"Red Team" treatment reminded me of Dinardo

[globadoc]

Remember when DiNardo refused to say "Tennessee", had people removed from practice if they had on anything orange, and even refused to speak at a press conference because the microphone had orange tape on it?

Riled up Fulmer and the UT players for two years. Even had the Vandy players hyped up enough that they tried to start a fight with the UT players during the pregame warmups. Talked to a former VU player once, who told me that they could hear the UT players rampaging in their locker room before the game, so he knew it was about to be a long day.

The results? 62-14 (1993) and 65-0 (1994).

The lesson? Butch really needs to know the difference between instilling the gleam of confidence in his team's eye and poking a stick in the other team's eye.

 

[Cartervol]

Didn't care for it. That's all i got.

 

[rjd970]

Butch said in the pre-game interview on the field this is a rivalry, and no disrespect to Bama they are a good team.

So AJ can stfu.

 

[cherokeechief]

Never say that name...

 

[Ashevolle]

had literally no effect on the outcome of the game.

 

[Ashevolle]

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Never say that name...

They who shall not be named

 

[esarmstrong]

The ironic thing about the treatment is that you are drawing special attention to Alabama by trying to not place any special attention on them.

I did not think too much of the tactic. But we were going to get our arses kicked in either way.

 

[BenGrimm]

I thought it was silly. He wasn't trying to disrespect Bama but they used it as that so it backfired.

There was a good chance they could have come out flat but they seemed motivated to out a beat down on us and did just that.

 

[vavolunteer]

"Them dumbazzez"

whatcha'll think???

 

[Godfatha]

Majors always used to put too much on the Bama game and we would always choke. Treat every game the same.

 

[TechnoVol]

Dinardo's lack of saying Tennessee was intentional as a way to disrespect Tennessee. CBJ's use of the Red Team was never said to the media that I'm aware of, perhaps I'm wrong. My take was that he used it with the team as a reminder that they were the next team we play. Sorta like the old cliche in saying "They put their pants on the same way we do".

If CBJ used the Red Team reference in interviews with the media then I don't think that was a great idea. It was a very long shot to expect to beat Bama, but throwing a chip on their shoulder before we played the game just added fuel to their fire.

 

[fade route]

I literally had no idea this was even an issue until pregame on CBS

 

[orangeluvr]

had literally no effect on the outcome of the game.

mccarron stated he understood the reason behind the red team reference but alabubba isn't just another red team. "I wanted to score as many points as we could."
The bammers were pissed and wanted to run the score up. The article by David Pashcall is "bama irritated by "red team" talk ,Times-Free press.

 

[soda23]

I love Butch but imo this was a stupid idea . Did he really think the players would think we were just playing a "red team"? We came out flat and acted like we were playing Jackson St. Next year I hope he takes a different approach. Imo whether meant to be or not , it did show disrespect.
Don't get me wrong I don't think it made a difference in the score as they could have named it if they wanted to.
BTW , I don't think the team used to choke against Bama , I think Majors and the coaches did as Majors butt would shrivel up tighter than a nats azz and we always played not to lose instead of to win

 

[KingtUT]

Red team is way to polite. I don't care if BJ calls them "those sorry bunch of future trash men down south". That seems bout right. Wouldn't hurt my feelings at all.

 

[feathersax]

I literally had no idea this was even an issue until pregame on CBS

+1:good!:

 

[Doyle Hargraves]

Yep, if Butch had referred to them as "The Greatest Team To Have Ever Set Foot On A Playing Field" all week, we would have stomped a mud hole in their butts yesterday.

 

[JCP201]

Butch is learning about the SEC, too. I thought he did it so the guys would try to see them as just another ranked red team, like Georgia and SC and try not to get intimidated. It backfired, not a good idea, but I know he didn't mean disrespect to Bama..

 

[tm3]

Majors always used to put too much on the Bama game and we would always choke. Treat every game the same.

Also, Fulmer and UF

 

[Doyle Hargraves]

I really don't give a s**t if bama felt disrespected. So, their feelings were hurt because Butch wouldn't kneel and kiss the asses like the rest of the football world. Big friggin deal.

 

[butchna]

Yep, if Butch had referred to them as "The Greatest Team To Have Ever Set Foot On A Playing Field" all week, we would have stomped a mud hole in their butts yesterday.

Doyle gonna Doyle :loco:

 

[Doyle Hargraves]

Doyle gonna Doyle :loco:

It just gets to me. I hear people saying that Butch shouldn't have done it because it may have got into our players heads more that way. This I can actually see, but then they defend it by saying he pissed off bama. So, we pissed them off. Does that frighten anyone?

 

[theutvolunteers]

Blah blah blah @ OP.

 

[GoBigOrange86]

Why would it piss them off? It wasn't the DiNardo treatment, as others have pointed out, because it wasn't about disrespecting Alabama. It was about looking at that game as the next challenge and who the opponent is should not get into our heads.

I think people made way too much of this, which is not surprising.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

I always heard DiNardo was just copying what Bill McCartney did at Colorado, as he wouldn't refer to Nebraska by name and DiNardo was the DC there when they were at their best. Which makes sense because DiNardo pretty much tried to copy everything else of Colorado at Vanderbilt. He changed Vandy's uniforms to look exactly like Colorado's.