I guess we struck out this weekend

#76
#76
AllVol88 said:
Not saying its absolutely true, but I can believe it......
Clawson was a mistake
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it's true but the only mistake was Clawson thinking he would get the backing from the HC and his buddies. We sucked for years before he got here so you have to look elsewhere for the true reasons.
 
#77
#77
FEARinSEC said:
*thier

Sorry, just couldn't resist!! Oh my, the grammer police are out tonight (sarcasm intended)!!!

Beautiful post, otherwise!! :mf_surrender:
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Learn. How to spell if you're going to correct grammer
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#82
#82
how is it that people always manage to do that? haha

I guess it is just karma for trying to be a douche.
 
#83
#83
utvolpj said:
it's true but the only mistake was Clawson thinking he would get the backing from the HC and his buddies. We sucked for years before he got here so you have to look elsewhere for the true reasons.
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Clawson should have demanded on bringing in an entire offensive staff.

Hearing Fulmer saying he wanted to combine two offensive systems still makes me cringe as well as his saying "we just threw it all at them and we'll see what sticks"
 
#84
#84
AlaskaVol said:
Let's see I can think of 13 great seasons and a NC and all of you put together can think of 2 bad seasons. I wonder if any of you will ever see success like he had? Doubt it. You wouldn't apparently see success if it bit you in the azz.
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Coaching is a tough occupation. You are judged by "what have you done recently?". The road is littered with former head coaches who had a great year, or two, or even a National Championship, "way back when". My question to you would be, when, if ever, does the equity for winning the 1998 BCS NC expire?

And every season that goes by with Phil Fulmer still among the ranks of the unemployed former head coaches is further testamant to the fact that he has lost his edge. If Fulmer were still considered, by his peers, mind you, as a top-flight head coach, he would have another job by now. Simple as that.

I would be among the first to agree that CPF is a hall of fame coach. But his last five years were an embarrassment to both UT football, and his legacy. Much like Brett Favre's sad descent into mediocrity, CPF...in the end...simply would not acknowledge the undeniable fact that the game had passed him by.

He apparently realizes that now.

So should you.

Go Vols.
 
#86
#86
Lets look at the facts surrounding Clawson as well as some other OC's. Fulmer trusted one person to run his offense and that was Cutcliff. He was very hands off when Cut was here. So Cut leaves for Ole Miss and RS gets the job...Offense struggles and RS never had full control of the offense so FULMER throws him under the bus and fires him...Sanders goes to Kentucky and has been fairly successful. Bring in Clawson, once again Fulmer doesn't trust Clawson and they all get fired...Clawson was very successful at Richmond and even though BG was pretty bad this year they lost half their games by less the 5 pts....

Whats the common denominator in all this FULMER!!!! His offense was so predictable when he was the OC under Majors. I'm not saying Clawson was the right hire but alot of his issues were due to Fulmer wanting to implement 2 systems.
 
#87
#87
AllVol88 said:
per Wikipedia: "With Clawson as their offensive coordinator, Tennessee suffered its worst statistical offensive season in over 30 years"

nuff said....
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Clawson was not the cause of Fulmer's mess... just a collateral victim. He is a quality offensive coach who has a history of producing.

People have argued here about how much better Kiffin's class would have been than the one DD ended with. But the same argument or maybe even more so could be made for the class Clawson and his guys were building for UT with minimal help from Chavis and the holdovers.
 
#88
#88
Cut intimidated Fulmer for some reason.

Sanders stank and still stinks. He is a good schemer but lacks the leadership to be an OC. He cannot get execution or effort.

You can't take everything away from Fulmer. He was a pretty good OC when that was his lone focus. He failed miserably as an HC trying to give "input".
 
#90
#90
My sources tell me that Dooley got to second base with almost all recruits, even a mysterious big fish.
 
#91
#91
Reading this is like having a dog toot in your face.

farting$20dog.jpg
 
#93
#93
orangeblood said:
Marcus Jackson is probably waiting for a better offer. Lanier didnt even show up. Moore wants to look around at some other schools. We may get the 3 star lb Paul I guess.
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I was wrong. We arent going to get Gionni Paul either. And Jackson is visiting Georgia Tech. I think he has a brother there. Maybe we can get Lanier now that Urban quit.
 
#96
#96
orangeblood said:
I was wrong. We arent going to get Gionni Paul either. And Jackson is visiting Georgia Tech. I think he has a brother there. Maybe we can get Lanier now that Urban quit.
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Yea we aren't getting Paul because we don't WANT him. Not because we aren't good enough to have him. My god.
 
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