Lol to the people blaming injuries

#105
#105
rockymountainvol said:
1. Injuries played a role in this game, not to the tune of 49-10, but they played a role.

2. Debord has got to go. Runs up the middle after the 3rd series of the game was asinine to keep attempting.

3. Dobbs misread several reads in this game. Why is he regressing so bad? See #2.
He also cant throw the intermediate ball.

4. Kids still having problems with open space tackling. Also have problems with speed in the secondary. Bo Scarborough had no business taking that back for a long run without a DB able to catch up to him.

5. Our recruiting needs to be top 3 every year as witnessed to what BAMA is able to do. This Bama team is way better than last year or so it appears to be the case for now.
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1. Yes it did or you obviously dont know how bad injuries affect a game.

2. Gameplan? That gameplan worked pretty well against Bama last year, UF, UGA and TAMU this year. 4 starting OL injured throws any gameplan out the window.

3. Dobbs barely had two seconds to throw the ball. Yes he had misreads, mostly because the OL couldnt block a wet paper bag. Again injuries.

4. No Sutton. No JRM. Again injuries.

5. You have a point here.

Long story short, injuries were the major reason for this blowout loss.
 
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BigOrangeTrain said:
1. Yes it did or you obviously dont know how bad injuries affect a game.

2. Gameplan? That gameplan worked pretty well against Bama last year, UF, UGA and TAMU this year. 4 starting OL injured throws any gameplan out the window.

3. Dobbs barely had two seconds to throw the ball. Yes he had misreads, mostly because the OL couldnt block a wet paper bag. Again injuries.

4. No Sutton. No JRM. Again injuries.

5. You have a point here.

Long story short, injuries were the major reason for this blowout loss.
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Haven't you heard, though? We are Tennessee. Simply being us we should transcend all logic and win. No exceptions.
 
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EastTN said:
I know we are 5-2 at this point but really we should be 3-4. Appy state should have beat us, as well as GA. We are not as good as everyone thought.
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Let's forfeit 2 wins and give them to Appy and UGA. That'll show us how much we suck.
 
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Vol4ever said:
Sometimes you just get your butt handed to you. Injuries or not your defense giving up 400 yards on the ground will not win any game.


We got stomped is the truth. On to the next game.
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We did get stomped. But look at most of those yards rushing. Up the middle. Where we have our 4th string lb, dismissed our starting DT. We even ran a 4-2-5 defense because we didn't have enough lbs. and used 2nd,3rd string safeties as well.
 
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OWB said:
Always love when he legions of the miserable come out after a loss to celebrate.
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... and get angry if you point out their glee in one of our losses and their being down and out when we win .. especially against UF & UGA, like nothing I've ever seen from another fanbase.
 
#114
#114
I think the OP has a black belt in masochism.

I mean, if you hate CBJ, the coaching staff and most of the players, and you think they stink, I guess that's cool. Everyone is entitled to their opinions. But how on earth does someone like that shell out $600 for tickets to go watch a team they don't even like in person (totally decimated by injuries, by the way) get curb stomped by a team so good people think they can compete against NFL squads and then act all mad about it? Either you have zero football IQ, a 3-year old's ability to manage your expectations, or you get off on it. Or perhaps all of the above?
 
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#115
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Hey Mr. USAToday, before the injuries decimated our roster, what was the general consensus of Vol fan predictions to this point in the season?

If we get a few guys healthy, most reasonable expectations for team 120 are perfectly on track. We'll have to play very well with this roster down the stretch. But there is noreason to go full on hand wringing yet.
 
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#116
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Mystery Train said:
I think the OP has a black belt in masochism.

I mean, if you hate CBJ, the coaching staff and most of the players, and you think they stink, I guess that's cool. Everyone is entitled to their opinions. But how on earth does someone like that shell out $600 for tickets to go watch a team they don't even like in person (totally decimated by injuries, by the way) get curb stomped by a team so good people think they can compete against NFL squads and then act all mad about it? Either you have zero football IQ, a 3-year old's ability to manage your expectations, or you get off on it. Or perhaps all of the above?
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Underrated post IMO. We have some deranged fans on VolNation.
 
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#117
We all saw Saturday the difference in recruiting. They had linebackers faster than our backs. They had linemen bull rushing our QB and shutting down our plays in the backfield. IT was a thrashing, but we need to move on. One item I do want to bring up about play calling. The first play from scrimmage we had both Hurd AND Kamara in the backfield, Hurd was the lead blocker we get 9 yds off left tackle and we never run the play again.... maybe it was a scout play for later in the season.
 
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#123
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MWAVolfan said:
Coaching first because that leads to lack of talent. Actually it also leads ton injuries if the players are not conditioned right and are always out of place on the field causing them to put themselves in awkward positions.
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Since when did we all of a sudden decide there is a lack of talent? Because we played a team with 1/3 of our starters out against the best dynasty in maybe forever?

The OLine & LB injuries were absolutely a factor.
 
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#124
Not blaming injuries at all. Hurts changed Alabama. He's a running back who can play qb. If they had a typical Bama qb, they could be beaten in the sec by someone but no one is going to beat them but Alabama.
 
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MWAVolfan said:
Coaching first because that leads to lack of talent. Actually it also leads ton injuries if the players are not conditioned right and are always out of place on the field causing them to put themselves in awkward positions.
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:lolabove::loco:
 
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