NC St post-game press conference

[volnationnj]

 

[glv98]

Oh, we are so completely and totally effed

The good news: she took ownership! The bad news: what she took ownership for was not doing the comically failed system even more. Deeply regretful for making the changes that we’ve been so encouraged by. Promises to never let that happen again.

Simply unable to process what WBB writer Sabrina Merchent summed up so succinctly:
effort and endurance alone are not separators at the elite level.

Kim’s lack of awareness of the actual problems are deeply disturbing.

 

[glv98]

Coops initial reaction: You win some, you lose some. Literally said that.

Interestingly, she got asked almost exactly the infamous Evina question… What do you think needs to change? Fortunately for Coop, her answer was so incoherent that it couldn’t possibly have offended anyone

Please please get poor Coop some help communicating. She is quite possibly the most inarticulate LV of all time.

 

[lvocd]

Kim’s lack of awareness of the actual problems are deeply disturbing.

I'm beginning to wonder if she's just a dumbass. Seriously.

 

[glv98]

I'm beginning to wonder if she's just a dumbass. Seriously.

More like a jackass, as in stubborn as a mule.

The one thing Coop successfully communicated was that she was aware coach was going back to the hardcore system and would not be changing. Yippee Skippy. Good times.

 

[lvocd]

Coops initial reaction: You win some, you lose some. Literally said that.

Interestingly, she got asked almost exactly the infamous Evina question… What do you think needs to change? Fortunately for Coop, her answer was so incoherent that it couldn’t possibly have offended anyone

Please please get poor Coop some help communicating. She is quite possibly the most inarticulate LV of all time.

I get the sinking feeling that this season has hurt Coop in ways we'll never know. She seems ... broken. I'm going to be sending good thoughts to her daily.

 

[glv98]

I get the sinking feeling that this season has hurt Coop in ways we'll never know. She seems ... broken. I'm going to be sending good thoughts to her daily.

Reminds me very much of Rennia Davis her last year under Holly. Remember how worried we were about her?

That’s why I just want Coop in a situation that will be good for her.

 

[lvocd]

More like a jackass, as in stubborn as a mule.

The one thing Coop successfully communicated was that she was aware coach was going back to the hardcore system and would not be changing. Yippee Skippy. Good times.

Oh, she's definitely stubborn, Toxically so.

But come on. Doesn't she also need to be a little dumb to not see the blatantly obvious? I have a 9-year-old great-niece who recently explained to me her observations about why the Lady Vol system isn't working. A freaking 9-year-old child can see the problems with Kim's system!

 

[1reVOLver]

Yet again, she doesn’t even consider that her Plan B failed because it was a crappy plan.

 

[glv98]

Oh, she's definitely stubborn, Toxically so.

But come on. Doesn't she also need to be a little dumb to not see the blatantly obvious? I have a 9-year-old great-niece who recently explained to me her observations about why the Lady Vol system isn't working. A freaking 9-year-old child can see the problems with Kim's system!

And even if she can’t see it, she could easily Google a list of why more coaches don’t run that system,the same way I did out of curiosity.

Turns out the simple Google list contains every horrible thing that happened to her over and over this season. But for some reason, none of that appears to have registered with her. Or if it did, it was all blamed on those rotten apples that spoiled the barrel. She simply appears not to have eyes to see.

 

[vols90]

6:17-7:00 she discussed the plan B which sounds an awful lot like normal basketball. Running offensive sets, leaving players on the floor longer, etc. She acts like that’s why we had a losing season but I never saw these things except probably during our Kentucky game….which we won. Then she says that the team basically defaulted to plan B just so they could stay on the floor longer and “thats not how it works” I mean it’s maddening to listen to her

 

[VA_VOLFAN]

I want the best for this program but she is a lot and not enough at the same time haha i just waisted my time watching her basically say i gotta stick with what works because it works! IT DOESNT WORK ! She basically said she shouldn’t have adapted lol

 

[VolFan_stuck_in_the_901]

Kim should skip the Big Orange Caravan this year, because the reception she gets from Lady Vols fans will be.... icy.... to put it nicely

 

[VolFan_stuck_in_the_901]

Gives the impression of "if I'm going down, I'm going down my way." So be it, Kimmie....

 

[vols90]

6:17-7:00 she discussed the plan B which sounds an awful lot like normal basketball. Running offensive sets, leaving players on the floor longer, etc. She acts like that’s why we had a losing season but I never saw these things except probably during our Kentucky game….which we won. Then she says that the team basically defaulted to plan B just so they could stay on the floor longer and “thats not how it works” I mean it’s maddening to listen to her

Also she pretty much confirmed that rotations are pre planned and this is the first time in her career that they never knew which player was going to go in with a specific group. You can’t pre plan your subbing! Insane.

 

[spojo13]

And even if she can’t see it, she could easily Google a list of why more coaches don’t run that system,the same way I did out of curiosity.

Turns out the simple Google list contains every horrible thing that happened to her over and over this season. But for some reason, none of that appears to have registered with her. Or if it did, it was all blamed on those rotten apples that spoiled the barrel. She simply appears not to have eyes to see.

People expecting her to learn and change are denying the reality of who she is as a coach. She isn’t going to adjust, and we’re all along for the Danny and Kim ride to the bottom.

 

[glv98]

Also she pretty much confirmed that rotations are pre planned and this is the first time in her career that they never knew which player was going to go in with a specific group. You can’t pre plan your subbing! Insane.

She seems to have a special ability to take something that should be simple and straightforward, like situational subbing, and make it harder than Chinese algebra. It’s one of the big inherent flaws of this system, everything about it is working harder, but not smarter.

 

[lvocd]

And even if she can’t see it, she could easily Google a list of why more coaches don’t run that system,the same way I did out of curiosity.

Turns out the simple Google list contains every horrible thing that happened to her over and over this season. But for some reason, none of that appears to have registered with her. Or if it did, it was all blamed on those rotten apples that spoiled the barrel. She simply appears not to have eyes to see.

She's delusional. Or a coaching cocktail with equal parts sociopath and overt narcissist.

But seriously, whether she actually is or isn't, her apparent willful ignorance of the obvious problems with her system at this level certainly makes her LOOK like a dumbass.

 

[vols90]

I just finished watching the whole presser and at the end she mentions that most of her staff came from her. So when she starts to question what’s she doing, they do too because that’s all they know so no. She doesn’t have a clue how to coach any other way and neither does the majority of her staff. Why is she here?!

 

[zeppelin128]

The arrogance is astounding.

Probably the last press conference I'll watch; I'm starting to dislike her beyond the sheer ineptitude she displays as a coach.

 

[madtownvol]

 

[vols90]

The arrogance is astounding.

Probably the last press conference I'll watch; I'm starting to dislike her beyond the sheer ineptitude she displays as a coach.

I swear Danny has got the major hots for her and will stick it out with her for as long as he can why else would he continue with this dumpster fire

 

[lvocd]

Here's what is most concerning about the prospect of her getting a third year: Regardless of whether she triples down on her system or totally ditches it and starts coaching more conventional basketball, it's likely to fail next season.

First, she may end up with far less talent on her roster next season than she had this season, and she may be starting completely from scratch teaching her system to an entirely new team again. Not promising at all.

But even if she were convinced to totally ditch her system and start anew, does anyone really believe that a coach JUST LEARNING how to coach conventional basketball for the first time is going to do all that great with all new and likely lesser quality players in what will be, in essence, her first year of coaching a new way for her???

How and where is a woman who is also caring for a baby going to go to learn how to coach an entirely new way well enough to compete in her first year of learning about it? She'll know as much as the average high school coach after only a few months, but people want to see how she'll "right the ship"?

It's ridiculous.

 

[vols90]

Here's what is most concerning about the prospect of her getting a third year: Regardless of whether she triples down on her system or totally ditches it and starts coaching more conventional basketball, it's likely to fail next season.

First, she may end up with far less talent on her roster next season than she had this season, and she may be starting completely from scratch teaching her system to an entirely new team again. Not promising at all.

But even if she were convinced to totally ditch her system and start anew, does anyone really believe that a coach JUST LEARNING how to coach conventional basketball for the first time is going to do all that great with all new and likely lesser quality players in what will be, in essence, her first year of coaching a new way for her???

How and where is a woman who is also caring for a baby going to go to learn how to coach an entirely new way well enough to compete in her first year of learning about it? She'll know as much as the average high school coach after only a few months, but people want to see how she'll "right the ship"?

It's ridiculous.

Exactly why she needs to go. This is not a learn as you go job

 

[madtownvol]

Reminds me very much of Rennia Davis her last year under Holly. Remember how worried we were about her?

That’s why I just want Coop in a situation that will be good for her.

That image where Tennnesse’s only player who was stepping up— Coop— sitting on the bench distraught and confused and CKC refusing to make any eye contact and acting like Coop was invisible absolutely made me really angry. Say what you will about Kellie, you always knew she cared about her players. All of CKC talk about the love on the team seems like another denial of reality.