Fulmer's biggest mistakes

#51
#51
VolfanMike said:
Clawson for flipping the tackles.
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So who was responsible for bad OL play last year? We didn't run very well and we actually had the threat of a passing offense. Do you think the 4 sacks stat last year was a good indicator of our OL talent? They don't seem like record-setters to me.
 
#52
#52
Clawson has not worked out, but there are numerous factors--starting with the fact that our offensive talent level is WEAK. Cut got lots more out of this group than Clawson--but he had an experienced QB and let's also remember that we struggled offensively a LOT last year. We couldn't make a friggin' first down in the second halves of the kentucky and south carolina games--which should have led to two losses but the Vols pulled both of them out of their butts.

Fulmer in general is soft and /completely burned out/. He does not recognize problems and can't seem to fix them. He's not very articulate--shades our our current president. Why do we think running ONE friggin' Tennessee drill every August is a big deal? It's not! We should be running that thing every three days--I'll be Saban is!
 
#53
#53
gainesvol82 said:
So who was responsible for bad OL play last year? We didn't run very well and we actually had the threat of a passing offense. Do you think the 4 sacks stat last year was a good indicator of our OL talent? They don't seem like record-setters to me.
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It's amazing to me that Cutcliffe made it work? Don't you find that hard to believe? I still have no idea what our Offense is trying to do offensively. It looks like we are completely lost, maybe that is the fact that we are truly that bad, but this is basically the same time from last year minus the quarterback.

you want my opinion i dont think the o-line coach, the o-line or the players bought into what Clawson was wanting to do.
 
#54
#54
I believe that if CPF had named someone...anyone off last year's offensive staff the OC...and then directed the offense himself for a period of time...might have produced a good 08' season. Trying to allow a new OC to install an entirely new offense w/o the type players needed to run that offense is a road map to disaster...check out Auburn 08' who started the preseason in the top 10.
 
#55
#55
VolfanMike said:
It's amazing to me that Cutcliffe made it work? Don't you find that hard to believe? I still have no idea what our Offense is trying to do offensively. It looks like we are completely lost, maybe that is the fact that we are truly that bad, but this is basically the same time from last year minus the quarterback.

you want my opinion i dont think the o-line coach, the o-line or the players bought into what Clawson was wanting to do.
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But Cut didn't make it work last year. We had a weak running game and the only thing that helped the OL in pass coverage was Ainge's quick decision making and willingness to get rid of the ball instead of take a sack. He was criticized a lot for it, but in hindsight he was doing the right thing. He knew the OL's limitations and knew that he wouldn't finish the season out if he didn't get rid of the ball quickly.

I agree with your last statement. I think their loyalty to Fulmer might have affected that. I don't think Fulmer fully bought in.
 
#56
#56
One of Fulmer's Biggest Mistakes = Giving Priority to Arian Foster when he has single-handedly cost Tenn at least 3 games. And has had a helping-hand (with assistance from the QB's) in losing a few others due to Poor, Poor, Poor, Pi$$-Poor ball security.

Put The Fumbler on the Bench. UCLA and Auburn would have been wins, more than likely. Tenn would be sitting at no worse than 5-4, instead of 3-6. Still not the best, but better. And that is just this year.
 
#57
#57
I think one of Fulmer's biggest mistakes was not insisting that Cut work with Crompton more to develop him. Fulmer knew that Ainge would be gone and he would have Crompton and 2 inexperienced underclassmen. He was very shortsighted in regard to this. His next mistake was sticking with Crompton for wayyyyy too long. All of his decisions were those of a man who had no fear of being fired.
 
#58
#58
Obviously the 2001 LSU game ranks for most of us as the most dissapointing moment in recent memory. 2nd for me is the 1996 loss to Memphis, which should have been impossible with the talent on that team. But to say it's been a steady decline since 2001 is not exactly true.

2004 Phil did an amazing job winning as many games as he did with two true freshmen quarterbacks. Wins agains Florida and Georgia...if Ainge doesn't go down against Notre Dame the only games we lose that year are against an Auburn team with Ronnie Brown, Carnell Williams, and Jason Campbell that should have gotten a shot at a NC. I think aside from 1998, 2004 may have been Phil's "best" year for doing what he did with the talent we had. And then we followed it up with an unmitigated disaster of year.
 
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