Tenn. football positives and negatives

#27
#27
rexvol said:
our blocking has been subpar for some time and to me it's very distressing that our coach is a former o-lineman and we can't block the wind.
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I've discussed that a few times, but ultimately it comes down to the position coach and not the head coach.
 
#30
#30
Lol - Les Miles at LSU a better coach than Fulmer? :eek:lol:

They have the most undisciplined teams I've every seen.. seriously.. what was it 4 turnovers against an below average UT defense?

He can't even communicate to get his special teams unit on the field in time (see UT-LSU 2005) which easily cost him that game.

Les Miles will destroy what Saban built if he continues the way he's going.
 
#32
#32
rexvol said:
tell that to Steve Spurrier
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The difference is that Spurrier is his own QB coach. Fulmer is not his own O-line coach. If he were, I'd be looking at him and going "How can he not teach these guys how to block?"
 
#33
#33
I think the last minute loss to LSU took the hunger out of the team this past season, but most of all....... we lost too many players to injuries
 
#34
#34
kiddiedoc said:
Neyland gets loud, sure, but only for a few select games and at select times. It should be FAR more intimidating, and we ALL know it. (See home record vs. quality teams, as of late).
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We have not been a very good team, as of late. No wonder we're losing to quality teams at home. Ben Hill Griffin Stadium was the toughest place to play in college under Spurrier, then suddenly became a lot less intimidating while Zook was the coach. Once they brought Meyer in, it got tough again. A great home field advantage depends on great teams defending it. Neyland hasn't had that in awhile.
 
#35
#35
Vercingetorix said:
We have not been a very good team, as of late. No wonder we're losing to quality teams at home. Ben Hill Griffin Stadium was the toughest place to play in college under Spurrier, then suddenly became a lot less intimidating while Zook was the coach. Once they brought Meyer in, it got tough again. A great home field advantage depends on great teams defending it. Neyland hasn't had that in awhile.
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It's also due to Neyland being populated most Saturdays with a bunch of bluehairs who drive 38 MPH on I-40 in the left lane with the blinker on and their husbands who get their chest hair caught in the zipper of their pants.

A younger crowd normally equals a louder crowd. Outside of the student section there's really not a lot of excitement.
 
#36
#36
Ohio Vol said:
It's also due to Neyland being populated most Saturdays with a bunch of bluehairs who drive 38 MPH on I-40 in the left lane with the blinker on and their husbands who get their chest hair caught in the zipper of their pants.

A younger crowd normally equals a louder crowd. Outside of the student section there's really not a lot of excitement.
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I don't disagree with any of that. But I don't think the demographic is that different from back when UT rarely lost at home in the 90s. The difference in this decade is that our team just isn't that good.

Think of it this way. We got absolutely physically whipped on both lines this year by UF and LSU, yet still managed somehow to hang in both games, with a good chance to win each of them. We'd almost certainly have lost both of those games easily if they'd been at a neutral site. I'd call that a home field advantage.
 
#37
#37
Vercingetorix said:
I don't disagree with any of that. But I don't think the demographic is that different from back when UT rarely lost at home in the 90s. The difference in this decade is that our team just isn't that good.

Think of it this way. We got absolutely physically whipped on both lines this year by UF and LSU, yet still managed somehow to hang in both games, with a good chance to win each of them. We'd almost certainly have lost both of those games easily if they'd been at a neutral site. I'd call that a home field advantage.
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A home-field advantage would be 100,000+ fans who, when their team was on defense, would yell "PASS" and "BALL" on passing plays and "RUN" on running plays.

I think the idea of home-field advantage in the SEC is based more off of small non-conference schools being intimidated by going into a stadium that holds that many (loud and intoxicated) people. There's probably a marginal advantage to be had, but probably not enough to be statistically significant. In professional sports, where the object is to achieve overall competitive balance, there might be something to a large home/away split. But in college, where actual parity isn't really a desired or a feasible goal, I don't believe there to be a great advantage.*

*This is all said without me having actually done any research on the subject. I'm also unlikely to unless it tickles my fancy. More pressing subjects to write on include "Does defense trump offense in terms of winning championships, or is it just a stupid cliche parroted by media snobs who want to appear as if they have some special insight", "Is there such a thing as a clutch player or is it just a tool used by media snobs to appear as if they have some special insight" and "How can anyone be as big of a tool as Skip Bayless has managed to be?"
 
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