Dooley's Comments About Bray

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I thought it was interesting to hear his reasoning. Dooley mentioned they have changed every other position on the offense besides QB and a lack of production is the reason for giving Bray some playing time.

He said Matt Simms has not performed poorly. Simply the offense is not producing. He also mentioned he did not want to create a quarterback controversy and was hesitant to make that move. That makes me wonder if there was more behind this move than meets the eye.

What are your thoughts?
 
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PeytonBerry said:
I thought it was interesting to hear his reasoning. Dooley mentioned they have changed every other position on the offense besides QB and a lack of production is the reason for giving Bray some playing time.

He said Matt Simms has not performed poorly. Simply the offense is not producing. He also mentioned he did not want to create a quarterback controversy and was hesitant to make that move. That makes me wonder if there was more behind this move than meets the eye.

What are your thoughts?
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JMO, I think he is making up stuff to answer the same questions he gets over and over. You have to feed the masses to keep interest I guess.

They have changed every other position due to injuries more than anything else.

everyone is reading way too much in all this talk. I posted in another thread (Poole thread) earlier what is going on. Nothing more..

Now if Bray goes out an plays like Bubba Wyche on Satruday, another UT legend is born... then the spin will be even more confusing to the fans. :crazy:
 
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When it's broken you're always trying to find a way to fix it. Maybe Coach D thinks it couldn't be any worse, could it. I say give it a whirl and see what happens.
Could be the spark the Vols need. Can we beat Bama?
Sure we can, just look at what almost happened at LSU!
GO VOLS!
 
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I can't stand Doc on the Sports Animal, but he made an interesting point this morning. He said Dooley may have elected to go with Bray earlier, but waited to avoid a qb controversy amongst the fan base.

Again, I want to make it very clear I do not respect Mickey. But maybe he made a good point.
 
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I think playing Bray serves two purposes.

1) To see if there is any change in the ability of the Offense to have success.

2) To see if the players respond to Bray any differently than Simms and see if Bray can "command" the offense.
 
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It's getting young guys reps in game time situations.

This team is going to struggle to get to 6-6. You've got nothing left to lose.
 
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Or coach D knows THE ONLY way we can beat ala defense is the air and bray maybe can get rid of the ball a little quicker . just a idea
 
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I realize most on here have much more knowledge about the situation than I, but it is possible that Bray has been the better QB all along but as a Frosh, he needed extra time with receivers, playbook, etc. Not dogging Simms as he's had virtually no protection, but perhaps CDD feels Bray is finally ready. He's had 2 months in the weightroom, filmroom and has had a little on field experience. Many here predicted this move by midseason. Could be nothing more than this.
 
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I say give all the newbies some PT! It makes us better for next year....knew this season would be up in the air, am kind of glad that we have to use freshman linemen and that only makes them better when they are Jrs and Srs.!
 
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I think is a good situation for Bray getting into games this way. The pressure shouldn't be as high if he were the #1.
 
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With our OL, the odds of Simms surviving the half are 50/50 at best. Fact is, it's going to take more than one QB to absorb the damage of Bama's blitz packages.
 
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37620VOL said:
With our OL, the odds of Simms surviving the half are 50/50 at best. Fact is, it's going to take more than one QB to absorb the damage of Bama's blitz packages.
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Good point. The only problem I see with Bray is that he probably won't be able to avoid the rush as well as Simms. Not as quick. However, maybe he will throw it away sooner to avoid the sacks. Just hope it's not a throw away to a Bama player.
 
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LWSVOL said:
JMO, I think he is making up stuff to answer the same questions he gets over and over. You have to feed the masses to keep interest I guess.

They have changed every other position due to injuries more than anything else.

everyone is reading way too much in all this talk. I posted in another thread (Poole thread) earlier what is going on. Nothing more..

Now if Bray goes out an plays like Bubba Wyche on Satruday, another UT legend is born... then the spin will be even more confusing to the fans. :crazy:
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Went that far back, eh?
 
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PeytonBerry said:
I thought it was interesting to hear his reasoning. Dooley mentioned they have changed every other position on the offense besides QB and a lack of production is the reason for giving Bray some playing time.

He said Matt Simms has not performed poorly. Simply the offense is not producing. He also mentioned he did not want to create a quarterback controversy and was hesitant to make that move. That makes me wonder if there was more behind this move than meets the eye.

What are your thoughts?
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I think the plan all along was to let Simms play through the brutal stretch to start the season while the young linemen got experience and then start shifting to Bray in the second half. I wouldn't be surprised to see Bray play real minutes versus Bama and USC to get his feet wet, and then start the Ole Miss game through the end of the season.
 
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I don't think Dooley is making anything up. He's basically saying, "I'm willing to try anything to win."

UT has such little chance at winning, throwing Bray in low risk, high reward. The offense won't get worse than it is, it might get better. If Bray is taking a beating from Bama, he just pulls him out before he gets beat to death and put Simms back it.
 
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glhal2814 said:
I don't think Dooley is making anything up. He's basically saying, "I'm willing to try anything to win."

UT has such little chance at winning, throwing Bray in low risk, high reward. The offense won't get worse than it is, it might get better. If Bray is taking a beating from Bama, he just pulls him out before he gets beat to death and put Simms back it.
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Agree....14 -17 pts per game is pathetic. And I like the comments about every position but QB was changed without seeing a change. So, give it a go.
 
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PeytonBerry said:
Alabama is last in the SEC with 6 sacks (as of last week).
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Yeah, wasn't their defense the reason some people weren't picking them to win the national championship again? I thought it was a weakness.

Unfortunately, their first team offense is the best in the country, and their second team offense is likely the second best offense in the country.
 
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Does anybody rememmber a few years ago when Brian Brohm was a freshman at Louisville? Everygame the coaches would put him in for at least one series to get some experience cuz they knew he was gonna be a good one. Thats kinda how I see this playin out and not rly being all that much of a controversy unless he just blows us away and looks like Peyton. Personally I hope for the latter but I'm not gonna put too many expectations on the guy.
 
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rockytop9808 said:
Yeah, wasn't their defense the reason some people weren't picking them to win the national championship again? I thought it was a weakness.

Unfortunately, their first team offense is the best in the country, and their second team offense is likely the second best offense in the country.
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Their D is not what what it was last year, but still pretty darn good.

And we have already played against the best offense in the country...... Oregon. Bama may be top 5.
 
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Well if Bray doesn't work out Dooley can always install the wishbone, Put Nash at QB and watch the good times start rolling....Nash would be an excellent option qb...Good strong runner too....Here comes the "It won't work in the SEC" stuff LMAO
 
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rockytop9808 said:
Yeah, wasn't their defense the reason some people weren't picking them to win the national championship again? I thought it was a weakness.

Unfortunately, their first team offense is the best in the country, and their second team offense is likely the second best offense in the country.
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They lost a lot on the D.



People were scared of the inexperienced DBs.

It really hasn't been much of a problem though.
 
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VOLnMiami said:
Well if Bray doesn't work out Dooley can always install the wishbone, Put Nash at QB and watch the good times start rolling....Nash would be an excellent option qb...Good strong runner too....Here comes the "It won't work in the SEC" stuff LMAO
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we got the backs for it.. but it will never work in the SEC! sorry i had to say it.:hi:
 
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aredfox28 said:
we got the backs for it.. but it will never work in the SEC! sorry i had to say it.:hi:
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Yeah your right, I mean Alabama only won like 6 titles using it and Oklahoma won a couple using it too.....Believe me, If its run correctly, It's almost unstoppable...I watched Alabama and Oklahoma crush teams with that offense...Nobody will ever convince me it wouldn't work...It's super hard to defend and you wear out defenses...Only big problem with that offense is if you get behind late in a game its hard to come back with.
 
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