Derrick Ansley - Turnover Guru

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KnoxRealtorVOL

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Just an FYI, with our stud DB corp, here are some reasons to get excited about our new DC:

-Last year he was at Oakland with the Raiders as a DB coach where his unit tallied 14 INT’s, the year before Ansley they had 9.

-Ansley coached DB’s at Bama in 16-17, where he and Pruitt had the nations #1 scoring defense in both years.

-Ansley coached DB’s at KY from 13-15, where Ansley helped the Wildcat defense record a school-record six defensive touchdowns while creating 23 turnovers that ranked second in the SEC in 2015. Again, he did this at Kentucky of all schools....

-We all remember Sal’s infamous defense for the Vols in 2012. As awful as that defense was, there was one bright spot: Byron Moore, who led the SEC in interceptions. Coached by none other than Derrick Ansley.

This dude is the real deal.
 
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chatt-townVOL said:
Just an FYI, with our stud DB corp, here are some reasons to get excited about our new DC:

-Last year he was at Oakland with the Raiders as a DB coach where his unit tallied 14 INT’s, the year before Ansley they had 9.

-Ansley coached DB’s at Bama in 16-17, where he and Pruitt had the nations #1 scoring defense in both years.

-Ansley coached DB’s at KY from 13-15, where Ansley helped the Wildcat defense record a school-record six defensive touchdowns while creating 23 turnovers that ranked second in the SEC in 2015. Again, he did this at Kentucky of all schools....

-We all remember Sal’s infamous defense for the Vols in 2012. As awful as that defense was, there was one bright spot: Byron Moore, who led the SEC in interceptions. Coached by none other than Derrick Ansley.

This dude is the real deal.
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Quit playing games with my heart
 
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I forgot Ansley was here in 2012.

I cant wait for our Defense to become a threat of impacting a game. Having a defense that can force turnovers and score will make games so much better. I'm tired of watching defenses that make it feel like a positive when you give up a 50 yard drive and hold the other team to a field goal.
 
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chatt-townVOL said:
Just an FYI, with our stud DB corp, here are some reasons to get excited about our new DC:

-Last year he was at Oakland with the Raiders as a DB coach where his unit tallied 14 INT’s, the year before Ansley they had 9.

-Ansley coached DB’s at Bama in 16-17, where he and Pruitt had the nations #1 scoring defense in both years.

-Ansley coached DB’s at KY from 13-15, where Ansley helped the Wildcat defense record a school-record six defensive touchdowns while creating 23 turnovers that ranked second in the SEC in 2015. Again, he did this at Kentucky of all schools....

-We all remember Sal’s infamous defense for the Vols in 2012. As awful as that defense was, there was one bright spot: Byron Moore, who led the SEC in interceptions. Coached by none other than Derrick Ansley.

This dude is the real deal.
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We just need our DL and LBs to play good enough D to make the opponents throw the ball. That is a big part of it! That said, I was reading how we have little depth at DL, and that is not exactly true. We have a lot of DLs, they just aren’t experienced or proven. The latter of which is hard to accomplish if you aren’t given the snaps. This is the year these guys can get experience and prove themselves and like coach Tucker said, it is going to have to be a serious group effort. If we have star play, that’s great, but a solid run defense is going to be vital for our DBs to put up numbers like that.
 
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I'm confident in Ansley, but, kinda just like Saban or maybe Muschamp or Smart, the long term reason our D will be good is Pruitt...Having good D coordinators is important, but good news is if we have someone like a Sunseri getting off track, Pruitt will come in and correct it. So, if Pruitt's here long term, which will mean he's successful, he'll probably churn thru D coordinators every 2-3 years because it will be a career launching pad, and we'll get top coaching talent. Good news on offensive side of ball is Chaney is well compensated, and wants to retire in Knoxville area...as long as he holds up his end of the bargain. So, stability moving forward looks good, which is what we've been direly missing.
 
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vegasvolfan said:
We just need our DL and LBs to play good enough D to make the opponents throw the ball. That is a big part of it! That said, I was reading how we have little depth at DL, and that is not exactly true. We have a lot of DLs, they just aren’t experienced or proven. The latter of which is hard to accomplish if you aren’t given the snaps. This is the year these guys can get experience and prove themselves and like coach Tucker said, it is going to have to be a serious group effort. If we have star play, that’s great, but a solid run defense is going to be vital to our DBs putting up numbers like that.
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Bodies does not equal depth. If you have players, none of which have much playing experience and none of which have proven the ability to play in the SEC at even an average level, then you don’t have depth. We have zero depth at DL. We have some athletes with promise and potential who may surprise and step up this year. But as of today, we have zero DL depth.
 
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chatt-townVOL said:
Just an FYI, with our stud DB corp, here are some reasons to get excited about our new DC:

-Last year he was at Oakland with the Raiders as a DB coach where his unit tallied 14 INT’s, the year before Ansley they had 9.

-Ansley coached DB’s at Bama in 16-17, where he and Pruitt had the nations #1 scoring defense in both years.

-Ansley coached DB’s at KY from 13-15, where Ansley helped the Wildcat defense record a school-record six defensive touchdowns while creating 23 turnovers that ranked second in the SEC in 2015. Again, he did this at Kentucky of all schools....

-We all remember Sal’s infamous defense for the Vols in 2012. As awful as that defense was, there was one bright spot: Byron Moore, who led the SEC in interceptions. Coached by none other than Derrick Ansley.

This dude is the real deal.
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Careful now pardner, expectations aren't welcome round these parts.
 
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Can't Wait!
 
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Appreciate that encouraging FYI, Chatt-townVOL. We truly do have a lot of superior pieces in place for this rebuild.

In reality, I expect the facts you pointed out will show up in our recruiting at least two years before we see it on the field.

There are only 11 players on defense, yet every play requires coordinated anticipation, recognition, management, and execution by all 11 to create one successful defensive play. And all eleven have to perform those tasks without mental or physical breakdown. So one small mistake by one player can negate perfect execution by the other 10.

My point is, to rebuild our defense from where it was last year is a task measured in years, not games. To be brutally frank, impatient fans will be a liability for the program over the next 2-3 years. I absolutely expect improvement this season--I just don't expect to see that improvement reflected on the scoreboard this season.

But we have the right, necessary pieces in place for where we are. Thanks for posting more proof of that. I just don't believe that on the field we yet have the necessary experienced and developed pieces in place.
 
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KBVol said:
Bodies does not equal depth. If you have players, none of which have much playing experience and none of which have proven the ability to play in the SEC at even an average level, then you don’t have depth. We have zero depth at DL. We have some athletes with promise and potential who may surprise and step up this year. But as of today, we have zero DL depth.
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I have to disagree that depth and talent are two different things. By my definition, we have plenty of bodies and plenty of depth. If our coaches do their job, they should be in good shape and have the talent to equal your definition of depth.

By your definition of depth, we really don’t know what we have, because they haven’t played enough to show their talent. Having little experience across a position group does not mean we lack talent.
So, we can’t really say there is zero depth anymore than we can say we have a lot of depth.

It’s semantics really. I think we both agree you need bodies and talent to compete in the SEC. To my point, we have the bodies, we have the conditioning and we quite possibly could have the talent and that would equal depth by your definition.
 
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Eastknox865 said:
You call it scared I call it smart.
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This is what I don’t get on here. It’s like some people would rather predict a losing season and gain some credibility on a forum than actually hope their team wins.

Sorry, I’m an “orange colored glasses sunshine pumper” of the worst kind. But I’m also a “wake up at 5am to go set up the tailgate” kind of fan as well. So I come by it honestly.
 
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clarencepeabody said:
This is what I don’t get on here. It’s like some people would rather predict a losing season and gain some credibility on a forum than actually hope their team wins.

Sorry, I’m an “orange colored glasses sunshine pumper” of the worst kind. But I’m also a “wake up at 5am to go set up the tailgate” kind of fan as well. So I come by it honestly.
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I haven't predicted anything hell I go to every home game believing we win. But after 10 plus years of getting our ass kicked I personally don't believe in being a offseason champion I'm going to wait and see. So why is that a problem?
 
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