Has Sanders ever admitted a mistake?

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I am not bashing Randy (well I guess maybe I am). Can anyone give me an instance when Sanders has admitted he made a mistake. I can't think of one that he has admitted he was wrong. Fulmer seems to be able to step up and take the heat when the need arises and I have heard Chavis do the same thing. I can't think of one example of Sanders taking responsibility. Am I just forgetting?
 
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No. Randy Sanders ALMOST won my admiration this season. He blew it. I say promote Trooper Taylor!


 
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Isn't that the truth, I still don't know much about Trooper and what kind of coach he is, but if I had to judge his coaching by the way he acts on the sideline, I would say he is fantastic. He is always over there picking up people, hugging, shaking hands, cheering.........he is intense!
 
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No one has ever accused Trooper of lacking enthusiasm.
 
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Have y'all ever noticed that Randy Sanders is always working his mouth funny? He needs to remember he's on camera.
 
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Originally posted by LadyinOrange@Nov 8, 2004 9:35 PM
No. Randy Sanders ALMOST won my admiration this season. He blew it. I say promote Trooper Taylor!
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hahahhaha yeah, I think that Trooper would do alot better! Sanders always gives us that ray of hope then lets us down..idk i want a beer! I'm still not over losing Ainge. :censored: :censored: :banghead: :banghead:
 
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This will get me the CRS HOMER Award. Is it in his contract that if he makes a mistake, he has to stand on the front porch of the courthouse and apologize? If and I mean IF an aopology is owed, it isn't to us. CRS works his ass off with no credit. You guys want a more open aggressive offense? Well hell, everytime we do something agressive risk increases as well. There ain't no such thing as a risk free wide open offense. So what is it guys? Be conservative so he can apologise to you for being boring? Get more aggressive so he can apologise to you if we lose on a gamble. Think about it ....I'd love to hear your answers.
 
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Originally posted by vol_freak@Nov 8, 2004 9:34 PM
I am not bashing Randy (well I guess maybe I am). Can anyone give me an instance when Sanders has admitted he made a mistake. I can't think of one that he has admitted he was wrong. Fulmer seems to be able to step up and take the heat when the need arises and I have heard Chavis do the same thing. I can't think of one example of Sanders taking responsibility. Am I just forgetting?
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I don't think an OC has any responsibility to admit a bad call anymore than he should beat his chest every time the offense scores a TD.

Having hung around and spoken to a lot of college coaches, I think one of their biggest frustrations is having to answer to media and fans in general who a lot of times have no earthly idea what they are talking about. I had a much maligned ACC coach tell me last year on a ride back to the Atlanta airport that the worst part of his job was having to listen to obviously flawed criticism and be polite about it.
 
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The HC is ultimately responsible and should shield the players AND the assistant coaches from any blame. Remember the saying, "the buck stops here"?
 
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Originally posted by BHAMVOLFAN@Nov 9, 2004 9:07 AM
This will get me the CRS HOMER Award. Is it in his contract that if he makes a mistake, he has to stand on the front porch of the courthouse and apologize? If and I mean IF an aopology is owed, it isn't to us. CRS works his ass off with no credit. You guys want a more open aggressive offense? Well hell, everytime we do something agressive risk increases as well. There ain't no such thing as a risk free wide open offense. So what is it guys? Be conservative so he can apologise to you for being boring? Get more aggressive so he can apologise to you if we lose on a gamble. Think about it ....I'd love to hear your answers.
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I don't think it's in his contract that he has to aplogize and maybe assistant coaches shouldn't do that but I have heard Chavis step up from time to time and take blame for things. I don't think Sanders is a bad coach and I think he does catch a lot of undeserved grief. Maybe Fulmer is still handling the offense, I don't know. I sure don't hear Fulmer taking responsibility for the defense and the problems they had in a couple of games this year.

I just think that if Sanders is in fact the leader of the offense then it would be nice for him to step up and take some of the heat when things don't go well.
 
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IMHO its the o-line coach who needs to step up after ND and he need s to fix it or AU will kill us if we end up playing them again :ph34r:
 
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Phil Fulmer quote...

''I told Randy to run the draw or the screen, which is typically what we're going to do when we're backed up and time's an issue. We want to see if we can make anything happen on first down, but something that's relatively safe."

''It just popped out of there, 'Let's take a shot,' and we kind of hurried the kids up there. It was not good on our part. It was a mess, just a mess."

''Randy's the one who wanted to take a shot, and I agreed. Again, I take responsibility for that. Ultimately, it's mine.''
 
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If Randy Sanders is so great, how come we never hear of HIM getting offers from other schools? David Cutcliffe, Mickie DeMoss, the guy who went to work for Croom, I forget his name, THEY obviously had something that people noticed. How many other job offers has SANDERS had?
 
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IMO opinion Randy has done a fine job! We are playing UT football, same scheme. Nothing has changed and if it has, it has changed for the better. He has made some great calls, give the guy a break.

When is it the palyers fault and not the coachs?
 
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Originally posted by LadyinOrange@Nov 9, 2004 6:14 PM
If Randy Sanders is so great, how come we never hear of HIM getting offers from other schools? David Cutcliffe, Mickie DeMoss, the guy who went to work for Croom, I forget his name, THEY obviously had something that people noticed. How many other job offers has SANDERS had?
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If you admit that Chavis is a good defensive coordinator.... the only offers he's had are position coach jobs in the NFL? Sure they pay more, but the prestige of being DC in a program like Tennessee as well as his loyalty keep him there. If Chavis were offered a head coaching position, I think he would take it. Likewise, I don't think Sanders would take anything less than a HC position. I've heard rumors of Randy Sanders and the Kentucky HC position a few times? Both coaches are Tennessee graduates.... and if you look at places (historically) like Nebraska, FSU and Penn State where a coach stays a long time and the tradition of winning is there.... most of those guys have the same assistants for like 20 years. And Joe Pa.... notice he started losing when his assistants started retiring. FSU has not been as dominant since Bowden lost a few assistants. Sometimes consistancy comes in a program from the coaching staff.

I would hate to go through what Nebraska is going through now..... just because Solich did not win the National Championship! I hope Nebraska fans are happy now with their 5-4 team... west coast offense.... which includes a 70-10 loss! Solich's record was 58-19 (.753) in 6 seasons. 1 national championship game appearance, 1 conference championship, 3 top 10 finishes, 3 Division Championships, twice finished 2nd in the north division, 5 of 6 seasons finished in top 25, never had a losing season, and was 10-3 his final season.

Regarding Cutcliffe.... his relationship with the Manning's certainly did not hurt his chances of getting the Ole Miss job.
 
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Originally posted by allvol@Nov 9, 2004 1:46 PM
Phil Fulmer quote...

''I told Randy to run the draw or the screen, which is typically what we're going to do when we're backed up and time's an issue. We want to see if we can make anything happen on first down, but something that's relatively safe."

''It just popped out of there, 'Let's take a shot,' and we kind of hurried the kids up there. It was not good on our part. It was a mess, just a mess."

''Randy's the one who wanted to take a shot, and I agreed. Again, I take responsibility for that. Ultimately, it's mine.''
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But this time, it completely blew up in their faces, and Fulmer admitted last night that he was still at a loss to explain the confusion that took hold of the ill-fated play.

''I don't know if I could give you a good answer,'' Fulmer said.

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Quoted from The Tennesseean, preceding the part allvol posted

OK, OK. I applaud Phil for trying to save Sanders's behind, but read the comment again. "I don't know if I could give you a good answer," and "I told Randy to run the draw or screen." In the calculated decision-making that is football at the college and professional level, there shouldn't be terms like "at a loss," "confusion," "just popped out," and "hurried the kids up there."

 
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The draw CPF was referring to was the 1st down play... which was a draw... but on the 2nd down play where Sanders obviously saw something in Notre Dame's coverage...

There was a wide receiver streaking down the sideline while Ainge was trying to pick up the bad snap. Had the Vols scored on a 78-yard pass play and taken a commanding 17-7 lead into the half.... I don't think you guys would be so critical.

The outcome... and not the playcalling usually determines whether a coach is a goat or a hero.
 
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I read where Meachem apparently beat his guy and was open on the play.

I agree allvol about Nebraska. They never should have let Solich go.

It's kind of like firing Jerry Green and hiring Buzz Peterson when Green was coming off the winningest 4 year period in school history. :ph34r:
 
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