Finishing #7 in the nation and making the college football playoff isn’t big?
Your probaly right. I just think the way our O-line and WRs played this year. Something needs to be changed. You can get by with it some of the time. But not against Georgia, Alabama (most of the time) and we have to go to the swamp next year and you know how that's been. How many times did we see a 3Rd and 1 or 2 and get a false start.
You have to evaluate your coaching staff every year. If you can upgrade then you upgrade. We get smoked by UGA every year. We obviously aren’t even in OSUs stratosphere. We need to recruit better. Changes HAVE to be made.
What Elite coach is out there that’s ready to come to Tennessee? Kiffin, Dooley, Butch, Pruitt; those are the caliber of coaches we’ve been able to hire in the past. Heupel took a dumpster fire with like fifty scholarships and has made them a contender in two of his four years here.
I think that he knows what's going on with the team better than you and I. I don't know what changes need to happen because I'm not there every day and I don't presume to think I know better than the coach. It's his team until he resigns or is fired. Do you go in to work telling your boss who needs to be fired? I'm not saying you specifically, but that is essentially what we are saying if we say this or that coach needs to go.
For those wanting a new DC yes. Let me ask you a question. What propelled us to an 11-2 record in 2022? Offense or defense? Was our offense or defense in the top 5 nationally? Now this season. What got us to 10 wins? Offense or defense? Was it the offense or defense that was ranked in the top 5 nationally?Weren’t you telling people to leave last night for saying some assistant coaches needed to go?
I'm assuming you were on a position to make those recommendations and you weren't telling the owner to fire your boss. None of us are infallible or we wouldn't be making statements like we know what is happening behind closed doors. Fans aren't happy with last night. I'm pleased with the totality of the season and the team appears to be moving in the right direction. That's the way I choose to see it. I hated the way Majors was replaced and was happy to see Phillip go. That's emotional decisions. I think that's where some of this is coming from.
Oh sure still not hypocritical at all lol. Yeah defense pulled through for most of the year up until about 2nd half of the Kentucky game where teams started figuring something out. Why those problems weren’t corrected is a huge issue. And in big games his reluctance to adjust his scheme is asinine. And not to mention this is the first year out of four where he’s fielded a good defense. Northwestern played better defense in the first half against Ohio state than the team did last night. So players are not the end all be all in keeping the game close at least for a while. He could have schemed something up much better than last night. So while your team is still performing well and has the resources why not go make big upgrades everywhere you can? All the winning programs did even when they were having success and if propelled them to national championships. Saban, Kirby, Dabo, and more have replaced coordinators/assistants after successful years and it took them to the promise land. Heupel needs to do the same.
Our defense kept us ALL year. Your memory is short. Banks fielded the best defense we have had in decades. Did UGA and OSU shred our defense? Sure. You talk like running a defense is an easy thing. Get real. I am gonna day this and you can disagree all you want. The only reason we won 10 games is because of Banks.
