Cutcliffe's Play Calling

#26
#26
i know this much...late in the game we were in 3rd and long on those last two drives...and trying to put the game away, you can't do that...playcalling, execution.....either way...we didn't get it done.

and let's also not forget the 2nd and 22 that UF had...we stop them there and put them an huge 3rd and long, it could have turned out differently...instead they got 24 yards and a 1st down, primarily due to two great blocks, but either way...you could point to one or two of any number of plays that that cost us...it doesn't change one thing...Florida made the plays when they had to, and that's usually the sign of a good football team.
 
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jakez4ut said:
and let's also not forget the 2nd and 22 that UF had...we stop them there and put them an huge 3rd and long, it could have turned out differently...instead they got 24 yards and a 1st down
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I think that was the play of the game.
 
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there is such a night and day difference between Ainge under Cutcliffe and Ainge under Sanders, I don't want to complain about anything. Cutcliffe is doing a great job.
 
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oklavol said:
there is such a night and day difference between Ainge under Cutcliffe and Ainge under Sanders, I don't want to complain about anything. Cutcliffe is doing a great job.
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I agree with your first part, but that doesn not make him immune from criticism.
 
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GAVol said:
I think that was the play of the game.
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yep...as much as i think the O line stunk it up with the running game...the only coaching complaint i've had about that game was the adjustments we apparently didn't make on D...

the play that Baker caught the go ahead TD on...they ran that play 3 different times....they rolled Leak out on purpose to avoid the pressure (great call btw offensively speaking), and Baker dragged back across the middle of the feild...we stuffed it once, i think, an incompletion the 2nd and then the TD...

and no answer for a freshman qb...for me that was the most frustrating thing...he didn't do anything but run it up the middle left or right....
 
#32
#32
I think it should now be obvious that smashmouth football is not going to work in the SEC East. The defenses are too good, particularly with UF and UGA recruiting the way they have recently. In order to get back to to top of the conference UT is going to have to get creative on offense.
 
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jakez4ut said:
yep...as much as i think the O line stunk it up with the running game...the only coaching complaint i've had about that game was the adjustments we apparently didn't make on D...

the play that Baker caught the go ahead TD on...they ran that play 3 different times....they rolled Leak out on purpose to avoid the pressure (great call btw offensively speaking), and Baker dragged back across the middle of the feild...we stuffed it once, i think, an incompletion the 2nd and then the TD...

and no answer for a freshman qb...for me that was the most frustrating thing...he didn't do anything but run it up the middle left or right....
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and don't get me wrong..i do think our D played pretty well...they did get good pressure on Leak, they got a turnover and the secondary wasn't "awful"....all in all, i think the D did Ok with what they had to work with...just didn't think we made enough adjustments during the game...nothing to do with effort.
 
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VolunteerHillbilly said:
I think it should now be obvious that smashmouth football is not going to work in the SEC East. The defenses are too good, particularly with UF and UGA recruiting the way they have recently. In order to get back to to top of the conference UT is going to have to get creative on offense.
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i can see why anyone would say that....but if we can get any kind of running game going, we win that game. we didn't, we lost.
 
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#35
Tennessee is very close to becoming a mediocre team and program. There was a time not very long ago where no one stopped our running game. Now, no one fears our running game...I don't understand how we can fall so far so fast...
 
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Vol71 said:
Tennessee is very close to becoming a mediocre team and program. There was a time not very long ago where no one stopped our running game. Now, no one fears our running game...I don't understand how we can fall so far so fast...
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personnel on the offensive line...we simply don't have the dominating offensive lines we've had in the past...plain and simple.

i'd put our skill position players against just about anyone...i think the WR's and QB have done a 180 from last year....the defense is young, but capable, but also not dominating.

kind of reminds me of some of our teams in the late 80's and early nineties....
 
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jakez4ut said:
kind of reminds me of some of our teams in the late 80's and early nineties....
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I don't know about the team comparison (just haven't thought it throught yet) but I definitely feel like I'm back in the 90s hoping UGA and Auburn can pull our bacon out of the fire.
 
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VolunteerHillbilly said:
I don't know about the team comparison (just haven't thought it throught yet) but I definitely feel like I'm back in the 90s hoping UGA and Auburn can pull our bacon out of the fire.
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yep...but our remaining schedule is far tougher now than it was back then..
 
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#41
I don't understand how we can fall so far so fast...
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Ask Nebraska. They go 30+ years without a losing season and it only took them about 3 years to become a joke. Callahan has them playing better, but once you slide its hard to get back up.
 
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#42
How do you get back up in todays climate? The state of Tennessee produces some great athletes but no where near the numbers of a Texas, Florida, California, etc. With so many schools recruiting strongly within their respective states, how does Tennessee remain competitive? Also, is our coaching falling behind? Do they not recognize talent...do they recognize talent but not able to successfully recruit the talent...Is it a fault of the current system or merely a process of reloading?....
 
#43
#43
My only problem with the play calling was running play action when our running game was not concerning the defensive secondary. All that did was allow Ainge less time. Other than that, I understand trying to keep pounding the ball with a 6 point lead, and your defense rolling (our defense played incredibly well from just after UFs first TD to their final TD drive.)
 
#44
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85Destiny said:
The play calling was good. Some of you guys will never be happy. Fulmer fired Sanders and you got Cutcliffe now he can't call plays. You are just looking for excuses why we lost.
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Cutcliffe is great at calling plays. But, he does have a pattern and always has. If he is up and it is the second half, he tries to sit on it. Problem is, as evidenced in the game is that a team like UF, in striking distance against a team that is pulling up into grind gear and toning it down, is a bullseye target. That late in the game and you are offering them the momentum?? If he'd finished that one drive off first before changing into hold it steady mode, the game would of been out of reach. We were moving then we went to straight run and stalled on early downs. We layed up on D since we had a lead and let them run all over us for 2 unanswered TD's. He and Phil have got to change their mentality about running scores up. They need to put the games away when it is there to put away..
 
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#45
P.S.- It's not the fact that we got beat. If UF was truly good enough to have that V, then so be it and you probably wouldn't here all the whining. But, to know we played that bad on the lines, got pushed around essentially for 4 quarters, could not run, etc., had the lead for over 3 qtrs., layed down, and still only lost by 1 point. I accept the lost gracefully. But, taking all into account, UF truly sucked worse than us to only have beat us by 1 point. They are not that good. Anyone who plays that poorly in more than one area in a big game like that should have got clobbered to no end. As bad as we were, they could barely handle us. That's what stings.
 
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GVF said:
I accept the lost gracefully. But, taking all into account, UF truly sucked worse than us to only have beat us by 1 point. They are not that good.
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You might want to read that first sentence again before making such a comment. I'm going to lean toward the side that they looked, at least, somewhat better than us and that we were fortunate to be in the lead for so long.
 
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kiddiedoc said:
You might want to read that first sentence again before making such a comment. I'm going to lean toward the side that they looked, at least, somewhat better than us and that we were fortunate to be in the lead for so long.
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yeah, it's hard to say Florida sucked worse than us...are they the best team in the SEC? no, probably not, but thus far they have shown to be the best team in the East.
 
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The bottom line is that the Vols lost for a number of reasons....
1. lack of a running game
2. O-line execution (refer to #1)
3. conservative play calling
4. defense young but aggressive made some mistakes.

Tennessee is not a great football team. They beat Cal pretty badly but Cal was an overrated football team.

I have said before and will say again. Fulmer will not normally out coach a great football coach. He has won in the past due to better talent. UT does not have the talent that they used to enjoy. And they have had difficulty of late developing what talent they have. The talent at UT has dropped off in certain areas and is continuing to drop.
 
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kiddiedoc said:
You might want to read that first sentence again before making such a comment. I'm going to lean toward the side that they looked, at least, somewhat better than us and that we were fortunate to be in the lead for so long.
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The deeper more talented team won the ballgame. Ainge looked ok, but I still expect more from a junior QB at UT. I will qualify that by saying he had little protection, but he underthrew three times on big plays and rushed himself even when there was time to throw.

Not only was UT unable to run the ball, but they were also ineffective getting the ball to Chris Brown (he looked a little lost out there). The tight end becomes more important when you cannot run the football.

I was dissappointed that UT seemed to play not to lose once they got ahead by 10 points. At the risk of rehashing other arguments, it probably makes it harder to recruit athletes at skill positions when they think you are going to sit on a 10 point lead.

IMO Florida had more at stake in this game than UT, because this is widely considered to be a rebuilding year for the Vols. That being considered, I think UT should have been more aggresive with the lead, and more willing to at least plug Coker in a little more often. I was hoping for a few more wrinkles in the offensive game plan than what I saw.
 
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Lexvol said:
The deeper more talented team won the ballgame. Ainge looked ok, but I still expect more from a junior QB at UT. I will qualify that by saying he had little protection, but he underthrew three times on big plays and rushed himself even when there was time to throw.

Not only was UT unable to run the ball, but they were also ineffective getting the ball to Chris Brown (he looked a little lost out there). The tight end becomes more important when you cannot run the football.

I was dissappointed that UT seemed to play not to lose once they got ahead by 10 points. At the risk of rehashing other arguments, it probably makes it harder to recruit athletes at skill positions when they think you are going to sit on a 10 point lead.

IMO Florida had more at stake in this game than UT, because this is widely considered to be a rebuilding year for the Vols. That being considered, I think UT should have been more aggresive with the lead, and more willing to at least plug Coker in a little more often. I was hoping for a few more wrinkles in the offensive game plan than what I saw.
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Amen to all of that. I love how we recruit guys like Coker and it seems they see the field about 12 plays before they are Juniors. Just don't understand it.
 
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