Season in Review/Looking Forward

[Franklin Pierce]

The future is as bright for UT next season as it is for any other school. And because of the line up that will be on the court, the Attendance Title will again belong to UT.

 

[governmentmule]

It might be time for the Holly haters to exit the building. Next year is gonna be a great ride. If everyone stays healthy and plays up to potential, we aren't even slowing down and the final four. It's another NC for UT.

it could very well happen,CHW needs a team that can stay healthy for this coming season,especially Russell

if Izzy had stayed healthy,I do believe that the Lady Vols could have been in the Final Four this year,but who knows ?

 

[Franklin Pierce]

Dunbar just isn't an elite level player. She has more potential than Middleton but I don't think she plays much next year either. I think several will transfer this or next year

I think Middleton has more potential than Dunbar, although Dunbar is a very pretty cheerleader. If anyone transfers I think it will be Dunbar.

 

[teacherdean]

Realistically I think Tennessee should and will go all the way next year, if healthy. Holly has not had a full roster since she started and I cant fault her for that. We have Russell coming back and I know she will be hungry. Deshields will be hungry. Cooper will be ready to challenge for a spot. Bashaara will be Bashaara and remain a consistent threat. This will be the texam that stops U Conn and Stewart from achieving that amazing feat. The post looks weak but they will make noise.

Carter/Reynolds/Jackson
Cooper/Middleton/Tucker
Deshields/Jones/Nared
Graves/Dunbar/
Russell/Moore

Defensively Holly has it down, but she has got to develop a consistent offense. We have too much inconsistency on offense. We also need a consistent go to person, and players around the go to person, who can pick up the offensive pace when the go to person is having a down game. I would like for Holly to add an assistant who knows offense or the present staff come up with a consistent offensive scheme/game plan. It is obvious that Holly is a good defensive coach. A great head coach does not have to be great on both sides of the ball but needs to add staff members that sure up their areas of weakness.

Some fans have been calling for Holly to be fired for the last two years, and honestly I was one of those, but presently, I do not see that as the answer to improving the Lady Vols unless we can land one of the top five WBB lady coaches. I know Holly had injured players, and yes based upon the win/lose record Holly did as well as anyone could expect. In fact, can you say excelled? With that being said, I think she needs to evaluate her staff and players. She needs to evaluate their strengths and weaknesses. Right now the defense seems set but the offense is the team's Achilles heel. Maybe adding Diamond D., Russell, a healthy Tucker, etc. will cure all of the team's offensive ills, it will improve things but we need an offense which is just as good as our defense.

 

[Orange_Mamba]

Our offense consist of one play and that's the high-low pass. She has to implement a motion type play to keep the ball moving, so when that one play breaks the ball dosen't get stuck in someone's hands.

 

[governmentmule]

Defensively Holly has it down, but she has got to develop a consistent offense. We have too much inconsistency on offense.

who is the coach in charge of the Offense ? when I looked at the roster,all the coaches are listed as assistants

which doesn't help for what I am looking for the defense is doing a pretty damn good job,especially when you take out post players of Russell and Izzys caliber and they still did good

anybody know who is suppose to be in charge of the offense ? and yes I know that ultimately it falls on CHW,but who is the one under CHW that is suppose to be leading the Lady Vols offense ?