Outalented, Not Outcoached

#26
#26
utvols95 said:
Very true. Florida "outrecruits" Tennessee with little to no effort. They have 4 and 5 star recruits placed at their feet every year.
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We have a clear advantage because of our in state talent. The only time I can remember where we went head to head a ton with UT was during Kiffen's year.

We won because of our speed and we are deeper and more talented now. In the future, that won't necessarily be the case as I think Dooley will recruit well in and out of state. I don't think either team had a distinct coaching advantage.
 
#27
#27
gotta keep throwing that recruiting net out wide, wider than UF,UGA, or UA ever has to do. We are and will always be playing catch up when it comes to recruiting. We have a ways to go to have depth in top SEC 1st and 2nd teamers. Gotta grow up and beat UGA and maybe USC this year + the ones we should win.
 
#28
#28
I didn't see the big load of talent at UF. Oline is mediocre at the very best. WR corps is nonexistent. Defense struggles to get to the QB and defensive backfield sucks. LB corps appears to be pretty strong and the scatbacks are deadly if you can't keep them between the tackles.

A decent defense is going to beat the living hell out of that offense. Hell, our offense, if healthy, puts up silly numbers too.
 
#29
#29
Voldemonium said:
I'll agree that we lost because of a talent deficit however coaching could've been better.

The O playcalling in the 1st quarter was atrocious and it didn't improve until the end of the 1st half. We are NOT a running team. Stop giving the rock to Poole for runs right up the middle! What kind of strategy is that? Why use our weakness to attack their strength on d-line? :no:

Pass the damn ball downfield. UF had 6-7 PI's with Hunter on the bench. It's obviously their weakness. Attack it early and often. Why do coaches always have to be dragged kicking and screaming toward a pass first offense?

Stone should've been moved to guard/tackle so someone more reliable could hike the ball. Bray performed well in spite of his center tonight. Absolutely no excuse for letting that continue for the entire 2nd half.
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I agree, once i saw us run the ball 3 straight times to start the game I kew we really didn't have a chance. We have no real run game, we have an AWESOME passing attack that opens up room for the run game but thats it. Our run game can NOT stand on its own.
Also the defensive play calling the first quarter was horrid. They have NO deep pass threat and yet all we did was drop back 10-20 yards, let them make easy catches and then our inability to tackle just let them march on down the field at will.
Losing Hunter did hurt, and yes they do have an easier time recruiting, but neither of those would have kept us from winning. The play calling was what did us in. We were way to conservative on both sides of the ball, we knew our defense wasn't that great but could keep us in it as long as we let our explosive passing attack do its thing.
The coaches need to call the game for the players, talent we DO have and not call it based on the players, talent they wish we had.
 
#35
#35
SGMVols said:
If that stat meant anything at all, UNC would have won the National Championship going away last year.
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list is crap. We have plenty of NFLers, just that we also trot guys like Art Evans and Daniel Hood out there too.
 
#36
#36
oklavol said:
We lost like all the experts predicted.
The line was 10, UT lost by 10.
I don't see how that is good coaching.
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"Experts" don't decide the "line" It is decided by gamblers. It is meaningless.

Never bet on anything with a brain.
 
#37
#37
BigPapaVol said:
I didn't see the big load of talent at UF. Oline is mediocre at the very best. WR corps is nonexistent. Defense struggles to get to the QB and defem
nsive backfield sucks. LB corps appears to be pretty strong and the scatbacks are deadly if you can't keep them between the tackles.

A decent defense is going to beat the living hell out of that offense. Hell, our offense, if healthy, puts up silly numbers too.
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Sums it all up. LSU and Bama shut them down easily. We also have two MLB's playing in the Johnson Boys. Florida did not run a single big-time play on offense. The play fake for a touchdown was simple. Pass to Rainey was a complete breakdown. If you watch film on Florida, you will cover Rainey and play 'em straight up. They suck on offense. When is the last time the had a bad Qb two years in a row? **** the Gators. VFL,B!
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#38
#38
Don't think the talent gap is responsible for the blocked punt or missed coverage on the long TD reception. UT did a lot to beat themselves.
 
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#40
#40
SpaceCoastVol said:
"Experts" don't decide the "line" It is decided by gamblers. It is meaningless.

Never bet on anything with a brain.
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No but everyone expects you to lose by 10 and you do how is that good coaching?
Wouldn't good coaching be playing a much closer game then anyone expects?
 
#41
#41
oklavol said:
No but everyone expects you to lose by 10 and you do how is that good coaching? Wouldn't good coaching be playing a much closer game then anyone expects?
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...because you could easily get blown out and come away losing by like 30
 
#42
#42
oklavol said:
No but everyone expects you to lose by 10 and you do how is that good coaching?
Wouldn't good coaching be playing a much closer game then anyone expects?
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Apples/oranges (no pun intended) Nothing has anything to do with the other. You wanna blame CDD and company, fine, but the fact that we lost by 10 has nothing to do with Vegas' perception of our team.

FWIW, I am watching the UK-Louisville game, and I think OUR winning streak will remain intact for another year. But I am starting to have a lot more sympathy for the Cats than in previous years...
 
#45
#45
Well played Vols. Your team never gave up and it was in contention till the last interception. Your offense is fun to watch, and the rivalry is as fiery as ever, even with the 7-loss streak. Dooley seems like a class act and I can certainly root for you guys against non-sec opposition. Bray is impressive, give him a better O-line and things would be scary.

The loss of Hunter early on was devastating no doubt. It does take a team to win, though. We had a couple years where Percy Harvin went down every few games. The first SEC championship game against Alabama sticks out in particular, we were missing Percy and a few other receivers stepped up. Hopefully this can happen to you guys if he's out for a few games. Your TE, Rivera I think, was very good overall.
 
#47
#47
KoachKrab127 said:
Lots of mistakes by both teams. (Mostly penalties for UF). Oh well, we can only hope Hunter is okay. Arnett did everything you could ask him to do, though. Good for him.
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Muschamp's plan for defending UT's passing game seems to have been to grab the receivers and take the penalty when you get caught.
 
#48
#48
We still have majority freshman and sophomores on here. We will have more talent when signing day comes.
 
#49
#49
I feel like Florida had the better scheme in the 1st quarter. And the 1st quarter was the difference in this game.
You may not call that being outcoached, but I do.
 
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