Concern? Offensive signals still not installed.

#26
#26
AFL2008 said:
Sorry about the know typo.

Seriously though, it seems like you extremely limit your play calling ability from the sidelines if you have to physically send in a player with the play call for all 50-60 offensive plays in the game.

When Spurrier went two QB's, he would just tell them the play and rotate them in and out, but he would still signal for an audbile from the sideline.
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Helpful...yes. Absolutely necessary at this point in the game? Probably not. Again, some people have limited cognitive space. Knowing and being familiar with the play is much more important than the signal right now.
 
#28
#28
So... let me get this straight. Tennessee has a new coaching staff, with a completely new offensive system which is supposed to be "simplified", and with 3 weeks to go before the season starts, the team still has no offensive sideline signals... But what you're saying, is that it doesn't really matter at all...

The fact that Kiffin is describing the offense as a baby being weaned doesn't bother you either?

I'm not trying to hate on Kiffin in this thread, because obviously he's the football prodigy and not me, but it seems sort of... bad... not to have practiced getting the signals from the sideline yet when this team has never done it before with these coaches...

Practice makes perfect. You know?
 
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Lofton4Three said:
I'm just not a big fan of trolls that like to sling feces like a monkey in the zoo over every issue just to try and get a slam.
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Right. I'm a troll. I could have really been much much worse on this thread if I was a troll. I'm just here to talk about football.
 
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cwil74` said:
Then you aren't paying attention. Kiffin says it everyday.
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I think you know very well there is a big difference. Fulmer used that response to every question. I think he responded that way after he was asked if he would accept Jesus as his savior and lord.
 
#32
#32
That is why there are three weeks remaining until game time. You need to teach them the new system before you can signal in the plays. You are reaching gator boy. They are learning a new system and the way we did things with new systems in the past did not work. You say practice makes perfect, we still got three weeks remaining.
 
#34
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AFL2008 said:
So... let me get this straight. Tennessee has a new coaching staff, with a completely new offensive system which is supposed to be "simplified", and with 3 weeks to go before the season starts, the team still has no offensive sideline signals... But what you're saying, is that it doesn't really matter at all...

The fact that Kiffin is describing the offense as a baby being weaned doesn't bother you either?

I'm not trying to hate on Kiffin in this thread, because obviously he's the football prodigy and not me, but it seems sort of... bad... not to have practiced getting the signals from the sideline yet when this team has never done it before with these coaches...

Practice makes perfect. You know?
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What I am saying is that to this point, Lane Kiffin has done nothing to make me question his practice priorities. By ALL accounts these are the most intense and productive practices that Tennessee has had in the last ten years.

orange+white=heaven said:
Honestly, why not just go ahead and put NFL type radios in college QB helmets....
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I'm all for it. I for one am tired of the whinning about stolen signals.
 
#35
#35
I think, for one, there are 32 NFL teams v. 119 in college most with limited budgets. Maybe, it was included in the Stimulus Package?
 
#36
#36
also, clk never said the signals weren't in place, or that the offense doesn't know them, all he said was is that they aren't using the signals just yet, and instead of signaling in the plays, he's just calling them in the huddle. not a big deal.

just for argument's sake, if the signals aren't known by the offense, it would only take a week to learn them all. like someone said earlier, it's not nuclear science.
 
#37
#37
AFL2008 said:
So... let me get this straight. Tennessee has a new coaching staff, with a completely new offensive system which is supposed to be "simplified", and with 3 weeks to go before the season starts, the team still has no offensive sideline signals... But what you're saying, is that it doesn't really matter at all...

The fact that Kiffin is describing the offense as a baby being weaned doesn't bother you either?

I'm not trying to hate on Kiffin in this thread, because obviously he's the football prodigy and not me, but it seems sort of... bad... not to have practiced getting the signals from the sideline yet when this team has never done it before with these coaches...

Practice makes perfect. You know?
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We didn't say they don't have offensive sideline signals, of course they do. Kiffin has just been calling the plays in the huddle with the team during practice and the one scrimmage. I can assure you every one of these offensive players know the signals. Now, they just have to practice getting it from the sidelines and calling the play in the huddle and getting the play off in time and effectively.
 
#38
#38
Thats no concern at all. There is only one signal that is important and the rest are just fluff. I compare it to a base coach giving a runner signals. The signal you look for is the indicator, say grabbing of the belt. From there you only have a few things to look out for and the rest of the symbols are just fillers to throw off opposing teams.
 
#39
#39
GAVol said:
At this point, I'd be fine just running the play calls into the huddle with a sub.
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Exactly. We're not running a system that requires the plays to be signaled from the sideline. If Oklahoma had problems with their signals, they'd be in trouble. A team running Kiffin's system, not so much.
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#40
#40
Anyone else smell that? I think its fear....yeah i'm almost certain thats fear i'm smelling or is it the reek of a gator troll?
 
#43
#43
Cartervol said:
Anyone else smell that? I think its fear....yeah i'm almost certain thats fear i'm smelling or is it the reek of a gator troll?
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Why do people always say that? I haven't done anything in this thread that would be considered trolling. I save that for the national boards where everyone does it.

And the smell of fear thing is laughable.
 
#44
#44
AFL2008 said:
So... let me get this straight. Tennessee has a new coaching staff, with a completely new offensive system which is supposed to be "simplified", and with 3 weeks to go before the season starts, the team still has no offensive sideline signals... But what you're saying, is that it doesn't really matter at all...

The fact that Kiffin is describing the offense as a baby being weaned doesn't bother you either?
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Our quarterback is Jonathan Crompton. It IS like a baby being weaned.

You don't learn a new language by spending two weeks learning all the grammar rules you can, and then two weeks studying vocabulary, and then just putting them together and going full speed. You start with simple words and the present tense, you practice that until you can do it well, and then you add incrementally. I would much rather have an extremely limited offense and run it well, than to go wide open and have chaos.
 
#45
#45
AFL2008 said:
Why do people always say that? I haven't done anything in this thread that would be considered trolling. I save that for the national boards where everyone does it.

And the smell of fear thing is laughable.
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Designed to get you riled up. I think it worked. I give a hard time to any rival fan that thinks they know more about our team than we do.
 
#46
#46
AFL2008 said:
So... let me get this straight. Tennessee has a new coaching staff, with a completely new offensive system which is supposed to be "simplified", and with 3 weeks to go before the season starts, the team still has no offensive sideline signals... But what you're saying, is that it doesn't really matter at all...

The fact that Kiffin is describing the offense as a baby being weaned doesn't bother you either?

I'm not trying to hate on Kiffin in this thread, because obviously he's the football prodigy and not me, but it seems sort of... bad... not to have practiced getting the signals from the sideline yet when this team has never done it before with these coaches...

Practice makes perfect. You know?
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CLK and staff have had 11 practices. This is a new offense for everyone and they have plenty of young players learning the college game. The MOST important thing is have the players understand what's going on and where they need be. The communication from the sideline to the QB is the least of our worries at this point.
 
#47
#47
Vercingetorix said:
Our quarterback is Jonathan Crompton. It IS like a baby being weaned.

You don't learn a new language by spending two weeks learning all the grammar rules you can, and then two weeks studying vocabulary, and then just putting them together and going full speed. You start with simple words and the present tense, you practice that until you can do it well, and then you add incrementally. I would much rather have an extremely limited offense and run it well, than to go wide open and have chaos.
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Exactly, Clawson gave us all the Chaos we'll need for a lifetime. If you can stomach it, go watch Auburn game 08. I've seen eighth graders more prepared.
 
#48
#48
Maybe riled up enough that I say something stupid and get banned? not likely.

I'll defer to the knowledge of the board here, but for me, I'd be concerned if Florida was 1 week into fall camp and the offense had never practiced with the signals coming from the sideline.
 
#50
#50
AFL2008 said:
Maybe riled up enough that I say something stupid and get banned? not likely.

I'll defer to the knowledge of the board here, but for me, I'd be concerned if Florida was 1 week into fall camp and the offense had never practiced with the signals coming from the sideline.
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I look at it this way. It can't be any worse than last year. There is nowhere for this offense to go but up. I think we finished 114th in total offense or something to that effect last year. They would have to work at it to be worse than that. The signals don't bother me. I imagine they know them, they just haven't called them in from the sidelines yet. I don't think that really warrants any concern.
 
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