New Coaching Grades so far......

#26
#26
Grades were great for the first half. I don't like the fact that we seemed to quit after the interception. This must be corrected.
 
#27
#27
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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Wilcox b-
Joesph c
Smith b
Thompson c+
Chaney c
Heistand a
Hinshaw d
baggett c
russell d
russell special teams d-
 
#29
#29
Well...lets see...

One team was completely inferior, (UT Martin) and the other was completely superior (Oregon). So I think the coaches should be graded when the playing field is level...
 
#30
#30
utgibbs said:
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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Simms has yet to throw an accurate downfield pass. The vertical passing game is not there.
 
#31
#31
kptvol said:
Simms has yet to throw an accurate downfield pass. The vertical passing game is not there.
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Our receivers had mis-matches on every one of their DBs. We won every ball thrown deep last night.

No, it's not Peyton to Harrison / Wayne / Clark, but it was there to be exploited on Saturday.

Moreover, I truly believe if G Jones was available it's a 7-point game (with maybe a Vol victory).
 
#33
#33
F

The best coach on the field on UT's side this week was the band director.

Let's hear it for the the Pride of the Southland.
 
#34
#34
I agree it is hard to give anything above a C for such a bad loss. A few things that deserve mention:
1. Defensive positioning against the spread:
The defense actually looked like they knew exactly what they were doing against the spread (one of the best spread Os in the country for that matter). What have we been wishing for over the last 5 years? Missed tackles will be corrected. I can gaurantee it.
2. Heistand can coach. James is absolutely the real deal. The offensive line played well beyond their years/experience for the better part of the game.
3. I refuse to blame the coaches for the QB talent they inherited. Simms is limited, and that is putting it lightly. There is no reason to knock him or the coaches for it. I think they are all working as hard as they can. If I didn't think that I would be much more critical.
 
#35
#35
I see we have A's & B's for all the coaches but one. Come on, we lost by 35. Also no comments yet for the Dooley grade. I give him no more than a C. We were told all preseason that we might not have the most talent and depth, but this team under Dooley would fight to the end and not quit. Not so. They quit. What should Dooley's grade be for that?
 
#36
#36
Lexvol said:
I agree it is hard to give anything above a C for such a bad loss. A few things that deserve mention:
1. Defensive positioning against the spread:
The defense actually looked like they knew exactly what they were doing against the spread (one of the best spread Os in the country for that matter). What have we been wishing for over the last 5 years? Missed tackles will be corrected. I can gaurantee it.
2. Heistand can coach. James is absolutely the real deal. The offensive line played well beyond their years/experience for the better part of the game.
3. I refuse to blame the coaches for the QB talent they inherited. Simms is limited, and that is putting it lightly. There is no reason to knock him or the coaches for it. I think they are all working as hard as they can. If I didn't think that I would be much more critical.
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:bump3: +1
 
#37
#37
I rate the first 25 minutes an B+ across the board, would of been nice to score TDs instead of field goals early on obviously. Really wish they wouldn't have called the personal foul on Gordon, I thought it should of been a no call.

Also would've been nice to be able to line up with 5-wide after halftime, and pick their D apart through the air.

It takes a lot of points and hard hits to put Oregon away
 
#39
#39
I wouldn't give any a failing grade but that seems pretty generous for a team that collapsed in the 2nd half.

I am extremely impressed with what Hiestand has done. We all expected the OL to be the weak link but they protected well and opened holes consistently. The Ducks supposedly have one of the best DL's in the Pac10. UT's OL handled them for the most part. I'd keep that A but you are high on everyone else.
 
#40
#40
for a guy that was so highly touted out of Boise St as well has being familar playing them from last year, I thought Wilcox could do alot better. C at the most. THE most.
 
#42
#42
Lexvol said:
3. I refuse to blame the coaches for the QB talent they inherited. Simms is limited, and that is putting it lightly. There is no reason to knock him or the coaches for it. I think they are all working as hard as they can. If I didn't think that I would be much more critical.
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I can't disagree with you about Simms yet... but he isn't getting any help from the WR's at this point either. I really didn't expect Jones' absence to be as significant as it was.

The new guys to include Zach aren't there yet. I was impressed with ZR though. He showed an ability to get open. Moore demonstrated that he isn't an "A" option WR. I like them both but he and Jones are both support WR's. The feature guy has to come from the other 4.
 
#43
#43
sjt18 said:
I can't disagree with you about Simms yet... but he isn't getting any help from the WR's at this point either. I really didn't expect Jones' absence to be as significant as it was.

The new guys to include Zach aren't there yet. I was impressed with ZR though. He showed an ability to get open. Moore demonstrated that he isn't an "A" option WR. I like them both but he and Jones are both support WR's. The feature guy has to come from the other 4.
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WR's aren't exactly helping matters.
 
#44
#44
I would call those first half grades. Second half was D's or F's across the board, with the exception of maybe Chuck Smith who gets a C.
 
#45
#45
Volfootball55 said:
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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Absolutely - we are way too predictable. We try a pass on first down - incomplete. What do we do 2nd down? - line up in two TE and fullback - hello! everyone in the world know's we're going to run.
Just be nice to mix it up on occasion. Still run, but spread em out every now and then. Keep the D thinking and off balance.
 
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