We’re #1 in Something....

[VolFreakJosh]

Tennessee led the nation in 2017 with 58 starts lost due to injury or suspensions. :thud:

Butch Effect.

 

[BigOrangeMojo]

Tennessee led the nation in 2017 with 58 starts lost due to injury or suspensions. :thud:

Butch Effect.

We were #2 in 2016 but according to many on here, we did not have a culture/accountability problem or a S&C problem....

 

[musolfmj]

Would like to see the others. Link?

 

[njvols]

All this stuff that fills preseason mags doesn't mean anything until we start winning... #1 in injuries last two years, killing it in recruiting, new $1MM+ weight room, shinny new coaching staff. I guess if we didn't have the injuries, we'd have done better...but then again, we'd more than likely still be on the "Brick by Brick" program. Seems we're on a better path now, but we'll see.

 

[zeppelin128]

 

[UT Hill Man]

There's always been something in the water up in Knoxville.

They don't call it the Fulmer cup for nothing.

 

[stevenrich2003]

the butch affect... maybe

Or we are extremely unlucky

 

[Otis07]

ever since we became a NIKE school?????

 

[Boca Vol]

There's always been something in the water up in Knoxville.

They don't call it the Fulmer cup for nothing.

Lulz! I was going to mention the Fulmer Cup.

 

[zeppelin128]

ever since we became a NIKE school?????

Nah, we still got that voodoo curse on us from LSU in 2007. Cajuns don't play around.

 

[Boca Vol]

Nah, we still got that voodoo curse on us from LSU in 2007. Cajuns don't play around.

2001!

I still say it goes back to 1999 when UT got rid of the orange V O L S signs at the top of the stadium and replaced the white goalpost pads with orange ones. Just sayin'!

 

[sjt18]

I don't know if you were one of them... but I had a lot of people here attack me for saying that the 3 and then 4 year pattern of excessive injuries related to Jones' scheme, S&C philosophy, player rotation, player development, player selection, and techniques.

If it happens for a year then you can claim it is just an aberration. When it happens every year (ending promising careers in the process) then you MUST look at the coach. That's ESPECIALLY TRUE when the coach claims to have done an assessment an found nothing that needs to be changed as Jones did.

 

[sjt18]

the butch affect... maybe

Or we are extremely unlucky

No such animal as "luck". The injuries and pattern of excessive injuries relate directly to choices. Choices Jones made or was responsible for.

 

[wmcovol]

Very small, soft and not very physical.

 

[OnlyGodForgives]

Very small, soft and not very physical.

And not a problem to be fixed in six months. Have to give the program time to address this shortcoming. All the hard work TN players are doing, everyone on their schedule is as well.

 

[majorvol]

With Fulmer back on the hill maybe our luck is about to change.

 

[njvols]

2001!

I still say it goes back to 1999 when UT got rid of the orange V O L S signs at the top of the stadium and replaced the white goalpost pads with orange ones. Just sayin'!

Maybe it's the curse of "Woo"

 

[VolsFan-TX]

From SDS article:

"Tennessee led the nation in this category in 2017 with 58 starts lost due to injury or suspension. Florida ranked third in the nation and second among Power 5 programs with 49 starts lost. South Carolina ranked eighth overall on his list with 42 starts lost while Kentucky ranked 15th in the nation with 37 lost starts."

Injury-bitten: Tennessee led nation in starts lost due to injury/suspension


Tennessee led nation in missed starts two straight years | Times Free Press

 

[Vfl2407]

With Fulmer back on the hill maybe our luck is about to change.

Yes, it should.
Vicky instituted the curse when Phil was fired.
She, allegedly, removed it when he was hired as AD.

 

[basspond]

I don't know if you were one of them... but I had a lot of people here attack me for saying that the 3 and then 4 year pattern of excessive injuries related to Jones' scheme, S&C philosophy, player rotation, player development, player selection, and techniques.

If it happens for a year then you can claim it is just an aberration. When it happens every year (ending promising careers in the process) then you MUST look at the coach. That's ESPECIALLY TRUE when the coach claims to have done an assessment an found nothing that needs to be changed as Jones did.

Agree.

 

[zeppelin128]

2001!

I still say it goes back to 1999 when UT got rid of the orange V O L S signs at the top of the stadium and replaced the white goalpost pads with orange ones. Just sayin'!

Bring back the signs. I want to hang from the goalpost too.

 

[zeppelin128]

Maybe it's the curse of "Woo"

When did the woo appear? I've always known the woo (first Neyland game in 2000).

 

[Volfan76]

College sports are getting ridiculous...it's to the point that you can't leave your football team to get and keep themselves in shape...this is in no way Butch's fault.

 

[Jack Burton]

Haven’t read the article but it was probably 55 due to injury and 3 due to suspension.

 

[Boca Vol]

Maybe it's the curse of "Woo"

Absolutely! Major factor, right there. :good!: