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What we need is another outside sniper, which I believe Pissott is, to pair with Darby. I hope Darby spends a lot of time shooting contested shots during the off season. With a little day light she is a pure shooter. We still need a point guard who is a true floor general and not a turnover waiting to happen.
I know what she'd get - my house, my right arm, my firstborn.
I know you're right she'll most likely go. But I don't think it would be about money, just if she wants to do college ball one more year or move on. She would be a superstar in college next year and she doesn't seem to hate that. She has a chance to have the same coach for two seasons in a row for the first time. In my dream, they all want to come back and get it right this time. I mean they totally could.
As far as her game, w TK back RJ could play facing the basket more and not have to post up so much. Work on her long range shotT and her dang loosey goosey handle. That seems more what her pro game will be, can't see her posting much on some of those bigs. Still slash to rim, just not try to post.
I wouldn't be surprised at all if Jordy came back, esp w TK back. But would understand if she's ready to test out the world.
Brian R did what he called an unpaid public service announcement on his show yesterday detailing how crappy WNBA rookie pay is and strongly urging donations to Boost Her if we want to keep players. Made the good point that if you already make as much or more money in college, why not stay where everything is free - housing, food, trainers, better travel, everything. He did mention it would help with recruiting also but the main gist was keeping. Sounded like he thought keeping was a possibility for someone, . .
I know you're right she'll most likely go. But I don't think it would be about money, just if she wants to do college ball one more year or move on. She would be a superstar in college next year and she doesn't seem to hate that. She has a chance to have the same coach for two seasons in a row for the first time. In my dream, they all want to come back and get it right this time. I mean they totally could.
As far as her game, w TK back RJ could play facing the basket more and not have to post up so much. Work on her long range shotT and her dang loosey goosey handle. That seems more what her pro game will be, can't see her posting much on some of those bigs. Still slash to rim, just not try to post.
I wouldn't be surprised at all if Jordy came back, esp w TK back. But would understand if she's ready to test out the world.
Brian R did what he called an unpaid public service announcement on his show yesterday detailing how crappy WNBA rookie pay is and strongly urging donations to Boost Her if we want to keep players. Made the good point that if you already make as much or more money in college, why not stay where everything is free - housing, food, trainers, better travel, everything. He did mention it would help with recruiting also but the main gist was keeping. Sounded like he thought keeping was a possibility for someone, . .
Plus, most pro players from prominent college programs will tell you that they never feel the level of “rock star” status as pros that they did in college. I would be extremely surprised if there was even one former Lady Vol — not even Candace — who wouldn’t agree.
At a school like Tennessee the kids get the best of everything. For free. And from people who love them and take care of them and still understand they will sometimes make mistakes because they are not professional athletes.
Turning pro isn’t always as glamorous as they think it’s going to be. I’ve heard dozens of pros talking about this.
But I do fully understand why a young person would be super attracted to the idea of not having to do class work anymore, or to having total personal freedom. That comes at a price, of course, but it sure does sound nice if you haven’t had it before!
I love all our players and only want them to be healthy and happy and have great lives. 🧡
At a school like Tennessee the kids get the best of everything. For free. And from people who love them and take care of them and still understand they will sometimes make mistakes because they are not professional athletes.
Turning pro isn’t always as glamorous as they think it’s going to be. I’ve heard dozens of pros talking about this.
But I do fully understand why a young person would be super attracted to the idea of not having to do class work anymore, or to having total personal freedom. That comes at a price, of course, but it sure does sound nice if you haven’t had it before!
I love all our players and only want them to be healthy and happy and have great lives. 🧡
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During one of the games last weekend one of the annoucers said Jill said playing at Tennessee was "magical". And to be the queen bee of that hive must be appealing.
Can I just say how much I love Jill btw. So thoughtful, soft spoken, even tempered.
Definitely can see this. You've now been going to school for 16 or so straight years and are so ready to not anymore. I definitely felt that way. On the other hand, if you only lack say a semester or so and can take just enough classes to stay eligible and finish the degree you might not mind staying
Can I just say how much I love Jill btw. So thoughtful, soft spoken, even tempered.
Definitely can see this. You've now been going to school for 16 or so straight years and are so ready to not anymore. I definitely felt that way. On the other hand, if you only lack say a semester or so and can take just enough classes to stay eligible and finish the degree you might not mind staying
Of course they don't have the same status when they move up to the pro level. That's a given since the pros are full of players who were stars in college.
Jackson does need to improve her ball-handling a bit. It's ok, but she dribbles the ball too high at speed, which makes it easier to steal or knock away. She needs to get lower when she's trying to dribble past a defender. Horston is a better ball-handler but she can get too high and lose the ball occasionally as well. It comes with being over 6' tall. Ball-handling is much like 1v1 defending: the lower you can get with your body, the better.
I love that we post up Jackson because it's a good way to take advantage of her skills. She is good at making a quick move to shake her defender and getting the shot off quickly. It's a good way to score if you've got a little space and only one defender on you.
Jackson does need to improve her ball-handling a bit. It's ok, but she dribbles the ball too high at speed, which makes it easier to steal or knock away. She needs to get lower when she's trying to dribble past a defender. Horston is a better ball-handler but she can get too high and lose the ball occasionally as well. It comes with being over 6' tall. Ball-handling is much like 1v1 defending: the lower you can get with your body, the better.
I love that we post up Jackson because it's a good way to take advantage of her skills. She is good at making a quick move to shake her defender and getting the shot off quickly. It's a good way to score if you've got a little space and only one defender on you.
It's definitely our go to when we need to score and she does it amazingly except against much bigger, more elite defensive players. Absolutely torched Auburn in the second half, scored in the post at will. Against Edwards, Boston, even Angel, not so much. And I wouldn't think so in the pros. RJ is much too small, quick as heck but just at a huge weight disadvantage. Fortunately she's got plenty of other game.
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Rickea's fade away jumper is unguardable, unless you are a 6-7 defender with 7 foot wingspan like Griner. For everyone else, they can just watch and hope Rickea she misses.
I would love to see Rickea get more shots per game for that reason. On the flipside, the teams that have slowed Rickea down are those that can play very physical with her and keep her from getting to her spots down low for that $ fade away shot.
In the tournament, her mid-range game is going to be really important for that reason. I was really encouraged that she shot pretty well from 3 against SC. Having that threat in her arsenal, really makes it her tough to defend.
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This is something I point out all the time about the commercialization and "pro-ification" of college athletics. There's an entire ocean of difference between supporting young people representing their school, versus professionals getting paid to perform a job. They're nothing alike - nothing.
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I feel like they haven't done a good job communicating how all that works. How is donation $ distributed among the women athletes? Are they even interested in nickle and dime donations from regular folks? Can't they find a couple of big businessmen in need of a tax write off? Is that what the new NIL coordinator does? Like a development director?
Good news to hear for sure. Hope you’re fully healthy and ready to secure the paint at the Summitt next year young lady.
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Speaking of tall girls clara vieitas sllva 6 6 portugals 16 under team lady vols looking her. lady vol facebook maria lady vol reporter. clara sofia can not find post now but i saw it. proballers stats pts 10.6 rebs 10 ast 2.7 blks 1.6 do not know how many teams are interested or how much ut is.
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Maybe they would think about coming back if they were making more money on an NIL deal and to further their education for free before moving into the "real world." Rookie Salarie isn't any different than an associate degree Registered Nurse at the end of the day. It is really quite sad what these athletes are paid, especially in the beginning. With limited roster spots, its not even assured that they make a roster, and then where are they?
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As discussed just above, times have changed, but crappy WNBA conditions haven't. In college at top programs, the best players can make equal or more money and have way better conditions, except the pesky problem of taking classes.
In the olden days, one reason for players to go pro was fear of getting injured before getting a chance to make money. Not anymore.
Really it's just a matter of whether they feel ready to take that next step in their lives. LOL, hope ours don't.
In the olden days, one reason for players to go pro was fear of getting injured before getting a chance to make money. Not anymore.
Really it's just a matter of whether they feel ready to take that next step in their lives. LOL, hope ours don't.
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