Do you trust Heupel ?

#52
#52
I personally think he’s done an admirable job. Far from perfect and very frustrating at times. While I do think there have been trust issues as far as Joe and the offense some of this season, I think the vast majority of people who are quick to question our staff (offensively and defensively) forget how many injuries we’ve sustained on both sides of the ball. How different do we look with Pili and Carter at LB? Are we better at DB with Hadden playing the way he did prior to the injury? On offense, the O line with the plethora of injuries? Bru out? Thornton not performing and then getting injured? The argument can be made that we did under achieve to an extent, but I think we too soon forget that due to scholarship reduction we basically are missing a class.

People are quick to fuss about time management, but soon forget the time management in the Bama game last year. Last year spoiled us a bit, but hindsight being 20/20 I recall years leading up to Coach Huepel we were wanting to go 6-6, 7-5 and go bowling. I don’t think Banks is a bad hire, just very handicapped on defense due to lack of depth (mostly due to injury and missing a class because of scholarship reduction). Martinez would be the coach I could see us losing. Other than that I’m pleased with the process. Just a thought. Go Vols!!
 
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loservol said:
The really good coaches dont:

1. Regress from the previous season.
2. The good coached teams beat the bad teams that they are favored to beat (Florida).
3. They have their teams ready and motivated to play on the road.
4. Good coached teams don't show quit or repeatedly get blowned out.
5. Good coached teams hire the best assistant coaches, because he can't wear all the hats.
6. Has the best players ready to play and on the field and is only loyal to the best players.
7. Good coached teams realize recruiting is a big part of college football success. (5 star hearts ain't gonna cut it)

Heupel has underachieved in all these areas this year. So moving forward, I have lost a lot of trust in him.
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You could have just said NO.
 
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vik said:
Then by those standards, we have never had a good coach. Ever.
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We never had a coach that could stay motivated and focused. Fulmer could have been one of the all time greats, but just became complacent. I think Heupel has in it him, if he only wanted it bad enough.
 
#59
#59
I trust him for stability and to right the ship. To win championships? Nope. There's several things I don't trust him on but my trust is pretty hard to earn in life.

1. He seems to be a nice guy but to soft. The really good coaches are hard arses. They build culture with discipline, a winning attitude and a little arrogance. Anything less than excellence is unacceptable. Attitude reflects leadership

2. I don't think he can recruit with the big boys. Tennessee has always recruited well no matter the coach. A 10-15 ranked class is pretty average for us . Unfortunately, that's 5-7 in the SEC. I don't expect him to get into the top 5 nationally. Not sure anyone can here tho. Fulmer happened to be in the right place at the right time in the right college football landscape. Don't see that being that case for the foreseeable future. Hard to pull the top talent out of Georgia, Louisiana, Florida and Texas. Championships start there.

3. He's never won anything as a head coach. As excited as last season was it was still only enough for 2nd in the east. The offensive philosophy is fun to watch and can keep you in games against teams that are more talented but in the end it usually won't work. It relies more on catching the defenses off balance than just beating them hat on hat.

4. Great coaches are great CEOs more so than Xs and Os. He hasn't proved that he can run a "business". Who they surround themselves with can make or break them. A lot more to it than just scoring just ask LSU.

We'll definitely find out within 2 years of what we have
 
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I thought he was a wizard last year. Turns out it was Hendon that was a wizard. Trotting out Joe Milton for a snap besides mop up time is a failure. That has me seriously doubting him. Paying him 9 mil??? That’s a joke.
 
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loservol said:
The really good coaches dont:

1. Regress from the previous season.
2. The good coached teams beat the bad teams that they are favored to beat (Florida).
3. They have their teams ready and motivated to play on the road.
4. Good coached teams don't show quit or repeatedly get blowned out.
5. Good coached teams hire the best assistant coaches, because he can't wear all the hats.
6. Has the best players ready to play and on the field and is only loyal to the best players.
7. Good coached teams realize recruiting is a big part of college football success. (5 star hearts ain't gonna cut it)

Heupel has underachieved in all these areas this year. So moving forward, I have lost a lot of trust in him.
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Throw in discipline as well. We can not get our penalties under control whatsoever. It’s been the same with all Heupels previous teams.
 
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Caz said:
Throw in discipline as well. We can not get our penalties under control whatsoever. It’s been the same with all Heupels previous teams.
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We should make a coaching Ten Commandments. That would be the law used when it comes time for a coaching raise and buyout.
 
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Short answer is no, I don't trust him to get UT to where we all would like to go any longer. This year was really bad, & it exposed Heupel & his deficiencies in a major way. Now, I think Heupel can have UT at least pretty competitive year in & year out. I think it would mostly look about like this year, with 7,8, or occasional 9 win seasons pretty consistently. His system was exposed this year, Defensive coordinators have figured out how to slow it down. And, yes, I know Milton is terrible & was obviously a major part of the issue, but, scheme/play-calling, especially in the red-zone, was TERRIBLE all year.
 
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JoeMiltonsAgent said:
Not that my opinion on Heupel matters but I trust the guy more than any of the previous coaches we've seen since 2008.

Ill trust him more if he upgrades from Martinez in the off season and his staff can land some upgrades on O line and the back 7 of the defense.
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That ain't exactly giving him a ringing endorsement, bud. Comparing him to Dooley, Butch, & Cornbread isn't exactly a high standard to meet. And, yes, I'm excluding Lane bc Lane has proven to be a significantly better coach than Heupel at this point.
 
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Yes- this program was a dumpster when CJH took over. Even with a miracle run we had last year, those issues don’t get fixed overnight in today’s landscape because we were so depleted talent wise.

I’m almost disappointed that we were so good last year because it added unrealistic expectations that can’t be fixed through the portal with our yearly meat grinder of a schedule.

We can be confident in our program, but fans need to be careful about becoming arrogant. UGA and Bama have been recruiting at an elite level for over a decade with minimal interference. Given the right pieces, Heupel was able to compete with them last year. Now is the hard part- to continue building on last year’s success.

Anybody questioning him at this point is a moron. The last coaching search was such a disaster that our final candidates were freaking Pruitt, Kevin Steele and Mel Tucker. The only positive to come out of that situation was that it finally provided closure with Fulmer and that he was finished involving himself in the program as anything other than an alumni and former coach.

We had what 4 winning seasons over 12 years from when Kiffin bolted to Pruitt getting fired? Heupel steps in and immediately improves. We go 7-6, 11-2, and 8-4. He wasn’t going to be able to pull a Saban because he hadn’t built the resume yet. 8-4 in year 3 is about where most rational people hoped we would be in year 3. He’s still got to prove he can sustain a winning program and improve on what he’s done so far, but there’s little that he’s done that says he will fail.
 
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I do trust him but I thought that our days of getting blown out were over. I know we are super thin but damn I don’t like feeling like sec dogs anymore.
 
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volKano said:
Weak schedule for 24? Really? Bama, UGA, OU and UF. Not sure what NC state has next year but they are ranked right now.
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Yup, we have a four game stretch next season that coulld easily be thought of as a murderers row.
 
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Rocky Top T said:
Last year everyone said they trust coach, but this year they don't trust him with Nico. I still trust him, I think he did the right thing for the team, and the right thing for Nico.
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Why ask questions like this? The man has done an amazing job. His players must trust him & they know him personally.

How many here actually know Josh Heupel enough to respond intelligently?

Next year might get tough. The question is “are you tough enough to stay the course or will you panic at first sign of adversity?”
 
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loservol said:
The really good coaches dont:

1. Regress from the previous season.
2. The good coached teams beat the bad teams that they are favored to beat (Florida).
3. They have their teams ready and motivated to play on the road.
4. Good coached teams don't show quit or repeatedly get blowned out.
5. Good coached teams hire the best assistant coaches, because he can't wear all the hats.
6. Has the best players ready to play and on the field and is only loyal to the best players.
7. Good coached teams realize recruiting is a big part of college football success. (5 star hearts ain't gonna cut it)

Heupel has underachieved in all these areas this year. So moving forward, I have lost a lot of trust in him.
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Rocky Top T said:
Last year everyone said they trust coach, but this year they don't trust him with Nico. I still trust him, I think he did the right thing for the team, and the right thing for Nico.
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Until anyone on here has coached a team to 11-2 in the SEC, I will trust him far more than everyone on this board. Something tells me he knows just a tad more than most.
 
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loservol said:
The really good coaches dont:

1. Regress from the previous season.
2. The good coached teams beat the bad teams that they are favored to beat (Florida).
3. They have their teams ready and motivated to play on the road.
4. Good coached teams don't show quit or repeatedly get blowned out.
5. Good coached teams hire the best assistant coaches, because he can't wear all the hats.
6. Has the best players ready to play and on the field and is only loyal to the best players.
7. Good coached teams realize recruiting is a big part of college football success. (5 star hearts ain't gonna cut it)

Heupel has underachieved in all these areas this year. So moving forward, I have lost a lot of trust in him.
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Maybe you should find a new team to root for because they aren’t firing Heupel anytime soon.
 
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