multiple in-the-know parties had been discussing this. Now it looks like Juke is either Michigan or UNC and Dowd Is Auburn.
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You can’t verify any of this. All of that is speculation. Even those “in the know” readily acknowledge that the Tennessee staff prefers to be quiet and you likely won’t hear names until the deal is pretty much done.

My point is: you don’t really know the plan. You’re guessing. And as a result, you have no idea how well things are going according to plan.

Right now, after just a few days of open portal, we have 3 players that are (at least) solid rotation pieces, and there will be plenty more to come.

Let’s just pump the brakes before saying that the plan is failing when frankly you have no idea whatsoever.
 
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UTFranklinVol said:
hilarious take, huh?

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That is how Tennessee ranked in PPG the last 7 seasons. Going 7 seasons and never cracking even the top 50 nationally means you do not put a premium on scoring and you do not put pressure on your players to score more.

imagine Tennessee having one or two years in the top 10 in scoring and we would have a national title most likely.
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PPG is not a good stat anymore. Efficiency is the stat to look at.
 
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Skooter said:
It’s misleading as well:
-when you force the other team deeper in the clock, there are fewer possessions in the game. If you don’t play defense, you score more points because you have more possessions. Alabama a good example.
-the difference between for example 80th in ppg and 20th is 3-4 points…a 3 pointer that didn’t rim out, making 2 of the 10 missed layups or 3-4 made fts and shooting 16/20 from the line in a game instead of 12/20 and not missing the front end of 3 straight 1 and 1’s which is the equivalent of going 0-6
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i.e. common sense
 
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Vols410 said:
You can’t verify any of this. All of that is speculation. Even those “in the know” readily acknowledge that the Tennessee staff prefers to be quiet and you likely won’t hear names until the deal is pretty much done.

My point is: you don’t really know the plan. You’re guessing. And as a result, you have no idea how well things are going according to plan.

Right now, after just a few days of open portal, we have 3 players that are (at least) solid rotation pieces, and there will be plenty more to come.

Let’s just pump the brakes before saying that the plan is failing when frankly you have no idea whatsoever.
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💯! Everyone wants to speculate and call their shot hoping to be right.
 
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Vols410 said:
You can’t verify any of this. All of that is speculation. Even those “in the know” readily acknowledge that the Tennessee staff prefers to be quiet and you likely won’t hear names until the deal is pretty much done.

My point is: you don’t really know the plan. You’re guessing. And as a result, you have no idea how well things are going according to plan.

Right now, after just a few days of open portal, we have 3 players that are (at least) solid rotation pieces, and there will be plenty more to come.

Let’s just pump the brakes before saying that the plan is failing when frankly you have no idea whatsoever.
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This isn’t my deal bro. This is from those close to the program. I’m hoping for the best, but let’s not act like what’s happening isn’t happening. There’s a term for that.
 
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UTFranklinVol said:
hilarious take, huh?

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#196
#109
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#291

That is how Tennessee ranked in PPG the last 7 seasons. Going 7 seasons and never cracking even the top 50 nationally means you do not put a premium on scoring and you do not put pressure on your players to score more.

imagine Tennessee having one or two years in the top 10 in scoring and we would have a national title most likely.
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Offensive efficiency % matters > more. Our defense was literally top 5 in there more than once. That means PPG is greatly skewed v Efficiency.
 
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