This game magnifies Heupel’s deficiencies

[LegionnaireOfTheMiserable]

There is no reason to call play action when there is no threat of the run. There is especially no reason to call play action when the other team calls timeout to make sure everyone knows there is no threat of the run.

Penalties galore in every game. We drop more passes than anyone in the country. Heupel beats himself, and his teams beat themselves. If he could get out of his own way, he could be very good. But this was unacceptable and inexcusable in year 5 against a beatable Bama team.

 

[alavolfan]

There is no reason to call play action when there is no threat of the run. There is especially no reason to call play action when the other team calls timeout to make sure everyone knows there is no threat of the run.

Penalties galore in every game. We drop more passes than anyone in the country. Heupel beats himself, and his teams beat themselves. If he could get out of his own way, he could be very good. But this was unacceptable and inexcusable in year 5 against a beatable Bama team.

Well said.

 

[#1fulmerite]

His offensive system masks QB’s decencies but there is only so much success you can have with castoffs from other teams.

 

[Ned Ray McWorkher]

The deficiency is in the roster. Turpentine and Telander can't be the starters on a championship level defensive team. We need athletes. High level talent to really complement the defensive line. We aren't good enough.

Right before half, Aguilar should have thrown the ball away and let us kick at a field goal. Ultimately blame the head coach but also understand what went on.

 

[Run-da-ball-vol]

Spot on.

 

[The Tall Gguy]

I believe that the target for a successful season has moved. Now that the CFP is all that matters, making a bowl game or winning 8-9 games is simply no longer considered successful. NOBODY cares about the non CFP bowl games...even the fans are opting out of them now.

 

[TheVolunteer002]

The deficiency is in the roster. Turpentine and Telander can't be the starters on a championship level defensive team. We need athletes. High level talent to really complement the defensive line. We aren't good enough.

Right before half, Aguilar should have thrown the ball away and let us kick at a field goal. Ultimately blame the head coach but also understand what went on.

I don't understand why you partially agree with OP on blaming the coach and then like the comment calling him pathetic.

 

[rdk4121]

Nothing he said was wrong. Even the half time crew was making fun of his clock management and play selection on the pick 6.

There was nothing wrong with the clock management there. We have 2nd and goal from the 1 yard line with 9 seconds left. You could in theory run 2 plays in that amount of time. Bad play call imo, but that's a different issue.

 

[LegionnaireOfTheMiserable]

The deficiency is in the roster. Turpentine and Telander can't be the starters on a championship level defensive team. We need athletes. High level talent to really complement the defensive line. We aren't good enough.

Right before half, Aguilar should have thrown the ball away and let us kick at a field goal. Ultimately blame the head coach but also understand what went on.

Heupel is responsible for the roster. Turpentine and Telander have been here 3 years, so if you want to blame them, that’s on Heupel.

Aguilar clearly had a neck injury. Heupel thought a play action call that required a throw to the outside was a good idea when there was zero threat of a run, and his QB’s neck was hurting. If you’ve ever had any degree of neck pain, you might be able to imagine that your ability to throw a ball would be impacted.

 

[EtowahVol]

Do we even have a screen play in our toolbox?

 

[jasonvol18]

Like I said last week, you are pathetic

Not any more pathetic than the play calling tonight, horrible defense, no discipline and the worst tackling team I've seen at TN in years

 

[Caz]

Do we even have a screen play in our toolbox?

No, but we have a multitude of those flair passes that go no where

 

[cherokeeeVOL]

Ok.

 

[joevols89]

There was nothing wrong with the clock management there. We have 2nd and goal from the 1 yard line with 9 seconds left. You could in theory run 2 plays in that amount of time. Bad play call imo, but that's a different issue.

No. He screwed up by not taking the timeout with 25 seconds and proceeded to line up and run for the first down instead. That screwed us. We lost out on at least 1 more play and limited what we could call.

 

[JRich]

Accurate assessment, imo.

 

[Flipdaddy]

I’ve never been overly critical of him but tonight HE left 16 points on the table. Terrible coaching job.

 

[crstygray0211]

I don’t understand for the life of me why we didn’t come out run heavy. And when we do…we have Thomas running straight in the gut. He isn’t a power back. And I hardly saw any blitz packages. Wtf?!?

 

[Boston Vol]

Teams are a direct reflection of their head coach. If a team consistently plays soft and carelessly, to include stupid penalties, turnovers, and a lot of other recurring issues, well, questions need to be asked.

 

[lionfoorest]

The deficiency is in the roster. Turpentine and Telander can't be the starters on a championship level defensive team. We need athletes. High level talent to really complement the defensive line. We aren't good enough.

Right before half, Aguilar should have thrown the ball away and let us kick at a field goal. Ultimately blame the head coach but also understand what went on.

Understand what went on? A damn pa from the 1 when there is 9 seconds left with no timeouts? That's coaching. I agree the throw was trash. But.... if the coach puts him on a to be good he might be... instead he calls the worst 2 calls he could have..... it all falls back on him

 

[wmcovol]

Every member of that staff should be embarrassed with that performance. Numerous unforced mistakes prevented you from having any chance in that game. You may squeeze out wins over MSU & Ark, but that’s not beating many others These issues have been here all year.

 

[SmokeyLives]

We had Georgia and Heupel played not to lose. We arguably could have lost to Miss St. This game was winnable and statistically we beat em. Third down defense is trash. So many holes. Hate to say it. Wanna be positive but it'll be tough to run the table.

 

[lionfoorest]

There was nothing wrong with the clock management there. We have 2nd and goal from the 1 yard line with 9 seconds left. You could in theory run 2 plays in that amount of time. Bad play call imo, but that's a different issue.

What? Bad play calling is a exact example of terrible time management wtf do you mean

 

[midtnvol2]

The deficiency is in the roster. Turpentine and Telander can't be the starters on a championship level defensive team. We need athletes. High level talent to really complement the defensive line. We aren't good enough.

Right before half, Aguilar should have thrown the ball away and let us kick at a field goal. Ultimately blame the head coach but also understand what went on.

Stop making excuses for poor coaching and poor preperation. CJH still can't manage a game.

 

[VolTom1]

His offensive system masks QB’s decencies but there is only so much success you can have with castoffs from other teams.

Its more than that, its literally bad play calling, mistakes, and bad coaching in the secondary. This has been the same thing over the years now. At least try and fix them... Make coaching changes, get more portal people. DO ANYTHING other than the same thing over and over again thinking it will work.

 

[wmcovol]

We had Georgia and Heupel played not to lose. We arguably could have lost to Miss St. This game was winnable and statistically we beat em. Third down defense is trash. So many holes. Hate to say it. Wanna be positive but it'll be tough to run the table.

Forget it with 5 false starts, 2 OPI penalties & a bad snap every game.