Recruiting Football Talk VII

[InVOLuntary]

I recommend that if you want dialog, you start representing opposing arguments with integrity as opposed to strawmen.



Otherwise, you can kick rocks.

Decide what kind of poster you want to be, and then we can answer the rest of your response. Or not. Either way.

Why don't you decide what kind of poster you want to be. I've made several arguments that you choose to ignore. Why can't you let posters have an opinion? I know what I see.

 

[Orange.]

nm

 

[knoxvol52]

Banks will leave on his own. Didn't happen this year, but he'll find an HC job.

With CJH being loyal to his staff, promoting from within will be the first option..

 

[jave36]

That's insane. Had no idea the NFL was that dominant.

 

[LA Vol]

We have the staff we have. CJH is going to ride with it. Nothing to do with resources-- he could've selectively upgraded or tried something new, but he chose not to. He's banking on stability and winning with what he has.

 

[HoleInTheRoof]

 

[InVOLuntary]

If you're on offense, you get to choose run/pass. If you're DC the offense gets to pick. You have to defend the pass, and you have to do it with what you have.

It's OK to blame coaches, and it's OK to blame players. This conversation is about which seemed most notably to be the problem on defense. It's not some sort of moral dilemma about placing blame. It's a rational discussion about what we saw.

We saw players that were not good at their job. That's pretty obvious.

Now, the next question is about coaches. Does it make sense to fire a coach if you haven't given them the tools they need to do what you've asked of them.

Opinions differ on that here.

That's OK. None of our opinions count.

It doesn't have to be melodrama.

So again it's not the coaching, it's the players.

 

[Orangeburst]

Trying to find that turkey in all them footballs is like Wheres Waldo

 

[knoxvol52]

That's insane. Had no idea the NFL was that dominant.

Every year same thing NFL rules the viewership...

 

[LA Vol]

Don't do this to me like you did last year, LA.

Next year.

 

[Sara Clark]

Temple corner Jalen McMurray will visit Tennessee this weekend, according to
@GoVols247
.

 

[PYSCHO]

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better come up with a defense or Iowa may beat you. What a glorified douche

 

[BigSteve09]

Trying to find that turkey in all them footballs is like Wheres Waldo

you got em

 

[knoxvol52]

Trying to find that turkey in all them footballs is like Wheres Waldo

#45 yw..

 

[DD4ME]

Show me games where the players lost the games. It's easy wit dem obtuse rules.

I don't believe the defense cost us any games. Tell me which ones you do.

 

[butchna]

RIP David Soul…Hutch from the Starsky and Hutch.

 

[InVOLuntary]

I don't believe the defense cost us any games. Tell me which ones you do.

So the offense cost us the games?

 

[BigSteve09]

I don't believe the defense cost us any games. Tell me which ones you do.

Florida first half comes to mind, though that was a team failure moreso than anything

 

[Boston Vol]

RIP David Soul…Hutch from the Starsky and Hutch.

He was pretty good in the Salem’s Lot miniseries as well.

 

[DD4ME]

Florida first half comes to mind, though that was a team failure moreso than anything

Last year I would have given you the SC game too, but that also felt like a full team collapse.

 

[LoudOrange]

When something isn't working, you change it up. He allows teams to keep doing what's working. If getting gutted, I'm doing something different. If I'm rushing 3 and dropping 8 and still getting abused, I'm changing it up. Banks has said they're going to have a defense that's aggressive. The defense is about as aggressive as postal clerks.

We were getting to the qb the first 2-3 games. I fully know that the refs started turning a blind eye to holding. In addition other teams started leaving an extra blocker in. Banks never changed things up. That was part of the reason our pass rush started to fall off. You've got 5 offensive lineman. If you leave another in to block, TE or RB, that means you have 6. If you rush 4 then 2 get double teamed. Makes it hard to get to the QB.

I heard Chavis speak one time. He said if they were leaving 5 in to block, he was sending 6. If they were leaving 6 in to block he was sending 7.

When I saw him give up a 4th and 30 or 40 to Will Levis at KY I just shook my head.

I know many give Willie grief on here. Those may be accurate but I'm not forming an opinion with this scheme.

Using postal clerks as an example of non aggression doesn't work. Have you never heard of "going postal" on someone?

 

[volbeast33]

Personally I prefer Heupel's method of not rocking the boat until/unless he has to.

Brian Kelly going scorched earth after back to back 10 win seasons in year 2 is a bad look IMO.

If Banks defense was performing like LSUs then we would all be wanting Banks gone…. They were close to Sunseri level.

 

[DD4ME]

So the offense cost us the games?

I mean points win games and Heupel built this sucker to be offense focused. Hard to blame the defense for Mizz or UGA when we scored so few. I could see a case for second half Bama.


More important this is a lot more fun discussion than a tirade on a man....

 

[SweetasSoda]

The twins and I grabbed them also. Have them hanging nicely until we slap them on for the spring game.

Wouldn’t it be great to fill that stadium for the spring game with most people wearing those?

 

[DD4ME]

Banks defense performing like LSUs and we would all be wanting Banks gone…. They were close to Sunseri level.

I agree he had to, but I also agree it's a bad look to have to do so so soon. If you can't field a competent D at LSU you need to check your credentials.