Starting first team the next two weeks........

#1
MWAVolfan

MWAVolfan

Well-Known Member
Joined
Sep 6, 2012
Messages
6,509
Likes
5,440
#1
I know Tennessee wants to be as healthy and rested as possible before the Florida game, but I think this team needs to play its starters as much as possible the next two weeks. They need playing/practice time BAD, especially the OL and DBs. I would keep my starters in until at least the 4th quarter the next two games, even if those games are long out of reach by that point strictly to give these units time to play in real game situations. Thoughts?

I'm pretty confident if we lose to UF you can kiss 6 wins goodbye. So it's pretty imperative that we have whatever we are calling our "A" game ready to go for them.
 
Last edited:
  • Like
Reactions: AaronUT and ttatj
#2
#2
Sounds cool. But cjp is intent on building depth, so 4th qtr may be a reach, maybe midway thru the 3rd i can see
 
#6
#6
SaintLouisVol said:
Thing about the OL is that while you technically have "starters," you have to be pretty interchangeable in the two-deep. So, those other guys need the reps just as badly.
Click to expand...
Yeah, I guess OL and DL have to do their standard rotations
 
#8
#8
MWAVolfan said:
I totally get building depth, but if you're first team players arent ready for prime time and suck, what's the point in putting in their backups who by logic shouldnt be as good?
Click to expand...
I totally get what youre saying, but if the backups arent ready either then were in trouble either way. This was a problem with the last regime, playing starters to long and never gave no mind to having backups ready to play.
 
#9
#9
tennesseepride84 said:
I totally get what youre saying, but if the backups arent ready either then were in trouble either way. This was a problem with the last regime, playing starters to long and never gave no mind to having backups ready to play.
Click to expand...

Getting backups ready to play is for practice.
 
  • Like
Reactions: 08Vol
#12
#12
What starters? If you think the O and D who started at WVU are automatically our “answer” to beat FL and beyond think again. Pruitt needs to use as many personnel combinations as possible over these next 2 glorified scrimmages YES INCLUDING AT QB to find enough vertical/point production on O and contain on D to be competitive against the big boys.

Don’t know what we have until we let them play. Then Pruitt & Co. can reevaluate. IMO starters at all positions are still TBD and open for grabs before real SEC football starts. That’s how competition works
 
  • Like
Reactions: governmentmule, Thorp32, 08Vol and 2 others
#13
#13
I see it the other way OP. The next two games should be over by halftime (hopefully) or our issues are more severe than I thought. Rest your starters once the games are out of reach and play back-ups to build depth and confidence. CJP would take some serious criticism if a starter was injured against a cupcake if the game was out of reach in the 4th quarter.
 
  • Like
Reactions: tbones0711, malinoisvol and LouderVol
#14
#14
Whatever they do, I hope they keep the o-line carousel going so that nobody can get used to playing a position, thereby having no line chemistry. This might work to confuse the enemy as well. A bold strategy.
 
  • Like
Reactions: 08Vol
#15
#15
bigorangecrush89 said:
Whatever they do, I hope they keep the o-line carousel going so that nobody can get used to playing a position, thereby having no line chemistry. This might work to confuse the enemy as well. A bold strategy.
Click to expand...

Blue font? The coaches are shuffling players on the O line to try and find the best five.
 
#17
#17
PEPPERJAX said:
I see it the other way OP. The next two games should be over by halftime (hopefully) or our issues are more severe than I thought. Rest your starters once the games are out of reach and play back-ups to build depth and confidence. CJP would take some serious criticism if a starter was injured against a cupcake if the game was out of reach in the 4th quarter.
Click to expand...


This is the normal way of dealing with these cupcake games. but based on how out of their depth our players were in week 1, I think they need to see the field as much as possible or else more embarrassment is coming.
 
#18
#18
SaintLouisVol said:
That was CBJ's theory, and it's most likely why there was so much drop off in production when a starter went down and the backup had to play.
Click to expand...

Normally I would agree if the starters were up to the challenge. Depth really isnt a factor though unless the team is still putting up a fight going into the second half. But given what I saw, these players need as much field time as possible or else depth wont matter because the games will be over by half time when UT is getting blown off the field.
 
#19
#19
MWAVolfan said:
This is the normal way of dealing with these cupcake games. but based on how out of their depth our players were in week 1, I think they need to see the field as much as possible or else more embarrassment is coming.
Click to expand...
you know it wasn't just our starters out there against WVU? part of the problem was the back ups. improved back ups means improved starters, with better competition in practice and hopefully some guys emerging.
 
  • Like
Reactions: malinoisvol
#20
#20
Woke said:
ow what we have until we let them play.
Click to expand...
Woke said:
What starters? If you think the O and D who started at WVU are automatically our “answer” to beat FL and beyond think again. Pruitt needs to use as many personnel combinations as possible over these next 2 glorified scrimmages YES INCLUDING AT QB to find enough vertical/point production on O and contain on D to be competitive against the big boys.

Don’t know what we have until we let them play. Then Pruitt & Co. can reevaluate. IMO starters at all positions are still TBD and open for grabs before real SEC football starts. That’s how competition works
Click to expand...

This is spot on. We've got players who have performed whenever they've gotten a chance in practice and/or scrimmages, but haven't gotten to show it for real. What the heck, all you have to do is not play them again if they can't perform.....
 
#22
#22
LouderVol said:
you know it wasn't just our starters out there against WVU? part of the problem was the back ups. improved back ups means improved starters, with better competition in practice and hopefully some guys emerging.
Click to expand...

I dont follow that logic though. Our starters got embarrassed by WV, so CJP put in the backups, who also got embarrassed (makes total sense to me). I dont see it creating competition. I see it creating turmoil and creating lack of confidence in the starters.

You dont focus on your #2s until you got your #1s straightened out.

If CJP has no earthly idea who his good players are yet and can't tell the difference between his 1s and 2s, then God help us all.
 
  • Like
Reactions: 08Vol
#23
#23
I think we had so many injuries the past few years that we Vol fans get scared every time we see our players take a snap......
 
Last edited:
#25
#25
Woke said:
What starters? If you think the O and D who started at WVU are automatically our “answer” to beat FL and beyond think again. Pruitt needs to use as many personnel combinations as possible over these next 2 glorified scrimmages YES INCLUDING AT QB to find enough vertical/point production on O and contain on D to be competitive against the big boys.

Don’t know what we have until we let them play. Then Pruitt & Co. can reevaluate. IMO starters at all positions are still TBD and open for grabs before real SEC football starts. That’s how competition works
Click to expand...
Give it up about the QB debate. JG wasn’t the problem
 
New posts
You must log in or register to reply here.
Advertisement



Back
Top