rebelman25
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A tiny bit premature don't you think? Carson Newman is probably better than these teams or not far behind. We have no idea what we have yet. I do like what I have seen so far. It's good to see Davis being aggressive and going to the hoop. Kellie needs her to keep that portion of her game going. It puts pressure on the defense and pressure along with movement break a defense down.We're back!
Agree. I'm excited about the new coaching staff and hopeful the LVs are on the way back but to use this game as a barometer is ludicrous. What I saw was a layup drill against a severely undersized and overmatched opponent.A tiny bit premature don't you think? Carson Newman is probably better than these teams or not far behind. We have no idea what we have yet. I do like what I have seen so far. It's good to see Davis being aggressive and going to the hoop. Kellie needs her to keep that portion of her game going. It puts pressure on the defense and pressure along with movement break a defense down.
Agree. I'm excited about the new coaching staff and hopeful the LVs are on the way back but to use this game as a barometer is ludicrous. What I saw was a layup drill against a severely undersized and overmatched opponent.
Agree. I'm excited about the new coaching staff and hopeful the LVs are on the way back but to use this game as a barometer is ludicrous. What I saw was a layup drill against a severely undersized and overmatched opponent.
A tiny bit premature don't you think? Carson Newman is probably better than these teams or not far behind. We have no idea what we have yet. I do like what I have seen so far. It's good to see Davis being aggressive and going to the hoop. Kellie needs her to keep that portion of her game going. It puts pressure on the defense and pressure along with movement break a defense down.
Jaz getting some great passes and assists in there too. Gonna be fun watching her develop.Lol this is true but against undersized teams last year our team was tentative and not even doing the lay up drill it was pass around the perimeter jack up a shot unless Westbrook was bull dozing into the lane.
I agree that it’s early but I enjoy the aggressive nature for sure. Also I am encouraged because Massengil has hit a couple of jumpers in the clips which is a couple more than last year against terrible teams
LolLol this is true but against undersized teams last year our team was tentative and not even doing the lay up drill it was pass around the perimeter jack up a shot unless Westbrook was bull dozing into the lane.
I agree that it’s early but I enjoy the aggressive nature for sure. Also I am encouraged because Massengil has hit a couple of jumpers in the clips which is a couple more than last year against terrible teams
Mercedes was oversized. Are you saying she was overpowering?Last year and for the past few years, all I could see was needs of these last teams.
I know coaching.
When I see clips of highlights, I sometimes play them over and look at different things,
not only the actions but the reactions
or lack of
Oversizing and overpowering,,,we always have been these things
But we didn't play like we were those things,,,eking out wins from foes like these.
Horston is for real.
Jazmine is playing with confidence
Rennia looks ready to turn it on
Zaay looks ready
Key, Saunders and KK give us depth at post
Burrell gives us a baseline post
I know coaching
for the last few years it has been our Achilles heal
Now it can be our strength
Get er done Coach K....errr....Coach Kellie
19 turnovers...need a little work...
GO LADY VOLS!
Mercedes was oversized. Are you saying she was overpowering?
After reading all the comments I retract my previous post on this thread and based on these two games I now predict regular season plus tournament SEC championships and no less than a Final Four appearance for these Lady Vols. That is, of course, negated if Sophie Cunningham or Holly Warlick is anywhere in the building during SEC tournament play. Go Lady Vols and go Coach Harper.
While it's still essentially Summer Ball, it's probable that some of the turnovers (of course, we don't have complete game films to evaluate) are the result of simply over doing it a bit in the "showing the coach/teammates what I can do" department. Things really do get a little sloppy in such settings, even up to the NBA level.
Several posters have pointed out that Coach Kellie is stressing fundamentals, accountability - "Make good on the minutes you get" (paraphrase). We're seeing a lot of dribble-drives. Nothing wrong with that, however, such "assertiveness" can lead to turnovers/sloppy play, and overlooking an open teammate on the perimeter, often in the corner; and so, this talent display, though athletically impressive, will have to be cleaned up. I am agreeing with you, BTW, but I suspect the Staff is more tolerant (for the reasons mentioned), for now, than they will be come winter time.
Coach Jumper, would you please explain your "baseline post" statement. I think I understand what you mean as it applies to Rae Burrell's athleticism, but, I'm not certain. Incidentally, one of the most impressive/encouraging things we can garner from the highlight films, so far, is the emergence of our very talented sophomore trio.
Sure, think about
Karl Malone .. he was an elbow forward. a pure Point-Forward...when the offense didn't go through Stockton, the offense ran through him. He did most of his damage in pivot-drives and running over people from the elbows and top of the key,,,passing, distributing and driving
While Dennis Rodman (During "the worm" era) got all of his points on putbacks, and baseline attacks same for rebounding (going in from the baseline puts you under the bigs and if you know how to boxout, you can rebound from a front position.
Burrell's game is more like Rodmans...she attacks from the
baseline, cuts in through the BL for back-door attempts, spots up on the baseline and rebounds from the baseline
We have to have this type of player when we run dribble-drives
It give us a true hi-lo tandem and a shuffle-pass option for drivers
Burrell's game is good for both motion and traditional offenses.
I'd like to see execution in a half court offense. Running, steals, and layups are how we started out last year. The team won 15 straight against mostly weak teams. During SEC play, the team encountered zone defense; plus teams they could not out run. The team then struggled when trying to execute a half court offense. I hope these coaches work extensively on half court execution during the coming months. I'm sure we'll see zone defenses when playing well coached opponents. I hope we will have consistent 3 point shooters who are quick enough to guard talented opponents.