Good thing Tennessee didn’t hire Lane!

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VolunteerNut said:
Sorry but not this crap again...... Quick question who if Lane was the coach would be our starting QB? Speculation on your part but you already brought that into the topic sir.
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I would think Hooker(better legs), or Maurer(Lane likes a gunslinger mentality), rotating at first. See who takes the bull or failed, try and improve their passing as the games went, if that didn't work, then Harrison unless Salter(who would still be here) passed him by with his running ability. Milton wouldn't have been here if Lane were the coach most likely.

Lane runs a different system, so QB needs are a little different.
 
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Losing a load of players in the transfer portal can also set a program back for a few years. I've been through the late 70's all the way up to now with this team so I'm pretty much in, no matter who the coach is. GBO!!
 
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Kinglberry said:
I would think Hooker(better legs), or Maurer(Lane likes a gunslinger mentality), rotating at first. See who takes the bull or failed, try and improve their passing as the games went, if that didn't work, then Harrison unless Salter(who would still be here) passed him by with his running ability. Milton wouldn't have been here if Lane were the coach most likely.

Lane runs a different system, so QB needs are a little different.
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While I agree to a point... I too think Hooker would be the guy but Brian was never seeing the field. Kid saw the writing on the wall quick. Who knows maybe Lane could have worked wonders with Milton but I think it's already in his head and he needs a shrink and not a coach. Sorry JMHO
 
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rocketskates said:
100% should’ve hired him when Butch was fired. Say what you will, but the one year he was here he had a ton of top talent coming in. Also, he took a terrible Ole Miss team and in two seasons has them clicking. We will get to wallow in it once again when he beats our asses next month.
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Please wait until Kiffin wins the West, or at least has a winning SEC record before you give him his COY award. SEC games are tuffer than Tulane.
 
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VolunteerNut said:
He's third because he's the youngest QB in the room. He's not mobile as the other 2 QB's but showed today he can move the ball with his feet. Not to the point of breaking 54, 35, 25 yard runs but can move the chains. And if you think the kid has a weak arm I don't know who you are listening to because everyone that talks about this kid says he has a BIG arm. His draw back is he's young. Prove me wrong with a credible source that says this kid has a weak arm sir.
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No one is talking about HB’s strong arm and it’s always been referenced that he doesn’t have the zip as the Qb’s in the roster last year and this year. It was even noted in High School. What was noted about a Bailey was his touch and finesse and accuracy.
 
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ABINGDON VOL FAN said:
No one is talking about HB’s strong arm and it’s always been referenced that he doesn’t have the zip as the Qb’s in the roster last year and this year. It was even noted in High School. What was noted about a Bailey was his touch and finesse and accuracy.
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ZIP, amounts to overthrown balls. Not every throw is a 90mph fast ball. He throws short routes as good as Milton and Hooker. HB just as YOU said has it with touch and finesse. Now should he start? I sure thought so at the beginng of fall camp but Milton wowed this staff when you had a transfer from VT who started 15 games, had over 43 TD's, off stats alone who should have been day one starter? Milton runs hard but doesn't have what Hooker does. While I don't want to lose HB I will say after 2 games Hooker gives us the best chance to win but would have loved to see HB running with the 1's today. Not that it would have made any difference other than the fact the OL blocking wasn't world beaters. JMHO if you evaluate a QB put them all on a level playing field..... Just saying.
 
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Now matured, Lane will prove to be a very good head coach. Most fail to realize he is just now the age most coaches get their first HC gig. He is a young coach still. If he finds consistent success at Ole Miss it wouldn't surprise me to see Bama hire him when Saban eventually retires. And considering he took over a crap Ole Miss team and in year 2 his QB looks to be a legit Heisman contender... I'd say he will find success. Lane is a good coach, regardless what someone thinks about him as a person.
 
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VolunteerNut said:
ZIP, amounts to overthrown balls. Not every throw is a 90mph fast ball. He throws short routes as good as Milton and Hooker. HB just as YOU said has it with touch and finesse. Now should he start? I sure thought so at the beginng of fall camp but Milton wowed this staff when you had a transfer from VT who started 15 games, had over 43 TD's, off stats alone who should have been day one starter? Milton runs hard but doesn't have what Hooker does. While I don't want to lose HB I will say after 2 games Hooker gives us the best chance to win but would have loved to see HB running with the 1's today. Not that it would have made any difference other than the fact the OL blocking wasn't world beaters. JMHO if you evaluate a QB put them all on a level playing field..... Just saying.
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He has had so little game experience nothing you say here can be proven with any accuracy. It is tiring to hear you fools announce Bailey as the 2nd coming when he has not done one single thing in 2yrs to show he is even average. What he has done is shown he has lob balls down field because he doesn't have a strong enough arm to throw with the kind of velocity you need in the SEC. And he has had 2 different coaching staffs put him at the end of the bench. But yea, he had 70% completion % while throwing screens and check downs last year so he is awesome! Even Bailey doesn't have confidence in his arm strength to make the throws.
 
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As far as evaluating a QB, every kid should have an equal chance and not a stacked one. I experienced this with my son as a freshman. Knew the offense down to a T, but being a 9th grader coach wanted a senior. I can't count the times parents or fans would come up to me and ask why my son wasn't playing. That changed his sophomore year when he took the job and kepted it until he broke his collarbone his SR year and then moved to DB. There always seems to be reasons why one player starts over the other and given the 3 QB's we have I see Milton at 3 unless he can get out of his own head. Then solid a 2 or if not 1 but I haven't seen anything from Milton that makes me think he's the #1 QB.
 
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TexasVol281 said:
Yea, because what I said is so dumb. Lane would have come back and Tennessee football would have at least been entertaining again. Maybe he would have left again and maybe not but it would have at least been entertaining. I know most of you live in East Tennessee and are surrounded by other Tennessee fans. Trust me when I tell you no one outside of East Tennessee has any respect for Tennessee football, to the point where it’s not even an afterthought. When I tell people I’m a Tennessee fan they don’t even bother to talk trash anymore and haven’t in years. It’s pathetic
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That is totally wrong. West Tennessee loves the Vols too.
 
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Birdie said:
He has had so little game experience nothing you say here can be proven with any accuracy. It is tiring to hear you fools announce Bailey as the 2nd coming when he has not done one single thing in 2yrs to show he is even average. What he has done is shown he has lob balls down field because he doesn't have a strong enough arm to throw with the kind of velocity you need in the SEC. And he has had 2 different coaching staffs put him at the end of the bench. But yea, he had 70% completion % while throwing screens and check downs last year so he is awesome! Even Bailey doesn't have confidence in his arm strength to make the throws.
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The kid is a sophomore. Have you ever played ball at a highly competitive level other than city league? Your argument is unfounded and ill advised sir. Do you go to practice? Do you see the reps the kid gets? All I said was he should have been allowed to run with the ones. He ran with the ones last year but AS A FRESHMAN. He still wasn't terrible but you make him out to be a joke.

I'll say this and I mean this, HB on his worst day has more talent than you ever will AT anything except maybe forming an opinion on something you don't have a clue about. As I said in a previous post NAME ONE SOURCE that says HB doesn't have a strong arm. It's whether you wanted Lane, Dooley, Jones, or Pruitt . It's your opinion and as is mine. I respect yours please don't be a tool and disrespect mine also.
 
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VolunteerNut said:
The kid is a sophomore. Have you ever played ball at a highly competitive level other than city league? Your argument is unfounded and ill advised sir. Do you go to practice? Do you see the reps the kid gets? All I said was he should have been allowed to run with the ones. He ran with the ones last year but AS A FRESHMAN. He still wasn't terrible but you make him out to be a joke.

I'll say this and I mean this, HB on his worst day has more talent than you ever will AT anything except maybe forming an opinion on something you don't have a clue about. As I said in a previous post NAME ONE SOURCE that says HB doesn't have a strong arm. It's whether you wanted Lane, Dooley, Jones, or Pruitt . It's your opinion and as is mine. I respect yours please don't be a tool and disrespect mine also.
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Actually, I was a D1 athlete for a top 15 program in my respective sport. Is TN top 15? Nope? So based on your criteria here it looks Iike I athletically excelled more than HB as a collegiate athlete. At least to this point in his career.

HB is prolly a great kid. Wish him the best in whatever happens at TN, elsewhere, and life in general. Not attacking him. But his physical skills are on display on the field and it is clear to anyone that watches he doesn't physically have the skillset to be an elite QB at the SEC level. Hopefully me and all the coaches who have put him 3rd string are proven wrong.

See, 2 DIFFERENT STAFF'S have put him at the end of the bench. 2 pal, when TN has been DESPERATE for good QB play. That means something. Think about what that says. HS athletes are more prepared to play college today than they ever have been. And TN has had numerous freshman QB's find success and show more ability than HB has.. Clausen, Ainge, Bray, etc and let's not even mention the numerous freshman QB's who play across the country every year. Yes, some kids need more development time, nothing wrong with that. Maybe that is all he needs, hopefully.

Also, one of those staffs have a guy who was a 1st Team All-American and finished 2nd in Heisman voting himself as a player. Then he coached other QB's to Heisman's and turned them into NFL QB's.

So, think about all of that. Ask yourself if you go to practice? Then think about the basis from which your opinion derives from when saying that HB deserves more playing time and all this nonsense.
 
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Birdie said:
Now matured, Lane will prove to be a very good head coach. Most fail to realize he is just now the age most coaches get their first HC gig. He is a young coach still. If he finds consistent success at Ole Miss it wouldn't surprise me to see Bama hire him when Saban eventually retires. And considering he took over a crap Ole Miss team and in year 2 his QB looks to be a legit Heisman contender... I'd say he will find success. Lane is a good coach, regardless what someone thinks about him as a person.
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Couldn't agree more
 
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