Coach Hype Monday Presser

#179
#179
Stephen Gray said:
I don’t disagree with any of that. I’d be surprised if there were many rules with getting kicked off the team a known and mandatory consequence. In general, rules exist for a reason and need to be enforced. Punishments though can and should often have some flexibility in how they are given.

All I was trying to say in the above is rules may matter, but the coaching staff failed to fix things and get everyone ready to play right by game day. Both of those things can be true. Yeah whatever the root causes, some players hold some accountability, but so does the staff for letting things get into that state.

I also agree that we won’t know what happened, and actually think we probably shouldn’t. How does that help them fix anything? I wouldn’t even be surprised if the real reasons are not close to what are being speculated. Plenty of rumors from people with supposed sources have turned out to be false.

Regardless, whatever the reasons, the game is in the past. Most important thing at this point is that they get past it and get to doing what they need to do to be their best moving forward.
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That's what is different about this effort by the team.

On the sidelines from the start, Hooker looked subdued and concerned and wasn't his encouraging self up and down the sidelines. The D was chippy and out of position the whole game. TN wasn't ready.

I'm not naive enough to think there's not been some tension or words in the locker room before. Even with our success, teammates challenge each other and pick and poke and all that and now and then someone is caught on a bad day or after a bad performance or a hard correction by a coach and things get, maybe not physical in a big way, but words fly, grills meet, chests bump, etc.

I can't imagine this team has been all unicorns farting rainbows all year but they've been together as a unit until Saturday. Whatever has gone down in previous weeks didn't seem to stop the leadership and unity until Saturday.

It's on Heupel to handle it from here but it'll be interesting at Vandy to see the sideline interaction of the team. I'm unsure Hooker will travel with his knee and whenever surgery is scheduled but it will be interesting to see the TN sidelines in Nashville.
 
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#180
#180
SKBubba said:
So one hothead defensive player dictates the Vols' future? Lol.
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How hard and long will you laugh when Vandy beats TN because of this drama and dissension in the locker room and on the field. One bad apple can spoil the whole bunch. Believe it.
If true, JB chose to hit HH in a non-contact practice. JB chose to step-on the Power T in the locker room. JB chose not to endure the push-ups team punishment. JB chose to make NIL money an issue with HH. At what point does a coach say enough? There is no ME in TEAM.
 
#181
#181
SayUWantAreVOLution said:
That's what is different about this effort by the team.

On the sidelines from the start, Hooker looked subdued and concerned and wasn't his encouraging self up and down the sidelines. The D was chippy and out of position the whole game. TN wasn't ready.

I'm not naive enough to think there's not been some tension or words in the locker room before. Even with our success, teammates challenge each other and pick and poke and all that and now and then someone is caught on a bad day or after a bad performance or a hard correction by a coach and things get, maybe not physical in a big way, but words fly, grills meet, chests bump, etc.

I can't imagine this team has been all unicorns farting rainbows all year but they've been together as a unit until Saturday. Whatever has gone down in previous weeks didn't seem to stop the leadership and unity until Saturday.

It's on Heupel to handle it from here but it'll be interesting at Vandy to see the sideline interaction of the team. I'm unsure Hooker will travel with his knee and whenever surgery is scheduled but it will be interesting to see the TN sidelines in Nashville.
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Hope HH is there God willing. He is the glue to this team. JB seems to be the solvent.
 
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SayUWantAreVOLution said:
That's what is different about this effort by the team.

On the sidelines from the start, Hooker looked subdued and concerned and wasn't his encouraging self up and down the sidelines. The D was chippy and out of position the whole game. TN wasn't ready.
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Also you could see after scores there wasn't the usual spirit on the sideline as the player who scored came back to the bench. Just a few taps on the helmet, but seemingly no joy or camaraderie. I actually noticed this early in the game and found it odd, but really didn't think much about it until reading what might have happened.

It's just hard to fathom that whatever went down during the week would bother these kids to the point that they would come out so flat and unprepared with as much on the line as there was. I get being upset with what you might have considered unfair treatment of a player or preferred treatment of certain player(s), but to throw away an historic shot at a national championship over it? Just bizarre, if that is in fact the case.
 
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#186
VOLINVONORE said:
The most important thing to know, has it been fixed. I really don't care what it was as long as it does not show up Saturday.
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I agree. Some people want to know if they can safely bet on this game though, and think coaches have an obligation to provide them information to help with that decision making.
 
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#190
VOLINVONORE said:
The most important thing to know, has it been fixed. I really don't care what it was as long as it does not show up Saturday.
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Agreed. HH was our team's glue. JB appears to be the solvent. If all the drama surrounding this internal team conflict is true, I'd be surprised if Heup allows JB to play this Saturday if he's not already dismissed from the team. Hope HH shows up in Nashville given the limits of his injury and surgery. What a final SEC game tribute.
 
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#193
Woodlawn VOL said:
Pretty simple the majority of the year we have stopped the run and got after the quarterback masking the secondaries troubles. Against Georgia and South Carolina we didn’t do as well there. We have been in top 10 in rushing and red zone defense all year. We have to stop run and get to the quarterback to have success on defense. Our secondary has troubles covering for long periods. GBO
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With our secondary as weak as it is, if our front 4 can't pressure the qb, we must blitz, and keep on blitzing. Because any average college qb, given the time to throw with our weak secondary they will find a wide open receiver
 
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#194
cgrish said:
How can you say, not knowing what really happened? I trust Hype to make the right call on this. There had to be a very good reason for Banks not to have made the trip.
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Very confident these things happened early last week to cause JB SC game suspension:
1. JB chose to hit HH hard in a non-contact practice.
2. JB chose to defiantly step on the Power T in the locker room.
3. JB refused to do do the disciplinary push-ups as team punishment.
All this over NIL money jealousy.
There may be other unreported reasons.
 
#195
#195
DaddyChad said:
Imagine pissing away the opportunity to play for a national title in protest to someone getting punished.

I don’t believe it’s that simple. I think one we suck and two we were distracted by whatever went down with Banks.
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I agree. I think some players didn’t play up to their potential & there was definitely a distraction. However, I can’t recall the names of our DBs who finished the game. Slaughter and Turnage both left in the 3rd or 4th qtr.
 
#196
#196
KeyVol14 said:
I just don’t understand how we gave up 63 points to that offense. I don’t think banks affects the defense that much
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We gave up those poinst because we got no pressure on the qb. If we had pressured the qb, they would not have scored anywhere near as much.
 
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#199
JoeBob said:
Very confident these things happened early last week to cause JB SC game suspension:
1. JB chose to hit HH hard in a non-contact practice.
2. JB chose to defiantly step on the Power T in the locker room.
3. JB refused to do do the disciplinary push-ups as team punishment.
All this over NIL money jealousy.
There may be other unreported reasons.
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I have heard all of this, but it is all rumors, not heard anything official.
 
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UTFanHades said:
Because we’d like to know whether we should expect another embarrassment this week
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And him giving a “better answer” will help? Or home explaining himself to you and prepping you for the next game is what he’s paid for? We’re fans. We’re not entitled to that. We got beat and we’re paying him to take care of it.
 
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