ESPN loves us?

[TNnative]

STILL wishing they had gotten Chris Petersen instead of Lame Kiffin.

 

[Vol524]

When you judge how good a coach is, you have to look at what he did with what he had to work with. A stable full of 5* athletes can cover up a bunch of coaching flaws. I think CJH does a great job adjusting his play to match his players' strengths. Kirby would not have near the record he has if he were coaching at Vandy. I do understand that part of being a good coach is recruiting talent. One thing to remember is that it is easier to recruit a 5* if you are an elite university with deep pockets full of money.

 

[WillisWG]

hope he's right about #2 rating...we may need some CJH magic

Tennessee Football Picked to Finish in Bottom Half of SEC by Media | Rocky Top Insider

Where Tennessee football is projected to finish in the SEC for the 2025 season, according to the media at SEC Media Days.

www.rockytopinsider.com

 

[J C Higgins]

When you judge how good a coach is, you have to look at what he did with what he had to work with. A stable full of 5* athletes can cover up a bunch of coaching flaws. I think CJH does a great job adjusting his play to match his players' strengths. Kirby would not have near the record he has if he were coaching at Vandy. I do understand that part of being a good coach is recruiting talent. One thing to remember is that it is easier to recruit a 5* if you are an elite university with deep pockets full of money.

Re: When you judge how good a coach is, you have to look at what he did with what he had to work with.

I've said this many times. The true definition of a great coach is the one that can produce the most from the player talent with which he has to work. Some disagree and include recruiting in the definition but to me that's salesmanship not coaching. Just depends on one's definition and perspective.

 

[JohnnyJava]

Ironically, that high ranking is the result of constantly underrating Heupel's teams, leading to perceived overachieving.

From reading the article, it seems like the rating is not derived from how Heupel finished the year vs how Connelly thought that he would, but how Heupel did vs. a 20 year baseline average that UT achieved under Fulmer, Kiffin, Dools, Buzzcut, and Never-heard-of-asparagus guy. There were not a whole lot of high achieving teams in that timeframe. As previous posters have indicated, it seems a bit of a stretch and methodologically unsound.

 

[franklinboy]

After that article that came out about them declaring that literally anyone associated with that school on payroll or as a athlete is "uneducated trailer park trash" or something like that ,well then it was always be F$K ESPN to me ! ALways and forever..I'm sure i'm not the only Ut fan out here that remembers that BS ..To ESPN