Ramone Foster blasting the "Clawfense"

[OldandStillaVol]

Foster went on to have a great NFL career. Clawson went on to have a great college coaching career. But at the time, Clawson, Fulmer, UT together was a disaster. It happens. Time to move on.

 

[ClearwaterVol]

That doesn’t mean that what happened 13 years ago doesn’t hold any validity. 13 years ago that offense was maybe the worst I’ve seen as a tennessee fan. Whether that was Clawsons fault, Fulmer, the players or a combination of the three…it was terrible. So I can see why he would feel like this. And who is to say that Clawson hasn’t completely revamped his offense or if he is even calling the plays.

2020 - 20 ppg all sec
2008 - 16 ppg against sec

You're right, it was atrocious

 

[BanditVol]

Clawson is playing for an ACC title and is 10-2 at Wake Forest. Guess Foster decided to come across as a fool.

It may not have been Clawson's fault, since it was some strange hybrid and not his pure offense. It's worht noting that Tubberville also hired a spread guy and that didn't work either. Both he and Fulmer were fired the same season they tried to change offenses. I guess that was a bad idea. It's also part of Crompton being inept until Lane whispered in his ear. There were rumors that part of the reason Cut left is that he didn't think Crompton could cut it.

 

[Iravolfan]

Just my opinion. Clawson , Fulmer and Tennessee’s team that year didn’t have time to change the offense. Didn’t have some of the key players, the type of players to run a spread, wildcat offense, whatever you want to call it. The fans are partly to blame. Clawson is a good coach. He had already proven that, before he got to Tennessee. If you don’t fire Fulmer, I think you beat Wyoming, and get a bowl game. Tennessee was ranked number 5 in the country, with Tajh Boyd and Bryce Petty both committed to Tennessee. I think given the opportunity, year 2 would have been a different outcome. Ok, fire away!!

 

[kcvols1]

88 must be a fool..............

I thought that was common knowledge on this forum?

 

[Hank Bukowski]

What he was doing is not what happens anywhere. I can't think of anybody that has done that since he did it. He would flip his offensive line every other play. He had a "strong side" and a "quick side". Ramon has talked several times about that and always says the defense knew exactly what was coming. It's just crazy to think that somebody would think to experiment like that in the SEC. It might have been cool at Fordham and Villanova, but that kind of stuff doesn't work. Nobody else has since tried it, and Clawson himself got away from it quickly after leaving here.

This has been my big counter-argument to the "Fulmer micro-managed him" line. If Fulmer, whose history of coaching is rooted in Oline play, was micro-managing the offense, there is no way under the sun that he would have kept doing that. He let Clawson run his offense. He probably gave input as all head coaches do, but if he was micro-managing there is no way he would let that happen.

Thanks for this. Didn’t know that.

 

[BenGrimm]

Yeah . . . Clawson's offense has worked pretty much everywhere else. I think he probably was the victim of Fulmer not wanting to completely let go of the old offense and a QB room that was flat out awful.

I dunno… Fulmer let him flip the OL around mid series. That’s giving up quite a bit of control. If Fulmer was the micro manager I’m told by some in the internet, he never would have let that happen.

 

[BenGrimm]

What he was doing is not what happens anywhere. I can't think of anybody that has done that since he did it. He would flip his offensive line every other play. He had a "strong side" and a "quick side". Ramon has talked several times about that and always says the defense knew exactly what was coming. It's just crazy to think that somebody would think to experiment like that in the SEC. It might have been cool at Fordham and Villanova, but that kind of stuff doesn't work. Nobody else has since tried it, and Clawson himself got away from it quickly after leaving here.

This has been my big counter-argument to the "Fulmer micro-managed him" line. If Fulmer, whose history of coaching is rooted in Oline play, was micro-managing the offense, there is no way under the sun that he would have kept doing that. He let Clawson run his offense. He probably gave input as all head coaches do, but if he was micro-managing there is no way he would let that happen.

Exactly… I don’t think Fulmer got overly involved until late in the season when things were already out of hand. I recall we went to 70% running team and just tried to out muscle the last few teams on the schedule.

 

[Carl Pickens]

Clawson is playing for an ACC title and is 10-2 at Wake Forest. Guess Foster decided to come across as a fool.

Did you not see the Clawfense? It was like rotting roadkill…. Or fresh awful dog sh** all over your shoe. It was horribly bad.