I've been watching, listening to, going to, and singing Rocky Top for a long time. Since Bill Battle was the coach. The last 15 years have been miserable and they aren't getting any better.
You know, I really didn't like Kiffin's attitude, his mannerisms, his ways. BUT, he and his crew could coach players. If you saw something going on in one game like arm tackles, it was fixed by the next week. He and his crew took Crompton and put him in the NFL.
Since Kiffin left Tennessee has had the most inept string of coaching staffs I have seen there in my lifetime. They can't seem to take good players and make them better. They can't seem to take mediocre players and make them good players. We are stuck year in and year out with a team that never gets any better, doesn't improve, a program that doesn't improve, just one that sometimes pulls a rabbit out of it's hat and wins one but then turns around and disappoints.
Watching the South Carolina game, it was pretty obvious our team wasn't ready to play in the SEC. Somehow, I'm not sure how, we won that game, But, our team wasn't on it's game. They did look a little better against Missouri and the first half of the Georgia game wasn't bad. Since halftime of the Georgia Game, Tennessee hasn't played a lick. Yeah, they scored 1 TD against Kentucky. Big dang whoopie.
Other schools get new coaches and they get name brand coaches, and they improve quickly and over time. Us, we get coaches that haven't been heard of yet and we do not improve. We get the "We'll have to go back and look at the tape" from the coach in the post game interview after the loss. Most of us are probably sitting there thinking, Tape Hell. Did you not see the 2 pick 6's and the fumble? In the Georgia game we turned the ball over 4 times out of 5 possessions in the 3rd quarter. That will do any football team in playing in the SEC.
We have had the same quarterback 5 years now. When does it become obvious we need a better player? Carson Newman probably has better.
How long do the powers that be expect the fans to stick with this crap show? Honestly, at this point, I'd just assume they COVID cancel the season so I don't waste time watching a game. I can remember beating Alabama at least every few years. Now, we have as much chance beating them as the Libertarian Party Candidate has of winning the Presidential race. We have become Vandy. The Doormats of the Conference. Why? I'm not sure why, but that's where UT is and has been over a decade now.
You know, I really didn't like Kiffin's attitude, his mannerisms, his ways. BUT, he and his crew could coach players. If you saw something going on in one game like arm tackles, it was fixed by the next week. He and his crew took Crompton and put him in the NFL.
Since Kiffin left Tennessee has had the most inept string of coaching staffs I have seen there in my lifetime. They can't seem to take good players and make them better. They can't seem to take mediocre players and make them good players. We are stuck year in and year out with a team that never gets any better, doesn't improve, a program that doesn't improve, just one that sometimes pulls a rabbit out of it's hat and wins one but then turns around and disappoints.
Watching the South Carolina game, it was pretty obvious our team wasn't ready to play in the SEC. Somehow, I'm not sure how, we won that game, But, our team wasn't on it's game. They did look a little better against Missouri and the first half of the Georgia game wasn't bad. Since halftime of the Georgia Game, Tennessee hasn't played a lick. Yeah, they scored 1 TD against Kentucky. Big dang whoopie.
Other schools get new coaches and they get name brand coaches, and they improve quickly and over time. Us, we get coaches that haven't been heard of yet and we do not improve. We get the "We'll have to go back and look at the tape" from the coach in the post game interview after the loss. Most of us are probably sitting there thinking, Tape Hell. Did you not see the 2 pick 6's and the fumble? In the Georgia game we turned the ball over 4 times out of 5 possessions in the 3rd quarter. That will do any football team in playing in the SEC.
We have had the same quarterback 5 years now. When does it become obvious we need a better player? Carson Newman probably has better.
How long do the powers that be expect the fans to stick with this crap show? Honestly, at this point, I'd just assume they COVID cancel the season so I don't waste time watching a game. I can remember beating Alabama at least every few years. Now, we have as much chance beating them as the Libertarian Party Candidate has of winning the Presidential race. We have become Vandy. The Doormats of the Conference. Why? I'm not sure why, but that's where UT is and has been over a decade now.
