How is this Jones fault?

[VOLnMiami]

]If Dobbs sucked then why did he not put Worley in? [/B]

This is the worst UT team I have witnessed in the last 43 years. Jones does a horrible job of coaching fundamentals.

This is the second game he lost for his team. He also lost the UGA game by letting the clock run out at the end of the first half when he could have had a chance at a field goal. He also killed the 1st drive of the second half in that one by cussing out the refs and putting the offense in a 2nd and 25 when we had momentum.

Worley is hurt dummy...Do you not watch UT football?....Damn

 

[turdherder11]

Is They had a good day of rushing.

They held them to 7 points until the refs screwed them on 3rd and short (when they clearly lost yardage before the sneak).

Dobbs absolutely sucked today. Worley could have throw with his left hand and played better.

Your kicker looks hurt cuz he plays bad.

The fake FG was bad but it wouldn't have mattered. This was an embarrassing game no doubt. However, I don't see why we should bash Butch. Same team with Worley and they beat SCjr and nearly Ga. Dobbs bad play is the key. Not trying to defend the staff but the problem is more QB than coaching.

Weren't you the guy who thought Dooley needed one more year??

 

[NEVolFan]

The defense was fine so that was wrong.

Dobbs had 4 completions and 2 picks. How freaking creative did you want Jake to get?

His throws were into the boundary...Vandy had that crap covered. The issue I feel that cost us, was not enough down field routes. Maybe a few, but not enough. Vandy was all over this game plan.

 

[TennesseeT]

The problem is the failure to get more out of less, or really to show any sign of improvement over the course of the year. Dobbs isn't elite but has been serviceable so why all a sudden, after two weeks of prep, can't he complete a down field pass at home. 5 yds passing first half or something. Poor game plan, poor play calling, poor game management, special teams disaster, etc. Failure to capitalize when the game was handed to you on a platter. Dejavu Dooley 2011 UK game.

 

[Grizzly Vol]

Am I the only person who thinks the play calling on offense might have had something to do with Dobbs inability to throw an accurate pass downfield? The fake field goal was a head scratcher and the Cover 2 defense on Vandy's last drive was even worse, but you'll have to forgive me if I haven't given up on this staff. Questioning at times yes, but assuming CBJ and company can't get the job done here is taking it a little far to me.

 

[Other_Guy]

Well.........we can no longer say we have only lost games we were SUPPOSED to lose. This was just a poor executed and played game. The reason I put this on Butch and staff is because I expected these players to come out after competing against teams with far superior talent and at the very least be able to keep up with the Vandy talent. We didn't.

So besides Dobbs who played poorly? Besides Palardy who I think was hurt.

 

[SolidRockGolf]

if i was a top 10 recruit no way i'd come here to play for ***** jones

Keep saying it so they can read it! That way you can keep complaining for years to come.

 

[MarylandVolunteer]

so sick of hearing the same ole bull**** Yankee football coaching speak "it's a game of inches, we talk about it every day"

Yeah I'm sure it has to do with being a "Yankee". I swear this is the dumbest fan base in America.

Between the cult of positivity born again posters and the dumb as **** reactionary hill jacks this place is unbearable.

 

[TennesseeT]

Am I the only person who thinks the play calling on offense might have had something to do with Dobbs inability to throw an accurate pass downfield? The fake field goal was a head scratcher and the Cover 2 defense on Vandy's last drive was even worse, but you'll have to forgive me if I haven't given up on this staff. Questioning at times yes, but assuming CBJ and company can't get the job done here is taking it a little far to me.

Other than lack of td's , Dobbs numbers have been OK against top 10 teams on the road. Second string secondary and you don't even try to attack it. Did north play tonight?

 

[Other_Guy]

Weren't you the guy who thought Dooley needed one more year??

Where did you read that?

 

[Grizzly Vol]

Other than lack of td's , Dobbs numbers have been OK against top 10 teams on the road. Second string secondary and you don't even try to attack it. Did north play tonight?

Second string secondary or not if your QB can't complete downfield passes then it doesn't matter. North played in the first half but was injured.

 

[photovol]

Is Butch Jones a Faker?

 

[bobbyutvol]

coached not to lose pitiful

 

[RoanokeVol]

The line played well.

The backs played well.

The defense played well.

Dobbs is the reason they lost (not bashing the guy).

Please explain to me how AWFUL QB play doesn't affect the gameplan? They lost because Vandys QB isn't completely inept.

Either we watched different games or me not drinking during this one took away my ability to differentiate between playing well and playing not well. We were able to stop the run pretty well, which I will give kudos to the defense for, but Vandy was able to throw the ball at will. All they had to do was a simple pass down the line to the WR where another Vandy player was to disrupt the CB while we had 3 other guys coming at the ball handler at poor angles and allowing a 4-7 yard play. Any pass upfield was caught by a Vandy receiver that would need to put some Bushnells up to his eyes to see the nearest defender.

Rushers-Neal leaves a lot to be desired. A brisk wind can tackle him at times but about 1 in every 10 carries he can makes something pretty phenomenal happen. Very inconsistent from what I see.
-Lane I absolutely love to watch. I think he is going to be a beast next year. Lost the ball once but was on it about as quickly as he lost it. No complaints with him.

Offensive line-I think they let the preseason praise get to their heads and have grossly underachieved.

Disclaimer: The last time I played football was in high school. I have never coached football. I have never done anything at the collegiate level other than watch it every weekend. I can not do better than anybody on that field. Therefore if you only respect the opinions of people that have played/coached/etc at the collegiate level and can do better, please disregard and we can wait for Al Wilson, Travis Henry, Johnny Majors, Big Phil, etc to come onto the forum to give their views on the performance.

 

[Lexvol]

Bruin has a great thread on the clock management on our last possession. It is a must read.

 

[Other_Guy]

Am I the only person who thinks the play calling on offense might have had something to do with Dobbs inability to throw an accurate pass downfield? The fake field goal was a head scratcher and the Cover 2 defense on Vandy's last drive was even worse, but you'll have to forgive me if I haven't given up on this staff. Questioning at times yes, but assuming CBJ and company can't get the job done here is taking it a little far to me.

You're not alone dude. That's the point of this thread. Dobbs was horrible, yet this still ran the ball well. Somehow the coaches get slammed for it. Gotta love our fanbase.

 

[sjt18]

This is the same team that got pounded by vandy last year, against the same defense that gave up record yardage and points. coaching can't fix that that. graduation does.

Yes. A "good" coach can fix ALOT of that.

 

[jason3713]

Have you thought the reason we didn't throw it down the field more was because the only guy who can beat anyone down the field and then catch it (North) got hurt in the first quater and didn't return. When he did throw it down the field it was another drop.
I know it will be more freshman and we will have freshman mistakes but I can't wait for the new recivers to come in next year. We need a few more like North that can stretch the field and catch the ball down field. Because he was our only real weapon and you saw how much worse it looked with him out.
I'm not ready to give up on Dobbs just yet. The first interception was his fault trying to fit it in . The second interception was on Croom . He was suppose to stop and come back for the ball. They came off the field right in front of us and Dobbs got on Croom right as they hit the sideline and stayed in his ear the whole length of the bench .

 

[Grizzly Vol]

You're not alone dude. That's the point of this thread. Dobbs was horrible, yet this still ran the ball well. Somehow the coaches get slammed for it. Gotta love our fanbase.

I obviously haven't posted much but I've been reading these threads since before I became a member and it is amazing to see the support turn to distain for this coaching staff depending on the outcome of a game.

 

[secking]

How is this not his fault? You can't lay this on anyone else. He had two weeks and this was his game plan? We were favored which meant we were expected to win, correct? MORE talent, correct? Longer time to plan, correct? At home, correct?

This is 100% on Butch! Our season on the line and we laid an egg, Vandy even gave us 4 turnovers, and we still screwed it up. Butch gave away our bowl game.

 

[volgrad500]

Make all the excuses you want if it makes you feel better. The fact is, we had a bye week, at home, playing for our bowl lives. And VANDY came into our house, committed turnover after turnover, and still beat us.
Don't believe your lying eyes if you don't want to, but the history books tell the tale-this is a historically bad football program. Welcome to the new UT.

 

[Other_Guy]

Either we watched different games or me not drinking during this one took away my ability to differentiate between playing well and playing not well. We were able to stop the run pretty well, which I will give kudos to the defense for, but Vandy was able to throw the ball at will. All they had to do was a simple pass down the line to the WR where another Vandy player was to disrupt the CB while we had 3 other guys coming at the ball handler at poor angles and allowing a 4-7 yard play. Any pass upfield was caught by a Vandy receiver that would need to put some Bushnells up to his eyes to see the nearest defender.

Rushers-Neal leaves a lot to be desired. A brisk wind can tackle him at times but about 1 in every 10 carries he can makes something pretty phenomenal happen. Very inconsistent from what I see.
-Lane I absolutely love to watch. I think he is going to be a beast next year. Lost the ball once but was on it about as quickly as he lost it. No complaints with him.

Offensive line-I think they let the preseason praise get to their heads and have grossly underachieved.

Yeah, that's a bad play. However they only scored 14 points and 7 in the last seconds. I say the defnese did their job, don't you?

They gain nearly 200 yards with an inept QB and few penalties. How did the OL not play well?

 

[RoanokeVol]

Well.........we can no longer say we have only lost games we were SUPPOSED to lose. This was just a poor executed and played game. The reason I put this on Butch and staff is because I expected these players to come out after competing against teams with far superior talent and at the very least be able to keep up with the Vandy talent. We didn't.

So besides Dobbs who played poorly? Besides Palardy who I think was hurt.

I never heard that Palardy was hurt and I don't think the announcer had heard that either considering leading up to the game they said he was going to be a playmaker in the game. And I think you are being a bit hard on Dobbs. I think he did well. Check out how many dropped passed there were. Our receivers performance was poor at best. Pig got hit in the numbers and couldn't pull it in. Smith pulled a Smith and let a pass hit him in the face mask. Special team was yet again atrocious. On Vandy's passing plays over the middle downfield there was nobody close by. On the bubble screens that Vandy ran the entire game our defenders were taking terrible angles and could not stop that play. The only reason we remained close in that game was because Vandy very uncharacteristically turned the ball over a lot. And unfortunately for them, they turned the ball over on multiple potential scoring drives. If they hadn't screwed up, they would have scored 2 or 3 more TD's easily. Really, you could say that the most consistent contributor to the little success we had tonight was the Vanderbilt Commodores.

 

[VOLup2uous]

It was Jones' gameplan to play not to lose... to "manage" the game. He coached it as if Vandy was not only not less talented than UT but had ALOT more talent than UT. He let Vandy stay in and they stole it at the end. It should have never been close enough for that last call to matter.

Just said the same thing on FB... Most conservative play calling in years..

 

[Other_Guy]

I never heard that Palardy was hurt and I don't think the announcer had heard that either considering leading up to the game they said he was going to be a playmaker in the game. And I think you are being a bit hard on Dobbs. I think he did well. Check out how many dropped passed there were. Our receivers performance was poor at best. Pig got hit in the numbers and couldn't pull it in. Smith pulled a Smith and let a pass hit him in the face mask. Special team was yet again atrocious. On Vandy's passing plays over the middle downfield there was nobody close by. On the bubble screens that Vandy ran the entire game our defenders were taking terrible angles and could not stop that play. The only reason we remained close in that game was because Vandy very uncharacteristically turned the ball over a lot. And unfortunately for them, they turned the ball over on multiple potential scoring drives. If they hadn't screwed up, they would have scored 2 or 3 more TD's easily. Really, you could say that the most consistent contributor to the little success we had tonight was the Vanderbilt Commodores.

I think Dobbs will be fine. He just played bad. I only remember those 2 drops. I remember 2 picks and balls flying high and hitting the ground. He was bad. My point is, the entire team played well enough to win but the QB play made the difference, therefore we shouldn't blast Jones so much.