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#153
Kind of funny if you think about it-- if its DeBord and Butch wanted to wait until after signing day, he must know the negativity it will bring, yet knowing that and the fact that ex-Vols and big donors it him up over the weekend about it, he's still gonna do it?! Why?
 
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Elvis68Vol said:
I think Coach Mahoney is kind of a weak-link personally. Even when he had Pro-caliber OL, they seriously underperformed.
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How so? Our run game improved behind that OL in their one year under Mahoney. And the main reason the sack totals increased was because Worley was under center rather than Bray. And when it was Worley under center in '13 for most of the seaon, and when he wasn't it was Peterman and then Dobbs as a true freshman. Not to mention that Tiny's knees were about done. Add to that the fact that Bray had 3 future WRs and a future TE to help bail him out of tough situations. North and Pig were pretty much it in '13, and North was a true freshman learning his way. It's not really a fair assessment of the OL in '12 and '3 because of the disparity in the capabilities of the QBs and WRs/TEs in those2 sesons, IMO.
 
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volinbama256 said:
Kind of funny if you think about it-- if its DeBord and Butch wanted to wait until after signing day, he must know the negativity it will bring, yet knowing that and the fact that ex-Vols and big donors it him up over the weekend about it, he's still gonna do it?! Why?
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Meh. Freak asked CBJ to hold off on the announcement to allow the servers to cool off after NSD.

"I'm given her all the power she's got Butch. She can't take no more!"
 
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jvoh2opolo said:
BJ is going to bring Mazzone in from UCLA with his son Taylor as the QB coach. UCLA's d-coord left yesterday to go to the NFL with the Falcons.
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Since you didn't preface this statement with an 'IMO', or 'my guess is', I'd say that's a pretty bold matter-of-fact statement. Hope you are right, but I don't see it. However, if you are right I will say you may have some serious stats.
 
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VOLorNuttin said:
One of my biggest concerns with DeBord is that he doesn't really have experience coaching QB's but may be tasked with it like Bajakian did.

What I think will happen, if DeBord is indeed the new OC, is He will be co-OC (running game coordinator and TE coach), Azzani will be co-OC (passing game coordinator and WR coach).

Elder will be the new QB coach.
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I agree but think Elder may be the one to watch with the CMU hire.
 
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Crazy Ivan said:
How so? Our run game improved behind that OL in their one year under Mahoney.
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This is actually a common mistake here. Our run game didn't really improve in 2013 so much as the offensive philosophy changed.

We ran it more and we ran it alot more in the games against cupcake opponents, which skewed the results. If you actually look at the yards per carry average against just SEC teams in 2013, it's the same as it was against them in 2012.
 
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DaddyChad said:
Debord will assist Sheridan in the QB coaching from what I've heard. No idea if that's correct, I hesitate to even post it since he has limited experience coaching the position.

I think it will be Azzani and Debord Co OC or Azzani will be passing game coordinator, something to that effect. I think Mahoney stays, Azzani learns/assists under Debord. I know there are a lot of questions with that but I think having minimal staff turnover was the goal and this was the way to keep Azzani and the rest of the offensive staff intact.

I know some will be critical if that is indeed the structure but we will not know anything about how successful the staff will be until next season. I do think this staff will be more successful than Jake was just by virtue of the talent, and depth we are getting.
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Yeah I'm probably in the minority but I'm not too bummed out by this set up if that's how it plays out. I'd say consistency in both scheme and staff are way more important right now than making a splash. I even like what Debord could bring in terms of improving our most glaring weakness. I do hope a coach is named for every position from a perception and recruiting stand point moving forward.

Now I would have felt worse about it, had it been Dooley. But Jones > Dooley.
 
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Has there been ANY confirmation of another person other than Debord having an interview? I cant find one. Just speculation but they all say they never talked to CBJ. Really been played in TOP SECRET mode.
 
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volinbama256 said:
Kind of funny if you think about it-- if its DeBord and Butch wanted to wait until after signing day, he must know the negativity it will bring, yet knowing that and the fact that ex-Vols and big donors it him up over the weekend about it, he's still gonna do it?! Why?
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I see that Basillo has a few still gullible enough to buy into his nonsense. :eek:lol:
 
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Crazy Ivan said:
Since you didn't preface this statement with an 'IMO', or 'my guess is', I'd say that's a pretty bold matter-of-fact statement. Hope you are right, but I don't see it. However, if you are right I will say you may have some serious stats.
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Better than BM's? (Bob Mueller not the devil's business). :eek:hmy:
 
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oregonvol said:
This is actually a common mistake here. Our run game didn't really improve in 2013 so much as the offensive philosophy changed.

We ran it more and we ran it alot more in the games against cupcake opponents, which skewed the results. If you actually look at the yards per carry average against just SEC teams in 2013, it's the same as it was against them in 2012.
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I disagree. If you look at the total carries against the 3 cupcakes (Ga St, Akron, and Troy) in '12 compared to the total carries against the 3 cupcakes in '13 (APU, WKU, and S. AL), there were only 16 more total carries (118 in '12 as opposed to 134 in '13), so I don't think 16 more total carries constitutes 'a lot more' carries. However, the yardage gained was a lot greater in '13, 833 yds as opposed to 604 yds in '12).

Neal's YPC increased from 4.8 YPC in '12 to 5.4 YPC in
'13. Obviously that can mean he improved his YAC, but can also mean he had less negative yardage due to improved line play.

Also, in '12 you had CP's 12.9 YPC and 308 yards total offense that was not there in '13.

I'm not saying there was great improvement in the run game between '12 and '13, but IMO there was definite improvement, even more so when you consider the fact that we had such a weak passing game in '13, so defenses were stacking the box.
 
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Crazy Ivan said:
I disagree. If you look at the total carries against the 3 cupcakes (Ga St, Akron, and Troy) in '12 compared to the total carries against the 3 cupcakes in '13 (APU, WKU, and S. AL), there were only 16 more total carries (118 in '12 as opposed to 134 in '13), so I don't think 16 more total carries constitutes 'a lot more' carries. However, the yardage gained was a lot greater in '13, 833 yds as opposed to 604 yds in '12).
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Yes. I guess what I ought to have said was that we ran for alot more yards on the ground against cupcakes and that is what skewed the numbers, at least as it pertains to yards per carry.

The overall yards per carry against SEC teams was still the same as it was in 2012, however. That stat matters much more to me than what happened in the cupcake games.
 
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#173
Have the VQ or 247 guys weighed in on Coach Jones's comment about possible shuffling of coaching staff yet?
 
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FiremedicVOL127 said:
3rd thing is I just don't see CBJ going without a QB coach. Especially with 3 scholarship freshman and a walk on. I don't think he'd leave that in the hands of a grad assistant like some have suggested. Plus Dobbs needs coaching to by a coach not a assistant that was playin last year or the year before that.
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THIS- QB coaching/ development experience is a must. Our passing game, esp. with Dobb's technique and accuracy issues at times, is going to be huge. You must be able to stretch the field to keep the running game going.
 
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RangerVol said:
THIS- QB coaching/ development experience is a must. Our passing game, esp. with Dobb's technique and accuracy issues at times, is going to be huge. You must be able to stretch the field to keep the running game going.
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Basilio echoed what many on here think. Sheridan coaching QBs with Debord overseeing.
 
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