List 5 changes needed.

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Fine Vol

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1. Start Stephens and get him some reps.
2. Start Hardesty and reduce fumbles.
3. More of Creer.
4. Use Brandon Warren a lot.
5. Let Clawson do what he was hired to do, coach his O.
 
#5
#5
1) Fire Hamilton
2) Fire Fulmer
3) Fire Chavis
4) Hire John Gruden
5) Pay Gruden whatever he wants so we can get back to the late 90's days.
 
#6
#6
1. Engaged coaching (whether from a rare tumor in the current coach causing him to unlock previously dormant talents, or through a coaching "shift")

2. Find a player that can make reads and decisions. If that means putting in an athlete like G. Jones or Berry full time and being limited in passing, so be it. It is better than what we have now, and better than an all run G-gun which is worthless. Bottom line, quit putting all your eggs in the basket of Crompton.

3. Get Foster's confidence back. In the mean time, don't use him except in between the 20's. Get more carries for Hardesty and Creer.

4. Find a way to get the WR's and Warren more involved in the O. Get Berry some touches.

5. Defensively, line up man to man from time to time and blitz. Force the WR's and QB to beat your DB's. Getting points off of turn overs is CRITICAL.
 
#7
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IPorange said:
1. Engaged coaching (whether from a rare tumor in the current coach causing him to unlock previously dormant talents, or through a coaching "shift")

2. Find a player that can make reads and decisions. If that means putting in an athlete like G. Jones or Berry full time and being limited in passing, so be it. It is better than what we have now, and better than an all run G-gun which is worthless. Bottom line, quit putting all your eggs in the basket of Crompton.

3. Get Foster's confidence back. In the mean time, don't use him except in between the 20's. Get more carries for Hardesty and Creer.

4. Find a way to get the WR's and Warren more involved in the O. Get Berry some touches.

5. Defensively, line up man to man from time to time and blitz. Force the WR's and QB to beat your DB's. Getting points off of turn overs is CRITICAL.
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Limited would be an understatement.
 
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#8
#7 Get rid of Bob Kesling.

He just doesn't sound like what TN Football should sound like, IMHO.

Worst in the SEC.
 
#9
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tennfanatic said:
1) Fire Hamilton
2) Fire Fulmer
3) Fire Chavis
4) Hire John Gruden
5) Pay Gruden whatever he wants so we can get back to the late 90's days.
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Seriously, why does Gruden's name keep coming up?!? Why HIM? Is he unhappy coaching at Tampa Bay or the NFL? Has he expressed interest in coaching at Tennessee? Guys he's a superbowl winning coach. If he left or was fired from the bucs, another NFL team would snatch him up in a heartbeat!

I'm just curious how John Gruden's name suddenly started coming up on "potential Vol coaches" and keeps getting mentioned over and over.
 
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VOLinthaATL said:
Limited would be an understatement.
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I haven't seen them throw yet. That doesn't mean that they absolutely can't. And I would wager they could do the job as well as Crompton has thus far, plus have a greater scrambling threat.
 
#11
#11
Obviously the intent of the post had to do with improvements that did not include firing coaches. So outside of firing coaches, 5 changes are:

1. Stephens gets 100% of the snaps against NIU.
2. Foster is disciplined for his actions (not his play, which has been solid outside of the fumble). Give Hardesty/Creer every carry at NIU.
3. Expand passing plays out of G-Gun (but dont show during NIU game).
4. Make sure pressure packages and aggressive secondary continue to work together they way they did at AU. Dont let off the gas pedal.
5. Put more starters and back-ups on special teams.
 
#12
#12
1) Start Stephens
2) More Hardesty and Creer
3) DISCIPLINE!
4) Special Teams
5) Special Teams again
 
#13
#13
Fine Vol said:
1. Start Stephens and get him some reps.
2. Start Hardesty and reduce fumbles.
3. More of Creer.
4. Use Brandon Warren a lot.
5. Let Clawson do what he was hired to do, coach his O.
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1. Absolutely
2. No way
3. Realistically with the amount of plays being so reduced, a two back stable is about all that's needed. Foster and Hardesty should be the main backs.
4. I'm fine with Stocker and will be interested to see what Cottam does
5. Absolutely
 
#14
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therickbol said:
Obviously the intent of the post had to do with improvements that did not include firing coaches. So outside of firing coaches, 5 changes are:

1. Stephens gets 100% of the snaps against NIU.
2. Foster is disciplined for his actions (not his play, which has been solid outside of the fumble). Give Hardesty/Creer every carry at NIU.
3. Expand passing plays out of G-Gun (but dont show during NIU game).
4. Make sure pressure packages and aggressive secondary continue to work together they way they did at AU. Dont let off the gas pedal.
5. Put more starters and back-ups on special teams.
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#5 is huge and probably the most important non-qb related issue we have right now....we need to use our best talent on these plays, and for those that say thats bad to put starters on special teams because it tires them out, is BS. The average special team player is on the field for an average of 9.3 plays per game in 2007, thats 9 plays out of about 160 for the game (new clock rules limit that number even more). 9 plays is nothing, why cant we make special teams a focus and a strength rather than a tool to keep 3rd and 4th string guys happy by getting on the field?
 
#15
#15
1. Ditch the Yoga and go with a martial arts study in conjunction with the strength and conditioning program.


2. Rearrange the coaching staff to include a special teams coordinator that is responsible for special teams play.

3. Jazz up tune selection for the Pride of the Southland, Lawrence Welk has his place but not at football games.

4. Revive school spirit, have more avid fan support, actually be the 12th man for a change, in a positive way, not negative. (the music has a lot to do with the mood of any group btw)

5. If you are sitting near a so-called Vol fan and he boos our own team, bust his chops in no uncertain terms.
 
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Brave Volunteer said:
Seriously, why does Gruden's name keep coming up?!? Why HIM? Is he unhappy coaching at Tampa Bay or the NFL? Has he expressed interest in coaching at Tennessee? Guys he's a superbowl winning coach. If he left or was fired from the bucs, another NFL team would snatch him up in a heartbeat!

I'm just curious how John Gruden's name suddenly started coming up on "potential Vol coaches" and keeps getting mentioned over and over.
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Jon Gruden said the following; "Firing Phil Fulmer would be ridiculous."

Most football fans are unrealistic at times and some are ridiculously unrealistic all the time.
 
#18
#18
1- Turn the QB competition into Stephens vs Coleman. I feel for JC but at 1-3 a team needs to find its future QB. If both the other guys fail, 2nd team snaps will keep him as "sharp" as he's been so far.

2- Use Cottam, Stocker, and Warren at the same time... often. A formation with those guys bunched on one side with Jones wide on the other side would give UT its best possible match ups against most teams.

3- Start Hardesty and put Foster in competition with Creer for the number 2 job. Foster does many things well but like Crompton he makes the critical mistake too often.

4- Play the young talent on D. Yes they'll make mistakes but they are the future and some of them have more innate talent than the guys in front of them... Donald for instance would benefit immensely by some "real" downs at MLB.

5- I like gsvol's #5. Booing hurts the team's future regardless of who the coach is. Fulmer will succeed/fail own his own. The decision on his job won't be very dependent on boos. Recruits have been and will be effected by poor fan behavior. Giles specifically mentioned it. He, Nunes, and Stokes talked often and had worked together recruiting other players.
 
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hamburgerVol said:
#7 Get rid of Bob Kesling.

He just doesn't sound like what TN Football should sound like, IMHO.

Worst in the SEC.
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:good!:

he's terrible. ive been saying that for years now. (to people that can't change it of course.)

but you never hire a TV guy for radio. Maybe we could get Mike Keith.

TOUCHDOOOOOWWN Vols. mmmm mmm good.
 
#21
#21
It's all relative. Define what YOU mean by "jazz up" and "Lawrence Welk." The POTSB has played Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song" & "Rock and Roll" for years, and while they may not be new, they sure ain't Lawrence Welk, either.

They also play "Iron Man"; Black Sabbath was never played by LW, and Ozzie never made a guest appearance on his show.

I'm also dismayed they quit playing Earth, Wind & Fire's "Rock That," which LITERALLY is as jazz-rock fusiony as you can get.

The theme from "Gladiator" is not only newer, but kinda kewl, if I do say so myself.

IMHO, we don't need to turn college football into the NFL by marrying it w/heavy metal, a lot of which I even like. For example, before the UAB game, they were playing Saliva's "Ladies and Gentlemen" over the stadium sound system. :rock: Absurd.

The NFL is new age, cutting edge, etc., but the college game should be mostly about tradition.

OTOH, "When it's Iris Time Down in Tennessee," "Jeepers, Creepers," and the old "Country Hits Medley" they used to play can die with dignity, and would have indeed made 'ol Lawrence proud. " . . . and a one, and a two . . . ."

gsvol said:
3. Jazz up tune selection for the Pride of the Southland, Lawrence Welk has his place but not at football games.
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#22
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sjt18 said:
5- I like gsvol's #5. Booing hurts the team's future regardless of who the coach is. Fulmer will succeed/fail own his own. The decision on his job won't be very dependent on boos. Recruits have been and will be effected by poor fan behavior. Giles specifically mentioned it. He, Nunes, and Stokes talked often and had worked together recruiting other players.
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1. Ditch the Yoga and go with a martial arts study in conjunction with the strength and conditioning program.

Picture Overstreet rushing th passer with the opposing OT slowing him down with an arm bar. he's pumping his arms and moving right along but not in time to disrupt the play, now picture him knocking that arm bar out of the way and sacking the QB, which would have happened with the right kind of training.

Picture Foster in the Florida game making nine yards and getting tackled by an all SEC LB, but now picture the same play if the blocker had taken out the LB, Arian would still be running.

My conjecture is that if the blocker had been studying a MA disipline instead of yoga, he wouldn't have stumbled and missed the block.

I could give a thousand examples, those are two that happen to stick out in my mind right now.

Another thing is that with MA training a presence of mind and quickness is attained that would probably would have prevented our fumbles that have cost us a couple of games or more, just this year.


2. Rearrange the coaching staff to include a special teams coordinator that is responsible for special teams play.

Case in point, our first punt went for 29 yds in the Auburn game. Why, because we used exactly the same formation as used when Florida blocked a punt and scored a TD (that was the Florida game, right?) and Auburn used exactly the same rush play and only missed a blocked punt and TD because Cunningham awkwardly moved to his left when punting resulting in getting the punt off but a poor one at best. We are not a total disaster with our special teams but we could be so soooo much better if we had an innovative ST coordinator.

4. Revive school spirit, have more avid fan support, actually be the 12th man for a change, in a positive way, not negative. (the music has a lot to do with the mood of any group btw)

There are some students that really get into it but overall school spirit is nothing like it was 40 years ago, imo.

How about some leadership there. How about the student section does an orange out but puts a white power T in the center of their section????

There are those who think we can sprinkle the magic dust of a new coaching staff and wallah, we're dominating the SEC, beating everyone on a regular basis, etc.

I'll believe that when I see it, I doubt all that will happen even if part of it happens.



Dobervol said:
It's all relative. Define what YOU mean by "jazz up" and "Lawrence Welk." The POTSB has played Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song" & "Rock and Roll" for years, and while they may not be new, they sure ain't Lawrence Welk, either.

Good points.

They also play "Iron Man"; Black Sabbath was never played by LW, and Ozzie never made a guest appearance on his show.

Point taken.

I'm also dismayed they quit playing Earth, Wind & Fire's "Rock That," which LITERALLY is as jazz-rock fusiony as you can get.

Wish they would pick that back up.

The theme from "Gladiator" is not only newer, but kinda kewl, if I do say so myself.

Not bad.

IMHO, we don't need to turn college football into the NFL by marrying it w/heavy metal, a lot of which I even like. For example, before the UAB game, they were playing Saliva's "Ladies and Gentlemen" over the stadium sound system. :rock: Absurd.

Agreed.

The NFL is new age, cutting edge, etc., but the college game should be mostly about tradition.

OTOH, "When it's Iris Time Down in Tennessee," "Jeepers, Creepers," and the old "Country Hits Medley" they used to play can die with dignity, and would have indeed made 'ol Lawrence proud. " . . . and a one, and a two . . . ."

Sure, but listen to a little Sam Bush, et al.
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Flash back to the 2001 SECC game.

They needed to play "it's great to be a Vol" about two or three more times in order to build to a higher fever pitch for the Vol fan segment of the crowd.

We were sluggish as a fan group and NOT ON TIME with our cheering, we could have easily disrupted some of the LSU audibles but the cheering only got that loud after the ball was snapped, which hurt us not them.

Listen to that LSU brass section that really gave their team a boost to help their 2nd half comeback, particularly when the play was on that end of the field.

OTOH, our band played (and did so very well) something that sounded like it would be a good number for a waltz.

I admit a lot of people thought we would just waltz into the Rose Bowl and repeat the '86 Sugar Bowl performance vs Miami but as we see now that just didn't happen.
 
#24
#24
1. The orange pants have got to GO.
2. Get the stupid female reporters off the sidelines and get a gorgeous guy instead.
3. Stop showing Clawson (over)reacting to bonehead plays in the box.
4. NEVER, EVER let Lundquist/Danielson call another Vol game.
5. Get the old play clock rules back.
 
#25
#25
1. Let Stephans and coleman get some snaps in the NIU game.(If stephans gets hurt it will be hard to put in a qb that hasnt taken 1 snap in a game)
2. Discipline (stop so many stupid penalties)
3. be aggressive both offensively and defensively
4. be more creative in play calling
5. improve special teams
 
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