2000 Tennessee Offensive Playbook

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And that's why Offensive Linemen are the smartest players in the field. They study their play books together and know it better than the coaches, because coaches have a playbook in their hands most of the time, and also why recruiting juco offensive linemen is hardly done, you need a group of guys to learn and live the system for more than two years.
 
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BEATBAMA12 said:
And that's why Offensive Linemen are the smartest players in the field. They study their play books together and know it better than the coaches, because coaches have a playbook in their hands most of the time, and also why recruiting juco offensive linemen is hardly done, you need a group of guys to learn and live the system for more than two years.
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This is spot on. The offensive lineman don't get enough credit in my opinion. Who ever controls the line of scrimmage controls the game. Although being a former left tackle I'm a bit bias
 
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the freeze play is the one that always pisses me off with announcers...they crack jokes and act like the line is doing something wrong (VII Cadence)
 
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f77f00 said:
That was interesting to see. For people that might know, is that a typical level of complexity for a playbook?

Oh, and that guy has a lot of these on his site, some are much more recent. No idea how legit they are but this search will pull many of them:

playbook | Search Results | Jim Light Football
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I consider it to be low. But who am I to say--in lower level play the trend is to not even use a playbook with Hudl.
 
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Wow, that's pretty amazing.

I read Bill Walsh's 1984 west coast playbook - which is hard in and of itself because of the wording and formation shifts.

This book is a bit longer though and incorporates some of the other passing tree philosophies that developed off of BW's schemes.

As complicated as it is, it is set up well. Blocking assignments are laid out pretty clear either picking a man directly or checking down to the "most dangerous"

I look forward to getting into this more.

This PB looks familiar to VFL34 I reckon.
 
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I love this. Great example of why staff continuity is so important. Can you imagine having to learn a new offensive system in your junior or senior year
 
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gunner said:
Believe it or not, but Sanders was one of the brightest QB's and Coaches to evey come through UT. He has been called a genius by many because of his high IQ.
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Sanders is smart - and a very nice guy I might add. But I'm not sure he gets credit for writing that playbook. It's likely from at least the early 90s. I found the defensive stuff almost as interesting as the offense.
 
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Vols4ever said:
This is why coaching changes have a very very big impact and shows why we need stability. Learning a new system every year is just crazy.

And no wonder people like CP find it tough to understand the scheme. This is intense and after seeing this, I will not blame a player for not being in the right position!
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This was my takeaway as well, especially the first part.
 
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LittleVolDaddy said:
You're welcome

https://jimlightsfootballblog.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/2000-tennessee-offense.pdf
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I tried to understand that, and all I can think of is...

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GAVol said:
Sanders is smart - and a very nice guy I might add. But I'm not sure he gets credit for writing that playbook. It's likely from at least the early 90s. I found the defensive stuff almost as interesting as the offense.
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This is just a guess, but I am assuming that the playbook was passed down form Coach Cut.
 
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Didn't Walt Harris bring this offense to Tennessee in the early to mid 80s and it basically just got passed down to coach Fulmer Then Cut?
 
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That playbook literally looks like it was made with a letter press. God, the days before Microsoft Word lol.
 
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f77f00 said:
You have go to very early 80s to be pre-Word. That crap came out on floppies.
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Right lol. I've used Word 95, but I am not sure you could draw in it like they would have needed (assuming this was created well before 2000). It should also be noted that in 95 I didn't know what I was doing either, so maybe you could lol.
 
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VOL6479 said:
Didn't Walt Harris bring this offense to Tennessee in the early to mid 80s and it basically just got passed down to coach Fulmer Then Cut?
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It'd have to be something like that. The offense didn't change appreciably for about 20 years other than we trended to more shotgun and 10/11 personnel.
 
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BEATBAMA12 said:
And that's why Offensive Linemen are the smartest players in the field. They study their play books together and know it better than the coaches, because coaches have a playbook in their hands most of the time, and also why recruiting juco offensive linemen is hardly done, you need a group of guys to learn and live the system for more than two years.
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With the exception of Tennessee's current o-line.

:p
 
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