To All The Dobbs Fanboys....

#76
#76
BigOrangeTrain said:
Worley looked good against Georgia and SC. Had he not hurt his thumb he would be the starter and we would have beaten Vandy easily. Worley and the offense was clicking. Wen he got hurt most people were like "look out here comes Dobbs, he is this and he is that. He is much better than Worley, look what he did at the Elite 11 blah, blah, blah." That's all we heard. He has shown to be a better runner no doubt, but as a passer? I will take Worley all day over Dobbs.
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Worley was certainly progressing and it was my hope that we could redshirt both freshmen and finish out the year with Worley but it wasn't in the cards. Injuries killed that plan.

However, look how long it took Worley to get there and he had the benefit of some prior experience starting and playing backup, being a junior, 1st team reps, and several cupcake games. Still this year Worley threw 1 INT against WKU, 2 INTs against Florida, 3 INTs against South Alabama, 2 INTs against Bama. Peterman threw 2 against UF. Dobbs threw 2 against Mizzou, 1 against Auburn and 2 tonight. Tyler Bray threw 10 INTs and averaged a little over 1 per game his freshman year. He also had a lot more help than our current QBs -- Denarius Moore and Gerald Jones were both Seniors, as was TE Luke Stocker. Zach Rogers was a sophomore.

INTs are going to happen with inexperience at QB. They're also going to happen with a green receiving corps (experienced WRs and TEs, get open, catch a lot of balls that inexperienced ones don't, knock away balls that defenders might get, help their QB build confidence and set a rhythm and generally make up for a lot of inexperience at QB).

Unfortunately it's a combination knockout punch with our passing game but when the QBs and the WRs are green at the same time this is what happens.
 
#77
#77
Wylo said:
That stud WR you mentioned contributed to what, 5 yards passing in the first half. Hardly a big loss in my opinion. They weren't even using him.
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North went down in the 1st qtr. Much different than a half. Of course when a room is on fire the extremists want to say the whole town is burning down. I do agree the coaches were babying Dobbs too much. Let the kid throw, make his mistakes, and learn. Good night bro.
 
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PrattvilleVol said:
North went down in the 1st qtr. Much different than a half. Of course when a room is on fire the extremists want to say the whole town is burning down. Good night bro.
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It's just typical post-game irrationality (I'd say post-loss but I've seen and heard too many fans over the years do it after wins to believe it's just about winning or losing).
 
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Escape Goat said:
There is. But I don't think Butch Jones is an issue. Nor Thigpin.
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I agree. I made this statement several times and all I got told was wait until they get their players in the system. BS, I think Jones is the man for the job but he should of surrounded himself around better coaches. This friends thing is going to get him fired in 2 more years if he don't make changes.
 
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PrattvilleVol said:
Vandy has one of the best WRs in SEC history and not one but two very good QBs. Dobbs is it for us. All of the other QBs are out. I'm guessing Pig would be his back up. Our only true stud WR in North went down early. we had huge problems with what little talent we have right now. Nevertheless, help is on the way.
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he is good but 1 of the best is making somebody better than they actually are. He isn't even in the top 30 of the best WR in sec history. he has scored 5 TDs this year and last year .Vandy ran something like 50 screen passes to him and because we got a inept DC that could not adjust to a screen but this kid did not beat Tn , the play calling on both sides beat Tn. plus a QB that has not had no teaching it looks like. I blame the coaches more than I blame Dobbs. All 3 QBs looked lost all year.
 
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#83
Tenn this year has a total of 10 td passs for year..last year...35....vandy 11 completions approx 50 yds....dobbs cannot throw the ball downfield...only unknown is how good is riley ferguson.....dobbs can run but that's all. He seemed to be in panick mode whenever he looked downfield and his passes were very inaccurate down the field...offensive coaching staff very uncreative throughout the game
 
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MrBiggles said:
Now we know why Butch didn't start him sooner. I still question the OC play calling. Why not throw down the field by 5-10 yards..
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He threw about 4 passes down the field in the first half. At least 3 of them were right to a defensive player. The WR made a great play on one of them to break up the pass. 2 were intercepted and the other one was dropped by a DB.

Dobbs throwing downfield is a wasted play, at best.
 
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#86
I'm sick of hearing people blame us sucking in inexperienced receivers and qb's. Every weekend I see freshman making big plays for others teams. Ainge won as a freshman. Casey won as a freshman. He may have been a redshirt, but Manziel won the Heisman as a damn freshman. The fact of the matter is we need better players.
 
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#87
Doyle Hargraves said:
We have a scared s**tless staff and absolutely no quarterback.
Somewhere Dooley laughs...
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Riley Ferguson will be our QB the next 4 years. He would have been the QB when Worley went down if not for an injury. Dobbs has a long ways to go. He will make a good back-up QB but Ferguson will be the man, you can book it!
 
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#88
vols4evah said:
seriously guys stop posting after a loss and when you have been drinking.

He is a freshman QB who got put in a bad situation, that's all. He is 19 years old and some of you should be ashamed.

Yes it sucks to lose but the way some of you behave after a loss sucks a lot more.
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Did you see his stat line last night? Most of his passing yards came on the last drive when it didn't matter. Pathetic
Nobody expects the guy to be the second coming of Peyton Manning, but you can expect better than what we've seen.
 
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#90
GrowVol said:
Well, i guess if a Qb cant dominate Peyton style after 3 games, then we should go back to a junior just good enough to Not secure the position throughout the season. I am still a dobbs fan boy. Im not a bajakian fan boy.
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We haven't thrown a TD pass in 4 games now. The kid isn't very good. He may turn out to be but I hope Ferg is better or Worley recovers fully for next year.
 
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Emiddle said:
I'm sick of hearing people blame us sucking in inexperienced receivers and qb's. Every weekend I see freshman making big plays for others teams. Ainge won as a freshman. Casey won as a freshman. He may have been a redshirt, but Manziel won the Heisman as a damn freshman. The fact of the matter is we need better players.
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Exactly exactly exactly. Dobbs might end up being a guy who can manage a game and take us to a Beef O'Brady's Bowl but if he had enough talent to compete for SECCG's we would have seen flashes by now.
 
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lego126 said:
Totally agree!!! IT was clear in the second qt. to me in the stands he was shaken and had lost confidence. He thre 2 early picks, and after that all night he underthrew everyball. It was by far the worst QB play I've seen in a while. 53 yds. passing. Not like our O-line even gave him time to go thru more than 1 sometimes 2 checks. But not only offensive side of ball, but how many times did our defense get pressure on their QB? Not many.Their QB had all day 90% of the time, And even when he didn't have the time, our DB's were playing was soft, too much of a cushion. Never thought I'd see the day VANDY could beat us by throwing the screen, and gashing our defense for 6-9 yds. all day LONG!!!
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Your absolutely right. The part that makes me sick is that our so-called best staff made NO adjustments to stop the screen pass. That's terrible coaching.
 
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#95
Nope, can't take Dobbs serious...period. An average of 2 interceptions a game, doesn't look at the snap and gets hit with the football....

I just....
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#96
#96
Flame away, but if Worley plays last night we win that game. I said it before and I get flamed every time I say it but I'm going to say it again. Since Worley went down we have been terrible and to think Dobbs has played well you are kidding yourself. 0 TD'S throwing the ball in 4 games is not getting it done to say the least.
 
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#97
508mikey said:
How if North doesnt play -Josh Smith cant catch a cold, Howard is to short to be a WR - there is no TE - Croom will be double teamed - not much to pass to is there ?
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Against a pathetic Ky defense/inferior athletes? Any competent coach schemes up a game plan vs an inferior team. Whoever we have has to coached up to be able to beat the less athletic guy covering him one on one.

I understand your argument to some extent but there's no way we shouldn't be able to throw with who we have available to us vs who we're playing on Saturday. Well, of course that should've been the case yesterday so I don't know .....
 
#99
#99
Since when does supporting our players make you a "fanboy"

Forgive me for supporting our true freshman qb.



Sad op. Really sad.
 
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K-town Vol Fan said:
Since when does supporting our players make you a "fanboy"

Forgive me for supporting our true freshman qb.



Sad op. Really sad.
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x100. All of our players deserve our support. They're out there representing our Alma Mater, our community, and our state. The only time they deserve to get raked over the coals is if they do something incredibly stupid off the field and even then it better be above and beyond what any other college student would do.
 
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