Met Chavis - said Vols Off best in league

[jps2194]

Originally Posted by GmanTN

If the Chief thinks we have the best offense in the conference, he had to have been spoon feeding you some bull. Until we learn to run the ball, beat ranked teams and control the line of scrimmage, we are far away from having the best offense in the conference.

He said we have all of the pieces to be the best offense in the league. We have one of the best QB's in the league, the best receiver duo in the nation + patterson and he said he believes the line will be much better this year which will lead to a improved running game.

[Ericvol2096]

Originally Posted by fade route

Sorry, OP, but after reading this again, I find it hard to believe that a bigtime college coach would share his personal feelings on being fired from his previous gig with a casual fan he had just met 20 minutes ago. May be a cool story bro, just not sure it's a true story bro.

[nicksjuzunk]

Originally Posted by fade route

Sorry, OP, but after reading this again, I find it hard to believe that a bigtime college coach would share his personal feelings on being fired from his previous gig with a casual fan he had just met 20 minutes ago. May be a cool story bro, just not sure it's a true story bro.

Nothing he said sounds remotely unbelievable or ground breaking. I say the OP has nothing to gain for such a lengthy write up. I appreciate the OP.

[velovol]

very good read
i miss chief and am guilty of not knowing how good we had it when he was here

[Gramps]

Originally Posted by GmanTN

If the Chief thinks we have the best offense in the conference, he had to have been spoon feeding you some bull. Until we learn to run the ball, beat ranked teams and control the line of scrimmage, we are far away from having the best offense in the conference.

If all the pieces of the puzzle come together we could be good on offense but until Bray shows me he can lead his team to victory over a quality opponent the jury is still out.

If our passing game is as good as expected, TN will have a running game.

The passing game will spread the defense and open up the run game. That is what Spurrier did at Florida.

[salutethehill]

Originally Posted by velovol

very good read
i miss chief and am guilty of not knowing how good we had it when he was here

We had it so good while he was here that the coaches following him inherited the thinnest defense I've ever seen at this level. We're STILL digging out of that hole.

I'm glad coach Chavis is doing well. Maybe it took a swift kick in the pants (or a school in a loaded state) to get him back on track. How quickly we forget the defenses that came out and got embarassed by Bammer and FL...and Cal.

CJC is just as guilty as CPF for becoming complacent.

[salutethehill]

Go easy on me...I'm new here.

[Neyland Law Vol]

Thanks OP for sharing. Im suprised i'm in before the expected "pic or it didn't happen" post or "link?" post....

[true2003]

Thanks for the post. Interesting...

[LWSVOL]

Originally Posted by GreyWolf1129

The only issue I ever had with the Chief was the proverbial "3rd & Chavis" defenses...which after seeing what he has done at LSU...leads me to wonder if his hands were somewhat tied by his boss when he was at UT.

LOL.

Fulmer never interferred with Chavis's defense.

Chief could pull out all kinds of stats to show you how his mustang worked far more than it failed. All schemes fail at some time or other.

PS: Sorry, just thought reference to CPF tying Chief's hands was funny..

[jps2194]

Originally Posted by salutethehill

We had it so good while he was here that the coaches following him inherited the thinnest defense I've ever seen at this level. We're STILL digging out of that hole.

I'm glad coach Chavis is doing well. Maybe it took a swift kick in the pants (or a school in a loaded state) to get him back on track. How quickly we forget the defenses that came out and got embarassed by Bammer and FL...and Cal.

CJC is just as guilty as CPF for becoming complacent.

If I remember correctly, the year after Chavis left wasn't there a few drafted to the NFL?

[82_VOL_83]

Could we merge this with the Fulmer extravaganza and rename the thread....there is WAY to much estrogen in this thread for it now to be with the CPF love in.

[salutethehill]

Originally Posted by jps2194

If I remember correctly, the year after Chavis left wasn't there a few drafted to the NFL?

Robert Ayers in 2009
Eric Berry and Dan Williams in 2010
and NONE in 2011 and 2012

This is pitiful compared to just a few years prior.

[OCIVol]

Originally Posted by jps2194

Chavis said he would not be surprised if Patterson ends up being better than Hunter and Rogers.

This sentiment is shared by our offensive coaches.

[sjt18]

Originally Posted by GmanTN

If the Chief thinks we have the best offense in the conference, he had to have been spoon feeding you some bull. Until we learn to run the ball, beat ranked teams and control the line of scrimmage, we are far away from having the best offense in the conference.

If all the pieces of the puzzle come together we could be good on offense but until Bray shows me he can lead his team to victory over a quality opponent the jury is still out.

Agree on the whole but early last year convinced me that you DO NOT have to run the ball to win. Either you do or you score lots and lots of points. Cincy was a decent football team. UT's passing game put them under extreme pressure. They probably felt that any possession that they did not score could put them out of the game.

It is sort of like the Spurs. For years, they won with defense and controlled offense. This year they have given up some defensive strength and become a scoring team.

The bottom line is to score more points than your opponent... there are many ways to do it. If you have a high powered passing O then you use the Spurrier model of the 90's. Score points as fast as you can to push running teams out of their game plan. You make them predictable and put pressure on them to think they have to play "perfect" to stay up.