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i am seeing a lot of argument on this board and some of the displeasure seems to be not that tennessee will end up around 6-6 like most everyone thought, but how tennessee will arrive at 6-6. style points, if you will.
well, here's the deal for the season.
offense.
a spread offense....i don't care if it's a passing spread or a spread option....is more dependent on qb play than any other style offense. tennessee doesn't have a qb right now. i don't know if one is on the roster and needs time to mature. but, for the year 2013, tennessee does not have a qb.
tennessee does not have a dynamic running back and tennessee's offensive line has not grown up in this system.
butch has two choices. play to the current team's strengths (which is not this offense) and hinder the growth of future teams or begin running his system his way and getting people to learn it so that they will be better at it in 2014 and beyond. he has chosen, wisely i might add, that there is no time like the present and that they need to learn what they are supposed to be doing and how to play his style of football now rather than later. this was the main reason i thought 2014 would be better than 2013 in the first place.
due to all of that, you are going to have what you have right now. it's not going to change. it will be like this all year. don't be discouraged and don't be surprised. but, the only way to be more productive this season would be to abandon his offensive philosophy and that's not going to happen.
defense
there is a flat out talent problem, whether some of you want to acknowledge it or not.
the defensive end position....i would be banned if i gave an accurate description.
the speed at linebacker and in the secondary is lacking....particularly linebacker.
now, there are things that are not good fundamentally that you can coach. tackling, for instance. however, a lot of these guys now have played for multiple coordinators and multiple position coaches. i'm going to assume they have worked on tackling over the years. so, if guys still can't tackle, still can't take good angles, and are still out of position, that's on the players. they have been coached to do those things.
so, if all of this bothers you, don't watch the rest of this season starting this week because georgia is going to score as many as they choose to.
south carolina and alabama won't be much prettier.
it's a defense with talent problems. it's an offense with no qb playing in a system they are not suited for. because of that, there aren't going to be the hard fought, played them down to the wire, respectable losses that some of you are looking for to show progress.
the scary thing is i think the offense can make a significant leap next year if one of the freshman qb's are ready. however, i don't know how long it's going to take to fix that defense.
well, here's the deal for the season.
offense.
a spread offense....i don't care if it's a passing spread or a spread option....is more dependent on qb play than any other style offense. tennessee doesn't have a qb right now. i don't know if one is on the roster and needs time to mature. but, for the year 2013, tennessee does not have a qb.
tennessee does not have a dynamic running back and tennessee's offensive line has not grown up in this system.
butch has two choices. play to the current team's strengths (which is not this offense) and hinder the growth of future teams or begin running his system his way and getting people to learn it so that they will be better at it in 2014 and beyond. he has chosen, wisely i might add, that there is no time like the present and that they need to learn what they are supposed to be doing and how to play his style of football now rather than later. this was the main reason i thought 2014 would be better than 2013 in the first place.
due to all of that, you are going to have what you have right now. it's not going to change. it will be like this all year. don't be discouraged and don't be surprised. but, the only way to be more productive this season would be to abandon his offensive philosophy and that's not going to happen.
defense
there is a flat out talent problem, whether some of you want to acknowledge it or not.
the defensive end position....i would be banned if i gave an accurate description.
the speed at linebacker and in the secondary is lacking....particularly linebacker.
now, there are things that are not good fundamentally that you can coach. tackling, for instance. however, a lot of these guys now have played for multiple coordinators and multiple position coaches. i'm going to assume they have worked on tackling over the years. so, if guys still can't tackle, still can't take good angles, and are still out of position, that's on the players. they have been coached to do those things.
so, if all of this bothers you, don't watch the rest of this season starting this week because georgia is going to score as many as they choose to.
south carolina and alabama won't be much prettier.
it's a defense with talent problems. it's an offense with no qb playing in a system they are not suited for. because of that, there aren't going to be the hard fought, played them down to the wire, respectable losses that some of you are looking for to show progress.
the scary thing is i think the offense can make a significant leap next year if one of the freshman qb's are ready. however, i don't know how long it's going to take to fix that defense.
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