This game magnifies Heupel’s deficiencies

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VolTom1 said:
Its more than that, its literally bad play calling, mistakes, and bad coaching in the secondary. This has been the same thing over the years now. At least try and fix them... Make coaching changes, get more portal people. DO ANYTHING other than the same thing over and over again thinking it will work.
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Sounds like insanity
 
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Heupel is a below average coach when it comes to game management. Like grades at a D. He is decent as a play caller but at times makes some head scratching decisions with that as well.

Our defense needs to learn how to tackle correctly. This is on the coaches. If they can’t tackle in practice and on the game field then they should be used to running the steps on Neyland on Sundays.

Secondary play is horrid. I’ve never understood why corners look at the reciever in coverage rather than turn and locate the ball. This is coaching.

The two issues I have that are player related is receivers not catching the ball with all the constant drops and their lack of discipline with the fouls.

All in all my frustrations with this team are 70% coaching and 30% player related.
 
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That was his Bill Battle moment on that interception play. Battle went for it on 4th down against Georgia on his own 35 and did not make it. The fan base never forgave him after that.

This team will have a very difficult time against OU and Vandy. I am very disappointed in the coaching this season.
 
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LegionnaireOfTheMiserable said:
There is no reason to call play action when there is no threat of the run. There is especially no reason to call play action when the other team calls timeout to make sure everyone knows there is no threat of the run.

Penalties galore in every game. We drop more passes than anyone in the country. Heupel beats himself, and his teams beat themselves. If he could get out of his own way, he could be very good. But this was unacceptable and inexcusable in year 5 against a beatable Bama team.
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That final sequence was bad. UT had 1 timeout left with 11-15 seconds left. First and goal at the 3ish yard line. By running the ball on 1st down and not getting in, you had to burn your last timeout and now you are much more predictable on 2nd down. At least if you throw the ball on 1st and even 2nd down, and if those fall incomplete, you can run the ball on 3rd down, burn the timeout if needed, and have an open playbook on 4th.

Also, not to pile on but UT’s tackling was clearly bad tonight, but defensive pursuit angles were repeatedly bad tonight also. I think we got spoiled by a dominant veteran defense last year. The silver lining is that these young guys are very talented and are now getting invaluable experience and playing time now that will only benefit them in the future.
 
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LegionnaireOfTheMiserable said:
There is no reason to call play action when there is no threat of the run. There is especially no reason to call play action when the other team calls timeout to make sure everyone knows there is no threat of the run.

Penalties galore in every game. We drop more passes than anyone in the country. Heupel beats himself, and his teams beat themselves. If he could get out of his own way, he could be very good. But this was unacceptable and inexcusable in year 5 against a beatable Bama team.
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This is it. Pre snap penalties and mistakes on offense every game, consistent issues in secondary year after year, and horrific play calling critical situations.
 
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Ned Ray McWorkher said:
The deficiency is in the roster. Turpentine and Telander can't be the starters on a championship level defensive team. We need athletes. High level talent to really complement the defensive line. We aren't good enough.

Right before half, Aguilar should have thrown the ball away and let us kick at a field goal. Ultimately blame the head coach but also understand what went on.
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May i ask you why in the hell we have a roster deficiency in year 5? Who's fault is that
 
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onevol74 said:
That was his Bill Battle moment on that interception play. Battle went for it on 4th down against Georgia on his own 35 and did not make it. The fan base never forgave him after that.

This team will have a very difficult time against OU and Vandy. I am very disappointed in the coaching this season.
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To me, it reminded me of Guarantano going rogue and trying to sneak it in, then fumbling and Bama running it back.
 
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One problem is every year we have too many players who do not play because of injuries. What good is talent if it is sitting on the bench most of the year?
 
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#38
Offense cost us 10 points.. Bad pass and a bad play call. The clock management alone is just ridiculously bad.. Need to quit making these games harder than they should be. I know Tennessee is a young team but the coaching isn't young and it's letting them down bad at times.
 
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Lots of coaching and execution blunders. No wide receiver depth and secondary injuries are almost impossible to overcome. Defensive line is too weak. Must have whiffed in recruiting. Disappointing…
 
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All I hope is that the season doesn't go off the rails after this. Kentucky, Florida, Oklahoma, and Vandy are all potential losses now.
 
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rocketskates said:
What about coming out in a formation, the defense calls a timeout to address said formation and you come back out in the SAME formation, the corner reads the play like a children's book and takes it the opposite way. Probably the most frustrating part of the game.
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THE EXACT SAME FORMATION. This is why it's not on Aguilar. I mean yeah, he still threw it but what a pathetic coaching effort there
 
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Ned Ray McWorkher said:
The deficiency is in the roster. Turpentine and Telander can't be the starters on a championship level defensive team. We need athletes. High level talent to really complement the defensive line. We aren't good enough.

Right before half, Aguilar should have thrown the ball away and let us kick at a field goal. Ultimately blame the head coach but also understand what went on.
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As it wound up...if we had kicked the FG before half we would have been tied 23-23 with Bama in the middle of the 2nd half.....And why do we go for it on 4th and 19 when we need a FG to get it under 3 scores?!! There was so many coaching blunders in this game...Just awful.
 
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A-RodWiLks said:
THE EXACT SAME FORMATION. This is why it's not on Aguilar. I mean yeah, he still threw it but what a pathetic coaching effort there
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Right. This isn’t playing CFB 26 on junior varisity difficulty, these coaches study film. We’ve run that play to Kits several times this year, they knew it was coming as was evident by the corner reading the entire play.
 
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