Back to Back losing Seasons.....

[govols105]

Well, good lord forbid it looks like Tennessee could possibly end up with back to back losing seasons for the first time in 100 years. that would be 1910 and 1911 seasons. if dooley does not win 9 next year and beat Floridia he is gone. period. clean house and start over that's all i am going to say. all i can say is youth is not an excuse. GO VOLS!!

 

[govols7]

Yeah. Let's start over and go four more years into the hole. Great idea and quite original.

 

[pharmDvol11]

We've been so blessed with tradition we go full retard when we have some tough years.

 

[VOLnMiami]

Yeah. Let's start over and go four more years into the hole. Great idea and quite original.

So you enjoy watching a team coached like it is now?....Seriously?? :ermm: Dooley looks completely lost out there...Deny it if you want but it was quite obvious tonight.

 

[UTCVol]

I've seen quite a few of the board rednecks (including that jackass Clay Travis) ask why we're not winning when other SEC teams are just as young as we are. That statement has been bothering me for a while, so I took a look at each SEC team's 2-deep.

I counted the number of RS Sophs, Juniors, and Seniors in each 2-deep depth chart. Basically, I'm trying to quantify experience. I don't think you'll find anyone that would argue that there's no difference between a true Soph and a RS Soph, as many times that redshirt year makes a world of difference (Aaron Rodgers was essentially redshirted in Green Bay, and now look at him. So without further ado, here are my counts according to Rivals' depth charts. Keep in mind that these numbers are out of 44 possible players (11 off. starters, 11 def. starters, and their 22 backups).

Florida - 26
Georgia - 27
Auburn - 21
South Carolina - 27
Alabama - 30
Ole Miss - 24
Miss State - 28
Kentucky - 25
Vanderbilt - 24
Arkansas - 31
LSU - 29
Tennessee - 17

Now, the only school that comes close to us is Auburn, and many would argue (myself included) that that talent is significantly better than ours due to elite recruiting (after all, they straight-up pay their players in addition to having won last year's national title; it's not hard to recruit there).

I'll let you guys draw your own conclusions from this data.

In case you missed my earlier post which has since been overrun by volman84 (but forget it -- it's a mute point), here it is, with updated totals for the notable SEC teams:

I've my "youth research" taken this a step further now. Instead of just counting the number of third-year-or-over players, I'm now going to count the number of years experience each starter of every notable SEC team has. For example, if a player is a redshirt sophomore, he has 3 years experience.

Tennessee
Offense: 27 years
Defense: 25 years

Florida
Offense: 33 years
Defense: 29 years

Auburn
Offense: 34 years
Defense: 31 years

Georgia
Offense: 33 years
Defense: 36 years

LSU
Offense: 37 years
Defense: 36 years

Alabama
Offense: 38 years
Defense: 41 years (!!!!!)
**It’s worth noting that Bama does not start one second-year-and-under player on either offense or defense.**

Arkansas
Offense: 38 years
Defense: 40 years

South Carolina
Offense: 30 years
Defense: 39 years

I'll just leave this here.

And I don't think youth was the main factor tonight. This game was terrible, from the coaches to the players' execution.

 

[govols7]

So you enjoy watching a team coached like it is now?....Seriously?? :ermm: Dooley looks completely lost out there...Deny it if you want but it was quite obvious tonight.

If nobody has learned anything from our coaching changes in the past 5 years, when coaching leave or get fired, attrition to the roster goes with it. The reason we are in the place we are now is because of lack of depth and the necessity to play true freshmen because their is simply not enough talent to step in and play. There are too many hotheads on this board that need to calm down and stop calling for coaches heads after a brutal stretch in our schedule. I back Dooley and have enough sense to know that it will take time.

 

[emzeeee]

So you enjoy watching a team coached like it is now?....Seriously?? :ermm: Dooley looks completely lost out there...Deny it if you want but it was quite obvious tonight.

Clearly it was Dooley who threw the pick, dropped the TD and left Shaw wide open in the middle to run it in.

He's not without fault, but you CAN'T go back on a coach this soon. I give him another year for improvement.

 

[govols105]

i am not saying fire dooley now but he needs have a very good 8-9 win season next year to stay and avoiding a losing season this year might allow him a minimum of 8 wins next year. if he has back to back losing seasons i say he will be on the hot seat for 2012 to perform or go bye bye.