Entertaining Game

#27
#27
RollOverVols said:
If your coach held back playing a big home game against a non conference opponent you had better get rid of him immediately. That kind of mentality would be worse for your program than anything Fulmer ever did. If there are plays he didn't run it had better be because the players don't execute them well in practice. What's the use in holding back if it costs you a game?
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I understand your point in general - a coach would never intentionally withhold so much that his team loses a 'winnable' game, but CPF 'held back' in just about every game he ever coached at UT. Shoot, he learned it honest from Johnny. But, there isn't a coach anywhere that doesn't put a little extra emphasis on conference opponents - I don't care what any of them say about it...
 
#28
#28
Listen, if Lane Kiffin held back against UCLA, then he is an idiot.

I don't think he's an idiot. He wanted to win that game. When you are rebuilding a program, you don't just mail it in one week during a major OOC game on national television with the hopes that you'll hide enough of your real scheme so that you might have a snowball's chance in hell at beating your main divisional rival on the road.

Lane Kiffin wanted that game and he did everything he could to win. The defense did everything it could to win. They blitzed from all over the field, moved Eric berry all over the place, and did everything they could after the debacle a 3rd quarter to win that one.
 
#30
#30
AFL2008 said:
Listen, if Lane Kiffin held back against UCLA, then he is an idiot.

I don't think he's an idiot. He wanted to win that game. When you are rebuilding a program, you don't just mail it in one week during a major OOC game on national television with the hopes that you'll hide enough of your real scheme so that you might have a snowball's chance in hell at beating your main divisional rival on the road.

Lane Kiffin wanted that game and he did everything he could to win. The defense did everything it could to win. They blitzed from all over the field, moved Eric berry all over the place, and did everything they could after the debacle a 3rd quarter to win that one.
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Turnovers are a killer. The offense has to take care of the football better. They don't have enough firepower to overcome 4 turnovers, not many teams do.
 
#31
#31
Yeah. Most teams only have 10-12 possessions in a game. So if you turn it over 4 times, you effectively reduce the number of chances you have to score while simultaneously increasing the opponents chances to score.

Bad voodoo.
 
#32
#32
winchestervol63 said:
CPF 'held back' in just about every game he ever coached at UT
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Yes, and it eventually did get him fired. He got away with it for a long time because he had superior athletes and could pile up enough W's to stay off the hotseat. You can't play straight up and not take risks to exploit opponents' weaknesses when playing teams with equal or better talent, or you will certainly lose.
 
#33
#33
its gonna be crazy, thats a given...they think they'll blow us out but i think not...defense is great
 
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