What I found particularly upsetting was how so many fans on the Vol site were willing to blame Deshields for their lack of success, continually citing her lack of good decision making, calling her a ball hog, a low basketball IQ player, a cancer in the locker room and so on. Many at the time seemed blind to the fact that Holly had taken a #1 recruit (Mercedes Russell) and had failed to coach her into being an AA. To my knowledge she is the first women's coach ever to do that. Few noted how little Diamond's game had improved since her time at NC. Few noted how little any of her players improved any of their games while at Tenn. Honestly I wouldn't blame Diamond if she still feels a little resentment toward her time playing varsity ball there. Holly is a wonderful person and a great recruiter. She is a terrible coach, a terrible motivator and a terrible leader.