Game Thread Lady Vols vs Navy

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Hey Coach, why is a 4th year senior transfer grad student looking so clueless so far on the court? She's had months in KTown to figure out who to throw the ball to but looks like she's never met her teammates. :(
 
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gule said:
Hey Coach, why is a 4th year senior transfer grad student looking so clueless so far on the court? She's had months in KTown to figure out who to throw the ball to but looks like she's never met her teammates. :(
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You talking about Nunn?
 
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#154
Truly a game of 2 halves. I'll skip over the first half. In the second half, they played up to their capabilities. Outside shooting much improved so far this year. They were fantastic from 3 this game.
My main concern is a lack of depth.
Middleton played 37 minutes in a game against an opponent that was ranked over 200. If she, Diamond, Mercedes, Jaime and Jordan have to play similar minutes, that will spell trouble. Hopefully KD's condition improves quickly. She could provide quality minutes and scoring off the bench.
 
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volnationnj said:
Truly a game of 2 halves. I'll skip over the first half. In the second half, they played up to their capabilities. Outside shooting much improved so far this year. They were fantastic from 3 this game.
My main concern is a lack of depth.
Middleton played 37 minutes in a game against an opponent that was ranked over 200. If she, Diamond, Mercedes, Jaime and Jordan have to play similar minutes, that will spell trouble. Hopefully KD's condition improves quickly. She could provide quality minutes and scoring off the bench.
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Yes the lack of depth will be the down fall of this team. And there is no reason that Nunn and Harris are not ready to play. Nunn has played 4 years of basketball and look clueless. Harris is a freshmen and raw but somehow Holly must find a way to get her mins to spell Mercedes when needed. As for Middleton lets see how she plays against the top 15 teams. right now we are ranked in side the top 15, But no way in hell is this a top 15 team.
 
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LVmom13 said:
Kort has been suffering from a partially torn planter fascia since last season. This summer and pre-season the doctors and trainers worked very hard on getting it to tear completely (once partially torn it can't be repaired). Relief from intense pain comes from a complete tear of the ligament or surgery which severs it. Surgery would have been season ending, so we opted for forcing the ligament to tear "naturally" with intense stretching, scraping and other methods. The planter fascia finally tore about 3.5 weeks ago. This is approximately a 5-6 week "full recovery" injury. We are almost there! She is released to play limited minutes and work through her remaining pain. She will be back shortly at full capacity! Please continue to be patient with her as she works through the rehab!
Thanks
Chris (her mom)
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Welcome to the board; and thank you, thank you, thank you. Both for the update and for Kort!
 
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volnationnj said:
Truly a game of 2 halves. I'll skip over the first half. In the second half, they played up to their capabilities. Outside shooting much improved so far this year. They were fantastic from 3 this game.
My main concern is a lack of depth.
Middleton played 37 minutes in a game against an opponent that was ranked over 200. If she, Diamond, Mercedes, Jaime and Jordan have to play similar minutes, that will spell trouble. Hopefully KD's condition improves quickly. She could provide quality minutes and scoring off the bench.
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Luckily there are a few teams in the sec in the same boat.

That won't spell trouble, they will be becoming better players, and they will be becoming a better team.

Go Lady Vols, play em Holly!
 
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And my only like ugh moment. Jamie Nared's line, consistency Jamie and no free throw attempts.

We need consistent high level play night in and night out. Can you please show up for ETSU? Well that goes for everyone....consistency ladies... No yo-yo, we can lose a lot of games that way.

Consistent effort, consistent focus, and consistent confidence = Lady Vols.

80 points first two games... the team looks better.

Defense will get better as our team plays into shape, defense is usually where most of the running comes from in practice.

Defense, rebounding and Good Guard Play = Lady Vols Basketball.
 
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Pat4life said:
Luckily there are a few teams in the sec in the same boat.

That won't spell trouble, they will be becoming better players, and they will be becoming a better team.

Go Lady Vols, play em Holly!
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While I agree that fewer players generally means you're likely to see a more cohesive team, it also means that the margin of error ( in this case foul trouble or injuries ) is smaller.
As long as they can avoid those situations, everything should be good.
How long will they be able to avoid them is the question.
 
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djtee said:
Yes the lack of depth will be the down fall of this team. And there is no reason that Nunn and Harris are not ready to play. Nunn has played 4 years of basketball and look clueless. Harris is a freshmen and raw but somehow Holly must find a way to get her mins to spell Mercedes when needed. As for Middleton lets see how she plays against the top 15 teams. right now we are ranked in side the top 15, But no way in hell is this a top 15 team.
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We are one inj*** away from no depth at all!!!:peace2::peace2:
 
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Well so are a whole bunch of teams, and coaches don't coach with fear.... Those players can prolly help the team, just not right now. Depth is overrated if you have solid players, 6 or 7 of em.

Nunn, needs more reps, but like Holly said, the matchups haven't been favorable at the 4 spot, and taking Mercedes out at the five 5 spot, why? If Mercedes, is not in foul trouble she is in the game. Nunn, will be fine, she's still finding her way.

Uconn, MD, SC, Louisville, ND, Stanford, Texas, let one of their 5 or 4 spot get injured too...they all will be in a world of hurt, injuries are a part of the game and not playing a player, who wants to be the best player they can possibly be because of fear, isn't coaching.

Holly is a coach. I roll with Holly!
 
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LVJeff said:
Just out of curiosity what do you do when someone doesn't perform up to your standards in your home life? Say you take your car to the mechanic and the mechanic doesn't fix your car. Do you say to yourself oh well I'm not a mechanic so I can't complain or do you take your car back and tell the mechanic to do a better job?

IMO one doesn't have to be trained at a task to recognize when someone else isn't performing very well at that same task.

I want this team to perform well. But when they don't I'm not going to pretend like they are.
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But I am also not gonna act like I am Donald Trump and know everything. I have observations, but generally keep them to myself unless they involve absolute, demonstrable truth. Example: I have noticed we have at least one player who constantly is touching up her hair. You can't be a serious basketball player if you have to keep checking on whether some hair has escaped your hairdo! Coach, nail it down or shave it off--you can't be constantly worrying about that!

Another example from a little while ago. Chris explained something that people did not know about but were ragging about regarding KD. Same thing last year on Draya. I think you should keep your mouth shut unless you absolutely KNOW what you are talking about. Or else, preface your ideas by saying, "I wonder why Coach doesn't do x" instead of, "What is the matter with the coach that she does not give KD more minutes!?" Because, as we have seen these last couple of years, what we THINK we see may have a perfectly logical explanation that we JUST ARE NOT PRIVY TO!
 
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bobkitten said:
But I am also not gonna act like I am Donald Trump and know everything. I have observations, but generally keep them to myself unless they involve absolute, demonstrable truth. Example: I have noticed we have at least one player who constantly is touching up her hair. You can't be a serious basketball player if you have to keep checking on whether some hair has escaped your hairdo! Coach, nail it down or shave it off--you can't be constantly worrying about that!
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If the hair is getting in their face or their eyes, I don't see anything wrong with fixing it. Pretty much every female basketball player with longer hair will do that.
 
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bobkitten said:
...I think you should keep your mouth shut unless you absolutely KNOW what you are talking about...
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The adage that one should keep one's mouth shut and be thought a fool rather than open it and remove all doubt is as old as...who?... Franklin?

Go back to my example. I don't KNOW what is wrong with my car. But I KNOW the mechanic didn't fix it. Do I say anything or not?

I appreciate your reasonable responses. I'm willing to move on.
 
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Pat4life said:
Well so are a whole bunch of teams, and coaches don't coach with fear.... Those players can prolly help the team, just not right now. Depth is overrated if you have solid players, 6 or 7 of em.

Nunn, needs more reps, but like Holly said, the matchups haven't been favorable at the 4 spot, and taking Mercedes out at the five 5 spot, why? If Mercedes, is not in foul trouble she is in the game. Nunn, will be fine, she's still finding her way.

Uconn, MD, SC, Louisville, ND, Stanford, Texas, let one of their 5 or 4 spot get injured too...they all will be in a world of hurt, injuries are a part of the game and not playing a player, who wants to be the best player they can possibly be because of fear, isn't coaching.

Holly is a coach. I roll with Holly!
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Well I have not checked but since you know it all tell all of us how many of the teams you mentioned that have a roster of 9? :shaking2::shaking2::shaking2::shaking2::shaking2::shaking2::shaking2::shaking2::shaking2:
 
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bobkitten said:
but i am also not gonna act like i am donald trump and know everything. I have observations, but generally keep them to myself unless they involve absolute, demonstrable truth. Example: I have noticed we have at least one player who constantly is touching up her hair. You can't be a serious basketball player if you have to keep checking on whether some hair has escaped your hairdo! Coach, nail it down or shave it off--you can't be constantly worrying about that!

Another example from a little while ago. Chris explained something that people did not know about but were ragging about regarding kd. Same thing last year on draya. I think you should keep your mouth shut unless you absolutely know what you are talking about. Or else, preface your ideas by saying, "i wonder why coach doesn't do x" instead of, "what is the matter with the coach that she does not give kd more minutes!?" because, as we have seen these last couple of years, what we think we see may have a perfectly logical explanation that we just are not privy to!
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Thank you!!!!
 
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sccshortstop said:
Well I have not checked but since you know it all tell all of us how many of the teams you mentioned that have a roster of 9? :shaking2::shaking2::shaking2::shaking2::shaking2::shaking2::shaking2::shaking2::shaking2:
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How many of those teams has post dept, that are not freshman?

Don't know it all, just know what I know. :) :rock:
 
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Pat4life said:
How many of those teams has post dept, that are not freshman?

Don't know it all, just know what I know. :) :rock:
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Just guessing but by those universities you referenced I would say most all. And why is it that we do not have post depth other than a freshman?
 
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sccshortstop said:
Has nothing with UT being cheap. They have the full allotment that every body else has but someone chooses not to use them!
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"Chooses not to use them"? Where has any member of our coaching staff said they wanted to limit our schollies so we only had 9 players? Yes, they made some bad recruiting decisions and didn't cast a wide enough net to get recruits here, and some injuries/transfers also depleted the roster, but they never chose not to use at least a dozen schollies. Many coaches limit their roster to no more than 12-13 players to avoid transfers and allow recruitment options in the next class. We've also been hurt by the 6-pack cycle where we have a huge class graduate and have to struggle to get enough recruits to reload, and the same thing is going to happen after next year when we lose 6 players.
 
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FrozenLVFan said:
"Chooses not to use them"? Where has any member of our coaching staff said they wanted to limit our schollies so we only had 9 players? Yes, they made some bad recruiting decisions and didn't cast a wide enough net to get recruits here, and some injuries/transfers also depleted the roster, but they never chose not to use at least a dozen schollies. Many coaches limit their roster to no more than 12-13 players to avoid transfers and allow recruitment options in the next class. We've also been hurt by the 6-pack cycle where we have a huge class graduate and have to struggle to get enough recruits to reload, and the same thing is going to happen after next year when we lose 6 players.
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You answer your own question! Again 12-13 is not a number we often have on the roster. All the other programs mentioned go through the same 6 pack cycles as we do. Each school puts themselves in that cycle.
 
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Alabama -- -- 2-0 really no post depth
Arkansas -- -- 2-0 really no post depth
Georgia -- -- 2-0 Shortened roster
Kentucky -- -- 2-0 Shortened roster
Florida -- -- 2-0 Shortened roster
Mississippi State -- -- 2-0
Tennessee -- -- 2-0 Shortened roster
LSU -- -- 2-0 really no post depth
Ole Miss -- -- 2-0 really no post depth
Missouri -- -- 2-0 Shortened roster
Auburn -- -- 1-0 really no post depth
South Carolina -- --
Texas A&M -- -- 1-0 really no post depth
Vanderbilt really no post depth

OCC..

Stanford Backup after McCall
ND back up after Turner
Texas back up after Lang
Baylor has solid backups.

So most teams are one injury away from being in a world of hurt.
 
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