New Coaching Grades so far......

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Defense:
Justin Wilcox: A- very impressed with his first half scheme with fresh players against Oregon. Needs to create more turnovers to upset a top level team.
Terry Joseph: B+ DB's were seldom out of position. Good run support in first half. Corners could have picked off a couple INT's but are very young.
Chuck Smith: A+ Brought a lot of heat on the Oregon QB despite starting a DE weighing <250# at DT. Chuck put some fire in M. Hughes.
Lance Thompson: B Limited by lack of super talent. Linebackers missed some tackles (probably from fatigue).

Offense:
Jim Chaney: B Excellant first half until the last two minutes and got a little too conservative, IMO. Maybe should have passed more on first down. Obviously, limited by QB talent.
Harry Hiestand: A+ The supposedly weakness of the team is turning out to be the strength of the team. I was amazed to see Tennessee run as well as they did on a good Duck defense. The pass protection wasn't shabby until the team got behind and Oregon brought the pressure from outside.
Darin Hinshaw: B Will need to see how Simms improves from week to week. Didn't appear to be any missed handoff despite the rain. Also, only one delay of game.
Charlie Baggett: B Was without his best receiver. Young guys mades a few nice catches. Receivers need to learn where first down yardage is. Two drives were stopped because receiver caught ball one yard short.
Eric Russell: B (tight ends). Don't be fooled about Stocker not catching any passes. We have to use him to help block until the inexperienced OL grows up.

Special Teams:
Eric Russell: C The TD punt return was, as Dooley said, "disgraceful". No big returns but no fumbles by UT. Lincoln appears solid this year. Cunningham inconsistent.
 
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I think this is pretty fair except for maybe the special teams. Should be a D or F. No way that was an average performance. Scheme was pretty solid we just don't have the athletes to hang in there the whole game. Going to be a lean year this year most likely.
 
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Chaney gets a C...maybe. It seems even Dooley was frustrated with him after some of the comments he made.
 
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DaddyChad said:
I think this is pretty fair except for maybe the special teams. Should be a D or F. No way that was an average performance. Scheme was pretty solid we just don't have the athletes to hang in there the whole game. Going to be a lean year this year most likely.
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Maybe, but factor in the two fairly long field goals plus the turnover on our first kickoff in the first half, I couldn't fail the body of work.
 
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I think those grades would be fairly accurate for the first half; unfortunately, there is always two halfs to a game.
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tripper said:
I think those grades would be fairly accurate for the first half; unfortunately, there is always two halfs to a game.
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During the rain I hoped they'd go baseball and just call it.

Didn't happen:cray:
 
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Lets not fluff this, folks. C maximum for all with the lowest grade going to Hinshaw. Thought Chuck Smith and Heistand did the most with what they were given.

You don't lose 48-13 and come away with a single A or B.
 
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Volfootball55 said:
Chaney gets a C...maybe. It seems even Dooley was frustrated with him after some of the comments he made.
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His offense did generate a respectable 333 yds and only had one turnover against a veteran Duck defense. Unless he can come up with a consistent passing attack teams down the road will stack the box.
 
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Volfootball55 said:
Chaney gets a C...maybe. It seems even Dooley was frustrated with him after some of the comments he made.
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It's hard to create a really effective game plan around an inexperienced o-line and a QB that has clearly defined limitations. FTR, I think Simms is fully capable of being a serviceable QB if he gets his head right. To this point, that is where Chaney has the most work to do. He has got to get Simms to think and react like an SEC QB.
 
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I didn't have a problem with the gameplan, just our formations. We were extremely predictable, would like to see at least 3 wide receivers on the field more often.
 
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Yankee_Vol said:
What kind of curve are you using....a little high I think but w/e
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The kind that gets him through the season because it's going to be a long one?

I'm not going to knock anyone for trying to find a silver lining this year.
 
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As and Bs for one of the worst loses ever at Neyland.

Talk about grade inflation.
 
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rockydoc[/QUOTE said:
With those kind of blatantly over-rated grades you should be writing for the KNS.

As a previous poster said, you dont give up 45 unanswered points and grade all your offensive & defensive coaches with As & Bs.

Give me a break.
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rockydoc said:
His offense did generate a respectable 333 yds and only had one turnover against a veteran Duck defense. Unless he can come up with a consistent passing attack teams down the road will stack the box.
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These are our drives from the 2nd Quarter and on:

Q TOP Plays Yards Result
2 04:19 7 34 Punt
2 00:55 3 5 Punt
2 00:57 3 1 End of Half
3 01:04 5 22 Punt
3 03:38 6 40 Interception
3 01:43 4 -11 Punt
3 03:02 6 11 Punt
4 01:43 3 5 Punt
4 01:13 3 -11 Punt
4 01:34 3 2 Punt

Those 1st Quarter stats (200 out of 330 yards and all 13 points) were nice but ultimately not a reflection of the product we fielded for the other 45 minutes. I know Fulmer had this confused... but games are 60 minutes. Not 15, 30 or 45.

And that 1 minute turnover was a pick-6 and broke the team's will to keep themselves in the game.
 
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rockydoc said:
Defense:
Justin Wilcox: A- very impressed with his first half scheme with fresh players against Oregon. Needs to create more turnovers to upset a top level team.
Terry Joseph: B+ DB's were seldom out of position. Good run support in first half. Corners could have picked off a couple INT's but are very young.
Chuck Smith: A+ Brought a lot of heat on the Oregon QB despite starting a DE weighing <250# at DT. Chuck put some fire in M. Hughes.
Lance Thompson: B Limited by lack of super talent. Linebackers missed some tackles (probably from fatigue).

Offense:
Jim Chaney: B Excellant first half until the last two minutes and got a little too conservative, IMO. Maybe should have passed more on first down. Obviously, limited by QB talent.
Harry Hiestand: A+ The supposedly weakness of the team is turning out to be the strength of the team. I was amazed to see Tennessee run as well as they did on a good Duck defense. The pass protection wasn't shabby until the team got behind and Oregon brought the pressure from outside.
Darin Hinshaw: B Will need to see how Simms improves from week to week. Didn't appear to be any missed handoff despite the rain. Also, only one delay of game.
Charlie Baggett: B Was without his best receiver. Young guys mades a few nice catches. Receivers need to learn where first down yardage is. Two drives were stopped because receiver caught ball one yard short.
Eric Russell: B (tight ends). Don't be fooled about Stocker not catching any passes. We have to use him to help block until the inexperienced OL grows up.

Special Teams:
Eric Russell: C The TD punt return was, as Dooley said, "disgraceful". No big returns but no fumbles by UT. Lincoln appears solid this year. Cunningham inconsistent.
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Fair, but when you have as many issues with youth and depth as this team, special teams are going to suffer.

Russell has proven himself prior to this stop so to rate him based on two performances is a tad premature.
 
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Yankee_Vol said:
What kind of curve are you using....a little high I think but w/e
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you and several others here need to come to terms with the reality that these coaches are fielding a team with absolutely no depth, inexperience, and not much elite talent. these coaches put a team on the field that hammered a top 10 team, until they gassed. looking at the attrition(sp) and depth problems they inherited, grading them on a curve is a given, imo.
 
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Volfootball55 said:
Chaney gets a C...maybe. It seems even Dooley was frustrated with him after some of the comments he made.
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I think Dooley had to check himself during the post-game from calling him out in public.

The vertical passing game was there. Stocker was there to be hit with a pass. Whether Chaney forbid him from throwing in the middle or whether Simms didn't have the confidence to look in the middle of the park :dunno:
 
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