Vol football is in good hands

#29
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OrangeAllDay said:
Bro UT boosters have money. I mean look at Fulky. As much as I love the guy, he’s no where near the best player on the basketball team, and he’s raking in the money from endorsements. Honestly our rebuild is probably easier with the new NIL in my opinion. Hell our 3 rd string quarterback has an endorsement t-shirt deal. You act like we’re ETSU or something.
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You have to have the money people interested with winning which is happening in Bball. It's a double edge sword you have to be winning to get numerous big money on board. Yeah, they will be a few on teams but the bigger boys that are winning have the enthusiasm to do whole team deals. Hope it happens at UT but I see us going in the other direction even with season tickets being revamped. But Hope Springs eternal.
 
#30
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Rocky Top Raby said:
Oh my god enough of these coach worshipping posts after we get obliterated by our rivals once again. Arkansas is in good hands, we are a joke until proven otherwise.
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Were you really expecting a win? Reality needs to set in with you brother, we're not going to beat the Florida's, Alabamas or Georgia's this year and prob not next year with the roster we currently have. It is what it is until Heupel has had time to rebuild it. I respect the fact you're disappointed in the lose but look for the small encouraging signs that the program is in good hands and making progress even with the lack of depth and talent that we have.
 
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I think it's too early to anoint or bash JH.

Two ways to look at yesterday's game:

Team seemed ready in first half. They did not quit like we've seen before. There were some well designed plays.

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Penalties are ridiculous. We have a talent gap with UF that will not be closed at the current level we're recruiting. Pruitt's average loss to UF was by 23 points, so ultimately this feels status quo.

I think next week we'll find out a little more about this staff and team. I hope we don't go to Mizzou and sleepwalk through the first half of a road game with a noon kickoff. This is a winnable game and the coaches need to have the guys up and ready for it. I do not want to see the ol' UF hangover next week.
 
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Rocky Top Raby said:
Oh my god enough of these coach worshipping posts after we get obliterated by our rivals once again. Arkansas is in good hands, we are a joke until proven otherwise.
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You have a very low football IQ if you though Heupel had the horses to go into Florida and open up a can on one of the best coaches and teams in the country
 
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I had no expectations of us winning yesterday but I am encouraged. We hung with them in the first half and should have had the lead at halftime were it not for that drop. Too many dumb penalties (again) and ill-timed bad plays killed us.
 
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Jaws said:
As for Florida, I continue to be amazed at Mullen’s ability to adapt his offenses to fit his personnel. To go from one of the greatest finesse and timing passing offenses in school and NCAA history, to then stop, completely flip it around, and now become an offense that leads the country in rushing, a mauling, ground and pound style rush attack, is amazing.

I think both UF and UT are in really good shape with their current head coaches.
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As an MSU grad and Mississippi native, I’m pretty familiar with Mullen. Actually had a chance to meet him a couple times. Been to some practices. Asked him to take a photo with my nephews during the week of SEC Media Days in Destin. Great coach and excellent at leading a program.

What we saw last night and what you’ll see for the rest of the year is vintage Mullen. Very similar style as what he did with Dak. When you give him a mobile QB, you can expect to run the ball well against everyone and you can expect the QB to be developed as well as anyone. By the time Jones/Richardson are juniors and seniors I expect Florida to be in the playoffs. There’s a chance this year, but with the Bama loss already it’s not likely. Next year will be special.
 
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volfan_28 said:
As an MSU grad and Mississippi native, I’m pretty familiar with Mullen. Actually had a chance to meet him a couple times. Been to some practices. Asked him to take a photo with my nephews during the week of SEC Media Days in Destin. Great coach and excellent at leading a program.

What we saw last night and what you’ll see for the rest of the year is vintage Mullen. Very similar style as what he did with Dak. When you give him a mobile QB, you can expect to run the ball well against everyone and you can expect the QB to be developed as well as anyone. By the time Jones/Richardson are juniors and seniors I expect Florida to be in the playoffs. There’s a chance this year, but with the Bama loss already it’s not likely. Next year will be special.
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I think he’s going to win the SEC and get over this Bama hump with AR at QB. He’s exactly the kind of “special player” it takes to beat an Alabama (Manzeil, Borrow, Cam, Tebow) types.
 
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Rocky Top Raby said:
People literally said the same thing about Pruitt just because he said football and cornbread in the same sentence. We are a joke until proven otherwise and another ass whooping by the hands of Florida only proves it further.
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This. I'll give JH he appears better than Pruitt but I've heard all this talk with every other coach since Fulmer and I'm just not going to really entertain it much until he has about 2 seasons at least under his belt. I'm not going to call for his head or expect much but by the same token I'm not starting this "we finally got a coach" crap either.

The jury will be out a good while and JH will get a good while to prove himself.
 
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Jaws said:
Pruitt was a joke. Heupel is not.
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Yes, but most didn't think Pruitt was a joke until it was completely obvious. And most didn't think Jones was joke until it was completely obvious. And most didn't think Dooley was a joke until it completely obvious. And the whole "If you can't see this staff is miles better than the last" talk happened with each previous coach.

He will get his 3-5 years, and anyone writing him off is silly, but people need to pump the brakes on the praise of him too.
 
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Clad in Big Orange said:
Yeah, classy post but....you probably wouldn't be here if there was an ounce of concern that the Vols might finally be on the right track. Thanks anyway. Mullen is truly a better coach than I hoped he would be.
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I'm definitely getting some "Bammers telling us Dooley is the guy" vibes from this thread.
 
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Jaws said:
That first half is a precursor of what can/will be. I thought UT looked very well-coached on both sides of the ball, the players were disciplined and motivated and UT more than held their own against one of the top teams in the SEC/Nation. That was the most well-coached UT team I’ve seen since 2016 for sure.

Heupel’s offense is hard to deal with. They’re going to move the ball on people. And when Huepel gets a really skilled QB, they’re going to be an elite offense. That’s not a shot at Hooker, but can you imagine a Matt Corral type running this UT offense? I predict TN will win a game or two they’re not supposed to this year. And I also think if UT fans give Huepel enough time, he’s going to have UT contend in the SEC East. It may take 3-5 years, but Huepel knows what the hell he’s doing with offensive football. Going forward, TN has to win these “50-50” games against the SC/KY/Missouri’s of the world, and then find a spot to go out and pick off one of the big ones.

As for Florida, I continue to be amazed at Mullen’s ability to adapt his offenses to fit his personnel. To go from one of the greatest finesse and timing passing offenses in school and NCAA history, to then stop, completely flip it around, and now become an offense that leads the country in rushing, a mauling, ground and pound style rush attack, is amazing.

I think both UF and UT are in really good shape with their current head coaches.
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Mullen is one of the more underrated coaches in the country IMO.

The graphic they showed of his previous QBs and their success is a testament to his ability.

Jury remains out on Heupel.

Personally getting Butch Jones vibes so far though to an extent. Heupel is Jones minus the lousy, thin-skinned attitude and used car salesman shtick. Good offense with a lack of handle on the fundamentals.

The defense and special teams are performing better than expected for the most part.

The inconsistent offense can be improved with better QB play and I think will end up eclipsing anything Jones did here if he gets an elite QB.

The head scratching time management, lack of discipline with the penalties, and substitution issues all have to get cleaned up if this team is going to make a bowl this year however.
 
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aRmo said:
I think he’s a good offensive minded coach. But he has to learn to clean up the penalties. It haunted him at UCF aswell. Florida was beatable last night. If Callaway had caught the ball on 4th and 5 he would have scored and changed the momentum of the game. Drops and not being disciplined is haunting us.
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I'm tired of this take. Beatable by whom? Tenn played their butts off but they lost by 24 points. A TD by Calloway only brings them to within 10 and Florida scored a TD on the next drive with no problem Take away 2 big plays and it's a shutout.

Man, I haven't figured out why negavols get blasted as having too high expectations. The OP and takes like this are why the opposite is true. Always thinking they're going to do better or was closer than we think waaay more often than is the case.
 
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Whether the Vols are in good hands will be answered with the recruiting class. I honestly think this is the most undertalented Vol team I've seen since Bill Battle's last year (I was around back then). I'll give the coaching staff credit for putting some fighting spirit in the team, but there's an old saying, 'you can't put in what God left out'. The Vols weren't outcoached yesterday; they were outmanned, badly.
 
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