After O&W game, I'm even more convinced

#76
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utvols88 said:
It's funny how some of you act like you can determine the state of this team by watching a few clips of practice and the OW game. I'm not saying seccg. I flat out don't know. But I trust and expect to win games because it's Tennessee. Not Vandy.
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LWS is one of the posters I respect the most on here, and he's seen them in person multiple times. He says reaching six wins would be an accomplishment for this team. Based on what we saw last year, what we have coming back, our OL and QB situation, our brutal schedule, and what I saw yesterday is how I developed my opinion.
 
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utvols88 said:
I wouldn't be surprised at 8. But 4-5 is ridiculous. 7-8 would be realistic. Especially with vandy, uk, Memphis, utc, USC on our schedule. Not to mention an Oregon team with suspended players and uf and bama at home. Lsu is a wild card.
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Expecting 5 wins is not ridiculous, especially with this group. If the 2005 team could only get 5 wins, this team certainly can.
 
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chavisut said:
LWS is one of the posters I respect the most on here, and he's seen them in person multiple times. He says reaching six wins would be an accomplishment for this team. Based on what we saw last year, what we have coming back, our OL and QB situation, our brutal schedule, and what I saw yesterday is how I developed my opinion.
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yesterday is irrelevant. It didn't show anyone anything. I see it this way. Stephens and crompton were close in competition last year right ? Stephens got beat in spring. In spring. Perhaps our qb situation is better than last year ? Could be. But I'm going to wait until the Oregon game to have an opinion. As fun as it is to speculate I'm not going to do it.
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#81
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Stephens was never close to Crompton last year. Otherwise, Stephens would have played last year by mid-season.
 
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UNAVol89 said:
Well, my theory is that if Dooley has anything less than 6 wins he and Hamilton will get canned and Fulmer will be brought in as the AD.
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JMO, How do we expect to rebuild the program if we are getting rid of a coach ever two, three years? You have to give the guy time...
 
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duckman398686 said:
tell me honestly......what's more likely to happen? a 6 or 7 win season or a 9 or 10 win one? it has nothing to do with being negative. it's just calling a spade a spade.
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Realism is pointing out that 6-7 wins will be a good year for this team. Negativism is predicting that there is no way coach Dooley can right the ship when he has had less than four months on THIS job.
 
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For those predicting a 4 or 5 win season in 2010, what were your predictions in the spring of 2005. Coming off a 10 win season, were we not in ranked pre season about 3 or 4? It seems we do better when little is expected. I would certainly not be surprised to win 8 games, losing to Bama, Florida and a couple more.
 
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wvVol said:
Realism is pointing out that 6-7 wins will be a good year for this team. Negativism is predicting that there is no way coach Dooley can right the ship when he has had less than four months on THIS job.
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Big difference, as it relates to a given posters attitude.
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Orangekush423 said:
Big difference, as it relates to a given posters attitude.
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I agree.

I have no idea whether the current coach will ultimately pan out. I see some things I like though.

The fact is, had we hired any of the "bigger" names being thrown around we would be in exactly the same place.
 
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First, we all know next year is going to be tough. This is the SEC. EVERY year has been challenging for us for a long time. The coaching change, numerous players leaving the last 2 years, CPF leaving the cupboard bare, and the killer schedule only makes things worse.

Second, everyone has their opinion of CDD, and that's OK. At this point that's all it is, opinion. I don't know if he's the right guy, but I have yet to hear anyone suggest a viable alternative. How do you know you get the guy you want for 2011 even if you use an interim?

Lastly, CLK is gone. Arguing about him is a moot point. What he did or didn't do, compared to CDD, is irrelevant because he is not an option for 2010. It's not like MH let him go to get to CDD.
 
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Bowl eligibility will be a miracle this year. Bright spots for me:
1. No problems with center exchange
2. Tyler Bray's poise
3. Austin Johnson and Corey Miller

Tauren Poole should have gotten more opportunity last year. He is the big winner in the Kiffin exit.
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vol4eva said:
Expecting 5 wins is not ridiculous, especially with this group. If the 2005 team could only get 5 wins, this team certainly can.
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Expecting 5 wins this season is not ridiculous. Nor is expecting 6, or even 7. 8-4 could happen with all the right breaks, but expecting it is just being blindly optimistic. 4-8 could happen with all the wrong breaks, but expecting it is being blindly pessimistic.

I think we should expect to continue the streak against Kentucky and the streak of not losing 8 games. We should hope (realistically) to make a bowl and finish 7-6. Anything better than that is gravy.
 
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#93
Can all the people on here that is putting down the team and coach already get the hell outa here..i dont care if u have 20,00 posts or 10..it is embarrasing that all yall do is put down the team...none of yall now how the season is gonna go...so just shutup and wait till the season...thanx...Go Vols
 
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wvVol said:
Realism is pointing out that 6-7 wins will be a good year for this team. Negativism is predicting that there is no way coach Dooley can right the ship when he has had less than four months on THIS job.
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i never said that there was no way he could right the ship. i'm not sure if that's what you were implying or not. i certainly didn't like the hire back in january, but that doesn't mean i'm not going keep an open mind about him. i hope he succeeds here and wish him the best.
 
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Mullins2010 said:
Can all the people on here that is putting down the team and coach already get the hell outa here..i dont care if u have 20,00 posts or 10..it is embarrasing that all yall do is put down the team...none of yall now how the season is gonna go...so just shutup and wait till the season...thanx...Go Vols
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who is putting down the team? i'm beginning to think a good 50% of the board can't differentiate between belittling something and actually being level headed about a situation. just because someone says it's going to be a rough year doesn't automatically mean that they're putting down the football team.
 
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This year, once again, the offense will be weak. With totally inexperience QBs, OL, thin at RB, etc., it's hard to see us scoring many points unless the OL and our QB (whoever that is) proves much better than expected. Losing Brown hurt the unit: Even tho he played more than he should have last year, he could have definitely helped this year. Enjoy kansas, bro--it's a basketball school!
 
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utvols88 said:
Our oline was split. The talent was split. You have 2nd stringers playing with 1st and 3rds. Wake up. You take the grain of salt that is a spring game and turn it into a mountain. It's not the end of the world. It doesn't mean we will lose to USC or uga. Or even Florida. Wait til the season starts and after the Oregon game we can see what our future will look like. Fact is, all of you have nothing but blind speculation. You look like idiots claiming all this negative crap. Is that what Tennessee football is now? I live in Florida and I have NEVER heard a negative peep out of them because they have pride and trust in thier damn program. Even during the zook era.
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dude, maybe this will enlighted you about how far tennessee has fallen.

truth be told, in retrospect, the ron zook era at florida was not "horrible". it was horrible compared to the rest of the 90's and 00's at florida, but not by normal standards.

ron zook's three years at florida produced 8-5 records, which would be better than 3 of the last 5 seasons at tennessee.

it's also better than what most expect out of tennessee in 2010.

that will cause any fan base to want to grab a bottle of something strong.
 
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99gator said:
dude, maybe this will enlighted you about how far tennessee has fallen.

truth be told, in retrospect, the ron zook era at florida was not "horrible". it was horrible compared to the rest of the 90's and 00's at florida, but not by normal standards.

ron zook's three years at florida produced 8-5 records, which would be better than 3 of the last 5 seasons at tennessee.

it's also better than what most expect out of tennessee in 2010.

that will cause any fan base to want to grab a bottle of something strong.
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8-5 with the talent Ron Zook had was not acceptable.
Zook wouldn't go 8-5 with the talent we currently have.
 
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