Doug Matthews - "dumb defense'"

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bnhunt

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He said Troy threw it over 60 times and we didn't have ONE sack, only recorded 11 negative yards, and didn't have a turnover (probably not counting last play).

Pathetic. Completely pathetic.
 
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I don't know if I'm more sad or mad. The excuse of a new defensive philosophy just doesn't hold water anymore. We should be seeing improvement, but it seems to get worse each week. The stats don't lie and there is no excuse ever for a Tennessee defense to give up over 700 yards to ANYBODY, much less Troy. TROY.
 
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1allvol said:
I don't know if I'm more sad or mad. The excuse of a new defensive philosophy just doesn't hold water anymore. We should be seeing improvement, but it seems to get worse each week. The stats don't lie and there is no excuse ever for a Tennessee defense to give up over 700 yards to ANYBODY, much less Troy. TROY.
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The fact that Troy threw over 60 times and we did not record a single sack is laughable. How can our defensive front be this pathetic? Sentimore and McCullers seem like decent players, but beyond that we have nothing upfront. Mo Couch has been on a milk carton for most of the year.
 
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This maybe a little off topic, but it still has something to do with the defense. I was listening to the Knoxville radio station this morning and they was talking about how bad the defense was, like we didn't already know, but they had a guy call and say that the offense needs to be more efficient to help the defense out.

Somebody please explain to me how your offense can score like they did yesterday and still need to be more efficient? I have thought about that since I heard that, and I can't think of any answers. Any help would be helpful. Thanks and GO VOLS
 
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They're definitely not getting whatever it is they're trying to teach them...
 
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bnhunt said:
He said Troy threw it over 60 times and we didn't have ONE sack, only recorded 11 negative yards, and didn't have a turnover (probably not counting last play).

Pathetic. Completely pathetic.
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Heard his program on the zone this morning. He stated facts that have lead to problems starting in 1999 When Joe Johnson retired. Later the downfall continued when Dickey retired, control of the Thornton Center left the athletic dept., Phil Bredesen who possibly, somewhat appointed political cronies to Board of Trust, reporting changed from university president to chancellor, and the current involvement/power of the faculity senate.

Maybe all my reporting is not quite as factual, but if half of it true, we're in much deeper than just coaching.
 
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1allvol said:
I don't know if I'm more sad or mad. The excuse of a new defensive philosophy just doesn't hold water anymore. We should be seeing improvement, but it seems to get worse each week. The stats don't lie and there is no excuse ever for a Tennessee defense to give up over 700 yards to ANYBODY, much less Troy. TROY.
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The players are not buying in to Sal's system.That's got to be the issue.I bet any other Coach could make them improve a little week to week.Never in all my years of watching Tennessee football have i seen a defense that sucks this bad.It's like none of them have pride and the desire to get better.
 
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wbailey201 said:
This maybe a little off topic, but it still has something to do with the defense. I was listening to the Knoxville radio station this morning and they was talking about how bad the defense was, like we didn't already know, but they had a guy call and say that the offense needs to be more efficient to help the defense out.

Somebody please explain to me how your offense can score like they did yesterday and still need to be more efficient? I have thought about that since I heard that, and I can't think of any answers. Any help would be helpful. Thanks and GO VOLS
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Didn't hear it, but possibly could be that our offense scores too quickly and doesn't eat up enough clock thereby giving the D time to rest and regroup. However, to blame the offense for any problems related to the D is just grasping at straws IMO. Our offense has been good enough to win 6-7 games this year.
 
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VolunteerVandiver said:
Doug Matthews is spot on with his analysis.
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Yes he is spot on just like all of us are spot on with our thoughts about this same thing. We don't need anymore validation from ex-coaches points of view. Every VN poster is a coach to some degree. Don't get me wrong, I like his opinion but it won't change a thing or help our defense any right now. We all know that the defense is pathetic & Missouri will give us a beat down come Saturday and that's not going to change either.
 
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jmkvols said:
Heard his program on the zone this morning. He stated facts that have lead to problems starting in 1999 When Joe Johnson retired. Later the downfall continued when Dickey retired, control of the Thornton Center left the athletic dept., Phil Bredesen who possibly, somewhat appointed political cronies to Board of Trust, reporting changed from university president to chancellor, and the current involvement/power of the faculity senate.

Maybe all my reporting is not quite as factual, but if half of it true, we're in much deeper than just coaching.
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Wow. Worst news I have heard all morning.
 
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bnhunt said:
Didn't hear it, but possibly could be that our offense scores too quickly and doesn't eat up enough clock thereby giving the D time to rest and regroup. However, to blame the offense for any problems related to the D is just grasping at straws IMO. Our offense has been good enough to win 6-7 games this year.
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As Dooley continues to talk about slowing the game down, but never does.
 
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bnhunt said:
Didn't hear it, but possibly could be that our offense scores too quickly and doesn't eat up enough clock thereby giving the D time to rest and regroup. However, to blame the offense for any problems related to the D is just grasping at straws IMO. Our offense has been good enough to win 6-7 games this year.
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I totally agree with your post, but something about your avatar just doesn't look right. :question:
 
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The worst defensive game in the history of UT football based on yards allowed. 721 yards given up. Almost 100 yards worse than the previous worst. That says it all. These guys are awful. You couldn't get this bad if you tried.
 
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bnhunt said:
Didn't hear it, but possibly could be that our offense scores too quickly and doesn't eat up enough clock thereby giving the D time to rest and regroup. However, to blame the offense for any problems related to the D is just grasping at straws IMO. Our offense has been good enough to win 6-7 games this year.
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I didn't hear the caller, but the way I read the OP he said the offense could "help" the defense out - that's not blaming the offense that's looking for some sort of solution. Honestly, I said during game that UT needed to keep their offense off the field - I don't know if it's lack of run game or what but we did "big-play" them a lot & really for the most part with deep passes (not short passes that turned into long runs). Keeping the opponent's offense off the field might be the only hope we have to win the last 3 games.
 
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bnhunt said:
He said Troy threw it over 60 times and we didn't have ONE sack, only recorded 11 negative yards, and didn't have a turnover (probably not counting last play).

Pathetic. Completely pathetic.
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This year we have not been very good in the dime package. I assume we were in it in an attempt to get more speed on the field. Seemed to weaken both the run defense and the pass defense. We did substitute badly burned dc's for other burned dc's but I think Troy just stumbled into very bad field position on a couple of occasions and that was the difference.

Our d-coaches are lost.
 
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Does our D not practice against our stud offense? If so, how can they not be decent at coverage if they have to cover CP and JH in practice all the time?
 
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Blackburn said:
Does our D not practice against our stud offense? If so, how can they not be decent at coverage if they have to cover CP and JH in practice all the time?
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No, they practice against the scout team. Pathetic isn't it?
 
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wbailey201 said:
This maybe a little off topic, but it still has something to do with the defense. I was listening to the Knoxville radio station this morning and they was talking about how bad the defense was, like we didn't already know, but they had a guy call and say that the offense needs to be more efficient to help the defense out.

Somebody please explain to me how your offense can score like they did yesterday and still need to be more efficient? I have thought about that since I heard that, and I can't think of any answers. Any help would be helpful. Thanks and GO VOLS
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It looked to me like the defense wanted to get off the field quickly. It's not like they were giving up long, sustained, grind-it-out yards.

They were getting gashed every 3-4 plays for big chunks. No reason they should have been gassed.
 
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wbailey201 said:
This maybe a little off topic, but it still has something to do with the defense. I was listening to the Knoxville radio station this morning and they was talking about how bad the defense was, like we didn't already know, but they had a guy call and say that the offense needs to be more efficient to help the defense out.

Somebody please explain to me how your offense can score like they did yesterday and still need to be more efficient? I have thought about that since I heard that, and I can't think of any answers. Any help would be helpful. Thanks and GO VOLS
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Dooley addressed it in his post game . He seemed unsure as to why he did not make the change during the game. I am unsure as to why he did not make the change last year.

The offense scores to fast ...or they strike out. There are no true drives that chew up the clock. Knowing our defense sucks , and our offense is VERY good and can run the ball , it would seem that you would keep your D off the field and possess the ball. I think the D absorbed 90 + plays yesterday ? That would be tough even for a great D . It gives the offense more chances to score , and more opportunity to figure out the scheme.

Bama could score virtually as many points as they want in most games..but the choose to possess the ball and wind the game down . It is game management.
 
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wbailey201 said:
This maybe a little off topic, but it still has something to do with the defense. I was listening to the Knoxville radio station this morning and they was talking about how bad the defense was, like we didn't already know, but they had a guy call and say that the offense needs to be more efficient to help the defense out.

Somebody please explain to me how your offense can score like they did yesterday and still need to be more efficient? I have thought about that since I heard that, and I can't think of any answers. Any help would be helpful. Thanks and GO VOLS
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I'll help. There are a lot of idiots in the world. You had the opportunity to listen to one.
 
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