Vol737
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The passionate radical fan side of me wants to gnash my teeth and spew venom over these one sided losses. This side of me says:
1) Butch is the right guy but assistant coaches may need to get their walking papers eventually. Never shoulda let Pitmann or Chaney go. We could've used them. Jancek and Martinez are Georgia rejects, fired by Richt. Why would we want them here at Tennessee??!
2) Other asst. coaches, regardless of talent level, could have this group playing and competing better. Look at Vanderbilt. Do they have more talent and depth than we do? Their 3 star QB from Maryville just helped them whip FLA yesterday. Good for Patton Robinette! Good kid, deserves it.
3) Bad play calling, predictable, no rythm, risky plays that yield nothing at the wrong time, contribute to unsustainable drives.
4) An offensive line that is supposed to be all NFL draft picks can't seem to dominate much more than a high school defensive line.
5) This "read option", "hybrid spread offense" is a gimmick in the short run and removes us further from the Tennessee we have been in the past. We need to get a big time fullback and have tight ends running around everywhere playing straight up power football and using these "NFL" linemen like they ARE "NFL" linemen. Zone blocking is crap.
The objective, take a step back and look at the big picture side of me says:
1) CBJ inherited a train wreck of a program plagued by mismanagement, almost totally devoid of speed and talent, a losers mentality of which it take more than 3/4 of a season to change.
2) Is part of the problem the asst. coaches or just the talent level? We won't REALLY know that until CBJ has landed at least three top recruiting classes and the evidence becomes more conclusive. Is it really fair to call Jancek and Martinez UGA rejects? For coaches, as much as players, it a lot of times boils down to chemistry and how they all work together.
3) The total incompetence of prior administrations (Hammy, Dooley and Cheek the booger picker still hanging on like a bad hemorrhoid) was/is the cause of our Chernobyl style nuclear meltdown of all time at Tennessee.
4) Love him or hate him, we lost a QB (and yep, I knocked him pretty hard at times for his leadership) and a truck load of offensive weapons that coulda/shoulda won 9 games last year if we had a defense at all. We are playing freshmen all over the place and walkons on defense in some spots.
5) Auburn, Mizzou and most all other programs that had bad seasons last year certainly had more talent waiting in the wings and none, but none have seen the number of coaches run through here like a hot knife through butter like we have nor absolute incompetence at the admin level.
Like anything, the truth is somewhere in the middle. I'm not happy but not much has really surprised me this year. I had hoped for better. CBJ can recruit and is proving that. But this is a 1 million piece jigsaw puzzle that will simply take a while to put all the pieces together. I just hope these guys find renewed urgency and realize we are down to a 2 game season and not all is lost. There's still a bowl game to play for. Take a week off and recover mentally and physically and then strap it on for two more times this season and leave it all on the field. Still p.o.'d....but always a Vol fan.
1) Butch is the right guy but assistant coaches may need to get their walking papers eventually. Never shoulda let Pitmann or Chaney go. We could've used them. Jancek and Martinez are Georgia rejects, fired by Richt. Why would we want them here at Tennessee??!
2) Other asst. coaches, regardless of talent level, could have this group playing and competing better. Look at Vanderbilt. Do they have more talent and depth than we do? Their 3 star QB from Maryville just helped them whip FLA yesterday. Good for Patton Robinette! Good kid, deserves it.
3) Bad play calling, predictable, no rythm, risky plays that yield nothing at the wrong time, contribute to unsustainable drives.
4) An offensive line that is supposed to be all NFL draft picks can't seem to dominate much more than a high school defensive line.
5) This "read option", "hybrid spread offense" is a gimmick in the short run and removes us further from the Tennessee we have been in the past. We need to get a big time fullback and have tight ends running around everywhere playing straight up power football and using these "NFL" linemen like they ARE "NFL" linemen. Zone blocking is crap.
The objective, take a step back and look at the big picture side of me says:
1) CBJ inherited a train wreck of a program plagued by mismanagement, almost totally devoid of speed and talent, a losers mentality of which it take more than 3/4 of a season to change.
2) Is part of the problem the asst. coaches or just the talent level? We won't REALLY know that until CBJ has landed at least three top recruiting classes and the evidence becomes more conclusive. Is it really fair to call Jancek and Martinez UGA rejects? For coaches, as much as players, it a lot of times boils down to chemistry and how they all work together.
3) The total incompetence of prior administrations (Hammy, Dooley and Cheek the booger picker still hanging on like a bad hemorrhoid) was/is the cause of our Chernobyl style nuclear meltdown of all time at Tennessee.
4) Love him or hate him, we lost a QB (and yep, I knocked him pretty hard at times for his leadership) and a truck load of offensive weapons that coulda/shoulda won 9 games last year if we had a defense at all. We are playing freshmen all over the place and walkons on defense in some spots.
5) Auburn, Mizzou and most all other programs that had bad seasons last year certainly had more talent waiting in the wings and none, but none have seen the number of coaches run through here like a hot knife through butter like we have nor absolute incompetence at the admin level.
Like anything, the truth is somewhere in the middle. I'm not happy but not much has really surprised me this year. I had hoped for better. CBJ can recruit and is proving that. But this is a 1 million piece jigsaw puzzle that will simply take a while to put all the pieces together. I just hope these guys find renewed urgency and realize we are down to a 2 game season and not all is lost. There's still a bowl game to play for. Take a week off and recover mentally and physically and then strap it on for two more times this season and leave it all on the field. Still p.o.'d....but always a Vol fan.
