Lane Kiffin's Honesty

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champyvol said:
he should have pulled crompton after halftime when he was picked. crompton is a headcase. when he makes one mistake it is all downhill. honestly i would have liked to see him try anything. he basically just gave up. either we would win it with our backs or not at all.
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Crompton threw a pick last week. I believe he followed it with 5 TDs. You don't pull your starting QB after one pick against a pretty good defense. If you think he gave up, you don't understand Lane Kiffin's past very well.
 
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kptvol said:
Crompton threw a pick last week. I believe he followed it with 5 TDs. You don't pull your starting QB after one pick against a pretty good defense. If you think he gave up, you don't understand Lane Kiffin's past very well.
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we were playing a highschool football team. give me a break
 
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UCLA knew we were going to run the ball. Kiffin trusted in his oline to get the job done and they failed. The decision to run a pass play in that situation would have been even more questionable than running up the gut.
 
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champyvol said:
we were playing a highschool football team. give me a break
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UCLA is a lot better this year than last year. The QB from last year that beat us is third string now. Their defense is pretty impressive, too. Brian Price will get drafted pretty high.
 
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kptvol said:
UCLA is a lot better this year than last year. The QB from last year that beat us is third string now. Their defense is pretty impressive, too. Brian Price will get drafted pretty high.
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i'll give you that. ucla did seem much improved. it still doesn't change the fact lane called a horrible game.
 
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SpringBokVol said:
While it still sucks to have lost, I really enjoyed how honest Lane Kiffin was in his post game interviews and during his show. It was truly refreshing.

No mincing of words and no general statements. He gave good solid info, said they should have won by 14, put the blame on the coaches and the offenses inabilities and praised the defense.

He speaks his mind and I for one enjoy it.
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Honesty is nice, but did Kiffin give any details on why UT should have beaten UCLA by 14? He's basically saying he had the better team when 24 hours earlier that was proven to not be the case.

It's a very curious thing for a defeated coach to say especially after a game that seemed very even. IMHO Kiffin is trying to keep the UT fan base happy by supporting their belief that the Vols are automatically better than everybody they play who is not in the SEC.

I am not saying that what he said was a bad public relations move. What he said may have been smart from that standpoint. But you just don't hear that type of response often from a defeated coach.

Finally, would Kiffin have said that if the Bruins were on the UT schedule next year?

Not a big deal and nothing worth losing sleep over but just curious.
 
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vol4eva said:
UCLA knew we were going to run the ball. Kiffin trusted in his oline to get the job done and they failed. The decision to run a pass play in that situation would have been even more questionable than running up the gut.
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which all comes down to coaching. a man that throws the ball into the ground on a 4th and 9 should not be on the field.
 
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Bruleif said:
Honesty is nice, but did Kiffin give any details on why UT should have beaten UCLA by 14? He's basically saying he had the better team when 24 hours earlier that was proven to not be the case.

It's a very curious thing for a defeated coach to say especially after a game that seemed very even. IMHO Kiffin is trying to keep the UT fan base happy by supporting their belief that the Vols are automatically better than everybody they play who is not in the SEC.

I am not saying that what he said was a bad public relations move. What he said may have been smart from that standpoint. But you just don't hear that type of response often from a defeated coach.

Finally, would Kiffin have said that if the Bruins were on the UT schedule next year?

Not a big deal and nothing worth losing sleep over but just curious.
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good point.
 
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Bruleif said:
Honesty is nice, but did Kiffin give any details on why UT should have beaten UCLA by 14? He's basically saying he had the better team when 24 hours earlier that was proven to not be the case.

It's a very curious thing for a defeated coach to say especially after a game that seemed very even. IMHO Kiffin is trying to keep the UT fan base happy by supporting their belief that the Vols are automatically better than everybody they play who is not in the SEC.

I am not saying that what he said was a bad public relations move. What he said may have been smart from that standpoint. But you just don't hear that type of response often from a defeated coach.

Finally, would Kiffin have said that if the Bruins were on the UT schedule next year?

Not a big deal and nothing worth losing sleep over but just curious.
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3 picks lead to 3 field goals. Now 3 FG = 9 points

1 fumbled snap lead to 1 Touchdown and 1 extra point. 1 Touchdown = 6 points. 1 Extra Point = 1 point. Total = 7 points

9 + 7 = 16 points

He is basically saying that TN gave UCLA 16 points. Not to mention that we failed to run it in from the 3 yard line. 23 point swing.

I firmly believe that he still would have said if UCLA was on the schedule next year or next week.
 
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GoVols2003 said:
3 picks lead to 3 field goals. Now 3 FG = 9 points

1 fumbled snap lead to 1 Touchdown and 1 extra point. 1 Touchdown = 6 points. 1 Extra Point = 1 point. Total = 7 points

9 + 7 = 16 points

He is basically saying that TN gave UCLA 16 points. Not to mention that we failed to run it in from the 3 yard line. 22 point swing.

I firmly believe that he still would have said if UCLA was on the schedule next year or next week.
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nothing he can say will change the fact that we lost, and showed no improvement over last years team.
 
#38
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champyvol said:
put nuke in and run the option, i don't care. the man is suppose to be a offensive guru. he called the game like fulmer used to. he could have put stevens in. he could have tried.
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Sigh....another one of these posters. UCLA played defense so that we HAD to beat them through the air. The Nu-Gun would not have worked. UCLA had 8-9 in the box the whole time, meaning they were intent on stuffing the run. We still had over 100 yards rushing given that UCLA stacked the line EVERY play. Give the coaches credit, their playcalling was pretty damn good actually. Your playbook is limited when you can't pass the ball to spread the defense across the field to open up space for the run. So sure, go ahead and play armchair quarterback...but at least use some reason bud. Go Vols.
 
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You want a gimmick. Why did we not run a trick play..blah blah blah....

We are TENNESSEE. We play in the best conference in the land. If you can not man up and get 3 yards in the 4th quarter with the ball game on the line, then you simply DO NOT deserve to win.
 
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GoVols2003 said:
You want a gimmick. Why did we not run a trick play..blah blah blah....

We are TENNESSEE. We play in the best conference in the land. If you can not man up and get 3 yards in the 4th quarter with the ball game on the line, then you simply DO NOT deserve to win.
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and we didn't
 
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lylsmorr said:
Sigh....another one of these posters. UCLA played defense so that we HAD to beat them through the air. The Nu-Gun would not have worked. UCLA had 8-9 in the box the whole time, meaning they were intent on stuffing the run. We still had over 100 yards rushing given that UCLA stacked the line EVERY play. Give the coaches credit, their playcalling was pretty damn good actually. Your playbook is limited when you can't pass the ball to spread the defense across the field to open up space for the run. So sure, go ahead and play armchair quarterback...but at least use some reason bud. Go Vols.
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so basically i guess we won't win another game all season, because this is all we are going to see. somehow you have to get yards through the air. it is the coaches responsibility to figure this out. that is why he gets paid the big money. espn said it, the broadcasters said it, and everybody knows that the game calling was bad. we won't win 4 games this year or next year unless he can throw the football. by the way there were some open recievers its just that crompton overthrew them or bounced the ball to them or threw the ball to late.
 
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champyvol said:
so basically i guess we won't win another game all season, because this is all we are going to see. somehow you have to get yards through the air. it is the coaches responsibility to figure this out. that is why he gets paid the big money. espn said it, the broadcasters said it, and everybody knows that the game calling was bad. we won't win 4 games this year or next year unless he can throw the football. by the way there were some open recievers its just that crompton overthrew them or bounced the ball to them or threw the ball to late.
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Exacty Mr Football Guru, you just answered your own question. It wasn't the coaches fault we didn't have a good passing game it was the QB, who couldn't execute. Glad you found some logic
 
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Bruleif said:
It's a very curious thing for a defeated coach to say especially after a game that seemed very even. IMHO Kiffin is trying to keep the UT fan base happy by supporting their belief that the Vols are automatically better than everybody they play who is not in the SEC.
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I'd say he's probably trying to help the team believe they aren't really worse than a team that went 3-10 last year or whatever.
 
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I don't think UCLA is a good football team. They made too many penalties and turnovers that kept UT drives alive and gave easy points. Plus their redshirt freshmen QB, made a lot of freshmen mistakes. That was a beatable team IMHO.

Their defense looked good, because everyone in the stadium knew UT was going to run in the 2nd half, because UT had no pass offense to speak of. If UT doesn't develop some kind of balanced offense, then it's going to be more of the same. Stacked line, and no running room.
 
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lylsmorr said:
Exacty Mr Football Guru, you just answered your own question. It wasn't the coaches fault we didn't have a good passing game it was the QB, who couldn't execute. Glad you found some logic
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it is the coaches responsibility to find plays to get the recievers the ball. he should have tried stevens. crompton is the goat can't deny that, but to leave him out there the way he did was terrible.
 
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champyvol said:
so basically i guess we won't win another game all season, because this is all we are going to see. somehow you have to get yards through the air. it is the coaches responsibility to figure this out. that is why he gets paid the big money. espn said it, the broadcasters said it, and everybody knows that the game calling was bad. we won't win 4 games this year or next year unless he can throw the football. by the way there were some open recievers its just that crompton overthrew them or bounced the ball to them or threw the ball to late.
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Crompton missed a wide open Gerald Jones for a TD. He also missed a wide open TE for a TD and we had to settle for a field goal. That's on Crompton, not playcalling. He makes those two plays and we win.
 
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oklavol said:
I don't think UCLA is a good football team. They made too many penalties and turnovers that kept UT drives alive and gave UT easy points.

Their defense looked good, because everyone in the stadium knew UT was going to run, because UT had no pass offense to speak of. If UT doesn't develop some kind of balanced offense, then it's going to be more of the same. Stacked line, and no running room.
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which will lead to a 5-7 season and alot of questions.
 
#50
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champyvol said:
it is the coaches responsibility to find plays to get the recievers the ball. he should have tried stevens. crompton is the goat can't deny that, but to leave him out there the way he did was terrible.
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I believe there is a reason Lane Kiffin is head coach and not you my friend. Kiff PUBLICLY said he is not rotating quarterbacks in the middle of the game. If you think you can do better, go apply for the UT head coaching job.
 
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