2018-19 TSSAA Boy's State Tournament Teams(Class A-AAA)

[SayWhat]

Glover was the best guard at the state tournament...period....I thought Murrell should have been more aggressive....looked out of sorts much of the game against Bearden...Bearden was really really good..people forget, they gave East a tough game last year when East was way more talented....

[warmachine7954]

41 minutes ago, SayWhat said:

Glover was the best guard at the state tournament...period....I thought Murrell should have been more aggressive....looked out of sorts much of the game against Bearden...Bearden was really really good..people forget, they gave East a tough game last year when East was way more talented....

I don't think Murrell is a "take over a game" kind of player. He lets the game come to him and works within those confines. Thaddeus Young was similar. I don't think it's a coincidence. They both played for Faragi Philips.

[SayWhat]

Sounds like a role player...system type guy...what your describing...he doesn't have killer instinct at all.....he is very talented though....Someone needs to push that out of him...

[TonyG]

I dont think its a question of killer instinct, i think its more of unselfishness. Undervalued experienced guys get the best of notable players on all levels all the time, its the beauty of the game.  

[TonyG]

18 hours ago, warmachine7954 said:

I don't think Murrell is a "take over a game" kind of player. He lets the game come to him and works within those confines. Thaddeus Young was similar. I don't think it's a coincidence. They both played for Faragi Philips.

phillips was an assistant?

[warmachine7954]

1 hour ago, TonyG said:

phillips was an assistant?

I thought Philips was at Mitchell when Young was there?

[warmachine7954]

14 hours ago, SayWhat said:

Sounds like a role player...system type guy...what your describing...he doesn't have killer instinct at all.....he is very talented though....Someone needs to push that out of him...

He'll be a 5 star guard when it's all said and done. That killer instinct you talk about isn't really part of today's game. 

[tonybologna]

4 hours ago, warmachine7954 said:

He'll be a 5 star guard when it's all said and done. That killer instinct you talk about isn't really part of today's game. 

I agree that in most high school teams players don't have that killer instinct to down right take over & win games. I'm talking about the star players & not the role or just good players. For instance, a James Wiseman type player. There are a select few & mostly not players from the state of Tennessee that do have that killer instinct. That either comes from the coaching they receive and/or their parent(s) have them living a life with that type of passion for the game.

[kwc]

On 3/19/2019 at 3:54 PM, SayWhat said:

Glover was the best guard at the state tournament...period....I thought Murrell should have been more aggressive....looked out of sorts much of the game against Bearden...Bearden was really really good..people forget, they gave East a tough game last year when East was way more talented....

Glover is a really good guard. He had a better tournament, no doubt. However, the best guard on the court was Murrell. He has the better upside and he's more athletic. Glover is a really good gurad who will probably get a scholly somewhere. Murrell will have his choice.

Murrell will grow into that role more and more. He's being molded into becoming a more dominant player. However, that's growth. That's not his natural bent, especially playing for Faragi Phillips. Everybody contributes on Faragi coached teams ... so there isn't a place for a 'dominant, killer instinct' type. That's why Faragi plays so many players during games ... his teams generally go 8 - 9 deep.