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#176
Lexvol said:
It is hard to blame Clausen for the SEC Championship game against LSU, but perhaps with a little more leadership wins that game. Turnovers hurt, but the offense looked directionless in the second half. They had all the tools to win it. The defense clearly bears most of the responsibility for the loss.
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I mean, maybe. John Henderson was supposed to be the leader of that team. He and the defense gave that game away. In particular, the defensive line was terrible in the second half. Matt Mauck ran all over them in every crucial situation. Casey, on the other hand, threw for just under 300 yards. The guys that should have been the offensive leaders - Travis Stephens and Donte Stallworth - both lost fumbles.

After that year, the Vols never again had the horses to be a factor in the SEC during Casey's time.
 
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#177
Eric Parker was underrated. Granted the WRs did under perform while Clausen was here, the talent level was tremendous and better than it is now (although I do like our young WRs Moore and Jones).

Mark Jones was having an excellent year in Tampa before his injury. Real bummer.
 
#178
#178
goodolerockytop2 said:
until we get a winner at QB......we are going to be mediocre!! I sit here and listen to all the CPF haters day in and day out, saying he should go blah blah blah til we wanna puke on here.

Winner at QB includes the following:

Leadership

Playmaker

Plays with Heart

Plays with Intensity

"This is mine and we are taking it"!!

Win at all cost mentality

Sacrifice

Mental Toughness

WINNER

What we have at QB includes the following:

A Puppet (who follows directions well but has no imagination or feel for a game)!!

Ainge plays the game running backwards and throws the ball off his back foot 80% of the time.

He plays like he is scared.....and that will never work!! Happy feet worse then Peyton ever had!

Cannot play under adversity!

Cannot play under pressure!

He is scared to mess up

he is scared to be successful

He is just scared period!!

And it shows with our play calling when the going gets tough, they put Ainge on strings and will call the plays they know he can handle!!

Now to the defense........you are so right, our defense has given up alot of yards....but we have another scenerio here: if we have a QB that can't perform under fire then you're defense is going to be out on the field alot!! Ainge can't reach deep down and get that extra yard, I have seen him have a 12 - 15 yard cushion where he could run for the first down and throws it away!! Don't get me wrong, the young man has great stats but he just don't "have IT".....run and dive for a first down, allude a tackler and make a play...if it's handed to him on a silver platter he will take it...I agree he can make all of the throws a college QB should be able to but those 5 inches between his ears are killing us.....Erik Ainge's play is hurting the defense just as much as a good offensive line.....

at Bama and Tonight, those 2 teams would not have been able to gain 500 yards had we have a QB that puts it on the line, takes the game over and gets critical 3rd downs....
Byt by the time we were able to see any kind of hope at BAMA, we throw an interception and Ainge fell apart, 3 and out......here we come!! Ainge converts these 3rd downs and they maybe get 250 - 300 yards!! more time for a D to rest!! Our secondary looked promising at times, linebackers and line played so/so....now where near their ability...attibute to time on the field, at least a percentage of it!!:dance:

You guys poor all of the Kool Aid you want to on me, I love the taste.......so throw all of it my way!!

We won and it counts......we give our coaches hell on here but until EA is gone and we find another Casey Clausen mentality type QB, gonna be the same result!! OUR Defense can play better when the offense controls the clock, UGA proved that.......Ainge was a thorn in our side aganst Cal and UF and was showing no signs of being a leader, playmaker nor someone who goes out there and puts it all on the line for a first down!!

KOOL AID is ready, let me hear it but you can't contradict much I have said!!

GO VOLS and thank you for the win and efforts!!
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You obviously have not heard what Coach Cut has said about Ainge. We'll see you eating a little crow on dradt day!
 
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#180
clausen was hard working and a true student of the game, Ainge the same plus talent, if anyone suggest different would argue for the sake of argument. clausen had the class of Wide receivers, Ainge is making receiversout of pass catchers
 
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