Practice #6 Updates (4:00pm start)

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Take practice and everything that the coaches and players say by a grain of salt. You won't know the truth about anything til game night. Coaches do things to spark more competition.
 
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For kicks and giggles I went back and watched highlights from practices 6 and 7 of last year. It is amazing the difference in tempo and speed. Routes against air go twice as fast now, and the routes now aren't just comebacks and go routes. The difference in team speed is really something, even in just the practice highlights. The quarterbacks also look more accurate than they did a year ago. Is the accuracy at a championship level? Of course not, but there seems to be a vast difference between the team at this point now compared to at this time last year. The growth over the next three weeks is going to be fun to watch and hear about.
 
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chatt-townVOL said:
Ainge said this morning the Malone "bad attitude" thing is getting blown way out of proportion. Basically that his personality is just a bit laxed and he will be fine. Ainge said he's very similar to Justin Hunter in this and it's not necessarily a bad thing.
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It's difficult to really glean anything. The only thing we know is he had an enormous Spring game and now he's sliding down the depth chart.

The staff might be just dropping him to motivate him. He might have a bit of an entitled attitude.

Perhaps the other WRs simply have completely stepped up in the last week or so and Malone has hit a FR wall and is stalling right now.

I don't know if it was cut like this to make it look like Malone went one-handed after Jones explicitly said not to or if he perhaps did it before Johnson was called out on it... but if Malone went one-handed after he was told not to by Jones and Jones or Azzani saw it that would be heaps of bad juju for him.

And I completely love that Jones doesn't stand for half-@ssing it in his practices.
 
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VFL34 said:
Take practice and everything that the coaches and players say by a grain of salt. You won't know the truth about anything til game night. Coaches do things to spark more competition.
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Yeah, I would be concerned if Jones ever said he's happy with where his team is.

A good staff will be taking a 14-0 (well, I guess 15-0 now with the playoffs) and still saying "there's plenty to work on here."

Because specifically if every play doesn't go for a TD and every run for a TFL and pass play for a sack or INT... someone technically didn't do what they were supposed to do.

Not that that is at all a realistic expectation. I just know that if you don't set goals and have something to work towards... you'll get lackadaisical. This staff doesn't look like it breeds or tolerates lackadaisical.
 
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VFL34 said:
Take practice and everything that the coaches and players say by a grain of salt. You won't know the truth about anything til game night. Coaches do things to spark more competition.
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If you weren't who you are, you'd be taking heat for your perspective...thanks for the real life knowledge. :salute:
 
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butchna said:
If you weren't who you are, you'd be taking heat for your perspective...thanks for the real life knowledge. :salute:
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Yeah, people saying that the staff is trying to keep fueling the QB race have been getting spit-roasted on here.

The "name Worley starter NOW" thread is honestly a classic look on why Jones isn't telling the fans anything. He owes the public nothing.

Just backseat your entitlement, coolguys, and enjoy the ride.
 
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thadolphinman said:
For kicks and giggles I went back and watched highlights from practices 6 and 7 of last year. It is amazing the difference in tempo and speed. Routes against air go twice as fast now, and the routes now aren't just comebacks and go routes. The difference in team speed is really something, even in just the practice highlights. The quarterbacks also look more accurate than they did a year ago. Is the accuracy at a championship level? Of course not, but there seems to be a vast difference between the team at this point now compared to at this time last year. The growth over the next three weeks is going to be fun to watch and hear about.
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Could you please link last years?
 
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thadolphinman said:
For kicks and giggles I went back and watched highlights from practices 6 and 7 of last year. It is amazing the difference in tempo and speed. Routes against air go twice as fast now, and the routes now aren't just comebacks and go routes. The difference in team speed is really something, even in just the practice highlights. The quarterbacks also look more accurate than they did a year ago. Is the accuracy at a championship level? Of course not, but there seems to be a vast difference between the team at this point now compared to at this time last year. The growth over the next three weeks is going to be fun to watch and hear about.
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You win VolNation for today! You, sir, are a true fan if you took the time to compare and contrasts last year's practices 6 & 7 with this year's practices 6 & 7! :hi:
 
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Doyle Hargraves said:
I had really hoped that Worley would step up this year but it's looking less likely to happen at this point.
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Unfortunately this really has more to do with talent than so called "stepping up". Right now the talent we have at QB is very minimal, which annoys me cause the Bo Wallace kid wanted to be a Vol and he's better than any QB we have on campus. He's not great but he's better than Worley, Dobbs and Peterman...Looking back Riley Ferguson will regret leaving this team, with a little effort he would have been the starting QB
 
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DC Vol said:
Is that your professional opinion?

Also, Jones said "Anyway wideout that puts up one hand goes to the pit" and then about :30 later in the video (going to assume it's later in practice) Malone does exactly that.

Assuming Malone did that and Jones saw it, that could be part of why Malone seems to be dropping down the depth chart. Jones doesn't want walking around in his practices. Jones doesn't want half-@ssed efforts.

Honestly... good on him. I'd rather have a hard working 3* than an entitled and half-effort 5*.

Not saying that is what Malone is but the guy had a huge Spring and now he seems to be in something of a free-fall.
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I'm not worried about malone. He's good and he will play when the season gets here. That's all there is to it. BUT I will say you beat me to the one handed comment. First thing I noticed when I watched the practice video is CBJ gets mad and says "next one that throws up one hand for a catch is going to the pit" and it's literally seconds later malone throws up one hand. In his defense it looked like that ball was overthrown an not catchable in bounds.
 
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NMVol said:
And on the "going against air" or "atmospheric question" there is environmental familiarity as well. :blink:
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No. But do you know what the coaches are asking them to do in those drills? Some of it is certainly just poor passing. But the other day we had folks here going nuts because Worley was throwing behind WR's in a drill... It was later reported that the QB's were working on back shoulder throws. When do you want the QB's to try things out, practice or for the first time in a game?

Just calm down and let it play out.
 
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sjt18 said:
No. But do you know what the coaches are asking them to do in those drills? Some of it is certainly just poor passing. But the other day we had folks here going nuts because Worley was throwing behind WR's in a drill... It was later reported that the QB's were working on back shoulder throws. When do you want the QB's to try things out, practice or for the first time in a game?

Just calm down and let it play out.
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That will never, EVER happen on here! You know that.

Look at the thread from yesterday about Jones naming a starting QB. Turns out it was a joke he tweeted about a Nascar driver. Did that stop people from going ape Sh&t on here, no!
 
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DC Vol said:
Yeah, people saying that the staff is trying to keep fueling the QB race have been getting spit-roasted on here.

The "name Worley starter NOW" thread is honestly a classic look on why Jones isn't telling the fans anything. He owes the public nothing.

Just backseat your entitlement, coolguys, and enjoy the ride.
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This in conjunction with what TS is saying as well as Butch is selling competition to future recruits.

The hubris people display when they say "From what I saw on tape today, QB's are looking bad"

Really, you managed to solidify your opinion based on 5 throws each from 5 guys in a passing drill compiling all of 1 minute and 34 seconds. :lolabove:
 
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MustafaRasta said:
This in conjunction with what TS is saying as well as Butch is selling competition to future recruits.

The hubris people display when they say "From what I saw on tape today, QB's are looking bad"

Really, you managed to solidify your opinion based on 5 throws each from 5 guys in a passing drill compiling all of 1 minute and 34 seconds. :lolabove:
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That's the power of one (and 34/60) :)
 
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Fingers said:
Not exactly practice related but from today.

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That's nice, but can any of them throw accurately?
 
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MustafaRasta said:
This in conjunction with what TS is saying as well as Butch is selling competition to future recruits.

The hubris people display when they say "From what I saw on tape today, QB's are looking bad"

Really, you managed to solidify your opinion based on 5 throws each from 5 guys in a passing drill compiling all of 1 minute and 34 seconds. :lolabove:
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I'll have you know I took Tulane in NCAA 2013 and did so well I got invited to the SEC and started dominating there.

I can scout more in 1:30 based on limited information than entire coaching staffs with hours of it and personal relationships with the players to boot.

I just choose to ignore a $500,000/year job so I can sit on here and pick apart practice videos someone else cut.
 
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DC Vol said:
I'll have you know I took Tulane in NCAA 2013 and did so well I got invited to the SEC and started dominating there.

I can scout more in 1:30 based on limited information than entire coaching staffs with hours of it and personal relationships with the players to boot.

I just choose to ignore a $500,000/year job so I can sit on here and pick apart practice videos someone else cut.
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Tulane? Dude, I worship you.:bow2:
 
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sjt18 said:
No. But do you know what the coaches are asking them to do in those drills? Some of it is certainly just poor passing. But the other day we had folks here going nuts because Worley was throwing behind WR's in a drill... It was later reported that the QB's were working on back shoulder throws. When do you want the QB's to try things out, practice or for the first time in a game?

Just calm down and let it play out.
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Sorry, should have used my blue font. :no:
 
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DC Vol said:
I'll have you know I took Tulane in NCAA 2013 and did so well I got invited to the SEC and started dominating there.

I can scout more in 1:30 based on limited information than entire coaching staffs with hours of it and personal relationships with the players to boot.

I just choose to ignore a $500,000/year job so I can sit on here and pick apart practice videos someone else cut.
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Well you are the exception to the rule. You have credentials.
 
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