Swain not impressed with Wells hire.

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BigOrangeMojo said:
There's nothing wrong with coaching youth sports. I would brag that my son is leading the league in tackles. The problem is I am coaching his basketball team.
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Awesome post!
I just completed my season officiating youth basketball. I had some players that would fit right in with your son.
 
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johnrlansford said:
People want to blame everythin on the system because it is Butch's system.
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I'm a people. I have doubts about his scheme. And it isn't personal at all. I've read admittedly 2nd hand comments that former players and people outside the program questioned the techniques and blocking schemes. Based on performance, those comments seemed to have merit.

IT worked and Central Michigan and Cincinnati i believe it can work in the SEC. But you have to have SEC talent and development to Run it in the SEC. YOu can't do it with Mid-major talent or development.
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I don't think it is out of bounds to point out that moving from the MAC and Big East to the SEC is a pretty big step. Just because it worked at a lower level does not mean you can beat Bama with it or find the athletes at UT to run it to that level.
 
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JonGrudensAgent said:
As a side note, your community is in the hearts and minds of the nation.

#neverforgetBGKYnonmassacre
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Yeah, it was scary. lol

However, learning that 2 men in the community were attempting to acquire explosives to be used against our citizens is a sobering thought.

That just shows that this kind of thing can happen anywhere.
 
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johnrlansford said:
Scheme didn't get us pushed around by Appy St., S&C did!! Hopefully that is Fixed with Rock. I don't see us getting pushed around by lower level talent this year with Rock in charge of S&C.

Still wasn't scheme IMHO!!!:)
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I would contend just the opposite. The scheme called on UT's blockers to use techniques that were ineffective against small, quick DL's.
 
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'Boro-vol said:
Ease up...."based on resumes" would seem to be an important part of his assertion, which I see you conveniently failed to highlight.

Please, to be consistent, refrain from commenting on anything that you don't have expensive personal experience in in the future, be it politics, economics,sports,religion....Whatever.
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I have personal knowledge, as I watched a Wells coached line pave the way for three consecutive years of 1600+ yd rushers at WKU. As someone else posted, coaching is coaching, whether at a high school or the NFL.
There are a lot of good coaches at non P5 schools.
That is why you see unheralded (out of high school) players that play for non P5 schools get drafted every year.
For example, a 2 star OL from WKU is projected to be drafted in the first round this year, so someone did something right in coaching him up.
 
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JonGrudensAgent said:
Amen.

And all we can do at this point is to hope that Wells is the magic elixir some on here think he is to cure the putrid offensive line play.

There won't be a Dobbs and Kamara around next season to break lose on those long runs that helps pad the stats.

My concerns with Canales and Wells is this...if they are so good at their jobs then why haven't either one of them broken through to have success at the higher levels of the NCAA in roughly 20 years each?
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That is a valid point. The opposite of that coin is all of the lousy coaches that made it to the higher levels who did not deserve to be there. HCs such as Kiffin and Weiss come to mind. Sometimes I think it is just being in the right place at the right time with the right connections, or the right last name.
 
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aredfox28 said:
I love how some of you get on swain and bash him. He's forgot more football than most of you guys will ever know.
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How many games has he coached?

Playing WR isn't exactly rocket science. There's a reason why true freshmen can come in and do it.
 
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sjt18 said:
I'm a people. I have doubts about his scheme. And it isn't personal at all. I've read admittedly 2nd hand comments that former players and people outside the program questioned the techniques and blocking schemes. Based on performance, those comments seemed to have merit.

I don't think it is out of bounds to point out that moving from the MAC and Big East to the SEC is a pretty big step. Just because it worked at a lower level does not mean you can beat Bama with it or find the athletes at UT to run it to that level.
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it's not my favorite offense either.... but Clemson just beat Alabama with it.
 
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GAVol said:
How many games has he coached?

Playing WR isn't exactly rocket science. There's a reason why true freshmen can come in and do it.
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Wow. Just, wow. So a former player, 6th all-time in receptions, "gives his all for Tennessee" for 4 years, says some things you don't like based on information he has, which you don't, and now he's trash, knows nothing, really didn't do much at Tennessee cause playing WR is so easy any freshman can do it. Just unreal imo.
 
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Let's be honest ... Swain (... and some of you on here ...) would find a reason to complain about a hire even if it was Gruden or Manning. There would be something wrong with the hire - you don't like Jones - we all get it.
 
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KBVol said:
Wow. Just, wow. So a former player, 6th all-time in receptions, "gives his all for Tennessee" for 4 years, says some things you don't like based on information he has, which you don't, and now he's trash, knows nothing, really didn't do much at Tennessee cause playing WR is so easy any freshman can do it. Just unreal imo.
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I've got zero opinion on the hire. I just find it dumb that I'm supposed to automatically consider Swain an expert on the matter.
 
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GAVol said:
I've got zero opinion on the hire. I just find it dumb that I'm supposed to automatically consider him an expert.
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Is it more or less dumb than supposing to automatically consider he's going to fail though?

We need to know.
 
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Fulmer is going to be our co-AD / part-time OL coach.



Plus, Peyton coming onboard as our 10th coach in April.
 
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BGKYVol said:
I have personal knowledge, as I watched a Wells coached line pave the way for three consecutive years of 1600+ yd rushers at WKU. As someone else posted, coaching is coaching, whether at a high school or the NFL.
There are a lot of good coaches at non P5 schools.
That is why you see unheralded (out of high school) players that play for non P5 schools get drafted every year.
For example, a 2 star OL from WKU is projected to be drafted in the first round this year, so someone did something right in coaching him up.
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I stand corrected. You're credentials as a spectator are impeccable, and you're obviously much more qualified to have an opinion than anyone else here. I'm just sorry I didn't see it sooner.

Why didn't you just say so?
 
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'Boro-vol said:
I stand corrected. You're credentials as a spectator are impeccable, and you're obviously much more qualified to have an opinion than anyone else here. I'm just sorry I didn't see it sooner.

Why didn't you just say so?
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You ok?
 
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BGKYVol said:
I have personal knowledge, as I watched a Wells coached line pave the way for three consecutive years of 1600+ yd rushers at WKU. As someone else posted, coaching is coaching, whether at a high school or the NFL.
There are a lot of good coaches at non P5 schools.
That is why you see unheralded (out of high school) players that play for non P5 schools get drafted every year.
For example, a 2 star OL from WKU is projected to be drafted in the first round this year, so someone did something right in coaching him up.
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I hope you are right about the guy but I don't agree that coaching is coaching, regardless of the level. Nick Saban and Steve Spurrier agree, I'm sure. Room for error decreases vastly at every level. Personalities and egos also change drastically.
 
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orange parmejohn said:
I hope you are right about the guy but I don't agree that coaching is coaching, regardless of the level. Nick Saban and Steve Spurrier agree, I'm sure. Room for error decreases vastly at every level. Personalities and egos also change drastically.
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It also changes drastically between a head coach or coordinator position vs a line coach. Doesn't have to pit his mind against the best in the business, just be able to teach a solid technique and footwork.
It's not our first time bringing in a line coach from a non power 5 program.
 
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