Has Josh Heupel Met Your Expectations for the Time He's Been Here?

[VolFanatic27]

I, like a lot of us, was thoroughly unimpressed at the JH hire by DW. Thought it was lazy and unimaginative, just a new AD rehiring his old HC. Then I started to actually look into Heupel and his offenses and gained some cautious optimism. But wow…who could’ve foreseen the home run hits that both those hires have turned out to be? We’re blessed to have them on Rocky Top and I couldn’t be more psyched for the present and future of UT athletics.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

What's the purpose of this?

 

[Tin Man]

Where dey been. Where dey going. I’ve worn lots of shoes.

 

[UTFranklinVol]

He has done a great job and set a really high bar for himself in 2022 and I'm waiting to see if he will be doing any better than that this year!

 

[gm1ll]

The no voter needs to turn in their fan card!

 

[Pride85]

Exceeded, obliterated, demolished, rewrote, the exceeded the rewrite. He came into a very similar situation as Butch Jones; storied program decimated by a very subpar coach. Unlike Butch, Coach Josh Heupel built a culture not around catch phrases, but around accountability. The results are obvious. Comparison is not even possible.

 

[Pride85]

lol @rumaso11 said "no"

If you go back and look at his posts, he is pretty much exclusively anti-CJH. Not one single positive, or remotely positive, comment about the head coach specifically.

 

[Elhanan]

I thought he’d fail and be gone in three years so he’s exceeded everything I thought he’d do.

Turns out the old admin was the problem.

 

[Voltopia]

 

[DrTNT]

Voted exceeded, because while I thought he would do well, given the state of the program when he arrived I thought it would take much longer to get to where we are.

 

[VolRage]

He’s exceeded expectations but as a fan I want more. Fan is short for fanatic so…….more is good.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

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Now there is another hero who voted "no", . I wish they'd give their reason for the "no" vote, just like a lot of other posters are explaining their votes.

 

[deatojl]

He has vastly exceeded my expectations. After chick Fil gump left, I highly doubt ANYONE thought Heupel would have destroyed LSU in the road, be 2-2 against Bama (one win over Saban), be 2-2 against UF and have us ranked in the top 10 multiple times.

Not to mention he had us ranked #1, albeit briefly, in his second season here with a still depleted roster.

 

[NighthawkVol]

It's time for the annual well-being check on our fans. How do you think UT has performed under Heupel to this point? I think he's exceeded expectations, regardless of what happens this weekend.

Anyone who says no needs to find something else to do with their time.

 

[wmcovol]

Did NOT meet my expectations. I expected a losing season first year, maybe year 2, bowl game(barely) year 3. Maybe 8 wins in yr 4

 

[Volinnooga]

Duh

 

[volbound1700]

I went with exceeded.

 

[VolCalls]

He has vastly exceeded my expectations. After chick Fil gump left, I highly doubt ANYONE thought Heupel would have destroyed LSU in the road, be 2-2 against Bama (one win over Saban), be 2-2 against UF and have us ranked in the top 10 multiple times.

I predicted, on this board, we would finish in the top 15 no later than year three and be a contender every year after that. So much so I and another poster made a $100 bet. He did it in year two. That poster has since ghosted my attempts to collect from him for nearly two years.

 

[AdoptedVOL]

I’m not trying to be ugly but I wonder why questions like this are even asked.

Is there really doubt or just starting up a convo?

 

[Orangeslice13]

I expected him to fail miserably like the 3 previous stooges. I called him Hypel from the beginning because of that belief. I still call him that to remind myself how wrong I was.
Very happy to be wrong too.

 

[Kylo]

I was as wrong about him as I was right about Dooley, Butch, and Cornbread. I was as Nega as could be from 2010 until Heupel.

I think anyone that says they expected this level of success this quickly is lying.

 

[Bleeding.Orange]

He has exceeded every expectation I could have imagined for him when he was hired. We are BLESSED to have him here at UT. He will bring us National Championships before he is done. Book it.

 

[Vol$_Deep_11_9]

Exceeded them easily. We were awful when he came in and its been an absolute turn around in the right direction since he came on campus. I bought in to Heup in the first Pitt game. The way the team came out fired up and played until the very end, even in a loss, was something we had not seen in a hot minute. He's continued to impress. He's had a few not so great moments with some bad losses but every head coach has them.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

I’m not trying to be ugly but I wonder why questions like this are even asked.

Is there really doubt or just starting up a convo?

I've asked it every year for a while.

 

[rocketskates]

Better. I was very jaded from a string of coaching hires picked from mid major schools. I wasn’t crazy about the hire initially and I’m glad to have been proven wrong.