DeBord is coming (merged)

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#103
My concern is not his play calling ability as many have pointed out that it will inevitably still be Butch's system. I am concerned however that if it is Debord, how do we develope 3 freshman qbs? If Dobbs was injured will any of the other three be ready? When Dobbs is gone, where will there development be? I'm not claiming he can't, qb coach just don't stand out on his resume and I thought that was mentioned as a requirement for the search.
 
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movinonup said:
All of you that are close to the edge: Take a deep breath, now take two steps forward and JUMP.............please for the sake of the rest of us - JUMP now !

We gonna be ok......
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Keep telling yourself that. All the 2016 is our year just took a backseat. In 2 years we will be in this same position again because Debord sucks.
 
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BoomerVFL84 said:
My concern is not his play calling ability as many have pointed out that it will inevitably still be Butch's system. I am concerned however that if it is Debord, how do we develope 3 freshman qbs? If Dobbs was injured will any of the other three be ready? When Dobbs is gone, where will there development be? I'm not claiming he can't, qb coach just don't stand out on his resume and I thought that was mentioned as a requirement for the search.
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Sheridan.
 
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BoomerVFL84 said:
My concern is not his play calling ability as many have pointed out that it will inevitably still be Butch's system. I am concerned however that if it is Debord, how do we develope 3 freshman qbs? If Dobbs was injured will any of the other three be ready? When Dobbs is gone, where will there development be? I'm not claiming he can't, qb coach just don't stand out on his resume and I thought that was mentioned as a requirement for the search.
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I don't think it means the OC must also be the qb coach. There could still be other changes between now and fall practice
 
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Dudleys87 said:
I'll be honest for a minute it's damn sad that we just became the joke of the SEC. If Dooley is saying wtf.
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lulz...UT is now considered the joke of the SEC? I'd say they're more teams afraid of UT than in the past 10 years.

BTW, I'd like some fries with that burger.
 
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I see most posters are anti DeB. I myself believe in a Coach(CJ) who had a 7game season, won a bow
 
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I'll give it a shot. Here's some perspective:

http://www.rockytopinsider.com/2015/01/25/closer-look-oc-candidate-mike-debord/

What would the fit look like at Tennessee?

About 1,300 words later, we get to the question that means the most and that most of you are probably asking. It would be – especially if he’s named the full offensive coordinator with play-calling duties – an interesting hire for sure. In one sense he fits the profile of what to expect from a Jones hire perfectly. Jones has gone with familiarity in almost all of his hires at Tennessee – choosing to bring a majority of his staff from Cincinnati with him when he was first hired in Knoxville. Bringing in DeBord, a man he is thoroughly familiar with to the point that he lists him as an influence, makes a lot of sense.

You can check off the boxes of play-calling experience, NFL ties and head-coaching experience with DeBord. Though Jones has a heavy influence on the offense, he’s also characterized himself as more of a CEO than a micro-manager. He wants his coordinators to take care of their respective sides of the ball. Jones would certainly feel comfortable with DeBord doing just that on offense. DeBord specializes in the offensive line, the run game and physical football – all things that Tennessee wants to improve upon.

And DeBord’s switch to the zone-blocking philosophy in 2006 and some adjustments later in his career at Michigan makes the thought of him jumping in to lead UT’s offense a little bit more understandable. Perhaps Jones sees this as an opportunity to further intertwine the spread principles that are in place with him and his current staff with some downhill, pro-style running elements that could make UT’s offense with the likes of Jalen Hurd, Alvin Kamara and Joshua Dobbs running the ball, very tough to stop.

Remember that Ohio State, coached by Urban Meyer – somebody else Jones mentioned as a friend and influence in his introductory press conference, just won a title with a spread offense that ran the ball with somewhat of an old-school mentality.

But while Jones is hesitant to label Tennessee’s offense as a pure “spread,” the reality remains that it is, in many regards. And while, as noted earlier, it wouldn’t be accurate to say that DeBord has only utilized an I-formation, it is true to say that the vast majority of his offensive history has been based around a system that looks different than what has been seen in Knoxville for the past two years. He’s also been out of the game for two seasons, out of college football since 2007 and hasn’t called plays in that timespan either. Questions will also be raised about his ability to recruit due to his time out of the game and his lack of connections and experience working the recruiting trails of the South.

That doesn’t mean that this potential hire can’t or won’t work. Hires, after all, can only be judged completely with hindsight.

It does, however, make an interesting, and perhaps even odd, fit schematically speaking to turn this offense over to DeBord unless Jones wants to make some fundamental changes to the way the offense is operated – which seems highly unlikely. It’s a fairly safe assumption to say that Jones won’t, nor does he really need, to change the basis of what the Vols do on offense. Though the offensive numbers weren’t impressive overall for the 2014 season due to midseason struggles, a 4-1 finish with a huge bowl win and a resurgence on offense with Dobbs, who will remain at UT for probably two more years, makes it more logical to build on what worked rather than to remake the offense into something else.

And there’s also the question of what the staff would look like if the rest remains in tact and DeBord joins it. There’s no true quarterbacks coach to be found. DeBord hasn’t been a QBs coach since the 1980s, and has just one year of experience at a lower level in that area. No other member of UT’s current offensive staff has any experience as a QBs coach.

All of this circles back to what was said at the beginning, though, that it’s unclear what exactly bringing DeBord to Knoxville would do to the staff – that could all depend on what title he’s given if hired and if there’s anymore staff movement (remember, Zach Azzanni has been linked to the CMU head coach opening).

While blind, unquestioning support of a head coach and his moves isn’t healthy for a fan base, Jones has clearly done enough right in Knoxville to gain the benefit of the doubt when making this hire. Some of the coaches he brought originally were questioned at large by fans and media alike, only to become essential parts of helping rebuild a program that is on a significantly better trajectory than it was just a couple years ago.

It’ll be interesting to see how this unfolds if, indeed, it is the direction that Jones goes."
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Dudleys87 said:
Keep telling yourself that. All the 2016 is our year just took a backseat. In 2 years we will be in this same position again because Debord sucks.
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I'm going to say he's a revolutionary success and will redefine Butch's offense like Bill Walsh did Paul Brown's. :)

I don't know that of course and you don't know the opposite. :)
 

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Let me guess, the posters upset over this are card carrying sunshine pumpers.

Can't we at least see it play out on the field?
 
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