Vols Fall Practice #6

[WillisWG]

They don’t ask the question because people like you would then say they are being too negative. Knoxville media are too scared to upset coaches and the sunshine pumpers.

People like me? You don't scat if you think you know me

 

[WillisWG]

New-look Tennessee football offensive line competing for open spots during training camp

Lance Heard, Andrej Karic, Cooper Mays, Javontez Spraggins and John Campbell Jr. trotted to the field and lined up left-to-right in the trenches for the first snap in 2024.

www.utdailybeacon.com

Tennessee football pass rushers working to move needle with new depth

Tennessee football’s defense was ranked near the top of the country last season, and the defensive line’s ability to control the trenches was a big reason why.

www.utdailybeacon.com

 

[VAVol85]

New-look Tennessee football offensive line competing for open spots during training camp

Lance Heard, Andrej Karic, Cooper Mays, Javontez Spraggins and John Campbell Jr. trotted to the field and lined up left-to-right in the trenches for the first snap in 2024.

www.utdailybeacon.com

Tennessee football pass rushers working to move needle with new depth

Tennessee football’s defense was ranked near the top of the country last season, and the defensive line’s ability to control the trenches was a big reason why.

www.utdailybeacon.com

From the first article:

If Satterwhite earns a starting role, he will be the first of Elarbee’s recruits to start a game at Tennessee. Elarbee is entering season five as the position coach for the Vols.

Hope Elarbee gets this issue fixed. The inability to evaluate, retain and develop HS recruits is concerning even if he has been able to assemble a good OL most years. Of course Sanders could also change the narrative.

 

[MemphisVol77]

What I’m getting out of most of these reports is that we are darn good at routes on air - So we’ve got that going for us, which is good.

That's what off-season championships are made of.

I haven't quantified it like recruiting metrics and blue chip ratios, but teams that win off-season championships are more likely to win real championships than teams that don't.

 

[swchandler1988]

From the first article:

If Satterwhite earns a starting role, he will be the first of Elarbee’s recruits to start a game at Tennessee. Elarbee is entering season five as the position coach for the Vols.

Hope Elarbee gets this issue fixed. The inability to evaluate, retain and develop HS recruits is concerning even if he has been able to assemble a good OL most years. Of course Sanders could also change the narrative.

GE recruited Heard Karic and Campbell to transfer to UT, Cooper and Sprag had their spots before GE was o line coach. Lazy article

 

[T2P_Priceless]

From the first article:

If Satterwhite earns a starting role, he will be the first of Elarbee’s recruits to start a game at Tennessee. Elarbee is entering season five as the position coach for the Vols.

Hope Elarbee gets this issue fixed. The inability to evaluate, retain and develop HS recruits is concerning even if he has been able to assemble a good OL most years. Of course Sanders could also change the narrative.

Its going to either be Satterwhite at C and/or Jesse Perry at G. He recruited them both...also, David Sanders

 

[VOLFan65]

he’s in great shape, healthy, and is taking a very vocal and role in the locker room.

Had the pleasure of meeting Jesse Perry. If this kid can’t play it is truly the biggest waste of a frame I’ve seen. Kid is an absolute monster and carries it well. Legit 6’6” 330 and still looks athletic. I know Charles McRae, Tim Irwin and Albert Haynesworth, and he immediately reminded me of those guys in terms of just size. No offense to some of the guys we’ve had, but they just didn’t have SEC size. we need to get back to those kind of bodies on the O-Line.

Great news about Heard. Hopefully, it translates onto the field this fall. He has the physical tools to be a first round pick—he’s a massive human. Hopefully with him being in great shape, he becomes more agile.

Interested to see how Perry develops as well!

 

[MurphyVol]

I hope you're right. A recurring theme on VN has been that Coach Heupel "didn't trust Joe Milton and Nico" to run the offense and throw but there's also the possibility that Coach Heupel didn't trust our RECEIVERS to execute their routes well also.

He obviously trusted Hyatt and Tillman and Co to be where they needed to be and get open but maybe it's not JUST the QB who has struggled since 2022.

What I don't understand, is that this offense was once thought of to be very simplistic but it ran at warp speed. The talk was that it was easy to learn and that the secret sauce was the speed at which it was executed. I know it's sacrelidge to have a knock against JH (and I love the guy too) but the offense post-Hooker seems to get slower and slower and it looks like a bunch of dive plays and horizontal passes at times. I also felt like Milton and Nico passed on way too many opportunities to run the ball.

I think the way this offense ran in the early days of JH was deadly with a mobile QB. The wide splits gave tons opportunities for a QB to get an easy seven yards and slide.

 

[Jackcrevol]

Surprised we havent heard about Nic Moore.

 

[Skooter]

Should we be concerned with Joseph?

Long season. No sense in a senior starter trying to push through something right now and have it linger or get worse by the time we play. We know what we have with him.
Good reps for others

 

[fearsvols]

What I don't understand, is that this offense was once thought of to be very simplistic but it ran at warp speed. The talk was that it was easy to learn and that the secret sauce was the speed at which it was executed. I know it's sacrelidge to have a knock against JH (and I love the guy too) but the offense post-Hooker seems to get slower and slower and it looks like a bunch of dive plays and horizontal passes at times. I also felt like Milton and Nico passed on way too many opportunities to run the ball.

I think the way this offense ran in the early days of JH was deadly with a mobile QB. The wide splits gave tons opportunities for a QB to get an easy seven yards and slide.

Each season just lines up differently, depth at qb plays a huge factor in how much you want them to run. One thing I’ve noticed JH does is eliminate the things,a qb doesn’t do well, in the play calling. Milton struggled seeing the safeties drop so you saw less calls between the hashes. I imagine if Aguilar wins the job you will see more roll out throws since that is something he excels at

 

[SayUWantAreVOLution]

What I don't understand, is that this offense was once thought of to be very simplistic but it ran at warp speed. The talk was that it was easy to learn and that the secret sauce was the speed at which it was executed. I know it's sacrelidge to have a knock against JH (and I love the guy too) but the offense post-Hooker seems to get slower and slower and it looks like a bunch of dive plays and horizontal passes at times. I also felt like Milton and Nico passed on way too many opportunities to run the ball.

I think the way this offense ran in the early days of JH was deadly with a mobile QB. The wide splits gave tons opportunities for a QB to get an easy seven yards and slide.

We're winning and winning a lot so Heupel is getting it done. That said, we're not running the offense like Josh did in 2022 obviously.

Is it WR talent?
Is it QB talent?
Is it OLine talent?
Is it Heupel realizing the SEC "caught up" to his offense and changing?
Is it Heupel actually changing his philosophy on offense?

I do not know. I know we've won MORE games running Heupel's "dull offense and great defense" than we did running Heupel's "exciting high tempo" offense.

I've suggested the high tempo offense ISN'T that easy for QBs to operate efficiently. I've repeatedly said, If only 1 in 3 SEC caliber QBs can run your offense efficiently, something has to give.

I come back to: we're winning. I'd rather win than watch the high tempo offense lose. For now, I have to trust Josh Heupel sees why our offense has changed and maybe he no longer wants to run tempo and veer and shoot like he once did.

It's hard to argue with his record just because we feel it's not "the cool offense" anymore. That said, I miss "the cool offense"...... A LOT.