Joey Halzle: Are you Listening?

[Volador]

I wanted to puke on our second series of the game. We marched 94 beautiful yards on short, quick passes and runs, both up the middle and around the ends. It was a great way for our Offense to start the game - and it was right from last year's script that made us the quickest and most prolific scoring machine in college football.

Our D did a very admirable job in making the cocks punt after only one first down on their first possession. Kudos to them. Then, on the second cocks series, we bent but didn't break as USC kicked a FG.

UT has tremendous momentum at this point. 2 stops by our D and a 94 yard drive from our O.

Joey, it is your JOB to keep this momentum going. Do what we do best, run the ball and quick passes. The formula is tatoed on your forehead for God's sake. Just do it and don't give the cocks the chance to steal our valuable momentum.

But NOOOoooooOOOOoooOooOOOOoooOoOOOOOoooOooooOOOOOOOOooooooooOOOO!!!! You muck it up royally and forget what your #1 job in life is. You drop Milton back on first down and he almost throws a pick six. I watched this series several times this morning and surprised I am not yaking on my keyboard. We started from our 24 yard line and need 10 yards to move the chain. We have 3 of the countries BEST running backs and you call a play to have our QB drop back (and I am a big Joe Milton fan mind you, but we need to move the chains, first and foremost). I don't blame Milton for almost getting picked after running to his left due to pressure but rather, why in heavens name didn't you recall that a few minutes ago, we ran the ball up and down their asses??

Second down is a predictable draw for zero yards. Ho hum, is your name Randy freaking Sanders?? Gee whiz, let's keep the bad guys honest.....

So now you have put your offense in a precarious position of 3rd and long from deep in our own territory on just our SECOND possession. So what play do you call? Joe dropping back. And what does Joe do (kudos to O line for giving him time)? He throws into coverage for an interception. GONE is every ounce of mojo and momentum we had and you personally served it up on a silver platter to the cocks.

Your horrendous play calling did not net us ONE YARD. And just curious, you are the same play caller (to my knowledge), that mucked it up royally in the swamp last week, right?

For the love of God and UT football, please do not forget our team's most successful offensive weapon, and that is moving the chains. Give Joe some time before you have him drop back twice out of 3 downs in the first quarter deep in our own territory. And when you go to bed at night, repeat this: Small, Sampson & Wright. Small, Sampson & Wright....

As for the Defense and Mr. Banks - y'all did GREAT! Was so nice to see us hold on 3rd and 4th downs and to pursue whomever had the ball w tenacity, let alone 6 count' em SACKS!! And who honestly felt that we would hold Rattlersnake to less than 200 yards????

If anyone feels they need to label me as a NegaVol for sharing my opinion on some IMO horrible play calling, that is fine but, I am hoping that this still is a site to come and vent, praise and sometimes, point out the obvious. It was a great victory for the Vols and this morning I am consumed w grief for Bru - as I strongly felt he is/was a no doubt second rounder next year. God be with you Bru - and thank you for being a VFL.

GBO

 

[TAF]

Joey…you ever seen a grown man naked!

 

[VolsCigarMan]

FYI , CJH calls most of the plays

 

[cherokeeeVOL]

 

[lukeneyland]

Offensive play calling was good. Enjoy the win

 

[joevols89]

FYI , CJH calls most of the plays

Our OC calls the plays.

 

[66volfan]

Reckon they committed to stopping the run and the numbers favored the pass attack at that time?

 

[LittleVol]

I wanted to puke on our second series of the game. We marched 94 beautiful yards on short, quick passes and runs, both up the middle and around the ends. It was a great way for our Offense to start the game - and it was right from last year's script that made us the quickest and most prolific scoring machine in college football.

Our D did a very admirable job in making the cocks punt after only one first down on their first possession. Kudos to them. Then, on the second cocks series, we bent but didn't break as USC kicked a FG.

UT has tremendous momentum at this point. 2 stops by our D and a 94 yard drive from our O.

Joey, it is your JOB to keep this momentum going. Do what we do best, run the ball and quick passes. The formula is tatoed on your forehead for God's sake. Just do it and don't give the cocks the chance to steal our valuable momentum.

But NOOOoooooOOOOoooOooOOOOoooOoOOOOOoooOooooOOOOOOOOooooooooOOOO!!!! You muck it up royally and forget what your #1 job in life is. You drop Milton back on first down and he almost throws a pick six. I watched this series several times this morning and surprised I am not yaking on my keyboard. We started from our 24 yard line and need 10 yards to move the chain. We have 3 of the countries BEST running backs and you call a play to have our QB drop back (and I am a big Joe Milton fan mind you, but we need to move the chains, first and foremost). I don't blame Milton for almost getting picked after running to his left due to pressure but rather, why in heavens name didn't you recall that a few minutes ago, we ran the ball up and down their asses??

Second down is a predictable draw for zero yards. Ho hum, is your name Randy freaking Sanders?? Gee whiz, let's keep the bad guys honest.....

So now you have put your offense in a precarious position of 3rd and long from deep in our own territory on just our SECOND possession. So what play do you call? Joe dropping back. And what does Joe do (kudos to O line for giving him time)? He throws into coverage for an interception. GONE is every ounce of mojo and momentum we had and you personally served it up on a silver platter to the cocks.

Your horrendous play calling did not net us ONE YARD. And just curious, you are the same play caller (to my knowledge), that mucked it up royally in the swamp last week, right?

For the love of God and UT football, please do not forget our team's most successful offensive weapon, and that is moving the chains. Give Joe some time before you have him drop back twice out of 3 downs in the first quarter deep in our own territory. And when you go to bed at night, repeat this: Small, Sampson & Wright. Small, Sampson & Wright....

As for the Defense and Mr. Banks - y'all did GREAT! Was so nice to see us hold on 3rd and 4th downs and to pursue whomever had the ball w tenacity, let alone 6 count' em SACKS!! And who honestly felt that we would hold Rattlersnake to less than 200 yards????

If anyone feels they need to label me as a NegaVol for sharing my opinion on some IMO horrible play calling, that is fine but, I am hoping that this still is a site to come and vent, praise and sometimes, point out the obvious. It was a great victory for the Vols and this morning I am consumed w grief for Bru - as I strongly felt he is/was a no doubt second rounder next year. God be with you Bru - and thank you for being a VFL.

GBO

Uhm....yeah

Josh Heupel still calls the plays.

 

[DaddyChad]

That’s a lot of words.

 

[DaddyChad]

FYI , CJH calls most of the plays

Yep.

 

[DiderotsGhost]

Play calling hasn't been the issue. It's execution. We execute consistently, we're 5-0 right now.

 

[jacklikesbeans]

I wanted to puke on our second series of the game. We marched 94 beautiful yards on short, quick passes and runs, both up the middle and around the ends. It was a great way for our Offense to start the game - and it was right from last year's script that made us the quickest and most prolific scoring machine in college football.

Our D did a very admirable job in making the cocks punt after only one first down on their first possession. Kudos to them. Then, on the second cocks series, we bent but didn't break as USC kicked a FG.

UT has tremendous momentum at this point. 2 stops by our D and a 94 yard drive from our O.

Joey, it is your JOB to keep this momentum going. Do what we do best, run the ball and quick passes. The formula is tatoed on your forehead for God's sake. Just do it and don't give the cocks the chance to steal our valuable momentum.

But NOOOoooooOOOOoooOooOOOOoooOoOOOOOoooOooooOOOOOOOOooooooooOOOO!!!! You muck it up royally and forget what your #1 job in life is. You drop Milton back on first down and he almost throws a pick six. I watched this series several times this morning and surprised I am not yaking on my keyboard. We started from our 24 yard line and need 10 yards to move the chain. We have 3 of the countries BEST running backs and you call a play to have our QB drop back (and I am a big Joe Milton fan mind you, but we need to move the chains, first and foremost). I don't blame Milton for almost getting picked after running to his left due to pressure but rather, why in heavens name didn't you recall that a few minutes ago, we ran the ball up and down their asses??

Second down is a predictable draw for zero yards. Ho hum, is your name Randy freaking Sanders?? Gee whiz, let's keep the bad guys honest.....

So now you have put your offense in a precarious position of 3rd and long from deep in our own territory on just our SECOND possession. So what play do you call? Joe dropping back. And what does Joe do (kudos to O line for giving him time)? He throws into coverage for an interception. GONE is every ounce of mojo and momentum we had and you personally served it up on a silver platter to the cocks.

Your horrendous play calling did not net us ONE YARD. And just curious, you are the same play caller (to my knowledge), that mucked it up royally in the swamp last week, right?

For the love of God and UT football, please do not forget our team's most successful offensive weapon, and that is moving the chains. Give Joe some time before you have him drop back twice out of 3 downs in the first quarter deep in our own territory. And when you go to bed at night, repeat this: Small, Sampson & Wright. Small, Sampson & Wright....

As for the Defense and Mr. Banks - y'all did GREAT! Was so nice to see us hold on 3rd and 4th downs and to pursue whomever had the ball w tenacity, let alone 6 count' em SACKS!! And who honestly felt that we would hold Rattlersnake to less than 200 yards????

If anyone feels they need to label me as a NegaVol for sharing my opinion on some IMO horrible play calling, that is fine but, I am hoping that this still is a site to come and vent, praise and sometimes, point out the obvious. It was a great victory for the Vols and this morning I am consumed w grief for Bru - as I strongly felt he is/was a no doubt second rounder next year. God be with you Bru - and thank you for being a VFL.

GBO

There is nothing wrong with sharing an opposing opinion as that adds to genuine conversation. I would suspect that this dramatic prose on the other hand will receive a lot of hard eye rolls from folks who don't take themselves so serious. If I wanted to hear this style of "hot take" I would listen to my uncle tell me how he would fix the country's budget

 

[BenGrimm]

We finished with 230ish run and 230ish pass. That’s about as balanced as you can get.

Aside from the two INTs the offense was pretty efficient.

 

[TNRazor]

Although Halzle doesn't actually call the plays I agree with the OP's point. The way the offense was moving, I would have rode that horse til it fell over.

 

[C-south]

Play calling hasn't been the issue. It's execution. We execute consistently, we're 5-0 right now.

That philosophy applies to every team in the country.

 

[DiderotsGhost]

That philosophy applies to every team in the country.

It absolutely does not. MTSU isn't beating Alabama if they simply "execute" better. And there are a lot of teams with bad play calling.

We are not one of them. We've had the right calls more often than not. We've also had a lot of O-line miscues, dropped passes, bad decisions, etc. Play-calling has been solid, though.

 

[C-south]

It absolutely does not. MTSU isn't beating Alabama if they simply "execute" better. And there are a lot of teams with bad play calling.

We are not one of them. We've had the right calls more often than not. We've also had a lot of O-line miscues, dropped passes, bad decisions, etc. Play-calling has been solid, though.

Play calling has been nothing to brag about especially in the UF game. It’s also been dictated by not putting much in Milton’s hands for him to screw up.

 

[Zues1]

I'm fairly certain he ain't listening

 

[EasternVol]

I'm fairly certain he ain't listening

I wouldn't be if I was him.

 

[kayman1]

Monday morning qb's are always the best!!!!

 

[Vol-e-ball]

I wanted to puke on our second series of the game. We marched 94 beautiful yards on short, quick passes and runs, both up the middle and around the ends. It was a great way for our Offense to start the game - and it was right from last year's script that made us the quickest and most prolific scoring machine in college football.

Our D did a very admirable job in making the cocks punt after only one first down on their first possession. Kudos to them. Then, on the second cocks series, we bent but didn't break as USC kicked a FG.

UT has tremendous momentum at this point. 2 stops by our D and a 94 yard drive from our O.

Joey, it is your JOB to keep this momentum going. Do what we do best, run the ball and quick passes. The formula is tatoed on your forehead for God's sake. Just do it and don't give the cocks the chance to steal our valuable momentum.

But NOOOoooooOOOOoooOooOOOOoooOoOOOOOoooOooooOOOOOOOOooooooooOOOO!!!! You muck it up royally and forget what your #1 job in life is. You drop Milton back on first down and he almost throws a pick six. I watched this series several times this morning and surprised I am not yaking on my keyboard. We started from our 24 yard line and need 10 yards to move the chain. We have 3 of the countries BEST running backs and you call a play to have our QB drop back (and I am a big Joe Milton fan mind you, but we need to move the chains, first and foremost). I don't blame Milton for almost getting picked after running to his left due to pressure but rather, why in heavens name didn't you recall that a few minutes ago, we ran the ball up and down their asses??

Second down is a predictable draw for zero yards. Ho hum, is your name Randy freaking Sanders?? Gee whiz, let's keep the bad guys honest.....

So now you have put your offense in a precarious position of 3rd and long from deep in our own territory on just our SECOND possession. So what play do you call? Joe dropping back. And what does Joe do (kudos to O line for giving him time)? He throws into coverage for an interception. GONE is every ounce of mojo and momentum we had and you personally served it up on a silver platter to the cocks.

Your horrendous play calling did not net us ONE YARD. And just curious, you are the same play caller (to my knowledge), that mucked it up royally in the swamp last week, right?

For the love of God and UT football, please do not forget our team's most successful offensive weapon, and that is moving the chains. Give Joe some time before you have him drop back twice out of 3 downs in the first quarter deep in our own territory. And when you go to bed at night, repeat this: Small, Sampson & Wright. Small, Sampson & Wright....

As for the Defense and Mr. Banks - y'all did GREAT! Was so nice to see us hold on 3rd and 4th downs and to pursue whomever had the ball w tenacity, let alone 6 count' em SACKS!! And who honestly felt that we would hold Rattlersnake to less than 200 yards????

If anyone feels they need to label me as a NegaVol for sharing my opinion on some IMO horrible play calling, that is fine but, I am hoping that this still is a site to come and vent, praise and sometimes, point out the obvious. It was a great victory for the Vols and this morning I am consumed w grief for Bru - as I strongly felt he is/was a no doubt second rounder next year. God be with you Bru - and thank you for being a VFL.

GBO

Milton had a guy wide open on his right for an easy first down. The third down call was solid. Milton's execution was not. He also stared down the receiver and didn't look off the safety. Milton is slow in his reads in all phases. Slow to run the ball and slow to come off his primary. It's hard for an offensive coordinator to guarantee that the primary will be open at all times. I was more concerned with his lack of recognition of what SC was doing to slow down the run game. They were run blitzing the interior offensive line nonstop and yet not one pitch out or end around. He's slow to adjust to what the defense is doing. I'll be surprised if future opponents just don't play tight man & LB run blitz us to death on 1st and 2nd down and then run line stunts on 3rd down while dropping into coverage.

 

[southgatevol]

That philosophy applies to every team in the country.

LOL. Guess talent really doesn't matter....

 

[Woodlawn VOL]

It was a solid game. Everybody has misses plays. But congrats to the staff and players for a good game plan and execution tonight. And the effort was great tonight. GBO

 

[MT_Vol]

I wanted to puke on our second series of the game. We marched 94 beautiful yards on short, quick passes and runs, both up the middle and around the ends. It was a great way for our Offense to start the game - and it was right from last year's script that made us the quickest and most prolific scoring machine in college football.

Our D did a very admirable job in making the cocks punt after only one first down on their first possession. Kudos to them. Then, on the second cocks series, we bent but didn't break as USC kicked a FG.

UT has tremendous momentum at this point. 2 stops by our D and a 94 yard drive from our O.

Joey, it is your JOB to keep this momentum going. Do what we do best, run the ball and quick passes. The formula is tatoed on your forehead for God's sake. Just do it and don't give the cocks the chance to steal our valuable momentum.

But NOOOoooooOOOOoooOooOOOOoooOoOOOOOoooOooooOOOOOOOOooooooooOOOO!!!! You muck it up royally and forget what your #1 job in life is. You drop Milton back on first down and he almost throws a pick six. I watched this series several times this morning and surprised I am not yaking on my keyboard. We started from our 24 yard line and need 10 yards to move the chain. We have 3 of the countries BEST running backs and you call a play to have our QB drop back (and I am a big Joe Milton fan mind you, but we need to move the chains, first and foremost). I don't blame Milton for almost getting picked after running to his left due to pressure but rather, why in heavens name didn't you recall that a few minutes ago, we ran the ball up and down their asses??

Second down is a predictable draw for zero yards. Ho hum, is your name Randy freaking Sanders?? Gee whiz, let's keep the bad guys honest.....

So now you have put your offense in a precarious position of 3rd and long from deep in our own territory on just our SECOND possession. So what play do you call? Joe dropping back. And what does Joe do (kudos to O line for giving him time)? He throws into coverage for an interception. GONE is every ounce of mojo and momentum we had and you personally served it up on a silver platter to the cocks.

Your horrendous play calling did not net us ONE YARD. And just curious, you are the same play caller (to my knowledge), that mucked it up royally in the swamp last week, right?

For the love of God and UT football, please do not forget our team's most successful offensive weapon, and that is moving the chains. Give Joe some time before you have him drop back twice out of 3 downs in the first quarter deep in our own territory. And when you go to bed at night, repeat this: Small, Sampson & Wright. Small, Sampson & Wright....

As for the Defense and Mr. Banks - y'all did GREAT! Was so nice to see us hold on 3rd and 4th downs and to pursue whomever had the ball w tenacity, let alone 6 count' em SACKS!! And who honestly felt that we would hold Rattlersnake to less than 200 yards????

If anyone feels they need to label me as a NegaVol for sharing my opinion on some IMO horrible play calling, that is fine but, I am hoping that this still is a site to come and vent, praise and sometimes, point out the obvious. It was a great victory for the Vols and this morning I am consumed w grief for Bru - as I strongly felt he is/was a no doubt second rounder next year. God be with you Bru - and thank you for being a VFL.

GBO

Go back to bed. You're clearly still drunk.

 

[C-south]

LOL. Guess talent really doesn't matter....

Ask the guy that thinks it was just our “lack of execution” instead of the other team having anything to do with it.