Former LV bigs who would have thrived under this new system.

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POLOinDC said:
I was thinking that Vickie Baugh, Glory Johnson and Ashley Robinson would have absolutely excelled in Kim's system. Are their others?
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Vickie Baugh, pre ACL tears, for sure. She was never quite the same after those repeat injuries. Similar story for Ashley Robinson.

But any athletic and mobile former LV big would have been a good fit for CKC's system (including CP3). Let's not forget that for most of the LV's history, the "system" was Pat Summitt's and she did okay with the players she had....

I would say that Glory Johnson is the LV who might have most benefited from this hypothetical time travel experiment. Her LV days corresponded with the slow decline of the program (her "baby vol: class was the first to not make a final four, getting stopped multiple times at the elite 8 level). And CPS never figured out how to maximize Glory's potential. She had a nice career but spent a lot of time playing as a more traditional post, which at 6'2 put her at a size disadvantage. Glory was unquestionably the most athletic LV ever (at that point in the program and she remains on the short list). Gifted with track star speed and jumping ability, she would have been amazing in a system that got her out on the wings and in the open court more often. She would have had to develop a 3pt shot though, which was not in her tool kit.
 
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do note that many players identified above DID excel at the level of winning it all. and of course the undefined definition is "big" was Holdsclaw big? Catchings, Gordon. then the question is coaching, system, and skill level of players.

Catchings was "my definition" of the best player in following her shot, the cliche nose for where the ball will come off the board, and that skill is essential for the current offense, especially when the offense is sending five to the boards.
 
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stllvf said:
do note that many players identified above DID excel at the level of winning it all. and of course the undefined definition is "big" was Holdsclaw big? Catchings, Gordon. then the question is coaching, system, and skill level of players.

Catchings was "my definition" of the best player in following her shot, the cliche nose for where the ball will come off the board, and that skill is essential for the current offense, especially when the offense is sending five to the boards.
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Catchings is, hands down, the past Lady Vol who would've thrived in this system. Her relentless energy and athleticism on those presses in the late 90s would translate extraordinarily well. I played against her at the HPER building, along with a number of other Lady Vols, and she was multiple steps up from any of the other ladies in her athleticism. She would terrorize people in this system.
 
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