Anyone wanting to blame this one on the coaches

#26
#26
I totally agree! After the UAB or Florida game I could understand saying we were not executing. But this is the 6th game with 2 off weeks in there for good measure. The fact that they are 3 and 3 and in my opinion have not put together more than one half of solid offense this whole season is pathetic. I am not bashing. I am just a Die hard Vol fan that follows every move this team makes 365 days a year. I know we put ourselves up against some high standards. I mean the teams that have beat us have been almost top five teams, i think FLA may have been 6. In the past our problems have been on the field leadership. I don't think that is it. We had some youth and inexperience in the secondary and they exploited it. HATS OFF TO INKY!!!! HE STEPPED IN AND DID THE JOB EXPECTED OF HIM! But the one thing I think we are doing that is shooting ourselves in the hip ( is up to the hip because after 6 games we blew our foot and leg off long ago) is we over analyze! How many times do you see them break the huddle, line up and run the play? And this 3rd and 11, or 14 or 16 and we run a draw or screen pass EVERY SINGLE TIME. I can only think Sanders thinks he can catch someone off gaurd. NOPE. As much as I hate to admit it, I am starting to agree with the majority...... I think it is time for a change.

Jimmy Richardson
Memphis, TN
 
#27
#27
anyone think that if we started the season ranked 13 instead of 3, we would have any different results. we know tenn seems to struggle w/ a high rank.
 
#28
#28
thats a good point volfan. i'm not sure. i don't think so because our offense still couldn't move the ball, but we could have surprised people with our defense. in my opinion.
 
#30
#30
i think it did matter. chain of events. we go into the uab game super confident. have a sub par preformance becasue we are overconfident. all of a sudden there is no confidence anymore.


imo there is only one thing the tenn offense needs. some confidence.

i swear they go into games knowing they will fail.
 
#31
#31
This has summed up the season. 1st and goal at the 4 end up being 3rd and goal at the 15 and fumbling. One colossal error after another.
In the 90's we would just run that ball up the gut for 3 plays and havea guaranteed score. This is the first team i have felt uncomfortable when they reach the red zone. I can honestly say i dont think they have the ability to score or make the field goal.
 
#33
#33
My observations have been the notorious hand-clapping from the head coach.




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#34
#34
It's ALL coaching. Thousands of the Confederate soilders died at Gettysburg because of the poor decision making of General Lee, NOT because they fought poorly. The same analogy fits our discipline and execution under pressure!
 
#36
#36
And who do you want to blame it on Oldvol? George Bush, El Nino? How about global warming? If you look at Bama's talent I don't see a single first round draft choice. Get real!!
 
#37
#37
I don't blame the coaches on this loss.I know Anderson took a good lick on the ball but you gotta protect,protect,protect.This guy has dropped quite a few and he needs to work on holding on to the ball.
 
#38
#38
Originally posted by tvolsfan@Oct 23, 2005 10:18 AM
anyone think that if we started the season ranked 13 instead of 3, we would have any different results. we know tenn seems to struggle w/ a high rank.
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I said before the season started I hated being ranked in the top 5. This has happened 3 out of the past 7 seasons and all were bad seasons (1999: 9-3; 2002: 8-5; 2005: 3-3... might end up at just over .500).

However, while this may have affected our mindset in the first or second game, we should have snapped back after the Florida loss. I blame our performance on poor coaching and lackluster execution by the offense and special teams.
 
#39
#39
Originally posted by GAVol@Oct 23, 2005 9:59 AM
Well . . .. we fumbled inside the 10 twice and muffed a punt.  I don't care if you've got Vince Lombardi on the sideline, if you do that against a top 10 team, you're going to lose . . . and don't tell me that those fumbles were the result of coaching.  There is an element of our problems that is directly related to coaching, but I didn't see many coaching problems last night.
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I mostly agree with what you're driving at, GAVol. In general, TN is lacking in all the major fundamental tenets of winning football. I do not think Riggs and Anderson;s fumbles are "coaching." And I also agree that playing a top 10 team will expose you when those mistakes are made. Maybe BAMA is a top 10 team - but I still wonder a little bit. FL is not a top 10 team right now, and neither is TN (obviously).

Where i disagree with you is on two fronts: 1) Coaching apsects of winning teams and 2) Our schedule.

1-If Lombardi were coaching our team, we may very well have fumbled. And yes, those things are killers. But I also believe he would have had us "executing" better throughout the game; so that we wouldn't have to hold our breath inside the 10 yard line as if it we would only be in scoring range twice the whole game. That's really the issue: Why is our offense so bad that is had to be relegated to run it up the middle and don't screw up? TN may or may not have "all world" talent, but it is still better than most I've seen. Those fumbles are maginified when our offense executes so poorly the REST OF THE GAME. I'm sorry, but BAMA is not that talented in the sense that we were up against some kind of juggernaut. They are NOT that type of team.

SUMMARY: Fumbles were the players; losing the game was coaching. We only had 250 yard total offense. I don't know what team Fulmer saw out there, but if that is finding ourselves, I think I'd just as soon lose them again. They totally gave up on our passing game, which I believe out a self-imposed handicap on our ability to move the ball.

WOW! Coach Chavis gets his guys motored every game!

2-The reason our schedule looks so tough is that we are not very good. We were an overtime from losing to our four toughest opponents. It doesn't take a good team to lose to everyone. If we had an offense as good as your average top 25 team, we would be undefeated right now - one loss potentially to UGA (but I don't think so).

Our problems, moreover, are systemic and evidenced over a period of years. These are not new problems; but they are being manifest quite obviously this year for whatever reason.

Liper
 
#40
#40
Originally posted by GAVol@Oct 22, 2005 11:23 PM
Yes, but overall I think you have to say that the gameplan they used tonight was the right one and the game probably played out exactly the way the coaches wanted minus a few plays and a couple of breaks that went the wrong way.
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I'm sure you're right, GAVol, but one of my problems is with the gameplan itself. We play not to lose. We don't play to win. PF is too conservative, and it's kept a lot of games too close for comfort even when looked good on O.

Everybody gets bad breaks, and we've been on the receiving end of heaven knows how many, but this (bad breaks...poor execution...call it what you will) should not have made the difference in this ballgame.
 
#41
#41
I don't know who should be blamed for this loss. I am not going to blame Anderson, and I can't directly blame the coaches. I thought the gameplan was a good one. I do have to say that the ignorant penalties have cost us too many yards this season. How many times have we had 1st and goal or even second and 3 or 4 and end up getting not one but occassionally two penalties back-to-back. That I have to blame the coaches for. There have also been way too many dropped passes by the receivers in key situations this season. Bret Smith has dropped passes all season long (4 vs GA), and usually in key situations. I believe that Pat Washington is not developing the talent that is coming in. I am going to continue to support the Vols just like I always have. If I get tickets to any of the games the rest of the season, I will be there cheering just like always. You do have to realize also that at last check we had the fourth toughest schedule in Div 1A this year.

I do have one question though. Did anyone hear Lou Holtz's comments about UT having already mailed in this season, that they will not have another good showing all year. I don't know exactly his comments, but I heard he said something similar to that. Is anyone familiar with what I am talking about?
 
#43
#43
Originally posted by ChemEVol@Oct 23, 2005 9:46 PM
Sorry, I was wrong 3rd toughest schedule in Div 1A

Schedule Difficulty

That is not an excuse, just a fact that should be considered.
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Interesting...

1. Arkansas

3. Tennessee

13. Miss State

14. South Carolina

39. Florida

43. Bama

45. LSU

55. Georgia

57. Vandy

58. Kentucky

67. Ole Miss

85. Auburn

Others...

49. Notre Dame
70. Southern Cal
81. Miami
 
#44
#44
Originally posted by Orangewhiteblood@Oct 23, 2005 9:58 PM
Interesting...

1. Arkansas

3. Tennessee

13. Miss State

14.  South Carolina

39. Florida

43. Bama

45. LSU

55. Georgia

57. Vandy

58. Kentucky

67. Ole Miss

85. Auburn

Others...

49. Notre Dame
70. Southern Cal
81. Miami
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Out of conference scheduling has a lot to do with luck. Who thought UAB would have a once in a lifetime pro-QB in 200x when we scheduled them?

UT has to fill seats. Do you think that we will fill seats if we had <pick a crappy team> for three or four home games?

We have to play the Memphis State Tigers, they don&#39;t count except that they remove one optional, possibly suck team we migt play if UT decided to do so. And we expose ourselves to getting beat and losing what few Tennesse HS players we might want.


 
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