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#202
Bassmanbruno said:
Nothing. Just stay in your base defense you practice most of the time - which was man to man and that's exactly what we did. We'd cut the lead down to single digits and then they'd nail two quick threes against our zone and we'd go right back to man.
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So basically you just hope they miss a few down the stretch:good!:
 
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#206
I was taught a long time ago that in order to play an effective zone defense you first should know how to play man to man effectively.So we probably won't be playing much zone the rest of the year
 
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BigPapaVol said:
and then the lead blossomed right back and stayed around 15 until the end. If the matchup had been that kind of miracle worker, then you should be lamenting Pearl's lunacy for abandoning it.

I think Self absolutely worked those refs with that tirade and it paid off. Regardless, your homecourt comment is on point.
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Yes, and yes. And Pearl has done the exact same thing, in fact, this season (the deliberate technical to try to fire your team up/change the slant of officiating.) Didn't work for him, but definitely worked for Self.

That being said, UT was still outplayed by Kansas, even with some rather unbalanced officiating. (and, to that end, although I still maintain that the rules of basketball were suspended that day to allow all kinds of insane travelling, we shot far, far more free throws than they did.)
 
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Bassmanbruno said:
Pearl tried the zone. It was as bad or worse than man to man after the first few minutes of it... Kansas figured it out quickly and nailed 5 or 6 threes while we were in it.
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exactly. Kansas just decided to give the ball to Morningstar in the corners and beat them that way.
 
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#212
BigPapaVol said:
but the intent of the zone is that nobody is really straight up. You truly have Dykes' shadow defender to help, by design.
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I think my point is that if we can't guard any one man to man we sure as heck are gonna struggle to get a hand in someone's face after they have drained 6 3's while we are in a zone.At least in man we can sort of take away that
 
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#213
The biggest component of defense is effort. Plenty of guys with average quickness have made themselves competent defenders by simply showing up and trying.
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hatvol96 said:
The biggest component of defense is effort. Plenty of guys with average quickness have made themselves competent defenders by simply showing up and trying.
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Agreed.

Hustle, effort, and a blue-collar attitude would go a long way with our defense.
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#215
VolinArizona said:
I think something hat overheard last year is ringing true this year. Last year, hat overheard a scout saying that UT might struggle because Pearl used to win with alleycats, and now he has a bunch of fatcats. I think it fits with this version of UT the best.
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Very well said. However, I think there is a tension here. I agree that BP needs alleycats with his style of play. But to get to that next level, you need talented players, no doubt about it. Is there such a thing as a mcdonald's all-american alley-cat? There might be a couple, but not many.
 
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kidbourbon said:
Very well said. However, I think there is a tension here. I agree that BP needs alleycats with his style of play. But to get to that next level, you need talented players, no doubt about it. Is there such a thing as a mcdonald's all-american alley-cat? There might be a couple, but not many.
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There are plenty of McDonald's quality players who are tough.
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hatvol96 said:
There are plenty of McDonald's quality players who are tough.
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Yeah, there are some, and there are also a lot of And1 types. This is easier said than done, but we need the guys who are talented and scrappy. Every coach thinks they can turn a talented kid into a hardworking talented kid, but it doesn't always work out that way. Just ask Rick Pitino about Derrick Caracter. Not that there are any Derrick Caracter's on our team, but there certainly aren't any Jajuan Smith's either.
 
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bigtallguy38 said:
I think my point is that if we can't guard any one man to man we sure as heck are gonna struggle to get a hand in someone's face after they have drained 6 3's while we are in a zone.At least in man we can sort of take away that
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Amoeba defense is the answer. Bring in Tarkanian as a consultant. (I fully realize this is not going to happen, but I think the amoeba would be a perfect fit with our personnel this year.)
 
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#219
hatvol96 said:
Anyone who wants to wager that Bruce Pearl will be the coach in the '10-'11 season is welcome. Just wait and see. Things are going to get ugly on a number of fronts. It doesn't make me happy, but it is reality.
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This is the concerning post, to me. Hat is not "anti-Pearl," even with his primary target Fulmer out of the picture. In fact, I think he really appreciates the upswing of our program since the beginning of Bruce's tenure. He has no motive to post concerns without real justification.

Bottom line: if he's worried, I'm worried.
 
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Vercingetorix said:
For a guy whose entire persona and career have been about being the driven, focused underdog with a chip on his shoulder, life has gotten really easy for Pearl in a couple of years. I don't begrudge any man his success, obviously, and it clearly doesn't HAVE to translate into being soft on the court/field/ice/pitch, but it was hard not to look at that photo spread of Pearl's Louis XIV French villa and not think about "Rocky III."
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He traded his passion for glory?
 
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kiddiedoc said:
This is the concerning post, to me. Hat is not "anti-Pearl," even with his primary target Fulmer out of the picture. In fact, I think he really appreciates the upswing of our program since the beginning of Bruce's tenure. He has no motive to post concerns without real justification.

Bottom line: if he's worried, I'm worried.
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That post concerned me too when I first read it, but I'm not concerned about improprieties unless there is more than what Hat posted in this thread (Ramar's transcript and West's scores).

It is a fact that several NCAA coaches strongly disliked Pearl before he even became the UT coach.

It also makes sense that coaches who backed off of Ramar, because they didn't think he would be eligible, would be upset when UT got him in.

Absent evidence of fraud, I doubt anything comes of the transcript of a former player who was cleared by the NCAA.

As for West, he wasn't cleared, so where is the issue???

I also think that while Hat wants to see Tennessee win big, he would prefer to win big with somebody else in charge. I always enjoy reading Hat's knowledgeable basketball posts, but I also take his opinions of Pearl with a grain of salt, because Hat doesn't hide the fact that he doesn't like Pearl.
 
#222
#222
He wasn't cleared - but doesn't take away the issue that the scores could be jacked up. If you cheat and fail - its still cheating. I'm not saying there was stuff going on with his scores - because I have no idea - but just saying the fact he didn't get cleared doesn't matter.
 
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#223
Bassmanbruno said:
He wasn't cleared - but doesn't take away the issue that the scores could be jacked up. If you cheat and fail - its still cheating. I'm not saying there was stuff going on with his scores - because I have no idea - but just saying the fact he didn't get cleared doesn't matter.
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That's basically what I said in an earlier post. I'd be very upset if UT/Pearl submitted fraudulent scores. I just highly doubt it, because it would be so stupid, especially given the at least one-time widespread disdain for Pearl's act as a whistleblower.

EDIT: unless this explains why the NCAA suddenly changed its mind on West's eligibility right before the season
 
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#225
ukvols said:
That's basically what I said in an earlier post. I'd be very upset if UT/Pearl submitted fraudulent scores. I just highly doubt it, because it would be so stupid, especially given the at least one-time widespread disdain for Pearl's act as a whistleblower.

EDIT: unless this explains why the NCAA suddenly changed it mind on West's eligibility right before the season
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The Clearing House, as well as the testing agency, thinks West's passing test score is a sham. Who is responsible for said sham is what they will try to find out. If it was a well meaning teacher/proctor reviewing and revising the test unbeknownst to West, which happens more than people would ever imagine, there's no problem. On the other hand...
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