CPF+Coach Cutt= Decade of Dominance

[Sherman from Niota]

I'm sure this has been said plenty of times on this board, but the preponderance of evidence suggests that Tennessee's success during the 90's (and '06 - '07) is a direct result of Coach Cutt. After he left in '98, it didn't take very long for the offense to go in the tank. Things started to get better when he returned in '06. Now that he is gone again, the offense looks worse than ever. Last year, TN was a well disciplined team on offense. This year, its a disaster with personal fouls and false starts coming out the ying yang. Without Coach Cutt, this team has no discipline and no desire. One could easily deduct that CPF was only successful at TN because of Coach Cutt. Coach Fulmer may indeed be a good recruiter, but good players alone don't win games.

 

[Liper]

My personal opinion...Cut's strength is discipline and preparation on the practice field Sunday to Friday. I think his weakness is gameday coaching and making adjustments on the fly in things such as protections and play calling. Never thought he was more than mediocre as a play caller which is why we had trouble with the better teams on our schedule, even in the 90s.

 

[wombat7477]

I still hate the title Decade of Dominance, when we spent a good portion of it getting dominated by Florida. Don't get me wrong, we were really freaking good, but that title just pretends like FL didn't own us that decade

 

[Sherman from Niota]

My personal opinion...Cut's strength is discipline and preparation on the practice field Sunday to Friday. I think his weakness is gameday coaching and making adjustments on the fly in things such as protections and play calling. Never thought he was more than mediocre as a play caller which is why we had trouble with the better teams on our schedule, even in the 90s.

I agree with your assessment, however, Coach Cutt in my view was adequate as a play caller. I don't think he was great, but not bad. He is much better as a play caller than Clawson appears to be. When you factor in the discipline. I would say that Cutt is a darn good OC. He has already had more success at Duke than they have had in a while.

 

[zzrvol]

In the 90's we just had more talent than everybody else, and in my opinion we underachieved in the 90's. We had incredible talent.

 

[Liper]

I still hate the title Decade of Dominance, when we spent a good portion of it getting dominated by Florida. Don't get me wrong, we were really freaking good, but that title just pretends like FL didn't own us that decade

Exactly.

93 Lost or tied three best teams on schedule
94 florida won 31-0...8-4 season
95 dominated by florida...62-37
96 dominated by florida...up 35-0 in 1st half...lost to memphis
97 dominated by florida and neb
98 year of the horseshoe w and nfl team
99 went 9-3 with nfl team...lost to inferior florida and ark and blown out by decent nebraska team

Yes, good decade, but not the so-called invinsibility that so many like to portray it as given the talent we had and a weak SEC.

 

[kptvol]

Peyton Manning + Leonard Little + Jamal Lewis + Al Wilson + Travis Henry + Terry Fair + Raynoch Thompson + Deon Grant + Darwin Walker + Shaun Ellis + Shawn Bryson + Cedrick Wilson + Chad Clifton + Trey Teague + Cosey Coleman + anyone = dominance. I probably left some studs out.

 

[wombat7477]

Oh, we dominated recruiting... now I get it.

 

[pantone151]

CPF and Coach Cutt never developed players. Only a few of these big named UT players have progressed to get better from their freshman years to their senior years. Most were just as good their last game as their were their first game at UT. I'm glad that Cutt is gone. Who ever posted about him being a great coach Sunday-Friday was spot on. His play calling was suspect on game day. Not to mention his inability to adjust to whatever the defense was throwing at him. There is something about this staff that leads me to believe the game has passed them by... I honestly don't know what to think about Clawson.. He didn't have the best of records at Richmond (29-20).. Although he was highly recommended to CPF by the Boston College AD.

 

[pantone151]

I agree with your assessment, however, Coach Cutt in my view was adequate as a play caller. I don't think he was great, but not bad. He is much better as a play caller than Clawson appears to be. When you factor in the discipline. I would say that Cutt is a darn good OC. He has already had more success at Duke than they have had in a while.

why would you want someone who is adequate? adequate doesn't win the big games...adequate is another way of saying mediocre....which is what UT football has been for the past decade.

 

[Sherman from Niota]

why would you want someone who is adequate? adequate doesn't win the big games...adequate is another way of saying mediocre....which is what UT football has been for the past decade.

A lot of the comments made here are correct. TN just had more talent than their opponents in the 90's, but you have to give Cutt a little credit. He has coached some dynamic QBs in his time and it's a joke to say that he didn't develop Peyton and Eli. I'm not saying that opposing offenses feared his play calling ability, but to say that he is not a good assistant coach is unfair. Give the guy a little credit. I also believe that Fulmer deserves a little credit for the job he did in the 90's. I will always be grateful the the NC, but I like most others am now ready for a change. I will at least give credit where it is due though.