Josh Heupel is the perfect coach for Tennessee

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From a coaching, culture, attitude, and philosophy perspective, this guy just fits in Knoxville. I know there are some people still second-guessing some of his decisions from Saturday but he is a heck of a coach and representative of Knoxville. We are slowly building up. Honestly, I have seen a lot of Georgia fans talking about it, and we have won their respect.

I had Tennessee at 9-3 in my preseason predictions but I think we will land at 10-2 now. Heupel is too good of a coach and we have too much talent. I knew that the 24th rank and Nico concerns were ridiculous because we have too talented of a team now. Every year, our recruiting is getting builder, our culture is getting better, our hunger is getting better.

Kirby Smart, best coach in CFB right now IMO, took 7 years before he broke through and got the National Title. He inherited a lot stronger program than Heupel. We are just now off of sanctions. We have literally been irrelevant for 15 years (not a destination place) and had recruiting sanctions and yet we are bringing in blue chips, competing with Alabama and Georgia, making a Playoff, etc.

The guy represents the school well off the field, recruits players that I want to root for, builds a team that we can be proud in, etc.

I hope this is appreciated and I look forward to future with Heupel. I think he knows it is a good fit for him and I hope he sticks around. If he stays long enough, I think we will eventually take home the big trophy and perhaps even more than one.
 
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volbound1700 said:
From a coaching, culture, attitude, and philosophy perspective, this guy just fits in Knoxville. I know there are some people still second-guessing some of his decisions from Saturday but he is a heck of a coach and representative of Knoxville. We are slowly building up. Honestly, I have seen a lot of Georgia fans talking about it, and we have won their respect.

I had Tennessee at 9-3 in my preseason predictions but I think we will land at 10-2 now. Heupel is too good of a coach and we have too much talent. I knew that the 24th rank and Nico concerns were ridiculous because we have too talented of a team now. Every year, our recruiting is getting builder, our culture is getting better, our hunger is getting better.

Kirby Smart, best coach in CFB right now IMO, took 7 years before he broke through and got the National Title. He inherited a lot stronger program than Heupel. We are just now off of sanctions. We have literally been irrelevant for 15 years (not a destination place) and had recruiting sanctions and yet we are bringing in blue chips, competing with Alabama and Georgia, making a Playoff, etc.

The guy represents the school well off the field, recruits players that I want to root for, builds a team that we can be proud in, etc.

I hope this is appreciated and I look forward to future with Heupel. I think he knows it is a good fit for him and I hope he sticks around. If he stays long enough, I think we will eventually take home the big trophy and perhaps even more than one.
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Yep, I hope he's at Tennessee for a long time. I too predicted 9-3, 10-2 but there are 7-8 teams that could challenge for the SECCG in Atlanta. Lots of good teams, lots of good QB play.
 
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Voltopia said:
Yeah, that's all great, I don't want any coaching changes.

Just, next time you get the conference leader on the ropes - maybe even in Atlanta if you're lucky enough - please, pretty please, pretty pretty please, with sugar on top, rip their damn heart out and bury them.
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14 other teams besides Tennessee have tried this as well and only one has had any type of success at it, Alabama.
 
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Both things can be true.

Heupel Needs to develop as more of a killer in almost every aspect…

Heupel also just took arguably the best program in College FB currently to the Brink the first year we are passed the Blue chip talent line people for get we are barely able the line while UGA is well above it
 
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Is Heup too risk averse to achieve greatness?

If the exact situation had been flipped with a strip sack and fumble in plus territory late in the game, Kirby is going for the jugular. On the flip side, Heup went ultra conservative. This isn’t the first time we’ve seen it. Not dogging him. I’m on board, but definitely have had these thoughts.
 
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UT97Vol said:
Is Heup too risk averse to achieve greatness?

If the exact situation had been flipped with a strip sack and fumble in plus territory late in the game, Kirby is going for the jugular. On the flip side, Heup went ultra conservative. This isn’t the first time we’ve seen it. Not dogging him. I’m on board, but definitely have had these thoughts.
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Kirby woulda run it down our throats, run the clock down and his kicker woulda made the FG.
 
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UT97Vol said:
Is Heup too risk averse to achieve greatness?

If the exact situation had been flipped with a strip sack and fumble in plus territory late in the game, Kirby is going for the jugular. On the flip side, Heup went ultra conservative. This isn’t the first time we’ve seen it. Not dogging him. I’m on board, but definitely have had these thoughts.
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From my recollection, Kirby wasn’t that way until he got much better talent than most everyone. Did he adjust because he learned a different way or because he knew with more talent he could afford a few in game blunders? No clue. All I know is this was the first time since he got to UGA that we really dictated a good portion of that game. We forced UGA into decisions they typically don’t have to make. They executed well when they had to and we didn’t. That’s the difference. UGA knows how to win those games. We will get there too.
 
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Baseball25 said:
JH's big drawback is he doesn't go for the kill in the big games and goes too conservative. How many more close games will be thrown away???
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When nobody had any expectations for us in 2021 and the beginning of 2022 I remember CJH going for the kill every time, even with only a few seconds left before halftime, even the end of regulation (ie Bama game 2022). For some reason he started slowing things down and playing more conservatively starting in 2023. We always said it was the QBs, but Joey is lighting it up this year and we still went conservative for some series. Maybe it’s because everybody now has HIGH expectations and he is more risk averse. Anyway, per the OP, yes, CJH is great for us and I wouldn’t trade him for anyone even if he frustrates me sometimes. We are all looking backwards at his decisions in slow motion. He had to make quick decisions in the heat of battle which is a lot harder. I bet most of us would have probably made the same, or more likely worse decisions in real time. I would have been at risk for wetting my pants on the sideline if I was coaching the last minute of that game 😀
 
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Edixon2 said:
Both things can be true.

Heupel Needs to develop as more of a killer in almost every aspect…

Heupel also just took arguably the best program in College FB currently to the Brink the first year we are passed the Blue chip talent line people for get we are barely able the line while UGA is well above it
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Is that true? Is this Heupels first year passed the blue chip talent line?
 
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The loss hurts inside Knoxville, but the Georgia game garnered plenty of respect for Heupel and the Tennessee program from the national media. Afterall, Tennessee fans were the ones with 9-3 expectations. Many others left Tennessee out of the top 25 and thought we were more likely to go 7-5 than 9-3. Yet here we are with one of the best offenses in college football after losing our 5 star QB and poised to compete for a CFP spot.
 
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JH is a really good offensive coach. Experience is making him a great head coach. I love him....no diddy.......but he has a little to go and then he'll be great!

Banks is a really good defensive coach and a great dude!
 
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