Last years record was not an reflection of talent

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#34
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NEOCON said:
Pre injury I would agree. The guy was a monster.


After injury not so much.

He had alot of crucial passes go through his hands that would have been 1st down or automatic TD's.


I wish him the best but he was never the same when he came back.

CP was a stud also but his lack of route running hurt us also.
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Yeah, that plus Bray's inability to manage and do check offs for the running game. There will be a learning curve with the offensive scheme and new QB and WRs, but hopefully they will learn fast. The slow defensive backs are my biggest worry.
 
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GBOVOLS said:
Our two top LBs got on the first day when they declare. Also the previous year our defense was the 28th so the drastic drop off in production with the same players shows a lack of coaching not talent.
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The first day is now only the first round, but UT does not have two LBs who will go in the first 3 rds. No chance.
 
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I agree. However I don't expect great things next year. The schedule is brutal and it will take se te for our guys to learn new schemes. The secondary still isn't going to be very good.
 
#42
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The Defensive play calling was horrible. It was all coaching. Sunseri didn't know what the hell he was doing. I guess he thought Tennessee had players as good as Bama where he can put 1 safety back on 4 and 30!!!!!
 
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It's going to be a rough year. I expect the defense to be better. If they are just as bad as this year it will be a huge red flag. The offense will be touch and go. On the other hand we were a decent D away from a bowl this year. Losing JH and CP will hurt big time. I am hoping with a more spread style offense they will be able to throw to the TE and get the RBs involved in the passing game to pick up some of the slack.
 
#44
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huskyvol said:
I won't say I agree with you, But that defense could possibly be the slowest defense ever!:banghead2:
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i agree this defense was slower than a finger nail grows.and it just cannot be blamed on playing the 34 and bad alignments they did not know the right angles to take to catch someone nor were they fast enough to catch someone from strait behind.i know some players were hurt but our db,s need to get faster because dooley went for bigger faster db,s and we saw they were bigger but no were near faster.if curt comes back and plays more like he did as a freshmen and not as a sophmore along with aj johnson and we get another outside backer that has some speed the lb,s may be improved.but you have to get pressure on qb so he cant play pitch and catch like most teams we play did ,and linebackers have th hit the holes and cannot get sucked in behind the de lineand the ouside backer and de has to maintain and not let guys run outside for 90 yards a wack.
 
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bamawriter said:
Actually, your secondary might be the worst in the SEC, and not simply because of coaching. Your LBs are in the back of the pack in the SEC as well.

No doubt, Tennessee had more talent than their record would indicate. But there are still some major issues that go beyond coaching.
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Why don't you tell us something we don't know? The op obviously has half a clue unlike some of the posters on this board and is just trying to be optimistic. Stop pissing in my Wheaties, bro. I usually enjoy the info you bring but it seems as if you woke up on the wrong side of the bed or haven't got any in awhile. That is all! :salute:
 
#46
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bamawriter said:
Actually, your secondary might be the worst in the SEC, and not simply because of coaching. Your LBs are in the back of the pack in the SEC as well.

No doubt, Tennessee had more talent than their record would indicate. But there are still some major issues that go beyond coaching.
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LB's back of the pack? Sal said those were potentially the best LB's he has ever coached in Johnson and Maggitt. Secondary has alot of highly rated players, just need someone to coach them. Secondary was better the yr before under different coach's and were a yr younger. So actually it was mostly coaching. When your not getting much pass rush it doesnt matter what your have in the secondary. As your coach said, there is no such thing as a lock down corner.
 
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jasonvol18 said:
LB's back of the pack? Sal said those were potentially the best LB's he has ever coached in Johnson and Maggitt. Secondary has alot of highly rated players, just need someone to coach them. Secondary was better the yr before under different coach's and were a yr younger. So actually it was mostly coaching. When your not getting much pass rush it doesnt matter what your have in the secondary. As your coach said, there is no such thing as a lock down corner.
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Do you actually think Sal believed that Johnson and Maggitt were ever going to be better than McClain, Upshaw, Hightower, etc?

I'm not saying the coaching wasn't terrible, it was. But you can't coach speed, and UT has some slooooowww DBs and LBs.
 
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We should have won eight games last year based on talent alone. MSU, Vandy and Mizzoo should have all been wins and comfortable wins. We will not be as talented on offense this year and the schedule is tougher so 7-5 is my expectation. If Bray stays we could get to eight.
 
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We'll see. The defense has some work to do and we're losing a lot of offensive production while simultaneously transitioning to a new offensive system. We might have some talent, but that's a lot to over come.
 
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I've said it before why fire a coach n hire another coach n not expect a min of 7 games. If hart didn't go into his search thinking that at a min the first year we r screwed... well on second thought....lol

7 wins min next year..IMO go vols
 
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