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Title: Punter a VOL Post by: PirateVOL on May 05, 2014, 04:37:36 EDT :powert:
Title: Re: Punter a VOL Post by: SmokeyJoe on May 05, 2014, 11:16:35 EDT That's good because I've heard Thompson, Hubbs, and Davis are requesting releases. Jeez.
Title: Re: Punter a VOL Post by: Clockwork Orange on May 06, 2014, 01:40:27 EDT That's good because I've heard Thompson, Hubbs, and Davis are requesting releases. Jeez. Yep. No doubt Cuonzo poisoned this whole roster against UT. "Good guy" or not, he can suck a whole bag of big ones. :bird: FWIW, I don't think Hubbs has asked for it yet, but the other two have. Title: Re: Punter a VOL Post by: Creek Walker on May 06, 2014, 05:34:40 EDT Yep. No doubt Cuonzo poisoned this whole roster against UT. "Good guy" or not, he can suck a whole bag of big ones. :bird: FWIW, I don't think Hubbs has asked for it yet, but the other two have. I blame Cuonzo 100% for this mess, and I think any perception that he was a good guy (yes, I fell for it, too) should be erased by now. But I'm still concerned — greatly concerned, in fact — that Tyndall can't convince any of these guys to stay at/come to Tennessee. He doesn't have to hang on to all of them, but he isn't hanging on to any of them. Title: Re: Punter a VOL Post by: Clockwork Orange on May 06, 2014, 01:56:05 EDT I blame Cuonzo 100% for this mess, and I think any perception that he was a good guy (yes, I fell for it, too) should be erased by now. But I'm still concerned — greatly concerned, in fact — that Tyndall can't convince any of these guys to stay at/come to Tennessee. He doesn't have to hang on to all of them, but he isn't hanging on to any of them. Meh . . . for some reason that's not concerning me at all. I just don't think that this is any failure on Tyndall's part and I'm not worried. It'll be a really interesting couple of years when it comes to roster management, though . . . tough for anybody. Title: Re: Punter a VOL Post by: BanditVol on May 06, 2014, 04:32:34 EDT That's good because I've heard Thompson, Hubbs, and Davis are requesting releases. Jeez. Hubbs we need, and need badly. Thompson is experienced, Davis, I don't even know who he is. Hopefully the new coach can recruit...we needed that anyway. Title: Re: Punter a VOL Post by: BanditVol on May 06, 2014, 04:38:05 EDT As for Cuonzo being to blame for the player's current attitude, I am sure he did not help matters.
But based on statements by McRae and Maymon after the tourney run, I think the players got plenty pissed all on their own, and I don't blame them a bit for it. Title: Re: Punter a VOL Post by: Clockwork Orange on May 06, 2014, 05:29:23 EDT As for Cuonzo being to blame for the player's current attitude, I am sure he did not help matters. But based on statements by McRae and Maymon after the tourney run, I think the players got plenty pissed all on their own, and I don't blame them a bit for it. A good coach, mentor, and role model has his guys more mentally tough than that, and only a horrible one actually uses that mental weakness to deliberately poison a team against its university and fanbase. Cuonzo is 100% to blame. This is big-time athletics, and fans are harsh. And you know what? Very few were harsh on the players. Almost nobody, in fact-- it was all directed at the coach, and the implication was always there that these guys would be doing better with a better coach. And then it was Cuonzo himself that redirected it at his own players to motivate them. That was a dick move, and that's a big part of what makes me so angry with him. |