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Post by graingermater23 on Mar 31, 2024 16:32:22 GMT -5
Can hardly play in his last game, and was not himself all year. What a shame. Shades of Bowden, Lamonte.
One of my all time favorites for sure
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Post by wtmvol on Mar 31, 2024 16:40:31 GMT -5
Can hardly play in his last game, and was not himself all year. What a shame. Shades of Bowden, Lamonte. One of my all time favorites for sure I’m just going to pretend like he left to play overseas this year. I’ll choose to remember his first 4 years. Fun player and I’m glad he was a Vol. |
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Post by Stopspopsdrops83 on Mar 31, 2024 16:43:04 GMT -5
It’s really a shame that 3 he took today didn’t hug the rim and fall, it was just a microcosm of his year
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Post by govols2020 on Mar 31, 2024 17:24:04 GMT -5
Agreed. To run it back only to get sick the final two games. Lost his grandmother. What a roller coaster of a year for that young man. Hoping that he has a very bright future ahead of him.
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Post by pdlglm on Apr 1, 2024 10:37:20 GMT -5
it sucks, one of my all time favorites.
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Post by awinatl on Apr 1, 2024 10:59:53 GMT -5
Santi went from a flashy gunslinging scorer to Stephen Pearl who could only be a pest
Sorry but Barnes’ system neutered that guy
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Post by smyrnavol on Apr 1, 2024 11:03:38 GMT -5
Santi went from a flashy gunslinging scorer to Stephen Pearl who could only be a pest Sorry but Barnes’ system neutered that guy I do think Barnes broke him to an extent and the flair to his game was beat out of him over time, but I think this year was all on Santi. Whatever happened to him was internal and something he did not manage well. You're right, he ended up at Steven Pearl walk-on level on offense. Never seen a nose dive like that. |
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Post by pdlglm on Apr 1, 2024 17:16:09 GMT -5
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Post by cherokee04 on Apr 1, 2024 17:55:58 GMT -5
It’s really a shame that 3 he took today didn’t hug the rim and fall, it was just a microcosm of his year It was so open, and I thought his shot came out sort of flat (not enough arc), but it still looked like it was going in, but didn’t. Story of his season. |
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Post by cherokee04 on Apr 1, 2024 17:57:12 GMT -5
Can hardly play in his last game, and was not himself all year. What a shame. Shades of Bowden, Lamonte. One of my all time favorites for sure I’m just going to pretend like he left to play overseas this year. I’ll choose to remember his first 4 years. Fun player and I’m glad he was a Vol. He’ll be playing somewhere out of the U.S. soon. I believe teams will look past this season and know what he can do from outside. |
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Post by cherokee04 on Apr 1, 2024 17:58:15 GMT -5
A very selfless team, even if almost to a fault sometimes. But you can tell how close they are. JJJ looked devastated that the ride was over. |
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Post by bchilds on Apr 1, 2024 19:36:16 GMT -5
I feel bad because he never got to settle into his role. He is an incredible basketball player. But that’s life. Sometimes Murphys Law goes into play. He never quit. As meteoric as Knecht’s rise was, NONE of this would exist without Vescovi. He was supposed to learn from Lamonte Turner. He ended up replacing him the day he set foot on campus. I will never forget when they asked Victor Bailey about Santi and he was like Santi can do what ever he wants and that he was the toughest guy to guard on the team. But make no mistake about it, the Vols aren’t this accomplished without him this season or the last half a decade.
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Post by cherokee04 on Apr 1, 2024 19:51:55 GMT -5
I feel bad because he never got to settle into his role. He is an incredible basketball player. But that’s life. Sometimes Murphys Law goes into play. He never quit. As meteoric as Knecht’s rise was, NONE of this would exist without Vescovi. He was supposed to learn from Lamonte Turner. He ended up replacing him the day he set foot on campus. I will never forget when they asked Victor Bailey about Santi and he was like Santi can do what ever he wants and that he was the toughest guy to guard on the team. But make no mistake about it, the Vols aren’t this accomplished without him this season or the last half a decade. Santi was a very good shooting guard and he'll get the opportunity to continue his career somewhere. Turner's shoulder fell apart which was the biggest issue for him. His performance his senior season was a pretty big dropoff (not scoring wise, but in terms of his shooting %). But Santi stepped in and, aside from some early turnover issues, played more like an upper classman than a freshman. He was a key part of the past five years, as were some others without whom we would not have had the success we had. This season? This season was as successful as it was mostly due to Knecht IMO, though he still obviously needed help from his teammates (and when that didn't happen, we could look pretty bad). Santi secured his place among UT hoops stars with his defense (steals, especially), incredible stamina and three point prowess until this season. I hate that his final season went the way it did, but it won't be my lasting memory of him. |
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Post by glenstorm on Apr 1, 2024 20:28:12 GMT -5
It’s really a shame that 3 he took today didn’t hug the rim and fall, it was just a microcosm of his year It was so open, and I thought his shot came out sort of flat (not enough arc), but it still looked like it was going in, but didn’t. Story of his season. To be honest, I always thought his shot was relatively flat... This year, though... I think what was said earlier about why he came back, and then DK happening and him taking a back seat is probably true... and his grandmother on top of that, and who knows what else... And then he started slow and could never get his edge and confidence back. Yeah, he was wide open, but he looked like he knew it wasn't going in when he took it, even before. It really was a microcosm of the whole year, just totally mental. The yips, in golf parlance... |
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Post by trex on Apr 2, 2024 9:25:43 GMT -5
I blame it on the girlfriend
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