Spring Practice

[jakez4ut]

Well we've had a few days now...and so far seems like things are going OK.

But after reading a few of the articles on govols, some things i p/u on that i thought were worth mentioning...

Pass drills...guys lying flat on their back catching the ball, if the guy catching the ball drops one, then he and the guy feeding the machine do extra exercise....interesting.

little things....getting in to and out of the huddle on time, getting lined up correctly, listening in the huddle etc... they're putting extra emphasis on these things this year...message: IT'S ALL IMPORTANT. If we can't get you to line up right or listen in the huddle, how in the world are we going to get you perform on Saturdays? It's all important folks.

Dress code during practice has been implemented. shirts will be tucked in, no individualistic garb allowed, and during time outs, breaks whatever, units will stay with units. Offense will stay with offensive players and vice versa.

run, run, run is the theme for WR's this season. they're going to be the "most in shape team in the country". interesting.

Offensive line....quicker, faster, "it's up to us to make the running game. If we do our job, then anyone can run behind us."

WR competition. the word is out, smaller starting rotation, and all of them want to be on it. Trooper sounds like he has thier attention. Dropped balls, even in warm ups are not tolerated, dropped balls at any time result in, guess what, more running.

Defensive coaches apparently have a lot to work on.

And finally, i thought it was interesting that the coaches have pretty much said they are not going to come out and give "individual" progress reports. they will give "unit" and "team" reports. And when asked about team chemistry, CDC basically said that we have to develop a team attitude, when one fails we all fail. so in practice when one messes up, the whole team or unit is "punished".


sounds good to me...what do y'all think?

 

[volmanjr]

Sounds like they're crossing every T and dotting every i. I like it and hopefully it will do away with the stupid mistakes we were plauged with last yr.

 

[jakez4ut]

yeah, i don't know how much of this will translate in to W's next season, but i sure hope it cures the "beating ourselves" thing we had all year long.....i can handle getting beat by a better team. I hate it when you know you did it to yourself.

 

[volmanjr]

yeah, i don't know how much of this will translate in to W's next season, but i sure hope it cures the "beating ourselves" thing we had all year long.....i can handle getting beat by a better team. I hate it when you know you did it to yourself.

I had that feeling all yr long and it sucked, I really like the attitude that the O-line is going to dictate what we can do, I want to read about our center telling the nosetackle we're coming your way , just try and stop us! :ninja:

 

[jakez4ut]

10-4 on that!!!

 

[kptvol]

yeah, i don't know how much of this will translate in to W's next season, but i sure hope it cures the "beating ourselves" thing we had all year long.....i can handle getting beat by a better team. I hate it when you know you did it to yourself.

Ah, come on. You know Vanderbilt and South Carolina were way better than us.

 

[jakez4ut]

funny, real funny.

 

[volmanjr]

But don't you that all this Springtime discipline doesn't matter anyway, I mean there's no friggin way we can have a great season in 06, look at the 8-4 average and the 2 yrs we didn't make the top 10 I mean come on get serious this team is doomed!!!!!!!!! :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

 

[jakez4ut]

JR....you need to stay out of the CPF threads brother!!!!

you know how i feel about that and this coming year...i think we'll all be pleasantly suprised, at least some of us will be....there will be others that may be a little disappointed, because after next season, there won't be a whole lot to complain about.... :cross:

 

[hatvol96]

But don't you that all this Springtime discipline doesn't matter anyway, I mean there's no friggin way we can have a great season in 06, look at the 8-4 average and the 2 yrs we didn't make the top 10 I mean come on get serious this team is doomed!!!!!!!!! :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

Uh, it's been 4 years since we finished in the top 10. Defend Fulmer all you want, but at least do it with accurate facts.

 

[volmanjr]

Uh, it's been 4 years since we finished in the top 10. Defend Fulmer all you want, but at least do it with accurate facts.

I was refering to Oklavol's 2 10 win season's out of the top 10 from the other thread sorry my statistical facts aren';t up to your standards, but hell what is up to your standards? and I'm not "defending" anyone my point is that that was then this is now and all the bellyaching won't change the coaching staff and we've heard every possible reason why this team and this staff are doomed and some of us are sick and tired of it.

 

[jakez4ut]

in Jr's defense, he did say "make the top 10". Not finish. just getting the facts straight. :biggrin2: Plus, i don't think accuracy was his motive here....just some venting. :realmad:

 

[hatvol96]

I was refering to Oklavol's 2 10 win season's out of the top 10 from the other thread sorry my statistical facts aren';t up to your standards, but hell what is up to your standards? and I'm not "defending" anyone my point is that that was then this is now and all the bellyaching won't change the coaching staff and we've heard every possible reason why this team and this staff are doomed and some of us are sick and tired of it.

There wasn't any doom and gloom in this thread until you interjected it, facetiously as it may have been.

 

[IBleedOrange]

I was refering to Oklavol's 2 10 win season's out of the top 10 from the other thread sorry my statistical facts aren';t up to your standards, but hell what is up to your standards? and I'm not "defending" anyone my point is that that was then this is now and all the bellyaching won't change the coaching staff and we've heard every possible reason why this team and this staff are doomed and some of us are sick and tired of it.

AMEN!!!!!!! :bow:

 

[volmanjr]

There wasn't any doom and gloom in this thread until you interjected it, facetiously as it may have been.

Just following your example: highjacking everythread to spread your puke, you're just upset that someone beat you to it even if it was a sarcastic jab.

 

[hatvol96]

Just following your example: highjacking everythread to spread your puke, you're just upset that someone beat you to it even if it was a sarcastic jab.

Such hostility. For your mental health, I hope your idol turns it around this year. 6-6 with a moving van in front of his abode would be too much for your fragile psyche to handle.

 

[hatvol96]

Just following your example: highjacking everythread to spread your puke, you're just upset that someone beat you to it even if it was a sarcastic jab.

Interesting observation. I rarely remember mentioning our head football coach throughout most of this thoroughly enjoyable basketball season. It was only when these ridiculous "Cut's back, the wide receivers are catching ping pong balls, we haven't had anyone arrested, ergo we're going to win 9-10 games" threads started appearing that I felt it necessary to snap people back to reality.

 

[OWB]

I felt it necessary to snap people back to reality.

There's absolutely nothing wrong with having high hopes and thinking positively about this upcoming season.

 

[hatvol96]

There's absolutely nothing wrong with having high hopes and thinking positively about this upcoming season.

I agree completely. However, if you're just being optimistic, say so. Don't start referencing things that will have a miniscule effect on the season as if they are a panacea for what ails the program. If the class we recruited last year is as good as advertised, we should be fine. However, if they're overrated, we've seen what the returning players can do. It's not pretty.

 

[bigdaddy]

I am not going to feed to the banter, but I like that we are not pumped up on out talent that has not produced. Let them make thier name on the field of play. If they chose to abuse thier god granted gifts off the field, forget em. Let us do battle with TRUE UT BOYS and let us win. Get some pride back. Go VOLS and live that phrase. No matter who can bring it to us. Coaches or Players, bring us or due.

 

[IBleedOrange]

I agree completely. However, if you're just being optimistic, say so. Don't start referencing things that will have a miniscule effect on the season as if they are a panacea for what ails the program. If the class we recruited last year is as good as advertised, we should be fine. However, if they're overrated, we've seen what the returning players can do. It's not pretty.

if you are suggesting that off-season problems last year didn't have some type of effect on the season last year then you are in the minority i believe. it seems like that was something that everybody always came back to as a part of the reason for our meltdown, granted the fact that we haven't had any problems yet definetly does not warrant a 9-10 win season but it is definetly a step in the right direction

 

[smokedog#3]

remember folks at this time last year fulmer was saying this was his best team ever. i can't believe in fulmer untill he shows some of the same stuff that we saw in the late 90's. i'm beginning to wonder if our talent in those years was so deep and great that it made fulmer look alot better than he really is. i know fulmer recruited those players, and i give him credit for that, but it seems in recent years he has been outcoached in the big games that matter. talent wise alot of other teams in the sec have caught us and they seem to know how to beat us. i honestly think fulmer is overated. he is the best recruiter in the sec, but a very average ball coach on the field. :devilsmoke:

 

[IBleedOrange]

remember folks at this time last year fulmer was saying this was his best team ever. i can't believe in fulmer untill he shows some of the same stuff that we saw in the late 90's. i'm beginning to wonder if our talent in those years was so deep and great that it made fulmer look alot better than he really is. i know fulmer recruited those players, and i give him credit for that, but it seems in recent years he has been outcoached in the big games that matter. talent wise alot of other teams in the sec have caught us and they seem to know how to beat us. i honestly think fulmer is overated. he is the best recruiter in the sec, but a very average ball coach on the field. :devilsmoke:

well i dont know if it is so much that teams have found out how to beat us because i think they always knew how to beat us but it is like you said, everybody else's talent level is catching up to us because we used to be able to just line up and run the ball down people's throats and tell them there was nothing they could do about it but those days are rapidly coming to a hault i'm afraid. hopefully Cut gets us turned back around and we won't get outcoached in the big games like we have recently

 

[thunder5]

It's amazing how every thread involving football seems to result in a discussion about the coaches(good, bad, whatever). The people who support Fulmer mostly ignore the arguments of the Fulmer haters and vice versa. And think, we still have what.... 6 months until the actual season. :ermm: :hmm:

 

[patrick]

we will all have to wait and see