To all of you quitters

[AdoptedVOL]

Another true vols thread, yea, thanks for the lecture. Most posts are a snapshot of the moment let people vent, it's better than throwing something through the wall.

I thought venting was the sole purpose of VN.

 

[C-south]

I thought venting was the sole purpose of VN.

Sunshine pumpers are killjoys.

 

[BowlBrother85]

The performance today would have got us a good old fashioned butt whipping out of the first round of the playoffs. Like it or not, we just don’t look good.

I thought they played well after the first 5 minutes. With the exception of the 2 turnovers, the offense did look good.

 

[UTFanForLife]

These threads scolding fans for venting their frustration about our 1st quarter performance is quite stupid. It’s easy after the fact to act like you knew the outcome all along. We played like trash early but I’m glad we won.

There is venting, and then there is just plain drunken stupidity. There are a ton that fall in that second category.

 

[AdoptedVOL]

Sunshine pumpers are killjoys.

Meh… we’re all fans. Some of us just don’t own orange colored glasses.

 

[orangebloodgmc]

No. Undisciplined play after this many weeks of “maybe we’ll fix it next week”. We are an undisciplined football team. Stats can be misleading. We play ugly as hell week after week.

While there are so many teams around the nation with way better records than our 10-2 in the SEC.

 

[The Original Fade]

It was mired in insecurity.

No, it was filled with fans watching our team show up listless, flat, undisciplined, and with no sense of urgency while Vandy looked like they were the team fighting for a playoff spot. Glad we starting caring midway through the 2nd quarter

 

[orangebloodgmc]

Meh… we’re all fans. Some of us just don’t own orange colored glasses.

Eh, some avoid the rush and quit early.

 

[lutra]

Do our fans see the bad losses or close wins that literally every other team has? Or do they think that just happens to us? I get frustration when we playing bad, but let’s save the “fire the coach” comments to after the games or after we’re officially dead. Always a bad look to see such negativity about our team on Twitter when we’re trying to convince the CFP committee we belong

 

[AdoptedVOL]

While there are so many teams around the nation with way better records than our 10-2 in the SEC.

Both can be correct.

You can’t tell us you don’t recognize the lack of discipline and understand it must improve.

Can you?

 

[VolPack22]

Can’t believe Alabama lost and Texas almost lost to that team. They are not good.

 

[Onlyagibson]

No, it was filled with fans watching our team show up listless, flat, undisciplined, and with no sense of urgency while Vandy looked like they were the team fighting for a playoff spot. Glad we starting caring midway through the 2nd quarter

So…. Mired in insecurity.

 

[Behr]

I can only imagine what the game thread looked like in the first quarter.

It was bleeding over in other threads. Lol. It was gloom and doom before halftime. "I told ya so's" were flying. Lol. "Butch 2.0".

 

[Mccage]

I can only imagine what the game thread looked like in the first quarter.

First for me taking up for the negs….we were getting our ass handed to us in 1st quarter

 

[orangebloodgmc]

Both can be correct.

You can’t tell us you don’t recognize the lack of discipline and understand it must improve.

Can you?

EVERY team has some room for improvement. Or do you think otherwise?

 

[The Original Fade]

First for me taking up for the negs….we were getting our ass handed to us in 1st quarter

According to some posters, saying that makes you insecure

 

[AdoptedVOL]

EVERY team has some room for improvement. Or do you think otherwise?

Absolutely. VOLS just aren’t doing anything about it.

Receipts…

 

[volbound1700]

The performance today would have got us a good old fashioned butt whipping out of the first round of the playoffs. Like it or not, we just don’t look good.

After 1Q, we looked great
1Q was an issue.

 

[joevol33]

First for me taking up for the negs….we were getting our ass handed to us in 1st quarter

We were, and some people take disappointment as hating the team, or being negative. Being a fan will include all sorts of emotions, and the disappointment comes out in different ways. It's the insecure person who gets triggered over someone stating a fact, and getting triggered and calling names.

 

[Jpcisco]

Well, I think it would be more accurate to say the start, which looked like they were not ready to play, would normally get you beat in the 1st round of the playoffs. You can recover from a start like that against Candy, but it is much more difficult to recover from a poor start like that against a competetive team.

It's a 60 minute game which we dominated for all but 50-55 minutes. We started as bad as a team could have, but locked it and completely took over the game. Offense was lights out and defense bottled up Pavia all game. If anything, I watched that game and said to myself, if this is how Tennessee's Offense plays in the playoffs we are going to be a dangerous, dangerous team.

 

[Vol524]

I think you could count on one hand the times we caught a break from the Zebras. Vandy's D committed 2 missed facemasks that were not called. Their D jumped into the neutral zone 3 times. We were called for false starts twice, and Vandy was flagged 1 flag. I know CJH is trying not to get a fine, but just once, I wish he would comment on the lopsided officiating this year. It happens too often not to be planned. JMHO

 

[volbound1700]

Do our fans see the bad losses or close wins that literally every other team has? Or do they think that just happens to us? I get frustration when we playing bad, but let’s save the “fire the coach” comments to after the games or after we’re officially dead. Always a bad look to see such negativity about our team on Twitter when we’re trying to convince the CFP committee we belong

To be fair, the other fanbases are the same way. Alabama fans already want to fire DeBoer and were wanting Saban to retire a couple of years ago. Georgia fans want to fire Mike Bobo.

 

[Switch 625]

No, it was filled with fans watching our team show up listless, flat, undisciplined, and with no sense of urgency while Vandy looked like they were the team fighting for a playoff spot. Glad we starting caring midway through the 2nd quarter

Exactly. We come out flat in the playoffs, it won’t be good. We were able to overcome it because it was Vandy and not a playoff quality team.

 

[Behr]

We were, and some people take disappointment as hating the team, or being negative. Being a fan will include all sorts of emotions, and the disappointment comes out in different ways. It's the insecure person who gets triggered over someone stating a fact, and getting triggered and calling names.

Lol.

 

[ftsandersvol]

I can only imagine what the game thread looked like in the first quarter.

If there’s one thing I’ve learned is football is a long game and nobody’s out of it no matter how fast a team starts off the game.