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You have heard it said:
We are only a film study away....
We are only a week away....
We are only a few less dropped passes away....
We are only a few special teams adjustments away....
We are only a few more tweaks away.....
We are only a little better execution away....
actually....TN has been a terrible team all year long. Except for the inspired play of the defense, and an incredible half by RC the season could be a lot worse. This is the same nonsense that has been spouted for the last few years....same song second verse...could get better, but will only get worse!
I say:
we are only a disciplined football team away...
we are only an offensive coordinator away....
or perhaps, we are only a head coach away....
I am not a fair weather fan. I have been saying this consistently since the post-98 NC slide began.....statistics don't lie...as the Fulmer waistline has expanded (not trying to be mean, just making a point) so has the discipline of the football team and staff declined. It is clear there are discipline problems there from the top down that inevitably carry-over into on the field (mis)execution. The talent is simply not being "coached-up" for whatever reason. Execution might not happen every time, but when more often than not most EVERY spot has problems then it is more systemic--it goes to coaching.
Don't take my word for it...look at the stats.
Sanders was an inconceivable choice for OC because Fulmer wanted it that way. If not for Trooper's incredible desire to be at TN one of the few good innovative coaching prospectives would be gone...and I bet he is gone next year because he and Sanders simply don't get along.
How long has it been since any other coach was pursued by anyone? While that is not a gimme on its own, it does tell you that the UT system is perceived almost universally as stale and passe. The fact that it is regularly solved is proof.
TN will improve...there is simply no way to get much worse. We will not beat Bama, but will do our usual November run (but will probably slip up to a highly motivated highly-TN-hating team)and end up in a second or third tier bowl...where we will probably lose because we will be de-motivated because we were "overlooked" "got no respect" "dissed by the media".... How many times has TN been embarassed on national television? 7-4 at beast, 6-5 at worst.
Sanders is not going anywhere because he was trained in the ways of his "master"...and the "master" is not letting the system go.
It will take many years of mediocrity before the good ole boy system allows for changes...so it is as it is....this is TN football...like it or not....
in the meantime, I and many others will continue to call for changes. The sky is not falling...mediocrity is just the hated but inevitable way of life.
Fulmer hates losing, and justifiably so, but he simply does not have it in him to reverse the course...things are just too entrenched and he is simply too change-averse to make the corrections. He is locked into the system of his own making...and it will take outside intervention to make a new course.
His record does speak for itself in terms of winning percentages. He wins most of the games he should win easily by winning them barely. He occassionally wins games he might not win. He seldom wins games when innovation is required, and he far too often loses games that should not be in question. If the standard is 8 out of 11, the Fulmer is the man.
In the old days of TN football that would have been the gold standard. Those days are gone to most of us. It is not a matter of ingratitude and too high standards, but expectations that he established and promised to meet.
We are only a film study away....
We are only a week away....
We are only a few less dropped passes away....
We are only a few special teams adjustments away....
We are only a few more tweaks away.....
We are only a little better execution away....
actually....TN has been a terrible team all year long. Except for the inspired play of the defense, and an incredible half by RC the season could be a lot worse. This is the same nonsense that has been spouted for the last few years....same song second verse...could get better, but will only get worse!
I say:
we are only a disciplined football team away...
we are only an offensive coordinator away....
or perhaps, we are only a head coach away....
I am not a fair weather fan. I have been saying this consistently since the post-98 NC slide began.....statistics don't lie...as the Fulmer waistline has expanded (not trying to be mean, just making a point) so has the discipline of the football team and staff declined. It is clear there are discipline problems there from the top down that inevitably carry-over into on the field (mis)execution. The talent is simply not being "coached-up" for whatever reason. Execution might not happen every time, but when more often than not most EVERY spot has problems then it is more systemic--it goes to coaching.
Don't take my word for it...look at the stats.
Sanders was an inconceivable choice for OC because Fulmer wanted it that way. If not for Trooper's incredible desire to be at TN one of the few good innovative coaching prospectives would be gone...and I bet he is gone next year because he and Sanders simply don't get along.
How long has it been since any other coach was pursued by anyone? While that is not a gimme on its own, it does tell you that the UT system is perceived almost universally as stale and passe. The fact that it is regularly solved is proof.
TN will improve...there is simply no way to get much worse. We will not beat Bama, but will do our usual November run (but will probably slip up to a highly motivated highly-TN-hating team)and end up in a second or third tier bowl...where we will probably lose because we will be de-motivated because we were "overlooked" "got no respect" "dissed by the media".... How many times has TN been embarassed on national television? 7-4 at beast, 6-5 at worst.
Sanders is not going anywhere because he was trained in the ways of his "master"...and the "master" is not letting the system go.
It will take many years of mediocrity before the good ole boy system allows for changes...so it is as it is....this is TN football...like it or not....
in the meantime, I and many others will continue to call for changes. The sky is not falling...mediocrity is just the hated but inevitable way of life.
Fulmer hates losing, and justifiably so, but he simply does not have it in him to reverse the course...things are just too entrenched and he is simply too change-averse to make the corrections. He is locked into the system of his own making...and it will take outside intervention to make a new course.
His record does speak for itself in terms of winning percentages. He wins most of the games he should win easily by winning them barely. He occassionally wins games he might not win. He seldom wins games when innovation is required, and he far too often loses games that should not be in question. If the standard is 8 out of 11, the Fulmer is the man.
In the old days of TN football that would have been the gold standard. Those days are gone to most of us. It is not a matter of ingratitude and too high standards, but expectations that he established and promised to meet.
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