Bru McCoy comments about offense

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McDad said:
According to Vols redshirt senior wide receiver Bru McCoy, it's because Tennessee wasn't confident that they could replicate the success of the first drive of the game.

"I can't really pinpoint it exactly," said McCoy when asked about the struggles after the first drive. "We came out fast, started fast and then sort of lost the momentum a little bit. Me personally, I think we started thinking back that we couldn't do it again and we just had. It's a mindset thing. It's a confidence thing. It's trusting one another in what we are capable of doing. It's really just that."

Here's the full quote.

When there's ambiguity, we tend to interpret through our own preconceptions. Those who are sour on Milton interpret to mean lack of confidence in Milton. Those who question playcalling and OC have that interpretation. Those who think UF is in our player's heads take it that way.
Reality is none of those things are hinted or even implied.
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So what is hinted or implied?
 
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volfan_28 said:
Did any of you guys actually read the article or listen to Bru’s comments? He isn’t taking shots at anybody. He’s just saying they need to play with more confidence.

Personally, I don’t see how you can have a killer instinct or a dog mentality, however you want to phrase it, when 60-70% of the pass calls are screens…. But I do not think Bru is insinuating that in his comments
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I don’t think he was taking shots….I think he was stating facts that are troublesome.
 
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If you read Bru's comments in context in the article, I think he's just saying the offense as a whole might be struggling with confidence. The first 2 weeks weren't as efficient as the offense was last year and there have been many drops and some inconsistent throws. So maybe that has rattled the offensive players. To insinuate Bru is targeting Joe alone is his comments is a reach.
 
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Yikes! He said that?

Yeah, statistically Joe didn't have a bad game, but he just kills the energy of the team.

And Tim Banks needs to go. Yeah 3 and this guy still can't make adjustments
 
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volfan_28 said:
Did any of you guys actually read the article or listen to Bru’s comments? He isn’t taking shots at anybody. He’s just saying they need to play with more confidence.

Personally, I don’t see how you can have a killer instinct or a dog mentality, however you want to phrase it, when 60-70% of the pass calls are screens…. But I do not think Bru is insinuating that in his comments
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This is what I'm hearing. Bru and all the guys who played last year saw Heupel open up the field using a really fast tempo and exploiting mistakes in the coverage.

We were all saying "What WR or QB wouldn't want to come play in this exciting offense?" This year that offense isn't being used. It's just not.

Bru and the other guys have to be thinking: Is it me? Is it Joe? Is it the line? Why isn't Coach calling those plays that worked last year?

Unless Coach Heupel is being upfront with the team about why they're not seeing a similar gameplan to last year, confidence is going to be an issue.

Does Coach not believe in us? Does Coach not think we can execute like they did last year?

What would you think if you were on the team last year and then it's "screen left, screen right, run straight" this year?
 
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Milton completed 20 passes for 287 yards: That's an average of 14 yards a catch. That's a big number. McCoy himself had nearly 100
yards receiving. So there were more than just screen passes in the game.

Still, it's also true that our offensive line is not as good as last year's OL, our QB is not as efficient a passer as Hooker was, and he doesn't run
as well as Hooker did, and we didn't run it very well against Florida. We also don't seem as good defensively--some embarrassingly bad tackling in the first half. As Heupel said, we've just got to get better in all phases.
 
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Look how Bama played against USF. Teams respond to coaching choices. They didn’t like Milroe being benched. Maybe this team thinks Nico should be the starter.
 
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Cartervol said:
Seems Milton has all the physical tools, it's what's between the ears that is lacking. He's had basically 2 1/2 years in this system and still looks like a first year player with no experience. The guy is basically the Van Wilder of football he's been around so long.
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This is certainly possible.

When Joe performed well against Clemson...still by far his best game at UT...Hendon said publicly " I knew Joe was gonna do well. We studied the plays and gameplan over and over together until he knew them inside and out. He prepared so well that he had it all memorized." That is me paraphrasing a bit from memory...but basically the 2 of them had studied it for more than a month together im bowl practice and Joe had enough time to truly learn those plays...reads..keys etc inside and out. Hooker is clearly bright but to listen to Joe and read his quotes he seems average at best between the ears. I think like many people and athletes, Joe is just not that bright honestly. There is clearly a much smaller playbook being used this season...and Joe seems to be really struggling to read defenses both before and after the snap. The crazy thing is that PFF gave Joe the highest grade of any player on the team this game...but how many different plays did we actually run?? Not many, and Joe simply doesnt manage the game as well as HH did either when it comes to time management, audibles etc.

That said...Nico is still too young and skinny to be thrown in there with the gauntlet we are about to run. This years schedule is harder than last seasons, and the next 6 games or so are brutal. Hopefully Joe can improve as the season goes on and Nico only sees mop up duty this year. Next season and beyond should be much better as we have a monster class coming in and Nico to run the offense IMO.

Go VOLS. ALWAYS
 
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I don’t think the players doubt themselves completely ... but the offense philosophy and play calling probably doesn’t help. It really feels like TN “sets up “ plays , but if the “set up” plays aren’t working in your advantage you probably know the “big play” might not work. That’s what I’m thinking why Bru would say that
 
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I doubt Bru would try to suggest all their problems are because of 1 player. If he tried to throw 1 teammate under the bus, then I would lose my respect for him. JMO
 
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Looks like to me the transfer portal will soon be full if somebody doesn't resolve whatever the problems are VERY SOON !!!! So sad for this terrible situation as much as the fans have had hope in this team.
 
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You are absolutely
Godfatha said:
I think it all starts with that offensive line.
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You are absolutely correct. At least three times in the game Wright would not go down . Every single time our line is standing behind him watching him. If you are truly playing through the whistle that should never happen. It was pitiful
 
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vavolfan6 said:
This! The players can sense their own coaching staff doesn't believe in them with the playcalls that they are making. You are essentially telling your receivers that you don't think they will get open on their own or make a play, so you try and beat them with the screen game. Also, when you are making pre-snap penalty mistakes, its hard to overcome, especially when your defense can't get off the field.
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The conservative play calling is a combination of WR's not being able to get separation against man-to-man coverage and Milton's inconsistency down the field. Here's the thing - if we can't run the ball with 4-5 in the box, this offense can't operate, and SEC DC's damn well know it. Milton isn't Hooker, he doesn't offer the threat of pulling it back and keeping it for chunk plays, so that limits the run game.

Knowing all this, it is on Josh & Co. to alter the offense to fit what these guys can do instead of jamming a square peg into a round hole. Those calling for Nico are insane - this kid is the future, and throwing him into the fire when he isn't physically or mentally ready would be coaching malpractice. If Heupel bends to the pressure of some foolish, shortsighted critics, he deserves to be summarily fired.

This idea that a couple of bad games means Heupel is another Pruitt or Jones is idiotic on its face. What he accomplished last season followed by the recruiting where legit studs are now looking at UT as a place to play has earned him the benefit of the doubt. But he needs to show some flexibility in his plan to account for limitations in his offensive skill players, or it could be a long season.
 
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