Recruiting Forum Football Talk II

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85SugarVol said:
Don’t want anybody “fired”. Let Fulmer do his thing and find Sherrer & Friend quality Coordinator jobs... somewhere else.

No reason to stand pat with this staff. Let’s upgrade.

I know you don’t like arguing this topic. It’s the last I’ll speak on it... tonight. 🤗
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I know...recruiting. Gonna fart around and dump everybody every year that doesn’t land a top 10 recruit and that trend will keep going because the replacements have to start over developing relationships. Got some outstanding technical coaches and I actually would like to see what they could do two effin years in a row...for a change. You’re a good guy most of the time but a broken Yoko Ono record on this subject. 😖
 
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JacketVol said:
You liked his post where he hates fans like me. So, move on if that’s how you feel.
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I did? I’ll have to go back and find it...in this thread?

I don’t despise you at all.

Edit: @JacketVol just found it - what I liked was the part about his tweet not being about the game. I just now saw where he said despise - I think he was actually talking directly about the poster who posted that tweet but none the less - my apologies. I didn’t read the entire post.
 
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SmokinBob said:
I did? I’ll have to go back and find it...in this thread?

I don’t despise you at all.

Edit: @JacketVol just found it - what I liked was the part about his tweet not being about the game. I just now saw where he said despise - I think he was actually talking directly about the poster who posted that tweet but none the less - my apologies. I didn’t read the entire post.
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I probably overreacted. @SmokinBob I rarely do that😉
 
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The Good and The Bad

Interestingly, this season ties 2016 for our best Yards Per Play margin of the decade (+.60 YPP). We are gaining 5.71 and allowing 5.11. In 2016, we gained 6.44 and allowed 5.84. I highly suspect Vandy will further increase this margin.

2017 we were -1.17
2018 we were -.21
Now +.60

Most playoff teams are +1.5 and higher typically. If we continue this rate of improvement, maybe we reach such a level in 1-2 years.

Yet, we are still only +1.2 in scoring margin and this shows our deficiencies in situational football imo. YPP margin is great because it shows if you are straight up beating your opponent play in and play out. What it doesn't show you is how you play at inflection points and that comes with experience, coaching, extra practices.

3rd down defense is still 13th in the conference, while red zone TD% allowed is 11th. Red zone TD% on offense has clearly held us back, we all know that. Offensive turnovers have also hurt us. 4 of the playoff contending teams are in the top 10 in TO margin, all at +9 or better on the year. LSU is the lowest of them, at +3. We are just +1 all season. 32nd in gaining them, but 81st in turning it over, with INTs being the worst at 86th nationally. Some TOs were doubly painful, because 5 were right in the red zone.

Anyway, already beating our opponents this much play-in and play-out is great. It took Butch 4 years to do it this well. Now we just need to hone our situational play moving forward. 15 extra practices each December is a good start.
 
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HoleInTheRoof said:
1. How dumb must Ignont and Reid feel? Not only would they have gotten more playing time due to injuries, but now we’ve turned the season around and the team is having a blast.
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We need the bodies in our LB corps, but the change in the team seemed to coincide with their departure.
Coincidence? Perhaps, but sometimes all it takes is one whiny malcontent to drag a team down.
 
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zhangliao04 said:
Boys fought hard tonight. Never gave up and that is a great lesson to know. Win next week and recruiting is going to be muuuch easier for this staff.

Need a RB coach, though.
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RB coach is fine.
The defense was giving up the passing routes and WRs were having a record setting day. QB threw for 400 yards which he has never done. 3 WRs went over 100 yards which is a new school record.

RBs went for 110. RB coach had nothing to do with OC being rightfully pass happy. JG was playing out of his mind (good thing for him 😂). If the passing game wasn’t there, you would have seen more running plays called.
 
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In the 2nd year our game/clock management should be better


Taking a TO before even running a play right before half was inexcusable and eventually made us play conservative with 8 seconds left and no TOs. If we had that TO left it’s easier to run a play with 8 seconds left


This is the kind of issue that gets lost when you win but must be fixed
 
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BruinVol said:
In the 2nd year our game/clock management should be better


Taking a TO before a play right before half was inexcusable and eventually made us play conservative with 8 seconds left and no TOs. If we had that TO left it’s easier to run a play with 8 seconds left


This is the kind of issue that gets lost when you win but must be fixed
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Been waiting for your take on that final run.
 
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VolsDoc81TX said:
RB coach is fine.
The defense was giving up the passing routes and WRs were having a record setting day. QB threw for 400 yards which he has never done. 3 WRs went over 100 yards which is a new school record.

RBs went for 110. RB coach had nothing to do with OC being rightfully pass happy. JG was playing out of his mind (good thing for him 😂). If the passing game wasn’t there, you would have seen more running plays called.
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Mizzou defense was doing what all the teams have been doing, stacking the box, taking away the short stuff, especially the flats, and making the QB beat them down the field. Guarantano and JJ & company smoked them, badly.
 
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eVOLve said:
Pruitt obviously saw something he didn't like with the Mizz defense. Better to be safe than sorry. He was trying to ensure points before half. How many times have we been in the redzone this year and theres been a turnover?
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I may have misunderstood his question. I thought he was asking about running it at the end of the game instead of taking a knee. We shouldn’t have been risking a fumble


As for the calls before half they were fine. The TOs weren’t used well at all
 
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