govolsxtra.com Accounts

in response to vol98champ:

Stokes was the 11th rated prospect in his class and if he had stayed in HS he would have just finished his freshman year. A lottery pick? Not hardly. If more than 3 or 4 of those guys in his class come out they better be able to speak a foreign language.

in response to jawbreaker:

Jordan, that makes two of us. One other thing: when Hall was a Freshman, I made the astute observation that he reminded me of Bernard King. Shows how dumb I am.

in response to Voloyalty:

I rarely comment on this site because it is my opinion that the people who post on this site are comedians at best! The "Regulars" who post about every UT football/basketball story have absolutley no knowledge of what it takes to coach or play organized sports. One minute they are loving Cuonzo Martin and the next minute they hate him and he can no longer coach in the SEC. Cuonzo Martin has done more with the group of players he has been dealt then alot of other coaches including the "holy than thou" Bruce Pearl could ever do. What did Pearl get out of his players? They played street ball with no discipline or defense. He never developed talent i.e. Scotty Hopson. And before you write back, what about Lofton and Smith, he did not recruit those players. They were already here before he took over.

I just get tired of the garbage that gets posted to this site after every win or loss. I love UT sports but if the majority of our fanbase thought like 90% of the people on this site, I think I would end up hating them. I have one question to the know it alls who know what it takes to coach "Big Time SEC" basketball, have you gotten up out of your double wide in the past two weeks besides to go the bathroom or to answer the door for pizza delivery man? By the way, what is big time SEC basketball? This is a football conference. You wonder why kids don't want to come here to play sports. Its because of idiots like YOU! The guys who have never played a sport in thier life but know exactly what it takes to win every game.

Get a life! Bunch of babbling idiots!

in response to panther37849:

Most likely he went to jail because he was giving the officer some lip. Just speculating though. It seems that it would most likely just be a ticket in most cases. Probably more to the story than what we know. I'd think if you were courteous to the officer and treated them with respect you would find yourself walking away from this rather than going to jail. Also, we don't know what kind of previous charges he has or doesn't have regarding this same problem.

in response to ronburgundy:

Awwww, now samvol. I didn't mean to hurt your feelings, but I'm entitled to my opinion just as you are. This is a high dollar program in a high dollar venue with a high dollar coaching staff and the results just aren't there. As a long time supporter and a paying customer I do expect more. I do not expect these guys to win every game, but I do expect a far better effort in finishing games out. When the going gets tough this group folds like a cheap suit.

in response to born2ride:

McRae - the best and most improved player.

Golden - terrible point guard.

Stokes - lazy and horrible free throw shooter.

Kenny Hall - pathetic (sorry but true)

Richardson - good for an unheralded player.

Skylar - did an outstanding job on Henderson in first half.

Moore - has potential.

Yemi - a project.

Martin - boring

in response to licknpromise777#651578:

As you all know Ive been saying McRae is the key to success but unfortunately at the same time Golden once the leading scorer has lost his Mojo..Had Golden played to his past potential we easily beat Bama and maybe KY too..Now the pressure is on Golden and his up and down play has our guards playing a different style..McRae totally took the faster Goodwin to school..Gonna need 3 players having double digit games to win games. Richardson is our most consistent player and him and Stokes must help Jordan with double digit games..As a senior Hall needs to get his head out of his b%tt..His defense against KY was awful as I watched him stand there and just watch players blow by him and do nothing..The sooner Golden returns to form the sooner we win..Martins offensive plan in the last 7 minutes against KY was awful.He basically turned the game into McRae vs the whole KY team and KY got smart and smothered him

in response to VolunteerLifer:

I was at the game tonite. People on here who are badmouthing this team and coach are way off base. Georgetown is a QUALITY defensive team - extremely well coached in defense, and extremely long and talented defenders. That was one of the best zone defenses I've ever seen. They took away our inside game and still left no open shots at the three point line. Very physical and very active - unusual qualities for a zone. When you combine that with our loss of Maymon, and our lack of more than one outside shooter (they were all over McBee. They were on him like white on rice), it made for a tough, tough game. There were no open shots to be found. There were no open passing lanes. entry passes were hard to make.

On the other hand, our defense - with smaller and less talented players - was even more effective than theirs. The effort these kids gave (except for Hall) was something to be proud of. You just don't waltz in there and beat Georgetown on their home floor. Their record in that gym is terrific against a lot of quality foes. That we had a great chance to win this one at the end was testimony to a lot of grit on this team and excellent coaching.

With Maymon out - and even if he is in there - we simply don't have the offensive players to expect sterling offensive performances against tough defensive teams like Gtown. One thing disappointing to me was to see Hall was completely outclassed. I don't understand how he ever got a four star recruit rating. He is a senior and the Gtown sophomores were schooling him. Bad feet, bad hands, lacks quickness, anticipation, etc. If maymon is in this game we win it cause they couldn't double and triple down on Stokes. With Hall in there, they didn't have to worry about him at all. Yemi was no different. Chievous is too small to play with their forwards. The truth is that we don't have the depth inside that we thought we would have this year. Maymon being out hurts this team like hell.

The lack of free throw shooting was very frustrating. We make two more and we win, one more and maybe we win. I thought the rims were really tight, as the home team struggled with their free throws, too. Almost everything that hit the rims bounced out, especially free throws.

We lost the game in the first five minutes of the second half, when we went from a two point lead to a seven point deficit. We played down six or seven for a long time in that half. In such a defensive game, it's really hard to make a run and make it stick. That deficit was huge, took so much defensive effort to work it down. With our lack of offensive weaponry, seven points looked like twenty. That our kids fought back and didn't quit when they got behind by that much without an offense was a very good sign for the season ahead.

We need Maymon. With him we are a top team, and we win games like this.

in response to born2ride:

Hall has greatly improved but he should have been kicked off the team. I am surprised he was allowed to come back.