Fulmer 2.0

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Hmmm ... I think I've seen this movie before. Jones appears nothing more than a Fulmer 2.0. As many may remember, Fulmer was so committed to his staff that he rarely fired anybody despite their incompetence. Butch appears to be the same having retained all his cronies from Central Michigan and Cincinatti. Unfortunately for Jones, Bajakian appears to be another Dave Clausen with his predictable and totally unimaginative play calls. I still can't comprehend why Tennessee didn't try to exploit Vanderbilts secondary when ALL FOUR OF THEIR STARTERS were out of the game due to injury or expulsion. The defense with Jancek isn't any better than last year's pathetic group with Sunseri. I hope that Jones will take a hard look at this seasons lack of progress and hire some SEC proven coordinators on both sides of the ball otherwise his time here will be short.
 
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Wonder if some of the fans will take a hard look at how stupid their expecatations were for this collection of talent.
 
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teeball said:
Hmmm ... I think I've seen this movie before. Jones appears nothing more than a Fulmer 2.0. As many may remember, Fulmer was so committed to his staff that he rarely fired anybody despite their incompetence. Butch appears to be the same having retained all his cronies from Central Michigan and Cincinatti. Unfortunately for Jones, Bajakian appears to be another Dave Clausen with his predictable and totally unimaginative play calls. I still can't comprehend why Tennessee didn't try to exploit Vanderbilts secondary when ALL FOUR OF THEIR STARTERS were out of the game due to injury or expulsion. The defense with Jancek isn't any better than last year's pathetic group with Sunseri. I hope that Jones will take a hard look at this seasons lack of progress and hire some SEC proven coordinators on both sides of the ball otherwise his time here will be short.
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I am sure if he fires his coordinators after one season on the job and not even having their players in place that top notch coordinators will be beating down the door to get the job.


Most SEC proven coordinators have good jobs right now and are stable where they are at and the only way to hire them away is to a stable program and I would say right now UT is as unstable as it has ever been in the history of the program.
 
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I understand the frustration. I can hardly take much more of watching this once great program and all the gimmicks that were thrown at the fans this year (brick by brick, it's a process, team 117, fist up defense, etc). Each week I ask myself, why do I continue to watch this dumpster fire. That said, I think this staff does need 3 full seasons and then we question whether staff changes are needed. I never liked the defensive staff hires from day 1 but think that we need some consistency in the defensive staff. I don't see next year being much better but hope the legacy recruits play from day 1.
 
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teeball said:
Hmmm ... I think I've seen this movie before. Jones appears nothing more than a Fulmer 2.0. As many may remember, Fulmer was so committed to his staff that he rarely fired anybody despite their incompetence. Butch appears to be the same having retained all his cronies from Central Michigan and Cincinatti. Unfortunately for Jones, Bajakian appears to be another Dave Clausen with his predictable and totally unimaginative play calls. I still can't comprehend why Tennessee didn't try to exploit Vanderbilts secondary when ALL FOUR OF THEIR STARTERS were out of the game due to injury or expulsion. The defense with Jancek isn't any better than last year's pathetic group with Sunseri. I hope that Jones will take a hard look at this seasons lack of progress and hire some SEC proven coordinators on both sides of the ball otherwise his time here will be short.
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I hope he is ... Just like in 98!
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teeball said:
Hmmm ... I think I've seen this movie before. Jones appears nothing more than a Fulmer 2.0. As many may remember, Fulmer was so committed to his staff that he rarely fired anybody despite their incompetence. Butch appears to be the same having retained all his cronies from Central Michigan and Cincinatti. Unfortunately for Jones, Bajakian appears to be another Dave Clausen with his predictable and totally unimaginative play calls. I still can't comprehend why Tennessee didn't try to exploit Vanderbilts secondary when ALL FOUR OF THEIR STARTERS were out of the game due to injury or expulsion. The defense with Jancek isn't any better than last year's pathetic group with Sunseri. I hope that Jones will take a hard look at this seasons lack of progress and hire some SEC proven coordinators on both sides of the ball otherwise his time here will be short.
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Very well said. Butch needs to shake up his staff a little. He needs new coordinators for sure, a new WR coach, and he needs somebody who can coach special teams, because we sure don't have anybody who can. Also, he needs to take a hard look at this offense he is trying to run and add more two back sets and a downfield passing game with some play action. This crap he has run this year is garbage.
 
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Terrible post on many levels...

1. Fulmer is a HOF coach who had a few bad years towards the end if his run and had a steady decline in recruiting over a 5-6 year period.....none of the coaches since Fulmer so far could hold his jockstrap....

2. Our defense is 50% better than last year..... Look at all the turnovers!! Those count too.... If that call wasn't overturned, Vandy would hv scored 7 points only...

3. Our offense lacks variety bc of the Qback.... It's just that simple.... Dobbs has lost all his confidence in throwing the ball, and prob was the 4th string guy..... How many teams really tear it up with their 4th string Qback who's a True Frosh???

4. The refs screwed us up really good in this game.... The block in the back against Pig took away a TD... Stupid call bc the guy was turning so it was also blocking his side..... Very Ticky tacky as he had no chance with a blocker there to get in the play....

5. Our talent level has gone to the cellar..... Worst talent at TN in about 30 years, maybe more.... Dooley was just trying to build up one good team, which he might've had this year is everyone stayed and didn't get in trouble...... No depth, almost like he didn't plan for the future....Butch is recruiting his azz off, and that's really all we need right now to be honest, is a whole new team....

CBJ will bring us back..... May take him 3-4 years to get to be a good team again, which is an entire cycle of new players...
 
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87Vol said:
Very well said. Butch needs to shake up his staff a little. He needs new coordinators for sure, a new WR coach, and he needs somebody who can coach special teams, because we sure don't have anybody who can. Also, he needs to take a hard look at this offense he is trying to run and add more two back sets and a downfield passing game with some play action. This crap he has run this year is garbage.
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Is that you Dooley!
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There are 13 freshmen and walk ons in the two deep. 3 of the past 4 games have been against the 1st, 4th, and 5th ranked teams in the country. Never mind the previous 6 games on the schedule. What do some of you guys expect? Improvement? Guess what? There is zero depth on this team and when you have your best players on the field 70 + snaps a game on top of all of the beatings that their bodies have taken over the last few months, their bodies, and their play, will regress.

Some of you guys live in such a fantasy land that I wouldn't be surprised if some of you still believe in Santa and the Easter bunny.
 
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Jones has been successful with this staff at every stop. This is year 1 with Dooley's players; we won't know if Jones will succeed here or not until at minimum next year
 
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It always bothers me to see all the fulmer hate on here. The guy loves Tennessee loved his players and the fans. I grew up in the fulmer era so I'm partial to him. I agree he was going downhill but it's hard to say that if he were still the coach that we would be in this position right now. (Ie owing a buyout to a garbage coach who ran us into the ground and missing December play for the third year)
 
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