Tennessee and Auburn will absolutely punk us

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They are tougher, more physical and more athletic. I'm not bitching, just making an observation. Pope put together the best team he could with the time he had. He does need to find some"tough" type guys and some guys with mor athletisism.
Folks are going to write you off as a troll. And maybe you are. But I do agree. We are going to get steamrolled by both.
 

will1976

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Did any of us truly believe our Cats would beat the top 2 teams in our conference this season? We take our lumps in the first 3 years and then Pope Ball is rolling!
 
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IYAOYAS1

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Put it like this, don’t plan your day around the Tennessee game. Gonna be disappointed
 
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The same Tennessee who just got beat at Vandy and was down by about 15 at one point to them in the 2nd half? And the same Auburn in a 50 point rock fight with them at home? We may get beat but we won’t get drug. The SEC is better than yall give them credit for. Every team in this conference is capable of beating anyone in the country on a given night.
 

Kywildcat_nation28

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The same Tennessee who just got beat at Vandy and was down by about 15 at one point to them in the 2nd half? And the same Auburn in a 50 point rock fight with them at home? We may get beat but we won’t get drug. The SEC is better than yall give them credit for. Every team in this conference is capable of beating anyone in the country on a given night.
It just means more right?
 

Digger-Cat

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Disagree every game is different, if we can play uptempo and stay out of rock fights we can play with anyone.
I think that was true a couple months ago, but we really haven't taken that next step and most other teams have.
Injuries are an issue, but we're lazy and we don't take defense seriously enough. We have a center that guards the paint and rim with his hands down. We're 19 games in and he's still doing it.
 

will1976

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They'll torch the nets because our defense is soft. We leave shooters open all over the floor and we sag off shooters.

Look at all the really good defensive teams out there, their coaches are hard nosed, no BS coaches that make their players play disciplined, tough as nails defense.

Teams are an extension of their coach, our coach isn't hard nosesd.

I love him for what his is and what he can be, but he's not a gritty, in your face, kind of guy and I think that matters.
Way too early to say Coach Pope isn't hard nosed! Do you just live in the moment? Give him time to build his proper team. No one has patience in this day and age.
 

Digger-Cat

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I didn't know being real meant you're not a real fan. This team has issues and it's effort related.

Pope did a hell of a job building the team and pulled some wins out of his brain that most coaches couldn't, but I don't think it's being a bad fan to call out the lack of effort and lack of holding players accountable.

If this team is going to hang with Tennessee on Tuesday night, a lot has to change and Pope is going to need to challenge some guys, if not, I'm sorry, but you won't win at Tennessee with lackluster effort.
 
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Cowtown Cat

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I didn't know being real meant you're not a real fan. This team has issues and it's effort related.

Pope did a hell of a job building the team and pulled some wins out of his brain that most coaches couldn't, but I don't think it's being a bad fan to call out the lack of effort and lack of holding players accountable.

If this team is going to hang with Tennessee on Tuesday night, a lot has to change and Pope us going to need to challenge some guys, if not, I'm sorry, but you won't win at Tennessee with lackluster effort.
I said some were weak minded. Andddd they are. Absolutely.
 

CatOfDaVille

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What a bunch of pansies on here. No true fan is giving up any game.

We sure have some weak minded fans. It’s embarrassing.
So many glass-half-empty sad sacks around here. I realize it's likely either trolls or just a defense mechanism, but I would never want to watch a game with these people. Such a miserable group of people.