Marvin West on Jim Knowles

[Savannahbayvol]

Last paragraph is somewhat worrying:

Jim Knowles: Control, genius, mad scientist or too complex - Knox TN Today

I believe Josh Heupel believes he made the Tennessee play of the year in replacing Tim Banks with Jim Knowles. Heupel’s quarterback trade, Nico for Joey Football, turned into a plus. Alas, it seems past tense. Banks for Knowles is the future. I think it was a good move. We’ll see if it was good […]

www.knoxtntoday.com

 

[utvolpj]

Last paragraph is somewhat worrying:

And it's not really true or applicable unless Heupel interferes

Complexity was a Tennessee problem back when Phillip Fulmer hired the very bright Dave Clawson as offensive coordinator in 2008. Vols never figured out what they were supposed to be doing. Fulmer was fired.

 

[bpalmer28]

20 years ago and didn’t involve anyone currently influencing anything at Tennessee. If you worry about that you have a worry problem and should probably see a therapist. That sounds mean I know but my wife is a therapist and helps a lot of people who didn’t think they needed help. Just a suggestion! GBO

 

[Carp]

Last paragraph is somewhat worrying:

Jim Knowles: Control, genius, mad scientist or too complex - Knox TN Today

I believe Josh Heupel believes he made the Tennessee play of the year in replacing Tim Banks with Jim Knowles. Heupel’s quarterback trade, Nico for Joey Football, turned into a plus. Alas, it seems past tense. Banks for Knowles is the future. I think it was a good move. We’ll see if it was good […]

www.knoxtntoday.com

It's a concern for sure. But it's also hard to be worse than this year's unit..

 

[GAVol]

And it's not really true or applicable unless Heupel interferes

Yep… All that was happening with Clawson was he was introducing spread concepts to a coach who didn’t fully buy in and an awful QB room.

The comparison is a reach at best. You literally could say this about any new coordinator.

 

[GAVol]

It's a concern for sure. But it's also hard to be worse than this year's unit..

No lie. What could Knowles possibly do to make the defense tackle worse, give up more 3rd downs, be worse at Safety etc?

 

[RDU VOL#14]

I think it would be a huge help to get some of the Penn St guys that are in the portal. We need some guys that familiar with the system and would help ease the transition to a new system. It looks like there’s a very good pass rusher and a corner that will be in the portal.

 

[bpalmer28]

It's a concern for sure. But it's also hard to be worse than this year's unit..

this is the thought that helps me sleep at night

 

[RDU VOL#14]

It's a concern for sure. But it's also hard to be worse than this year's unit..

Exactly. We don’t have to be that much better on D, just a little bit. If we’re a little bit better on D this season, we might be playing in the Rose Bowl vs IU or the Sugar Bowl

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Last paragraph is somewhat worrying:

Jim Knowles: Control, genius, mad scientist or too complex - Knox TN Today

I believe Josh Heupel believes he made the Tennessee play of the year in replacing Tim Banks with Jim Knowles. Heupel’s quarterback trade, Nico for Joey Football, turned into a plus. Alas, it seems past tense. Banks for Knowles is the future. I think it was a good move. We’ll see if it was good […]

www.knoxtntoday.com

It’s not worrying at all. Good grief. I think some of you are just looking for negatives about the Knowles hire.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

It's a concern for sure. But it's also hard to be worse than this year's unit..

Why do some of you seem to think we had the worst defense in the nation?

 

[VOLINVONORE]

20 years ago and didn’t involve anyone currently influencing anything at Tennessee. If you worry about that you have a worry problem and should probably see a therapist. That sounds mean I know but my wife is a therapist and helps a lot of people who didn’t think they needed help. Just a suggestion! GBO

Agree. Some are worried that they didn’t have anything to worry about.

 

[Vol in Buckeye Land]

It’s not worrying at all. Good grief. I think some of you are just looking for negatives about the Knowles hire.

These are people who could have a friend win the lottery, and they call with condolences because of all the tax the friend had to pay.

 

[FRIDAY]

Last paragraph is somewhat worrying:

Jim Knowles: Control, genius, mad scientist or too complex - Knox TN Today

I believe Josh Heupel believes he made the Tennessee play of the year in replacing Tim Banks with Jim Knowles. Heupel’s quarterback trade, Nico for Joey Football, turned into a plus. Alas, it seems past tense. Banks for Knowles is the future. I think it was a good move. We’ll see if it was good […]

www.knoxtntoday.com

The problem Coach Fulmer had with Dave Clawson was not Clawsons faught. Fulmer hired him to run his offense but would not let him. He would not get out of the way to let him run his offense the way he wanted to

 

[GUNTERSVOL]

For sure, like any major decision introducing change there is a RISK/REWARD issue.

But the biggest most important difference between the Clawson and Knowles situations if immediate transformation to greatness does not come to pass is the competency of the AD’s and the AD/Coach dynamic. They both seem to ignore the noise from the peanut gallery, regardless of volume of their less informed analysis. How the staff changes, underclass growth and portal NET plays out will be an interesting study and certainly be internally reviewed.

 

[FanDude]

Watching our team during the Clawfence year, it was obvious during many plays that the quarterback and other players did not know what they were supposed to do. Yes, Fulmer interfered, but what was he supposed to do? It was that bad.

 

[Carp]

Why do some of you seem to think we had the worst defense in the nation?

I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not.

We were ranked 110 in total defense. Sure its technically possible to be worse. Though it's certainly not likely.

 

[Sea Ray]

In today's world of transfer portals and all, coaches can't rely on a system that takes years to learn. Hopefully he adjusts accordingly

 

[GAVol]

Why do some of you seem to think we had the worst defense in the nation?

Because our defense wasn’t very good. I could probably look up a bunch of stats but the bottom line is we give up way too many 3rd downs, we don’t tackle well and we’re awful in pass defense.

Just something close to average defense that gets off the field a couple more times per game probably makes us a playoff team.

 

[Dadof2Vols]

Last paragraph is somewhat worrying:

Jim Knowles: Control, genius, mad scientist or too complex - Knox TN Today

I believe Josh Heupel believes he made the Tennessee play of the year in replacing Tim Banks with Jim Knowles. Heupel’s quarterback trade, Nico for Joey Football, turned into a plus. Alas, it seems past tense. Banks for Knowles is the future. I think it was a good move. We’ll see if it was good […]

www.knoxtntoday.com

It takes WRs 2 years to learn CJH’s system so we should probably get rid of him too!

How many defensive people play as freshman anyway?

Will this next year be bumpy yes but who cares if the D takes a great step forward in year 2 after just coming out of 5 years of mostly mediocre D.

 

[DaddyChad]

I think if not for the Vandy game it’s possible Banks survived. That game the defense gave up. We were sloppy in several games defensively but everything wrong was on full display.

 

[tennrich1]

Not to slam on the writer …BUT …sometimes journalists just need to write…without enough ideas or info. IMHO…that’s kinda how this article feels.

 

[Big Orange Captain]

This was a home run hire by Heup
imo. Of course there will be a little bit of a transition next season but no doubt Banks had to go.

 

[Missjw]

I feel shortchanged in that I've only been able to read Mr. West for 55 of the 70 plus years that he's been covering UT sports.

 

[volfanhill]

No lie. What could Knowles possibly do to make the defense tackle worse, give up more 3rd downs, be worse at Safety etc?

Hire and then turn play calling duties over to Sal Sunseri?