Comments on Vanderbilt Sports Line: Bobby's Thoughts on Chaminade; Looking Ahead to To...

Beal didn't come to vandy to impress you oshea. I'...

2009-12-05T18:10:06.737-05:00

Beal didn't come to vandy to impress you oshea. I'm not impressed by your comments either, You are too one sided.

oh its ok to feed the big aussie even with the mis...

2009-11-30T20:08:20.860-05:00

oh its ok to feed the big aussie even with the misses and mishandling of the ball while Beal does the hard work of getting it across the line to dish it off to the others but he shouldn't shoot.Beal hasn't gotten half the credit that he deserves since arriving at nashville. Your critiques are way off Bobby and the rest of you all.

Of course, it would help if Tinsley didn't turn th...

2009-11-25T09:47:03.493-05:00

Of course, it would help if Tinsley didn't turn the ball over 4 times a game. I chalk it up to a bad game because he's a pretty smart player, and he's still kind of growing.

I am in complete agreement with you Anonymous. A....

2009-11-25T09:45:17.454-05:00

I am in complete agreement with you Anonymous. A.J. has to be more of a factor on this team, period. His performance is the difference between this team being just good, to being something else entirely.

It's still early yet with this team: as Bobby said earlier, we've simply got to have patience. We're still very young and at times we don't play with a lot of confidence. That's the main reason, it seems, why we don't play with more authority around the bucket. It certainly isn't the physical tools, which are there. We just have to maintain faith that Stallings will get these guys to realize how dominate they could be down low.

Bobby's observation about Dolla at point is particularly appropriate. Part of the reason we're not playing with confidence is because, in my mind, Dolla is not acting as the floor general. He's getting the ball up the floor, but he doesn't seem to calm the troops down and get us running offensive sets. I don't know if this is Stallings preference, but there's little to no rhythm in the way we play, except for the occasional ball-screen for Jenkins. Dolla has to get this offense into more of a rhythm, he has to make everyone else on the floor play better. I love the fact that he is confident in his shot, and he certainly has improved in that category, but we need him to supplement the offense, not provide the entirety of it.

That being said, it seems almost like we have Beal and Tinsley flipped. Unlike Beal, Tinsley is not looking for his shot, and he seems to be more concerned with feeding the offense. It might not hurt to try flipping their positions at some point just to see how it works out.

agree on pretty much everything being said here. ...

2009-11-25T09:36:33.833-05:00

agree on pretty much everything being said here. if the dores don't show up today arizona will throttle us just like cincy did (who i'm really growing a large hatred for - i think stallings is 0-3 now against them). aj needs a double double and taylor needs a double almost double if i'm allowed to say that. jenkins and tinsley need to hit big 3's when they are needed and jermaine needs to be a glue and run the offense effectively.

if we just run down the court and throw something up i might have a hole in my wall this evening.

walker needs to continue his production as well. out of all the disappointments this year he's been a bright spot.

The fact is that this team needs AJ to be in doubl...

2009-11-25T08:42:32.820-05:00

The fact is that this team needs AJ to be in double double territory; and the fact that he has not been able to get there against teams like Lipscomb and Chaminade is downright scary. The team has been able to get by so far, but starting today, we really need to have AJ firing on all thrusters. If he doesn't soon, I don't forecast good results against AZ, MO, IL, or W. KY. No amt. of production from Jenkins or Taylor will compensate for this deficiency.