Ainge's resume

#77
#77
Vercingetorix said:
Probably because Ainge has to touch the ball first in order to hand it to the running backs. That makes them suck.
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Certainly was a contrubuting factor in the fumbled exchange this past Saturday.

If you have to depend on Foster to "make a play" ona routine hand off because your starting QB is injured, then that says a lot.

I realize you were being facetious, but even you have to come to terms with that truth.

Ainge is not a leader. He's not a QB that can win you a bowl game. He couldn't separate himself from Ole Miss' back up QB/receiver. He couldn't separate himself from a weak armed LSU outcast in Rick Clausen.

What more evidence do you need to figure out that he has been a contributing factor in our teams demise?
 
#78
#78
dickens821 said:
Love to see obvious troll threads get this many responses.
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I'm a battle-scarred veteran of the USENET flamewars back in the late 1980s. I have to confess that sometimes, late at night while drinking, I argue with what you kids these days call trolls almost for old times' sake.

I've found that it's really hard to Godwin a thread on a sports board, though. It's almost a shame.
 
#79
#79
Rasputin_Vol said:
Certainly was a contrubuting factor in the fumbled exchange this past Saturday.

If you have to depend on Foster to "make a play" ona routine hand off because your starting QB is injured, then that says a lot.

I realize you were being facetious, but even you have to come to terms with that truth.

Ainge is not a leader. He's not a QB that can win you a bowl game. He couldn't separate himself from Ole Miss' back up QB/receiver. He couldn't separate himself from a weak armed LSU outcast in Rick Clausen.

What more evidence do you need to figure out that he has been a contributing factor in our teams demise?
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:no:

And you are the reason I am for chemically neutering some people. Some people should just not be able to reproduce.
 
#83
#83
dickens821 said:
:no:

It's hard to believe there are people out there as stupid as you.
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What has Ainge ever done to deserve your defense of him? He's won 0 bowl games, hasn't played in one conference championship, hasn't been a leader, hasn't done squat...
 
#85
#85
hatvol96 said:
Leave it there. We'll use it for comedy in a couple of years.
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Yeah... I'm a fool for knowing before the season that 1) Ainge would be injured by October, 2) Fulmer and Carr were firmly planted on the hot seat, 3) that Ainge won't cut it in the NFL, 4) that Ainge has gotten waaaaayyy more slack cut to him than a speghetti armed LSU reject and a washed up Ole Miss receiver/back up QB that competed with him neck-and-neck for a starting spot, 5) and that Ainge will go down as the worst QB in nearly 35 years at the University of Tennessee (AJ Suggs and Matthews not withstanding).

Yeah... I'm the troll for posting that.

What am I missing hat?
 
#87
#87
dickens821 said:
And what has Crompton done?
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He can go 0-2 or 1-4 just as good as ainge can when given a short leash and not put in situations where he can get into a rhythm. Clausen would have suffered the same fate as CJ Leak and Scheaffer had it not been for the fact that Ainge sucked so horribly (and was injured) that they couldn't pull him after one or two series. They were forced to make Rick Clausen play a few snaps, get in a rhythm, and he eventually made plays. More memorable plays than Ainge, at least...
 
#88
#88
dickens821 said:
:no:

I hope you never reproduce. That child would be damaged irreparably
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That child (hopefully) will never see preseason #3 team go 5-6 and another Erik Ainge roll through Knoxville again.

I'll take that kind of brain damage 8 days a week...
 
#89
#89
Rasputin_Vol said:
What more evidence do you need to figure out that he has been a contributing factor in our teams demise?
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Erik Ainge was not on the roster when we blew the 2001 SEC championship game. Erik Ainge was not on the roster when we when 8-5 in 2002, including getting blown out by Maryland in the Chicken Bowl. Erik Ainge was not on the roster when the discipline problems that have eaten out our team's heart crept into the program, and Erik Ainge was not on the roster when we sleepwalked our way to a second consecutive Chicken Bowl loss to Clemson. In other words, this program was circling around the bowl while Erik Ainge was still in high school.

Has he been part of the problem? At times, sure. But he sure as hell hasn't had much of a team around him the whole time he's been here.
 
#90
#90
Rasputin_Vol said:
He can go 0-2 or 1-4 just as good as ainge can when given a short leash and not put in situations where he can get into a rhythm. Clausen would have suffered the same fate as CJ Leak and Scheaffer had it not been for the fact that Ainge sucked so horribly (and was injured) that they couldn't pull him after one or two series. They were forced to make Rick Clausen play a few snaps, get in a rhythm, and he eventually made plays. More memorable plays than Ainge, at least...
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Did you know... Ainge had the highest completion percentage in school history last year? I am sure you did know that, but you intentionally left it out of your little list . He's not a bad QB. He's a little fragile, but he'll be fine. Throwing downfield would not have won the games against Cal or Florida. Our defense flat out lost those games. The inability to score TDs in the red zone (against a top 5 team) was bad, but not our biggest problem.
 
#91
#91
Rasputin_Vol said:
That child (hopefully) will never see preseason #3 team go 5-6 and another Erik Ainge roll through Knoxville again.

I'll take that kind of brain damage 8 days a week...
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The kid won't be able to comprehend much, looking at what produced him.
 
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#92
#93
#93
Vercingetorix said:
Has he been part of the problem? At times, sure. But he sure as hell hasn't had much of a team around him the whole time he's been here.
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Erik Ainge is the straw that broke the camel's back. Fulmer and hin ineptness created the pre-existing conditions... Ainge was the last piece to create the perfect storm.

It's always something with Ainge. His shoulder. His knee. His ego. His pinky.

For somebody that has been here this long and done so little, more people make excuses for Ainge than they have for any other player in UT history. Heck, for all of the flack that peyton gets, he at least won a bowl game and an SEC championship.
 
#94
#94
givem6 said:
yeah but how many of those games did the defense f up a win?
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Duh. Chavis's guys were probably just standing too close to Ainge on the sideline, which is why they've been so bad for a couple of years. He really should have his own little chair off to the side somewhere.
 
#95
#95
Rasputin_Vol said:
Erik Ainge is the straw that broke the camel's back. Fulmer and hin ineptness created the pre-existing conditions... Ainge was the last piece to create the perfect storm.
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There we have it. Ainge is the dark messiah; the anti-Tebow. Fulmer is merely the John the Baptist of losing; he ran the program into the ground only to prepare the way for the coming of another, even more mediocre Volunteer. Erik Ainge, the worst player in Tennessee history.
 
#96
#96
dickens821 said:
Did you know... Ainge had the highest completion percentage in school history last year? I am sure you did know that, but you intentionally left it out of your little list . He's not a bad QB. He's a little fragile, but he'll be fine. Throwing downfield would not have won the games against Cal or Florida. Our defense flat out lost those games. The inability to score TDs in the red zone (against a top 5 team) was bad, but not our biggest problem.
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Completing the same short passes that he's throwing this year. Only difference is we don't have Meachem that can break long runs against Cal anymore.

Whoopity doo... he's got one insignificant accomplishment on his resume.

The fact is, his most memorable game (and his legacy) will always be the 2005 LSU game. That one game embodies everything that has happened to UT from 2005 until now...

The Ainge Era has been a dark era in UT football. Casey Clausen, Martin, Manning... all the way back to Condredge Holloway... he doesn't measure up to these guys in either big wins or heart or pride or big plays...

In 20 years, the name Ainge will be remembered in a negative light.
 
#98
#98
dickens821 said:
Did you know... Ainge had the highest completion percentage in school history last year? I am sure you did know that, but you intentionally left it out of your little list . He's not a bad QB. He's a little fragile, but he'll be fine. Throwing downfield would not have won the games against Cal or Florida. Our defense flat out lost those games. The inability to score TDs in the red zone (against a top 5 team) was bad, but not our biggest problem.
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A little fragile? How do you expect Erica to last in the NFL when he shatters against the '04 Notre Dames and '06 South Carolinas of the world? NFL defenses will maul Erica Fracture.
 
#99
#99
Stunna... hat... seriously.

Where am I off base in this? Everything I said about Ainge has come to fruition this year and were only 3 games into it. And the stats that I errored on actually made Ainge's numbers look better than they actually were.

How is pointing all that out "trolling"?
 
#100
#100
Comparing the routes of 2007 thus far to 2006's throws shows you have no idea what you're talking about. Yes, against Cal, you can remember the 2 to Meachem. But you don't mention the seam route he nailed. This season, he hasn't done ANYTHING downfield, so you have a valid point. However, last season, he pretty much threw all the routes we had.
 
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