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Well after perusing Berry4Heisman.com and still imagining what might be holding up the TN press conference, I decided rather than reloading the link and hating Dish Network more, I would start a thread to ask a question.
What area do you think will be most improved on the team this season? Are there any areas you think will be worse?
Starting with Lincoln it sounds like he has worked out a ton and has gotten mentally in a better place than he was last year. I expect also that having Coach Gran in charge, and moving back into a protect formation will really help us on special teams. Overall I expect improvement there.
At RB Hardesty would like to make it to the NFL and he knows that he still has to have a combine, but he really needs 1 great season at UT this year. Oku and Brown and Taureen Poole will all help. I feel that this unit will be better than last year, and my TV will be safer from almost being broken in my wrath of CRUCIAL fumbles that made male TN fans feel the same stomach pain as when you were kicked in the testes.
Monte Kiffin and Coach Orgeron? I think I am expecting our defense to not drop off, which is really saying something. I also expect even more turnovers. Our defense was on the field way too long last season. Harder to explode when you have been rushing the QB for 3/4 of the game. I think Orgeron will have people fired up in a way we havent had since the days of Al Wilson, Leonard Little, Sean Ellis (with the exception of Overstreet who fired himself up).
QB play will be better under a system that is simpler but the most significant reason by far will be that our offensive line should be the most improved unit.
Being an offensive lineman can be very simple or incredible complex. Clawson's system worked when he had guys at Richmond who were 260 and who ran around like TEs. It also worked because they were used to it. He tried to start off his first year doing his greatest hits with players who did not even get the basics yet. Our O Line looked so confused that they were weak. Uncertainty is the enemy of aggression. When you are frozen and thinking about what to do post snap you lack the critical moment when you explode into another person and throw them back. The days of the shuffling and confused offensive line are over. They will hit hard and run forward on running plays. They will create a wall that no one is getting through for several seconds on passing plays.
I am absolutely fired up about this season, and I think after Western KY people will hold off the raves on the O Line because the Western D is so small. After we beat UCLA and it is not even close some people will want to throw credit to a more composed Crompton making all the throws, others will want to credit a superb Berry INT run back for a TD that broke the spirit of the visitors. Still others will point out that when you have the ability to run the ball every down for 4 yards you are most of the way to success. The heroes of this season will be lined up with Josh McNeil every down and they will make us proud.
What area do you think will improve most? Any areas you see slipping? Thanks for having a conversation with me and thanks for a free site that has better news than the sites I used to pay for.
What area do you think will be most improved on the team this season? Are there any areas you think will be worse?
Starting with Lincoln it sounds like he has worked out a ton and has gotten mentally in a better place than he was last year. I expect also that having Coach Gran in charge, and moving back into a protect formation will really help us on special teams. Overall I expect improvement there.
At RB Hardesty would like to make it to the NFL and he knows that he still has to have a combine, but he really needs 1 great season at UT this year. Oku and Brown and Taureen Poole will all help. I feel that this unit will be better than last year, and my TV will be safer from almost being broken in my wrath of CRUCIAL fumbles that made male TN fans feel the same stomach pain as when you were kicked in the testes.
Monte Kiffin and Coach Orgeron? I think I am expecting our defense to not drop off, which is really saying something. I also expect even more turnovers. Our defense was on the field way too long last season. Harder to explode when you have been rushing the QB for 3/4 of the game. I think Orgeron will have people fired up in a way we havent had since the days of Al Wilson, Leonard Little, Sean Ellis (with the exception of Overstreet who fired himself up).
QB play will be better under a system that is simpler but the most significant reason by far will be that our offensive line should be the most improved unit.
Being an offensive lineman can be very simple or incredible complex. Clawson's system worked when he had guys at Richmond who were 260 and who ran around like TEs. It also worked because they were used to it. He tried to start off his first year doing his greatest hits with players who did not even get the basics yet. Our O Line looked so confused that they were weak. Uncertainty is the enemy of aggression. When you are frozen and thinking about what to do post snap you lack the critical moment when you explode into another person and throw them back. The days of the shuffling and confused offensive line are over. They will hit hard and run forward on running plays. They will create a wall that no one is getting through for several seconds on passing plays.
I am absolutely fired up about this season, and I think after Western KY people will hold off the raves on the O Line because the Western D is so small. After we beat UCLA and it is not even close some people will want to throw credit to a more composed Crompton making all the throws, others will want to credit a superb Berry INT run back for a TD that broke the spirit of the visitors. Still others will point out that when you have the ability to run the ball every down for 4 yards you are most of the way to success. The heroes of this season will be lined up with Josh McNeil every down and they will make us proud.
What area do you think will improve most? Any areas you see slipping? Thanks for having a conversation with me and thanks for a free site that has better news than the sites I used to pay for.
