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BruisedOrange said:
Well, ironically, I am (just from my counseling background) one of those voices here who's always trying to urge fellow VFLs to slow their ride on preseason expectations. I just want my compadres to realize that pumping the preseason orange juice is actually pumping dopamine in the brain. It literally is a self-medicated high, with an inevitable downside.

For their own well being, I want them to understand that a dopamine high necessarily shuts down at the first news that contradicts or threatens their preseason expectations. Worse, when dopamine is cut off, your brain doesn't just settle back down to normal levels of satisfaction. It slides into a negative slump far worse than your normal feelings. [see: any Football Forum gameday thread] If you remember your first time being in love, and the roller-coaster ride of emotions that put you through every day... that's dopamine at work.
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That confessed, I do believe exactly what I posted, not as a prediction, but just logically from an analytical vantage. I don't anticipate it happening this year, if only because special freshmen are still freshmen. The trend lately is that older players win championships.

And obviously, the next three years could prove me to be terribly ignorant!
But maybe by then everyone will have forgotten. :rolleyes:
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VawlDave said:
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Posted in the Football Forum, but sound advice for all, and all sports.

Several posters here may be inspired to generate a Top 10 specifically for LV basketball.

;) "It's all fun and games until someone gets their dopamine spigot cut off!"
 
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LadyVol1908 said:
I need them to be quiet!!!!! 😩😂 Love seeing him get the recognition!
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Well, there's two courses available to a head coach. You can try to keep the same great staff and grow old together, or you can prepare, invest in, and launch your assistants into successful careers, so that you can always attract the very best young assistants when you replace one.

Kim got well-launched. I'm sure she will do the same. I'll hate to lose him when that day comes, but at least he's set the bar high for those who follow.
 
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Tennessee has a really good coaching staff. In my opinion, this is a top three staff in the SEC from top to bottom.
I believe multiple assistants will have the opportunity to become head coaches if that’s the path they decide to pursue.
I believe they will do well in their endeavors when the time comes. I think in most cases as always if there’s issues early on during the transition process from assistant to head coach the fans and program may not be as supportive as folks are now on social media or give them time to build.
It’s different when winning, recruiting, player development, building a program, etc. falls on your shoulders.
It’s a difference in recruiting at Glenville State, Alabama, Marshall, Mississippi State, and recruiting at Tennessee.
Those are the reasons I think Coach Caldwell is bound for greatness at Tennessee. All coaches in the LV program have coaching at the most historic WBB program of all-time built by Coach Summitt on their track record. They all are part of the new era on Rocky Top orchestrating the blueprint on rebuilding a championship caliber program from Day 1.
 
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ttharp said:


I'm curious what y'all think about this? I have some thoughts:

- I know it doesn't matter who starts in Kim's system, but Zee will definitely be starting.
- Jaida Civil will be in the rotation.
- I don't think Coop starts at the PG spot.
- I do agree with their *early* preseason floor/ceiling projection. I haven't see the team in action, so I'm going E8 ceiling until I do.
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I don’t like the wording.

Instead of Lineup and Bench, in Kim’s system I would say better wording would be the Orange lineup(who started) and Lady Blue lineup, who comes in after 90 seconds….ALA like the old Dean Smite Blue/White teams….
 
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Dadof2Vols said:
I don’t like the wording.

Instead of Lineup and Bench, in Kim’s system I would say better wording would be the Orange lineup(who started) and Lady Blue lineup, who comes in after 90 seconds….ALA like the old Dean Smite Blue/White teams….
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Replace Wolfenbarger with Speerman and replace Prawl with Mia Pauldo/K.Boyd
 
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chuckiepoo said:
Kim will roll the rotation. Zero need to nail down starters.
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Cooper, Barker, Ruby, and Zee will get ~25 minutes; the rest of the minutes are completely up for grabs. I think the remaining minutes will lean toward players who can space the court on offense with a good 3% and are also excellent high-pressure defenders.
 
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Ruby should be in the "minutes up for grabs" category. She was very solid early in the season, sure, but she didn't hav a good conference slate, really. Poor defense analytics, in a group with Spear, Darby, Hollingshead, Boyd in terms of defensive points per play, yet unlike those four players, who were productiv offensively either because of their shooting, or their rebounding, Whitehorn neither rebounded nor scored on SEC defenses consistently. I figure she'll be in the starting 10 for sure, but she shoudn't be playing 20+ minutes on *this* roster unless she improves substantially. (say, if she starts nailing 3 pointers at an above average rate)
 
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RespectAPA said:
Ruby should be in the "minutes up for grabs" category. She was very solid early in the season, sure, but she didn't hav a good conference slate, really. Poor defense analytics, in a group with Spear, Darby, Hollingshead, Boyd in terms of defensive points per play, yet unlike those four players, who were productiv offensively either because of their shooting, or their rebounding, Whitehorn neither rebounded nor scored on SEC defenses consistently. I figure she'll be in the starting 10 for sure, but she shoudn't be playing 20+ minutes on *this* roster unless she improves substantially. (say, if she starts nailing 3 pointers at an above average rate)
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I think Prawl and couple others might push for some of her minutes especially later in the season.

I don't think we really have a fight as far as inside that is Spearman, Barker, Latham, and Wolfenbarger. That 80 minutes looks clear unless we meet up against some four guard teams.

The perimeter is where all the action will be with Robertson, Mia Pauldo, Mya Pauldo, Prawl, Whitehorn, Cooper, Civil, Wynn, Boyd, and Hurst vying for 120 minutes. 10 players for 120 minutes would be 12 minutes per player. I think we'll get a strong seven out of these ten with one getting a little and another two only playing in game over time.

Breaking it down even further we seem to have an abundance of 1 and 2 guards with Whitehorn and Hurst being the top two three type players. My thinking is that Mia Pauldo wins the point guard position or at least goes even she is such a better shooter than Boyd unless she has really improved from last season. She is just as quick and a better passer has a higher basketball knowledge of how to play the point. You might also see Cooper or Mya Pauldo play a little there. Robertson can also play there, but I am looking for her to be more of a two subbing in for Cooper.

Just a quick look at who could be the starters or since we don't have starters the five that will play the most.

I think it will be Mia Pauldo, Cooper, Robertson, Barker, and Spearman.
 
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RespectAPA said:
Ruby should be in the "minutes up for grabs" category. She was very solid early in the season, sure, but she didn't hav a good conference slate, really. Poor defense analytics, in a group with Spear, Darby, Hollingshead, Boyd in terms of defensive points per play, yet unlike those four players, who were productiv offensively either because of their shooting, or their rebounding, Whitehorn neither rebounded nor scored on SEC defenses consistently. I figure she'll be in the starting 10 for sure, but she shoudn't be playing 20+ minutes on *this* roster unless she improves substantially. (say, if she starts nailing 3 pointers at an above average rate)
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That was my impression (about Ruby's falloff in the SEC portion of the season) but it was just an impression. I'd never looked to see if the stats reflected that. I just noticed that I'd ceased to feel as confident that she was going to come through in a tight or pressure situation.

To me, her play came to look like someone who was playing through a nagging injury. Warrior enough to play through it, but not ascetic enough to play above it.

I hope she can be physically whole, mentally focused, and at peace--on and off the court--by the time Fall practice begins.
Heck--I hope the same for myself!
 
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RespectAPA said:
Ruby should be in the "minutes up for grabs" category. She was very solid early in the season, sure, but she didn't hav a good conference slate, really. Poor defense analytics, in a group with Spear, Darby, Hollingshead, Boyd in terms of defensive points per play, yet unlike those four players, who were productiv offensively either because of their shooting, or their rebounding, Whitehorn neither rebounded nor scored on SEC defenses consistently. I figure she'll be in the starting 10 for sure, but she shoudn't be playing 20+ minutes on *this* roster unless she improves substantially. (say, if she starts nailing 3 pointers at an above average rate)
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Ruby is a great player but once teams had her scouted she never adjusted at all. Her go to is to catch and go hard to the right. Once teams took that away she never developed a counter.
 
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VolBall09 said:
Ruby is a great player but once teams had her scouted she never adjusted at all. Her go to is to catch and go hard to the right. Once teams took that away she never developed a counter.
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That is what I said during the season. She has one goto move and once teams knew what that was she was easier to defend. I think she and Cooper were supposed to be the bell cows of their respective rotations. They were hardly ever on court at the same time.

We will have a ton of options this year so it will be interesting to see if the same type of building squads around certain players happens.
 
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