Kiffin tips his hand

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A conventional offense also means the return of the long ball, which the Vols haven't really seen since Randy Sanders left town four years ago. The long ball stretches the defense vertically, and that makes for some big runs and a more balanced offense. As for the receivers, they aren't running so many short crossing routes and getting whacked! It's only every now and then that they get to catch the ball downfield, in stride, one-on-one - not in front of some linebacker or head-hunting safety.
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This is a great point. We effectively haven't been able to either get the ball down the field or run the ball consistenly for 3 years now and turned into a bad hybrid of the Run and Shoot.
 
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I like it, Mike. Good story with some good insight.

I do think Kiffin has a plan and not only does he know what he wants he knows what he doesn't want as well...which sometimes is more important.
 
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That sure puts the Kiffinator in a great light. I dig it. I hope other recruits get how he was upfront and honest with Boyd and didnt try any shenanigans. I also hope Kiffin can keep up that level of honor in such a dog eat dog conference.
 
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Good solid read....However.

1) It's common sense.2)Even if one had limited football
knowledge one could read the boards and find matching language.
 
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#6
Ultimately, the results are what counts. But I think this is the right direction to go in.
 
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orangeblooded2 said:
Good solid read....However.

1) It's common sense.2)Even if one had limited football
knowledge one could read the boards and find matching language.
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I completely agree...we're looking for more insight than we have, Griff. You can do it!!! Dig deep!!! Don't let the mediocrity of others determine your success!!! (you can quote that)
 
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GAVol said:
This is a great point. We effectively haven't been able to either get the ball down the field or run the ball consistenly for 3 years now and turned into a bad hybrid of the Run and Shoot.
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never thought of it that way, but that fits.

pretty good stuff from Griff for once.
 
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Writer32 said:
Ultimately, the results are what counts. But I think this is the right direction to go in.
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His offense sounds a lot like what Tennessee did in the late 80's early 90's when ugh...hmm...Phil Fulmer was the OC. My question is, what happened? Did the talent drop off that drastically and UT just didn't have the personnel to stretch the field? We have had 2 home run threats since Washington and Stallworth and Stephens in '01. Coker and Meachem. Even they weren't really utilized to the extent that Pickens and (wow...mind just went blank, #81 and #80...never thought I would forget their names) were. Coker never had the consistency to take it like Webb, Cobb, Garner, or Lewis. Meachem had 2 hitch routes that the guy jumped and the bombs in LSU game.

Me and my brother have had this conversation several times, but we used to tape the games just to replay all the exciting plays. I can honestly say, outside of the '06 Cal game, nary a game has been worth recording to watch over and over again like the Sugar Bowls (have to get there to tape it, I know) Cotton Bowls, Colorado game, Florida games in early 90's, etc.

Is it strictly talent level?
 
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ridethelightening said:
His offense sounds a lot like what Tennessee did in the late 80's early 90's when ugh...hmm...Phil Fulmer was the OC. My question is, what happened? Did the talent drop off that drastically and UT just didn't have the personnel to stretch the field?

Is it strictly talent level?
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Yes, it is. We haven't had a receiver who could just break downfield and beat the defense for the home run in several years, and it's hurt us badly.

When you don't have a legitimate threat of being able to vertically stretch a defense, it limits what you can accomplish. The defense can cheat closer to the LOS and contain any running backs getting through the line and deny yards after catch on short passes.

We need a quarterback, we need game-breaking receivers and we need more depth on the defensive line. We get those things and we can compete with anybody again.
 
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He did get his information confused here though:

"Kiffin made a pretty big statement by letting quarterback recruit Tajh Boyd go, but I like what it suggests.

It lets us know he's not planning on running the spread and turning Tennessee into some kind of carnival sideshow. While the spread offense is vogue, it's only a matter of time before more defenses catch up to it."

Boyd had stated that he did not want to play in a spread-type offense and was looking
to play for a team which had a pro-style attack. Oh well, don't let facts get in the way of a good story.
 
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jsc1973 said:
Yes, it is. We haven't had a receiver who could just break downfield and beat the defense for the home run in several years, and it's hurt us badly.

When you don't have a legitimate threat of being able to vertically stretch a defense, it limits what you can accomplish. The defense can cheat closer to the LOS and contain any running backs getting through the line and deny yards after catch on short passes.

We need a quarterback, we need game-breaking receivers and we need more depth on the defensive line. We get those things and we can compete with anybody again.
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I disagree with the home run comment... I've seen many a receiver streaking downfield wide open this year.

We do need receivers that can break tackles and get yards after the catch to strech the field horizontally. The bubble screens also went nowhere this year.

Teams did not respect the sideline against us all year and left their coners on an island so to speak and it worked against us for the most part.
 
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markb said:
I disagree with the home run comment... I've seen many a receiver streaking downfield wide open this year.

We do need receivers that can break tackles and get yards after the catch to strech the field horizontally. The bubble screens also went nowhere this year.

Teams did not respect the sideline against us all year and left their coners on an island so to speak and it worked against us for the most part.
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This was more of a QB issue than a receiver issue. If a player is streaking and has half a step on the defender he is wide open when running this route. With a good QB who can hit in stride, this is 6 points much of the time.
 
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GAVol said:
This is a great point. We effectively haven't been able to either get the ball down the field or run the ball consistenly for 3 years now and turned into a bad hybrid of the Run and Shoot.
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I think its more like the run and poop on ourselves and then throw and yack on ourselves:sick:
 
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#23
Good article and it should put some of this hub-bub to rest about the hire. It looks like this young, inexperienced coach that was such a bad hire, has a plan. It is a solid plan too. We could only dream that Tennessee will join the ranks of Southern Cal someday. Coach Kiff apparently has that dream and is moving toward it. We are all 'wait and see' right now. One thing is for sure... he has rolled up his sleves and he is hard at work.
 
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Hey Mike, speak into the mike on the SportsPage... it's hard to hear you sometimes :)
 
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