-We are not a very mentally tough football team.
-The game became fast and we made mental errors.
-Our mental conditioning has to take monumental steps forward.
-We gave up 72 yards in lost leverage on defense.
-Eye discipline and individuals coming off of man coverage.
-16 missed tackles.
-Not good on first down.
-Two big plays, that's it.
-In today's world of college football, you need big plays.
-We must overachieve to be able to compete and win football games.
-All we can do is roll our sleeves up, go back to work and get better. This right here sums it up. Instead of kicking dirt clods and thinking about how much we lost by, dig in and keep pushing.
-Losing will never ever be tolerated or accepted at Tennessee. Winning is a habit and losing is a habit.
-It starts with preparing our football team and that starts with me. Nice that he is taking accountability, much to the chagrin of some of the posters on here
-All I can ask is the players give their all.
-I expect a great day of practice.
-Florida great on rushing defense and third down conversions.
-Florida has playmakers all over the place. We face another dual threat quarterback in another hostile environment.
-We need to become a much more mentally tough team.
-Saturday it was 17-7 and we gave up a third and long when an individual gave up on his man coverage.
-The standard of excellence that we demand is non-negotiable.
-Lack of team speed... big factor. That's one thing we have to address but there's only so many things you can do to make your team faster.
-But also, football is a game of instincts and reactions and we didn't react well.
-We must recruit speed.
-Sapp will practice today. Saulsberry going through MRI but looks like he will be out 3-6 weeks. We will know more but definitely won't play the next couple weeks.
-Worley needs to settle in and be a little more aggressive. We need him to attack more. Just like any position, the qb position is open. That means if a freshman plays the best in practice, they'll play. We need our quarterback to run. We need to create big plays and that's a focus this week.
-Rajion and Marlon are complementing each other but we can't turn the football over. Both have improved pass protection. We need Hill and Smith to continue to push those two. What we need in our program is competition. Smith and Hill did some good things and we are going to start to rely on them. These two puts some of our starters on notice that their body of work isn't acceptable. Ever want to put the fear into a player? Let him know he could be sitting on the bench come game time.
-North is a 4.4 guy. He can run but is still working on the nuances to get open. I see him getting better and better but we have to play freshmen and they have to grow up in a hurry.
-Had two seem routes where the slot receiver was off the mark, it's not all on the quarterback.
-Hard to judge the qb because of all the parts and pieces. And these two are basically saying the offense is still not clicking. Whether that's the QB throwing short or the receivers not being in their pattern isn't really stated.
-You lose two slot receivers, half of our game plan had to be put aside. We expect Pig and Johnson to practice today.
-I play the percentages. Everything is strategically planned out on the football field. Nothing is just roll the dice. Very calculated (talking about going for it on fourth down).
-Special teams. The speed differential was evident on special teams. We have to do a better job technically. You may see our entire starting defense on special teams. Need speed.
-QB. We'll open it up. We will see what the freshman can handle. Peterman is the first one at practice every day. Worley is getting better. It's a week to week thing. See "on notice" comment above
-The influx of new players at receiver has probably set back the quarterback position.
-Justin is waiting for the receiver to come open and then throwing. He has to anticipate. Playing too conservative, that's a coaching issue that can be rectified.
-Every great quarterback has that aggressiveness and confidence, the "it" factor".
-Open competition with Dobbs and Ferguson this week. Worley has a knack to create plays--keeping plays alive with his feet.
-Worley has the luxury to pull the ball on the zone read. He did it in the first game. But still talking confidence in Worley. Don't want to destroy him outright, just let him know there are others eager to take his spot. Work better, etc
-We want a high vision guy, but if it's not there we need to get 4-5 yards from the quarterback running.
-We had zero negative yards rushing the football.
-We have to establish the line of scrimmage and that will be a huge challenge this week.
-We have to do a better job of play action and run action and alleviating some of the pressure. Reasonably certain he's saying "run the daggone ball when there is nothing else QB!"
-Florida defines SEC defenses, speed and size.
-Learned some valuable lessons from the Oregon game. We learned some valuable lessons for the future. We will look back at this game as a measuring stick for the next few years.
-Sometimes you can learn more from losing than you can from winning. Sometimes when you win you sweep things under the rug. Probably the most important thing he said. You don't learn anything by winning all the time, just ask Alabama and Saban when they thought TA&M was going to be a pushover. The loss, which sucked huge, still gave the coaches a realistic look at higher level play and where we stand
-It's going to be a process and we can't get ahead of ourselves. We just have to keep focusing on being a better football team, minute by minute and day by day.
-Our players showed up yesterday ready to get back to work and get better and that's what I needed to see.
-We must be the team that overachieves on Saturday.
-Nothing new on the Mo Couch situation.
-Saulsberry had progressed better than any d-lineman we had. He was playing the best of our lineman and that's a ig setback. Carr will have to grow up in a hurry and has to be game-ready for the Gators.
The end.
***This post will be updated as I add my notes.
