The Official Tennessee vs. LSU Game Thread, 3:00 pm ET, SEC Network

#52
#52
Regardless of the outcome of the SECT I believe the Vols should accept any tourney offer they get if they are lucky enough to get one. Not saying they can't win the SECT. The more these freshmen get to play together the more dividends it will pay next year.
 
#55
#55
A teams' two greatest weapons are an unflinching faith and an unbreakable will...This team has those two in spades, here's hoping it's enough to last a few more days!
 
#56
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Dallasbowlin said:
No way lol.
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CAVol said:
This is a great post and you are spot on in the second paragraph. Couldn't have said it better myself. Kids aren't used to tough love these days. They've been coddled and told how great they are throughout high school, AAU, and recruitment. Some even earlier than that. Tough love isn't a bad thing. Holding them accountable isn't a bad thing. Expecting them to do things the right way isn't a bad thing. Rick Barnes seems to have gotten them to buy in and I don't know how you can't feel good about the program right now.
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Well said, but according to Bruin some need to be coddled.
 
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#59
I'm gonna be on the road during game time, what FM/AM radio station will have the game in memphis today?
 
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jcv0010 said:
Well said, but according to Bruin some need to be coddled.
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Take your pick:

1) a coach that's entire team plays hard every game

2) a coach that's entire team plays nearly every game hard all year

3) a coach thats entire team plays hard on occasion

4) a coach that's entire team plays hard rarely



IMO the only choices acceptable are 1 and 2. We haven't seen that this year at all
 
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BruinVol said:
Take your pick:

1) a coach that's entire team plays hard every game

2) a coach that's entire team plays nearly every game hard all year

3) a coach thats entire team plays hard on occasion

4) a coach that's entire team plays hard rarely



IMO the only choices acceptable are 1 and 2. We haven't seen that this year at all
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Not sure what you are trying to say. The team has played very hard all year, and with the talent and size should probably have won about 2-3 SEC games tbh. The team has overachieved, and has done so with their extremely intense and hard-working style of play
 
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JackHVFL said:
Not sure what you are trying to say. The team has played very hard all year, and with the talent and size should probably have won about 2-3 SEC games tbh. The team has overachieved, and has done so with their extremely intense and hard-working style of play
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The effort of this team has been questioned all year by fans and Barnes alike
 
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BruinVol said:
The effort of this team has been questioned all year by fans and Barnes alike
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I disagree. Sure, some players were somewhat inconsistent with effort (Hubbs, Mostella) but as a team each game with exception of a few games was played with good effort.
 
#64
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JackHVFL said:
I disagree. Sure, some players were somewhat inconsistent with effort (Hubbs, Mostella) but as a team each game with exception of a few games was played with good effort.
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Wouldn't you consider hubbs, Mostella, and Reese a big part of the team?

I would especially after yesterday. Their effort has been questioned all year
 
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#65
Vols4us said:
CRB designed a D that out-schemed Stallings. QUOTE]

Don't take this the wrong way because I was excited the first day we hired CRB, and I am excited about the future of our program today.

That being said CRB didn't exactly re-invent the wheel and out scheme vandy. We played straight man, switched all screens, and fronted the post. Pretty common even at the middle and high school level.

We won yesterday because Vandy thought they would walk through us like they did the first two times. We came out and took it to them and got just enough separation to survive.

Regardless of who, what when, where, or why it was a W that send the Nashville nerds packing.
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BruinVol said:
Wouldn't you consider hubbs, Mostella, and Reese a big part of the team?

I would especially after yesterday. Their effort has been questioned all year
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I never thought Reese's effort was a problem, not that it really matters. But as it relates to Barnes I think Mostella has grown a lot the past few weeks, and we should expect more consistency with him next year. With Hubbs, idk what's wrong and Barnes may play a part in that but overall Barnes gets at worst a passing grade as far as team effort goes this year IMO
 
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JackHVFL said:
I never thought Reese's effort was a problem, not that it really matters. But as it relates to Barnes I think Mostella has grown a lot the past few weeks, and we should expect more consistency with him next year. With Hubbs, idk what's wrong and Barnes may play a part in that but overall Barnes gets at worst a passing grade as far as team effort goes this year IMO
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Mostella has played 2 very good games in a row after the previous 7-8 games being awful.


These past 2 games mirrored a 5-7 game stretch in the middle of the year

He has to bring the effort consistently for a much longer stretch for me to say he has arrived
 
#73
#73
I don't have a very good feeling about this one. I'm afraid our luck will come up just short in this game. Hope I'm wrong though. Go Vols!
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
No. Young folks be resilient.
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Exactly. These kids are just like us. When I was that age we played everyday for several hours with no gatorade. Only water hose and no substitutions in the blazing sun. In an air conditioned environment with great trainers monitoring their nutrition and supplements and Barnes rotating players we will be fine. If we lose this game it wont be because we are out of gas.
 
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