A lot of you all owe coach Pope an apology

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This thread can be rolled out more where Josh Heupel didn't listen to the 'noise' and been proven correct.

Include Coach Martinez who was scolded for years (including me I regret to say) and suddenly we have portal transfers McCoy, Hood and McMurray and recruited and developed Redmond and Poteat (who is meant to be a good un) making up the best CornerBacks department I have known at Tennessee.

Include Coach Elerbee, "none of his recruits have ever started" they shouted, well transfers Heard (who is playing at a 1st round draft pick level now he is fit), Moi & Pendleton, add recruits No 1 Sanders who is probably a cant miss recruit, but also how about No 767 Jesse Perry (not even playing in his best position) or No 303 Urmarov.

Suddenly I am reading some people are calling for Coach Banks to be replaced. He who had built a brilliant defense last year to the point he was nationally acknowledged. How people overlook that he was missing McCoy, Gibson, Moi and Hobbs on Saturday and Stockton had a career day, making throws he will probably never make again.

I've learnt to trust in Coach Heupel.
 
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KnoxToTheBoro93 said:
Our WRs have been excellent this year… still a few too many drops but almost all have been on tough catches… they have ran excellent routes and made a ton of plays down field… he has by far the best recruiting position coming in this class and with these results it will only continue..
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Yeah it turns out the real problem was having two straight years of QB play where they just rely on their arm strength and throw the ball as hard as they can with little to no touch.

Joey doesn’t have the cannon that Nico or Milton had, but his placement is so much better and he throws with touch that allows his WRs to actually make a play on the ball.
 
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As someone pointed out, it seems WRs in this system really struggle in their 1st year and then take off in their 2nd. I dont put much stock into last year. Bru was never the same and it felt like Thornton and squirrel was constantly hurt.
 
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Other_Guy said:
And the answers (defense) now have questions.
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Not unusual when you are rebuilding a program. I think the present is bright and the future is even brighter.

One of the best things about Heupel is that he is able to adapt his game plan to the strengths of his roster. As the roster continues to improve, I suspect we will see all three phases playing at a high level.
 
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KnoxToTheBoro93 said:
Our WRs have been excellent this year… still a few too many drops but almost all have been on tough catches… they have ran excellent routes and made a ton of plays down field… he has by far the best recruiting position coming in this class and with these results it will only continue..
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Position coaches in CFB are basically all the same. Their job is to recruit. They all teach the same technique etc. What sets them apart is they either recruit well or they don't. Look at all the great assistants Saban had that were average or just plain bad at other schools.
 
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London Vol said:
This thread can be rolled out more where Josh Heupel didn't listen to the 'noise' and been proven correct.

Include Coach Martinez who was scolded for years (including me I regret to say) and suddenly we have portal transfers McCoy, Hood and McMurray and recruited and developed Redmond and Poteat (who is meant to be a good un) making up the best CornerBacks department I have known at Tennessee.

Include Coach Elerbee, "none of his recruits have ever started" they shouted, well transfers Heard (who is playing at a 1st round draft pick level now he is fit), Moi & Pendleton, add recruits No 1 Sanders who is probably a cant miss recruit, but also how about No 767 Jesse Perry (not even playing in his best position) or No 303 Urmarov.

Suddenly I am reading some people are calling for Coach Banks to be replaced. He who had built a brilliant defense last year to the point he was nationally acknowledged. How people overlook that he was missing McCoy, Gibson, Moi and Hobbs on Saturday and Stockton had a career day, making throws he will probably never make again.

I've learnt to trust in Coach Heupel.
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Agreed 100%
 
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London Vol said:
This thread can be rolled out more where Josh Heupel didn't listen to the 'noise' and been proven correct.

Include Coach Martinez who was scolded for years (including me I regret to say) and suddenly we have portal transfers McCoy, Hood and McMurray and recruited and developed Redmond and Poteat (who is meant to be a good un) making up the best CornerBacks department I have known at Tennessee.

Include Coach Elerbee, "none of his recruits have ever started" they shouted, well transfers Heard (who is playing at a 1st round draft pick level now he is fit), Moi & Pendleton, add recruits No 1 Sanders who is probably a cant miss recruit, but also how about No 767 Jesse Perry (not even playing in his best position) or No 303 Urmarov.

Suddenly I am reading some people are calling for Coach Banks to be replaced. He who had built a brilliant defense last year to the point he was nationally acknowledged. How people overlook that he was missing McCoy, Gibson, Moi and Hobbs on Saturday and Stockton had a career day, making throws he will probably never make again.

I've learnt to trust in Coach Heupel.
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The part about Banks having a brilliant defense is wrong. Against really good teams, he is average. We are terrible on 3rd and 4th downs against quality opponents
 
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dduncan4163 said:
Agreed and who would have guessed that the WRs and O Line would be strengths of this team?

I sure as hell wouldn't have
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Not me - I said all through the off season our WRs weren't going to be able to play against SEC level talent...WRONG.
I said our OL would get pushed around worst than the last two years...Saturday proved me WRONG again.


I LOVE being proven wrong though !!!
 
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KnoxToTheBoro93 said:
Our WRs have been excellent this year… still a few too many drops but almost all have been on tough catches… they have ran excellent routes and made a ton of plays down field… he has by far the best recruiting position coming in this class and with these results it will only continue..
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When you have big time outlets talking about Brazell being WR1 in the 2026 draft, you know you've done something right with recruiting and coaching.
 
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I love to watch fans rant and rave about the quality or lack thereof concerning assistant coaches. People making judgment calls about someone's ability, yet they don't have a clue what this person does for 80 hours a week as an assistant coach. Almost none whatsoever. 😂 It reaches fever pitch, when people want to chime in to tell which assistant we need to replace the last one with. That's when it really gets funny.
 
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superdave1984 said:
Speaking of the WRs, I was expecting Matthews to step up into a much larger role. He has been solid, but not 5* solid.
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He's a Sophomore that didn't play a ton last year with 13 catches on like 16 targets with 200 yds through 3 games this year.
Other than only having 1 TD grab, i think he's doing okay...he'll likely be WR1 next year.
 
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superdave1984 said:
Speaking of the WRs, I was expecting Matthews to step up into a much larger role. He has been solid, but not 5* solid.
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Right now there is just too much talent and they are rolling with the hot hand game to game. If you can beat your guy, you are going to get the ball. JA is actually able to read more than one side of the field during the play, and for the most part has picked the right receiver.
 
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IndianaVol said:
He's a Sophomore that didn't play a ton last year with 13 catches on like 16 targets with 200 yds through 3 games this year.
Other than only having 1 TD grab, i think he's doing okay...he'll likely be WR1 next year.
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He is also 14th in the SEC in receiving yards with two of those ahead of him being his teammates. FWIW, he has more catches and receiving yards than Ryan Williams, Cam Coleman and Zachariah Branch through three games and would be the leading receiver for Georgia, Texas, Vandy, South Carolina, Auburn, Florida and Kentucky.
 
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KnoxToTheBoro93 said:
Our WRs have been excellent this year… still a few too many drops but almost all have been on tough catches… they have ran excellent routes and made a ton of plays down field… he has by far the best recruiting position coming in this class and with these results it will only continue..
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yeah, I was a pope hater last year and I'm glad to be wrong about him. I'm gonna try not to call for anyone else to be fired going forward as long as we're winning football games. I think a lot of the problem with the passing game last year wasn't just on the receivers.
 
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Yeah - you know who you are. Apologize also to Elarbee.

i refuse to apologize to Nico’s father as we knew that greedy bunch was worthless.

The receivers are playing well and will only improve with success and experience having a real quarterback.
 
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I'll say that watching our receivers be physical with Georgia's secondary and win was dope. For Kirby's whole tenure it felt like the UGA DBs would be able to push us off routes and grab and hold to prevent catches. This year felt like we were much more competitive at the catchpoint.
 
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