3 missed FGs and a dropped TD by Kelly.
Another armchair OP post. You sir are inexcusable.
I never have commented, been reading posts for years, merely to gauge fan's thoughts. Everyone is entitled to an opinion, even "OP" as you like to say.
The gentleman to whom you originally replied was quite "right" in some of his summations, at least as far as MANY of the OPINIONS on this site. We had the ball at the 1 foot line once and couldn't run it in; our quarterback made a fabulous fade to the corner for a touchdown; other than that, he often threw desperately to receivers covered by more than several players, OR he threw it off balance straight into the defensive players hands. We had offensive lineman moving before the snap, not at "bad" times rather "extraordinary bad times", and that has happened under Jones year-after-year-after year.
Butch Jones can recruit, he is a motivational coach and there's nothing wrong with that. He's simply not a great coach. For whatever reason, UT doesn't want to "bite the bullet" like Alabama did and pay out the ying-yang for a REALLY great coach.
Jim McElwain - did he win 10 in a row his FIRST year at Florida (before losing), with players he didn't know and didn't recruit. I don't think he's the best thing since crunchy peanut butter but there you go. That hire (i.e. a talented coach) was light years better than ours. And you can say "no one else was available". Yeah, well, best I recall Nick Saban was a professional coach who "wasn't interested" in Alabama, over and over and over, until he was on the tarmac at the airport accepting a contract he couldn't turn down. As far as I'm concerned, Alabama fans ain't no better than our fans when it comes to supporting your team.
Now go ahead and call me "OP". And you'd be right. I saw in person, Condredge Holloway lead Tennessee over Alabama ALL DAY LONG until the final minutes of the game one year. And I was a fan before that.