Fulmer: "Its a tough loss...

[hitandrun]

but it's not the end of the season."


I wonder if he'll make the same statement next week.

 

[Jmxvol]

Originally posted by hitandrun@Sep 18, 2005 11:03 AM
but it's not the end of the season."
I wonder if he'll make the same statement next week.

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Probably. But here's hoping he doesn't have to. :rock:

 

[vols2345]

No way he makes this statement aginst lsu. Our defense is set in like stone this year and our offense will get into a grove when fulmer stays with Ainge for the rest of the year. They will look at this game tape and see what they did wrong and come out and blow LSU up.

 

[U-T]

Originally posted by hitandrun@Sep 18, 2005 10:03 AM
but it's not the end of the season."
I wonder if he'll make the same statement next week.

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I bet you were saying the same thing after the Auburn loss last year.

 

[sectionb1234]

Originally posted by U-T@Sep 18, 2005 3:11 PM
I bet you were saying the same thing after the Auburn loss last year.

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Coach Fulmer is a master at given answers that have no meat and potatos with them. He will make a statement, and you think to yourself what the hell did he mean. He's been like this ever since 1992. I like the questions that Bob Kestling will ask after a game on the Phil Fulmer radio show right after a game, Kestling will pad a question with the answer in it. They also do the same thing with the players. Example: to a player, Kestling will say,( Florida's new offense had some motion that seem to have our defense shifting the linebackers into the what looked like a stunt blitz package, tell us how the defense handled this new look?This type of questions do not allow for the real opinions of players and coaches. This gets old, however I am dumb enough to keep listening. :banghead:

 

[U-T]

Originally posted by sectionb1234@Sep 18, 2005 6:17 PM
Coach Fulmer is a master at given answers that have no meat and potatos with them. He will make a statement, and you think to yourself what the hell did he mean. He's been like this ever since 1992.

And since 1992 we have the best winning % in the SEC

http://football.stassen.com/cgi-bin/record...e=on&by=Win+Pct

Boy, does his way suck

 

[OWB]

And most all of those losses that keep it from being even higher are all mostly the big games.

I know I know, you tend to lose some of the big games, but it seems like we lose more than we win.

IMO, winning the big ones along with the lesser is what it's all about and we mostly struggle everytime. Even when we had Peyton and all those talented guys around him, we couldn't prevail.

 

[U-T]

Originally posted by Orangewhiteblood@Sep 19, 2005 12:29 AM
Even when we had Peyton and all those talented guys around him, we couldn't prevail.

That SEC Title wasnt that impressive?

In addition, 10+ win seasons almost yearly with them?

 

[milohimself]

Originally posted by U-T@Sep 18, 2005 11:32 PM
That SEC Title wasnt that impressive?

In addition, 10+ win seasons almost yearly with them?

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You also have to bring in the 0-4 against Florida thing as well...

Here is my take. The winning percentage is great. Even in spite of what I am about to say, I wouldn't trade it for anything. Perfection is boring. Where is the satisfaction of victory without the despair of loss to precede it?

But for our great winning %, I think our program has too few championships to show for it. It seems like most of the time we won 'em all except the one that really counted.

That's just my take. And following Oregon State for more the decade, spanning eras both as doormats and competitors, I can appreciate a win. Just, you know... Where are all the big ones.

 

[Vol67]

Ainge is part of the problem.

 

[OWB]

Originally posted by Vol67@Sep 19, 2005 8:02 AM
Ainge is part of the problem.

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:dunno:

 

[GAVol]

Not exactly sure what he means, but Ainge was part of the problem. He's got to be able to hit at least one of those deep balls when he sees a chance to take advantage of man to man coverage on the outside.

Ainge was running for his life sometimes and overall played OK, but missed several big play opportunities.

 

[Dagreek1998]

The problem is that there is no heart in the Orange, no attitude that say were the best damm team and were here to back it up. I see they size and speed and depth but no heart and attitude gets your butt kicked every time. I think it is time for the Old Ball Coach to get a crack at it. Fulmer is too nice and too loyal to his assistants, Steve S wants to win and we have the talent. :rock:

 

[volmanjr]

Steve Spurrier would not take the job at Tennessee even if it was offered to him.

 

[OldVol]

In the UAB game we had some dropped balls.

In the Florida game our QBs weren't even getting the ball to the play makers for them TO drop.

Many have cried out for a WR to step up and make his mark above the rest. How can this happen when a ridiculously low percentage of our balls thrown are uncatchable?

60% of all balls thrown should be caught. That's what we'd call an industry standard. When you fall far below that mark you're in danger of your passing attack being ineffective and provides opportunities for the opponent to stack against the run. Of the 40% of passes missed, 50% of those balls should be catchable. That leaves 20% of passes thrown that are accounted by throw aways, sacks, missed assignments, and poor throws.

We're not even close to those percentages. We completed 45 percent of our passes. Of thsoe 35 passing plays we ran we saw an average of 4.2 yards per play.

We only ran 21 designed running plays.

Gerald only got 17 rushes. Of those rushes however, he gained 87 yards. That's a 5.1 average gain per rush.

People on this board can wax self-righteous and call this monday morning Quarter-backing but I was calling for runs during the game on the game thread.

When we marched down for our only score, we gained most of the yards with the run.

Gerald was running very good when he was in the game. When you have an Oline like ours and your All everything back only gets 17 touches, whose fault is it?

If we had reversed the run to pass ratio we would have won this game.

Our offensive line was mauling Florida on the run. A blind man could see it.

Running the ball would have allowed us more time of possession and denied the Florida offense the same.

The game plan was poor, poor, poor.

I've defended Randy in the past and I'm not calling for his head, but I am declaring that he has too much on his plate working with the QBs and coordinating.

If we can get Cutt back, give him the QBs.

I will never call for Randy's firing under these conditions. We've been far too successful. But the simple truth of the matter is; Randy was pressing with his play calling Saturday just as much as his unsettled QBs were pressing with their play.

Instead of playing to our strengths and their weakness (stopping the run) he tried to force things with the pass that weren't there.

It was a poorly contrived plan and he stuck with it far too long.

 

[U-T]

I say several of very catchable balls dropped in the UF game. Maybe more then "several"

Though I actually agree with almost ALL of what you said, the throwing part I don't agree.