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#26
#26
I like the Heupel offense but the defense gives up a lot. If the D was better we'd be unstoppable.
 
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stolitonic said:
The weird thing about it that by getting rid of Heupel, they got Lincoln Riley. He bolted on them after getting to playoffs a few times and then flaming out.

Not sure Heupel does any better as HC at OU last 5 years or so.

He does kind of seem like the loyal kind of chap though who probably would not have bolted away from OU and left them in a real mess.
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Lincoln Riley showed up at the same time Baker Mayfield did. Mayfield had one of the best games as an opposing QB Id ever seen in Neyland Stadium. Mayfield made play after play moving around, dodging people, avoiding sacks, etc. Then he had Kyler Murray. After that, Lincoln Riley came back to earth somewhat.
 
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Herman Hickman said:
Dabo did Elliot no favors. The Ivory Tower class at Virginia has a tradition of kicking Wahoo athletics in the gonads. That is a difficult job for even the most proven of coaches, one reason I respect George Welsh and think he is one of more underrated coaches in college football history. A winner at Navy in a downtime for service academy football, a winner at Virginia where winning has never been easy.

Elliot is going to have to grow up fast as a head coach or the job will kill his future in that role.

Glad he turned us down. Had the potential to be the offensive version of Squidbilly, trying to do things exactly the way his mentor did them.

We were fortunate to get a coach with experience and confidence in his own unique strategic approach to the game. That ended up being exactly what was needed.
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It has taken a few years, but all those bad decisions in the past have turned into the outstanding decisions made in the last 2 years. The future now looks better than it has anytime during the last 15 years. This is the result of changes which have been made in Tennessee’s Administration from the President all the way down to the entire coaching staff. The table is now set for success in future years for all sports. How sweet it is. Orange has never looked so good in a long long time.
 
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TartanTurff said:
Huepel has also benefitted greatly by the emergence of NIL and the transfer portal, which allows him access to the players necessary to properly run this type of offensive scheme rather than wait on a 5 year rebuilding job to catch the attention of recruits, boosters and sponsors who you would want to draw to your program. The unbridled success and financial riches of the SEC and their media, bowl and marketing alliances have made the Tennessee jobs more appealing to a number of talented coaches who couldn't program Knoxville into their GPS if they had to. White Danny seems to be able to understand the Tennessee football traditions and actually embraces it rather than simply paying lip service to it. We will not hear the excuses that became so familiar, i.e. gotta wait until he gets his guys on the team, brick by brick, this is the SEC, there is no waiting, your table is ready.
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Pruitt at least has a couple of nice recruiting classes. Still, Hooker was a 3 * and Tillman was a 2*
 
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TartanTurff said:
Huepel has also benefitted greatly by the emergence of NIL and the transfer portal, which allows him access to the players necessary to properly run this type of offensive scheme rather than wait on a 5 year rebuilding job to catch the attention of recruits, boosters and sponsors who you would want to draw to your program. The unbridled success and financial riches of the SEC and their media, bowl and marketing alliances have made the Tennessee jobs more appealing to a number of talented coaches who couldn't program Knoxville into their GPS if they had to. White Danny seems to be able to understand the Tennessee football traditions and actually embraces it rather than simply paying lip service to it. We will not hear the excuses that became so familiar, i.e. gotta wait until he gets his guys on the team, brick by brick, this is the SEC, there is no waiting, your table is ready.
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Even though, the man is out coaching the opposite coach every game. We didn't gain enough JUCO or portal transfer players last year to do this currently this year.

The second thing Heupel is doing is coaching these players up.
 
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I was sooooo happy when Elliot turned Tennessee down. Never had any confidence in him.

JH is an innovator, and that is exactly what we needed to compete and pull ahead in this tough league. He may not have been my original first choice (I think Lane was), but he was up there for me, and he was for sure the right choice.
 
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VolArmy74 said:
Huepel was a dream coach from day one. We needed an offensive guru in the worst way after Pruitt and his return to Fulmer ball. Fortunately, we got one of the best scheme guys I've ever seen. I'll be surprised if there aren't 30 or 40 programs trying to run this offense in three or four years.
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People call this a gimmick offense but it is way more complicated than people think. Look how confused defenses are.
 
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TartanTurff said:
Huepel has also benefitted greatly by the emergence of NIL and the transfer portal, which allows him access to the players necessary to properly run this type of offensive scheme rather than wait on a 5 year rebuilding job to catch the attention of recruits, boosters and sponsors who you would want to draw to your program. The unbridled success and financial riches of the SEC and their media, bowl and marketing alliances have made the Tennessee jobs more appealing to a number of talented coaches who couldn't program Knoxville into their GPS if they had to. White Danny seems to be able to understand the Tennessee football traditions and actually embraces it rather than simply paying lip service to it. We will not hear the excuses that became so familiar, i.e. gotta wait until he gets his guys on the team, brick by brick, this is the SEC, there is no waiting, your table is ready.
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But every program gets to take advantage of the transfer portal so this isn’t something special to heupel. And let’s not forget that Tennessee was hit the hardest with the most transfers out of the program in his first year leaving us with severe scholarship player imitations that we are still playing catch up. Don’t minimize his coaching acumen.
 
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