Monday, January 3, 2011
Breaking the Ice
Let me introduce myself. My name is Jeremy Henry, and I am now officially a University of Tennessee alumni. I graduated with a B.S.E with my major in Sport Management and my minor in Business Administration. I had an extremely hard time coming up with a name for my blog so I decided to make an acronym of my two favorite sports, college football and college basketball. Hence BCS stands for Blogging Court Side.
So, the end of 2010 is finally over and the ending for UT Sports was just as wild as the end of 2009. The football team lost two games even though they were winning with 0:00 on the game clock, and the basketball team seems to be in shambles. On the bright side, things are looking up next year for the football team with a favorable home schedule and a team full of freshman returning. However; for every positive there has to be a negative and the basketball team is crumbling before our eyes with heart breaking losses to Oakland(given they have a first round draft pick center and only lost to Michigan State by 1 at the house Izzo built), USC (Kiffin was in town signing off on his house, luckily he didn't make an appearance at the game or there could have been some trouble), and the all mighty powerhouse Charlotte 49ers(8-6). The team seems to always play to their competition, regardless of the opponent. It seems almost impossible to have 2 victories over top 10 teams on the road, then beat UT Martin at home by 6(the same UT Martin team that lost to Ohio State by 60 points 2 nights before). The biggest dilemma the team seems to be facing right now is who to rotate in and out. I think we need to cut our rotation down instead of playing 11 men every game, it just seems too difficult to find any consistency with our players night in and night out by differentiating our players minutes so significantly every game. Another issue seems to be that the team just isn't bonding at all. I don't know if the NCAA holding back sanctions has to do with anything, but it seems like there is a rain cloud just constantly floating over us. Luckily for us the SEC is down big time this year so hopefully Bruce's suspension won't be too significant. The suspension raises another question though, if the team comes out and wins the first 4 SEC games will Bruce coach the UCONN game? I realize when Fulmer took over for Majors it was because he was hospitalized with sickness and the opportunity presented itself, but I feel like this suspension could wind up with Tony Jones being our head coach for the remainder of the year at least. I would definitely like to hear some of your opinions on the situation. Okay, I've went on for too long about this considering it's my first blog post. Tomorrow I'll be posting my NFL playoff picks and my projected top 10 NFL mock draft.
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I tend to agree with your opinion on the basketball team. I feel like Bruce has lost the team and no one on the staff can get any control on what is happening. The players seem to be playing with a lack of effort. I also agree that they need to cut the rotation down. There is an obviously lack of chemistry on the team, and cutting the rotation down could help that. Another benefit of cutting the rotation down would hopefully result in better play out of the center position. The past 2 games Bruce has played 4 people at the center spot with zero production. There is a lot that needs to be addressed, and I don't think that there is sufficient time to do so this year with the suspension looming.
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