'25 Portal Thread

[HoleInTheRoof]

VN Scouting Dept deemed him too slow

Let’s not pretend 99% of Vols fans weren’t ready to move on from McCoullough. He made plays this year with the Rams that he never made in five years here.

 

[jasonvol18]

Let’s not pretend 99% of Vols fans weren’t ready to move on from McCoullough. He made plays this year with the Rams that he never made in five years here.

Which kind of makes you wonder if our Secondary issues truly are Coaching??

 

[titansvolsfaninga]

Which kind of makes you wonder if our Secondary issues truly are Coaching??

Could be scheme. He may be asked to do different things in the NFL than he had to do here. But you will need to ask Tim Banks. In McCullough defense, the CBs were not very good when he played here.

 

[deatojl]

Let’s not pretend 99% of Vols fans weren’t ready to move on from McCoullough. He made plays this year with the Rams that he never made in five years here.

Both points can be true. McCollough didn't just magically increase his speed from "not good enough for an SEC safety" to "successful NFL starter" level.

 

[MarcoVol]

Let’s not pretend 99% of Vols fans weren’t ready to move on from McCoullough. He made plays this year with the Rams that he never made in five years here.

We also don’t have to pretend that 99% of Vols fans have any idea what they’re talking about when it comes to any sport or player. Myself included.

 

[SoilVol]

Which kind of makes you wonder if our Secondary issues truly are Coaching??

More likely scheme and role. Give him a smaller role and responsibility that utilizes his skills better and he will play faster and make more plays. We needed him to have a bigger role which stretched him thin and probably a job hes not a natural fit for.

 

[MarcoVol]

More likely scheme and role. Give him a smaller role and responsibility that utilizes his skills better and he will play faster and make more plays. We needed him to have a bigger role which stretched him thin and probably a job hes not a natural fit for.

And has better players around him that also do their job which helps. There were prob plenty of times where someone else busted coverage or got beat but McCullough was the one trying to chase down the play so everyone blamed him.

 

[titansvolsfaninga]

And has better players around him that also do their job which helps. There were prob plenty of times where someone else busted coverage or got beat but McCullough was the one trying to chase down the play so everyone blamed him.

But the VN coaches know the schemes and responsibilities, as they sit on their couch and drink their thunderbird and eat their fried spam.

 

[Lloyd_Christmas]

And has better players around him that also do their job which helps. There were prob plenty of times where someone else busted coverage or got beat but McCullough was the one trying to chase down the play so everyone blamed him.

I always thought Flowers was more of a liability and McCullough was having to make up for his mistakes along with deficiencies at corner. Similar reason for me not blaming our young linebackers for coverage issues last season. They were being asked to do too much because of our issues at safety. I think Brooks is a walk-on legend because of some of the plays he made, especially against Alabama, but we all know his lack of speed was a liability that had to limit what they could do on defense. Turrentine seemed to lack physicality and instincts. Put McCullough on the defense last season and our fans would have a totally different view of him.