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Any team lookin for a coach that doesn't get Goelesh are just plain stupid. Pair him with a good defensive coordinator and he will rock. Look at the teams that have risen to the top and that is the formula.
I think Virginia tech would be a great stepping stone for him. The ACC is vulnerable right now. If Alex took over Virginia tech, they have a real shot at competing for the ACC championship every 3 years or so.

That would propel him for his next big job whenever it opens. I don't want to face him in the future so I'd like to see him at Penn State or Michigan
 
Any team lookin for a coach that doesn't get Goelesh are just plain stupid. Pair him with a good defensive coordinator and he will rock. Look at the teams that have risen to the top and that is the formula.
I think Virginia Tech would be a great spot for him. That way I can still root for him to do well and not have to worry about him facing the Vols. Plenty of talent in Virginia too. We can take the 5 stars and high fours, Golesh can have the rest
 
It was unsolicited, but AP questioned the training staff this morning on 104.5. He said we changed trainers in the offseason. Suggesting it’s taking a lot longer to get guys back out there than years past but then backtracked a little when he realized he probably opened can of worms, saying they’re perhaps much more conservative.
Also, what’s up with all our guys cramping up last Saturday? I didn’t notice many GA players having that issue. Thought maybe because GA had more depth & their guys not playing as many snaps but I didn’t really pay attention to their rotations.
 
We are three games in.

At this point in the season, a single big play makes noticeable differences in all defensive rankings. Wait ~3 more weeks for rankings to normalize — By then I expect we are middle of the pack at worst.
Also we have played Georgia & Syracuse while others have played schools that can barely afford to field a team
 
Also, what’s up with all our guys cramping up last Saturday? I didn’t notice many GA players having that issue. Thought maybe because GA had more depth & their guys not playing as many snaps but I didn’t really pay attention to their rotations.
100% because our guys had to play more snaps
 
I think it’s only bama and OU.

Florida will have 5
Losses by the time we play them.

We will be expected to beat them. And a close game or loss will not be good for optics.

But the UF game worries me the most.

Bad juju. On the road. Probably at night.
If Florida has 5 losses, then wouldn’t it likely be a noon time game?
 
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Thomas needs to be a bigger part of the offense, imo. Bishop is nice, very good change of pace, and runs very very hard; but, Thomas can win us games...he's a playmaker. He is way more explosive and faster than I ever expected whenever we first signed him...he looked like a nice player at Duke, but nothing like what he's shown so far as a Vol. He can catch passes out of the backfield...he had over 50 catches in his 3 years at Duke. I believe he can be great, if given the opportunities.

I believe the rotation should be Thomas (the bulk), Bishop, and Morris.
Thought he played one year at Duke?
 
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off the top of your head. . . what cat is known as "the king of the jungle"?


*I just had someone try to convince me a lion is not called "king of the jungle" in a very condescending way. "Why would you say that? Lions don't even live in the jungle""
You are correct in that the lion is referred to as the “king of the jungle” - they are correct in that being dumb naming since lions don’t live in the jungle.
 
Any team lookin for a coach that doesn't get Goelesh are just plain stupid. Pair him with a good defensive coordinator and he will rock. Look at the teams that have risen to the top and that is the formula.

Golesh looking good makes Heupel look good; Jeff Lebby too.

We are gonna go from the Saban tree of coaches to the Heupel tree. Heupel's Disciples.
 
100% because our guys had to play more snaps
Faking injuries!!!1!1!1!!

obviously not. Cramps are legit injuries.

I will say this though: 19 went down with cramps and came back the same quarter (maybe the same drive) to make a huge play. If we had the rule many of you want—injured players out for the whole drive or quarter—he would likely have been sitting.
 
I'm just hoping Golesh doesn't end up at Florida. I'd hate that. Go to an ACC team or a Big 10 team. Somewhere I can wish him the best. If he lands in the SEC, I have to wish him nothing but failure.
Imagine Florida copying UT, the JV version of our system. I just don’t see that, but it would be funny.
 
I think you misunderstand. UGA was playing a centerfield safety on the deep shot INT it got. Most cover 3 defenses have a safety as deep as the deepest WR with other coverage in front of them. The CBs pattern match. The ball flight time lets one safety help to the numbers on either side: he doesn’t have to commit to a side.

Playing cover 3 would give defenses more options in the middle, not fewer. UGA’s base scheme against UT the past few years has been cover 2 man or a form of quarters, which have a minimum of 4 pass-first defenders at the snap (normally more). Cover 3 just requires 3. The width of the old routes lessened the need for deep safety help, so safeties could play shallower to defend the alleys. Cover 3 also lets teams disguise their pressure, as they can rotate more freely from an open to closed look right at the snap.

Teams will have to adjust to this new look offense. I think you’ll see more single safety looks, maybe bringing a safety up for crossers or the TE.

There’s no perfect offense or defense. It’s just tradeoffs and adjustments everywhere, and it’s always execution—I think the CB on the first long TD was expecting safety help deep and inside. Heupel and JA got UGA twice deep when UGA wasn’t in the best defense to counter it. Gotta tip your hat.
You mean the one where the DB tackled the intended receiver before the ball arrived?
 
Still thinking about that Staley touchdown, the way he improvised that crossing route and found the soft spot. Kid is going to be a problem in the SEC for 3 more years, maybe two at his current trajectory.

I know people are mad at MM for the drops, but when he trucked that UGA DB out of bounds he sent a message to Kirby that this wasn’t the same ol Vols. I like what he brings, and he’ll get better each year. Plus who’s to say he wasn’t slightly concussed after that shot he took. We are in great hands going forward.
I like Matthew’s intangibles also, but the number 1 thing a great WR does is catch the ball first and foremost. If MM can’t develop his hands to catch most everything that’s in his catch radius then I don’t see how CJH can agree to an elite WR NIL payment in light of the depth of the WR room. MM’s agent may come back with an offer from another program that we’re not willing to match. Hopefully MM quits dropping passes and becomes the elite WR he’s capable of being.
 
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