Butch Jones needs to own this!!!!!!!!!!

#82
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- This one is about 85% on Worley. Without two end zone picks and a game changing turnover in the third 3rd, this ends up a 45-14 type of game.

- The Defense lacks a lot of talent but plays hard. Not too many issues what they bring week end and week out. They were simply on the field the entire 2nd half and are constantly put in bad spots by the Offense.

- Pig Howard is terrible. Would love to see Smith start in the slot.

- Play calling is terrible. Should just pound the rock and screw the read option
 
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I hate saying this because I have always enjoyed every player who has worn the orange and white and respect them all but I will be glad when this group of players is finally gone and moved on to greater things and Butch gets his own players in here...This team is just hard to watch...I do not put any of this on the coaches because if you have seen Butch on the sidelines he is coaching every play, This is on the players and sadly they just have way too much Dooley in them...Got to weed this stuff out and get the players that will turn this ship around and Butch is doing just that...Don't go jumping off a cliff just yet...Better days are ahead I have no doubt.
 
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VolFromNashville said:
So..you'd rather lose to them? I know it was terrible and embarrassing, but it's better than losing. I didn't think UT was going to win, but they did.
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No, of course didn't want to lose. Just saying that a close, ugly win vs an SEC team like Georgia moves your program forward. Don't see ANY way this performance moves our program forward.
 
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If by "Owning This" the OP means Butch should say in his post game interview that "winning college football games is hard" and that "there were a lot of positives to take out of this game" and that "Worley made some key 3rd down throws for big conversions" then yes, he owned it.....
 
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He's actually digging up the turf, and everything else from the game to take home with him, so he can "own" it! This guy gets it!
 
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BigOrangeTrain said:
Name me a Fulmer cached team that is as bad as this one. Ignorantly hate all you want but Fulmer knew how to win.
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And remind me how many of these players CBJ signed. In fact what percentage of our starters are Butch recruits? Do you see now why we suck. Saban wouldn't win more then 6 with this bunch
 
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peerless98 said:
I don't see the pride that you see.
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He looks both proud and relieved to me. Relieved, I understand at least, but not proud. Not of what we put on the field today against a "great football team".

I guess after GA we will get to see him flip a table at the presser.
 
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865dude said:
This team "gets it" and by it I mean an undefeated record against sun belt teams. Woo!
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No surprise - the bearcats should usually be able to handle sun belt (this one came down to the wire but the best stuff in America prevailed in the end).
 
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Vols4us said:
The players are starting to act like they did with Dools. Undisciplined and many are just plain lazy, especially the O-line. Look at the penalties, TO's, sloppy execution, 3rd and Chavis conversions, etc.
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Well said, the kids hate losing as much as we do, and most at some point throw in the towel
 
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Chad F said:
Unfortunately, after seeing our games so far, I don't see us winning another game this year except maybe Kentucky. We won't be able to handle anybody that's left on the schedule. I see a string of embarrassments during October and some close (or possibly decisive) beatings the rest of the way.

I hope that Coach Jones surprises me, but I just don't see it. We haven't gotten better in any aspect of the game since the opener as far as I can tell. If there has been any, it's marginal at best. Perhaps you could argue that at least we're coming up with some turnovers, but I chalk that up more to the other teams making mistakes and giving us some "gifts" than to us making big plays.

I am praying for better days ahead. I really like Coach Jones, but we haven't seen any real results yet. A 7 point win, at home, against a Sun Belt Conference team that has only had a football team for a few years is bad. There is no spinning this any other way.

Tennessee has the best fans in the country because there is no way that any other fan base in college football would remain as dedicated as we do in the face of these kinds of results.
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I share your assessment. There's a mixture of problems at the moment. The talent is most glaring to fans but youth, lack of knowledge in this system, lack of players for this system, and "staff issues" are also present. It's gonna take a while to figure these out.

L - UGA - I just hope we can cover the spread which I'd guess at UGA (-21)

L - USC - I believe Shaw got hurt. I don't know much about his replacement. I just hope we don't make him a Heisman candidate like we've done lately with back-up qbs.

L - @ Mizzou with a healthy James Franklin? This game could actually get ugly if our defense is on the field most of the game. If Mizzou's D shows up, I'm not sure we win this one.

L - Auburn has been recruiting at a higher level than us the past 5yrs and is better athletically across the field. On talent alone we're an underdog in this one.

L - Vandy has better QB & WR play than us and I think we'll have trouble keeping up.

W - @ UK - This is winnable if the team hasn't quit. This will be the game where we determine the team's character. Will they quit like 2yrs ago?

Having witnessed the product on the field through 1/3rd of the season, this is my expectation for the remainder of the year. If this team can exceed 4-8, I'll consider it a step in the right direction, file this away as year zero, and hope for 6 Ws next year, 7or8 wins in year 3, etc. I thought we'd easily beat USA but we aren't much worse than where I thought we would be. If anything I hope this game tempered fan base expectations
 
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I_Hate_the_BCS said:
When you've been recruiting 2-3-4* talent the past 3-4 years, you're gonna get 2-3-4* results. Only 3 players from Kiffens class are left....I just can't get over the shock factor by some people....this is only going to get worse, its going to be some tough times the next 3-4 years
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How many stars did the S Alabaa payers have?
 
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