First, let’s not sugarcoat it. We are a bottom dweller. We have to accept it. Us fans can’t really do anything about it other than show up to games and support the team. We are extremely aware of the ineptitude and incompetence of the UT Admin and Coaching the past 15-20 years, most painfully noticeable on Saturdays. This has to be a top down rebuild. Donde Plowman Randy Boyd Danny White have to put football first. A good first step would be for Heupel and co to make a bowl game this year, look competitive and fiery, and keep recruiting well. Like I said, this most telling indicator will be the product on the field we see with our own eyes. It’s going to be hard to look worse than we did last year, but I’ve said that several times in the last 15 years.We're at the doorstep of being a bottom dweller in football in the SEC. The league is adding even more power teams. I want us to get back if it's possible. Heck we are not even mentioned as being one of the top teams in the league anymore. WHAT must we do???
Hire a good coach. Will never happen
Think it through, and you'll realize this changes very little for the Vols. Our annual slate of SEC games will look very much as it has always looked: Bama, Florida, and Georgia remain our biggest hurdles, year in and year out. Sure, we'll now play OK and TEX once every 4 years or so, but we've played OK twice in the past 8 years already, and they've not even been in the conference. Truly, the only significant change in schedule difficulty is that Auburn will be on the slate every year.We're at the doorstep of being a bottom dweller in football in the SEC. The league is adding even more power teams. I want us to get back if it's possible. Heck we are not even mentioned as being one of the top teams in the league anymore. WHAT must we do???
Tell me more about the powerful Texas Longhorns , and their most recent Big 12 title in 2009!We're at the doorstep of being a bottom dweller in football in the SEC. The league is adding even more power teams. I want us to get back if it's possible. Heck we are not even mentioned as being one of the top teams in the league anymore. WHAT must we do???
Think it through, and you'll realize this changes very little for the Vols. Our annual slate of SEC games will look very much as it has always looked: Bama, Florida, and Georgia remain our biggest hurdles, year in and year out. Sure, we'll now play OK and TEX once every 4 years or so, but we've played OK twice in the past 8 years already, and they've not even been in the conference. Truly, the only significant change in schedule difficulty is that Auburn will be on the slate every year.
So really, no big changes. What we must do is (a) have a really good coach, and (b) give him time to solidify a really good stable of assistant coaches and roster of players.
This BS some trolls are saying in this thread about us being a bottom-dweller, ignore that. It's just trolls. We're down, but not out. Top teams have bounced back from worse. We just need to re-learn what it takes to win.
Go Vols!
Heupel hasn’t proven anything yet. Hard to say how kiffin would have done had he stayed. Took him a while after that before he was considered a “good” coachI personally think we have two times out of the last 5.
Kiffy and Heupel. I didnt and dont hate CBJ as much as some of yall do.
Dooley was a nice press conference with poor recruiting and coaching. CJP was...well in over his head. I dont blame him for taking the job becuase had it been offered to me for that amount of money i would have taken it knowing i would be swimming in deep water.
So IMO not all the hired have been awful. Of course CJH may prove me wrong ahout his hire...
Correct. We can’t hire a good coach because of total dysfunction in the roles above him.Tennessee’s issue right now isn’t at the AD or coach level. It’s at the administrative level. Everyone HAS to get on the same team for one purpose. That hasn’t been the case since Fulmer was fired.
Now that Johnny has passed & Fulmer has completely $hit the bad as AD, there’s no reason for everyone not to get behind the new AD & coach.