Your opinion on Heupel

Opinion

  • We need him many more years, he will win a championship

    Votes: 91 13.1%

  • He is great, more than we could ask for right now

    Votes: 83 11.9%

  • He is good, he is at least the best we could have

    Votes: 206 29.6%

  • He is average, middle of the pack for SEC

    Votes: 241 34.6%

  • He is under average and does not deliver what is expected

    Votes: 34 4.9%

  • He is a poor coach we need to be looking

    Votes: 15 2.2%

  • He is a terrible coach, the time is long overdue

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Other, explain

    Votes: 6 0.9%

  • No vote just results

    Votes: 21 3.0%
  • Total voters
    697
#102
#102
Flipdaddy said:
How do you have this huge stadium, huge fanbase, big money and have this poor of a football team year in and year out?
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Poor football team year in and year out? We were in the playoffs last year. Could’ve beat UGA if we had a kicker and I think the kicker and some ill timed turnovers cost us this game as well. My God it’s like yall dont even watch the games and just get a notification on your phone that say “we lost” and yall are ready to move on from a coach that most teams would kill for.
 
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#103
#103
marcusluvsvols said:
Stupid crap like this is why most people avoid the FF...especially after a loss.

We have averaged 10 wins per year over the last 3 years and drunk/ignorant people say stuff like " we have a poor football team every year".

Before tonight CJH has only lost 2 games at home in almost 4 years...both to UGA. Beat Bama and flarda both times too.

Any of yall that think we can grab a better coach than CJH are out of your damn minds and need to talk to LSU, Flarda, and pretty much every other fanbase in the SEC thats being honest. Kirby is the only coach in the SEC that can logically claim to be better than CJH. Even Lame and DeBoer still havent made the playoffs.
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In all seriousness, I don’t think he should be fired by any means but I’m just tired of never being elite. Alabama hired Scut Farkis, lost to Florida state and now miraculously puts it all together. We have not won the sec since Fulmer. That stings. This is year 5 and we should be in the hunt. All we do is lay eggs.
 
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#106
#106
OrangeTsar said:
Heup and Banks both coached fine tonight. We lost because we got physically beat in the trenches; because we made two many mistakes; and OU gave Joey some confusing looks that he wasn’t prepared for.
Our inability to get push from the OL for our run game to get going was the deciding factor.
They basically manhandled us. That is a roster issue. This year was always going to be challenging. Aguilar’s above average play gave us false hope early in the season. We just didn’t have enough quality players in enough depth.
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Yeah Oklahoma had 3rd and 16 and Mateer ran for 20 yards, good ole Tim Banks!!!!
 
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#108
#108
He is good at some things. He is creative and has a mind for offense but it breaks down during the game. His presence has helped us have a run game-something we lacked for quite awhile. He's done an above average job in recruiting-though it could be better. His teams are undisciplined. His play calling or the people he trusts to play call isn't great and he never makes the kind of choices good coaches make. Has he fired anyone? His clock management went from great to bad.
 
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#109
#109
With Heupel you’re always going to recruit good QBs and WRs. In theory that sets the floor at 8 wins. I’ll take that all day.

With a great defense he gets you into the playoffs. With a great defense AND a great running game he’s competing for a natty.

Last year was weird because our QB and WRs were bad but we beat Bama and Florida and went to the playoffs anyway.

This year the passing attack is great but our leading RB is a former walkon and the defense is bad.

Next year the running game should be back, but QB will be inexperienced. Defense??

Reality is the stars aren’t going to align consistently with Heupel. I’m cool with that. Unfortunately most Vol fans are still living in the 90s
 
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#113
EricberryFAN said:
I'd fire him if we could get Gruden. That's about it

Idk if he has what it takes to win huge games. I honestly think this loss was more on Joey, Oline, Dline. I think the play calling and game management is questionable more often than not.
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You play offense for show and defense for dough. We need better defensive backs , faster linebackers. We played dominating defense in the nineties. Heuple needs to change some of the defensive coaches . This is a very big challenge for head coaches. The great coaches like Bear, Saban , Neyland would do what was necessary. Great coaches get the most from their players and coaches. The vols defense this year. has been one of the worst UT has had ever. I want to see Heuple take bold decisive steps. If he tolerates mediocrity on defense , he will never win a national title at TN.
 
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#114
#114
I think Heupel is a decent coach, but he should demand better out of himself, his staff, and most of all his players. He waited until a freshman from Kentucky lit up the D to get mad about it, and it’s been a problem all year. Our penalty situation has been BAD the entire time he’s been here.

All of these problems can be fixed! Take a long hard look into all of it and do something about it. No excuses going forward, just demand better all around. Hold everyone from the OC to the towel boy accountable and that includes Heupel himself. Don’t just say it in your post game speech! Do it!
 
#116
#116
I think CJH is a 7-5 to 9-3 type coach. This conference is a shark tank . . . As evidenced by Napier, Kelly, Pittman, etc.

Can we get anyone better? I don’t know. Maybe not.

Will he win the SEC? Very unlikely.

What I do know is the themes of poor clock management, poor defense, road game woes, looking poorly coached with pre-snap penalties (admittedly better tonight), and teams that seem to lack focus / lack the ability to make plays in pressure situations . . . Are, to me, pretty obvious.

He needs better players on defense. He may need a new DC.

Maybe we beat Vandy and UF. I highly doubt it. Though maybe unfair (Vandy is legit good this year), when a UT coach loses to Vandy, it leaves a mark. Anyone who has watched UF defense along with the way we play on the road and with our history in the Swamp knows we are at BEST 50/50 in that game.

If he finishes 7-5 when talent wise this is maybe an 8-4 team with losses that look bad to end the year . . . He will not be fired. NO WAY. But, it will be the beginning of the end. JMO. And by that I mean 2 more years of the same trajectory.
 
#117
#117
The Original Fade said:
Why would that matter?
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For someone to choose UT over an LSU or Florida. They likely wouldn’t even then, but I think it could help in the decision. UT is not doing anything this year regardless. But I think it’s the beginning of the end for Heupel. The mistakes and lack of discipline are not what championship coaches do in year 5. I’m predicting another 2-3 years of 7-9 wins before our AD makes a change. He’s done a heck of a job making us respectable again, but it’s fairly clear that he’s not the guy to lead us to another level.
 
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#119
#119
Go47 said:
I think CJH is a 7-5 to 9-3 type coach. This conference is a shark tank . . . As evidenced by Napier, Kelly, Pittman, etc.

Can we get anyone better? I don’t know. Maybe not.

Will he win the SEC? Very unlikely.

What I do know is the themes of poor clock management, poor defense, road game woes, looking poorly coached with pre-snap penalties (admittedly better tonight), and teams that seem to lack focus / lack the ability to make plays in pressure situations . . . Are, to me, pretty obvious.

He needs better players on defense. He may need a new DC.

Maybe we beat Vandy and UF. I highly doubt it. Though maybe unfair (Vandy is legit good this year), when a UT coach loses to Vandy, it leaves a mark. Anyone who has watched UF defense along with the way we play on the road and with our history in the Swamp knows we are at BEST 50/50 in that game.

If he finishes 7-5 when talent wise this is maybe an 8-4 team with losses that look bad to end the year . . . He will not be fired. NO WAY. But, it will be the beginning of the end. JMO. And by that I mean 2 more years of the same trajectory.
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Good analysis.
 
#125
#125
I have a very large problem with the fact we have 5 wins over P4 teams with Winning records (end of season) over the Past 3 seasons…and most of those were 7-6 teams.

9 win- Bama 24’

8 wins- Florida 24’

7 wins- Vandy 24’ Kentucky 23’ A&M 23’
 
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