These Boys on the Hill

#7
#7
Enki_Amenra said:
Well. . . A lot. . . A whole lot

Really seems like they're making very good decisions so far.
I think we're gonna play some real ball this year. I'm not calling 15-0 but I think we're going pretty hard right now.
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I think they have been making the best personnel choices they can. I am encouraged early on alot more with this staff's decision making than I was with the last staff. Unfortunately, I don't think this staff has been faced with alot of good choices, also due to the last staff's shenanigans.
 
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#8
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volfan8 said:
I like this guy. I have no clue how to say his name but I like him.
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Heupel is actually a German name. In Germany, it's pronounced Hoi-pel.
Hy-pel seems to be an Americanization of the name as I know other folks in the US with German family names who pronounce the eu syllable as y.
 
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At some point, to break through, Tennessee is going to have to have an unexpected season. Win 9 games when only 6 are expected. Almost every successful turnaround starts with a season like that.

Majors really got Tennessee going with that unexpected 1985 season. Stoops turned OU around with an unexpected 2000 season. Spurrier surprised everyone with his first year at Florida in 1990. I could go on.

It needs to happen in Heupel’s first through third year, but it needs to happen fast. It’ll involve beating some teams he’s not supppsed to and nearly beating some others as big underdogs. After that, the recruiting will pick up. The sanctions will be known (and possibly served).

I do think Heupel has a great offensive mind. He has the ability to develop the most important position in sports at an elite level. Great QB play will mask a lot of shortcomings (just as poor QB play negates other team strengths, as Guarantano showed). I think CJH knows how to create a good culture. The question is, can he weather the NCAA/rebuilding storm well enough to get to the other side and recruit elite talent…AND in the meantime, evaluate well enough to find lower rated guys who fit his system/culture and mold them into winners.
 
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GregAmsler said:
At some point, to break through, Tennessee is going to have to have an unexpected season. Win 9 games when only 6 are expected. Almost every successful turnaround starts with a season like that.

Majors really got Tennessee going with that unexpected 1985 season. Stoops turned OU around with an unexpected 2000 season. Spurrier surprised everyone with his first year at Florida in 1990. I could go on.

It needs to happen in Heupel’s first through third year, but it needs to happen fast. It’ll involve beating some teams he’s not supppsed to and nearly beating some others as big underdogs. After that, the recruiting will pick up. The sanctions will be known (and possibly served).

I do think Heupel has a great offensive mind. He has the ability to develop the most important position in sports at an elite level. Great QB play will mask a lot of shortcomings (just as poor QB play negates other team strengths, as Guarantano showed). I think CJH knows how to create a good culture. The question is, can he weather the NCAA/rebuilding storm well enough to get to the other side and recruit elite talent…AND in the meantime, evaluate well enough to find lower rated guys who fit his system/culture and mold them into winners.
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For the first couple of seasons Huepel just needs to win the games he's supposed to win. The Pitt game this season in particular is huge. That's a winnable home game against a fairly respectable opponent. You win that game and go into the Florida game 3-0 , you have a chance to have a respectable first season and show recruits that we're trending upward. Show steady progress. That's all we ask.
 
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Brave Volunteer said:
For the first couple of seasons Huepel just needs to win the games he's supposed to win. The Pitt game this season in particular is huge. That's a winnable home game against a fairly respectable opponent. You win that game and go into the Florida game 3-0 , you have a chance to have a respectable first season and show recruits that we're trending upward. Show steady progress. That's all we ask.
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I’m gonna keep banging this drum too. I think it’s so important to show that we will be competitive in every game, more so this season than most. We really need some positive momentum.
 
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GregAmsler said:
At some point, to break through, Tennessee is going to have to have an unexpected season. Win 9 games when only 6 are expected. Almost every successful turnaround starts with a season like that.

Majors really got Tennessee going with that unexpected 1985 season. Stoops turned OU around with an unexpected 2000 season. Spurrier surprised everyone with his first year at Florida in 1990. I could go on.

It needs to happen in Heupel’s first through third year, but it needs to happen fast. It’ll involve beating some teams he’s not supppsed to and nearly beating some others as big underdogs. After that, the recruiting will pick up. The sanctions will be known (and possibly served).

I do think Heupel has a great offensive mind. He has the ability to develop the most important position in sports at an elite level. Great QB play will mask a lot of shortcomings (just as poor QB play negates other team strengths, as Guarantano showed). I think CJH knows how to create a good culture. The question is, can he weather the NCAA/rebuilding storm well enough to get to the other side and recruit elite talent…AND in the meantime, evaluate well enough to find lower rated guys who fit his system/culture and mold them into winners.
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Post of the summer, spot on. I may be getting ahead of myself here, but if QB play is elevated this year, with the way our schedule sets up, maybe this season could be the "unexpected season" (8-4, 9-3).
 
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Enki_Amenra said:
Well. . . A lot. . . A whole lot

Really seems like they're making very good decisions so far.
I think we're gonna play some real ball this year. I'm not calling 15-0 but I think we're going pretty hard right now.
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That’s called hope, and it’s perfectly fine and normal to have it. Hope resounds in June and throughout the offseason amongst all fan bases.

Folks on the hill, whether they’re making sound decisions or not, have very little to do with the product being put on the field this fall. People are also making sound decisions in Tuscaloosa, Athens, Lexington, Gainesville, Columbia, etc etc etc. Players are working out just as hard, coaches are coaching just as hard, etc.

Hope is a great thing to have, but it’s meaningless. I hope my team wins the national championship, but that’s not very likely. Now I’m comfortable making a statement like “I think we’re gonna play some real ball this year” but that points to nothing specific. Does that mean we’re gonna lose close games, win close games, beat rivals, look respectable vs rivals? What does it mean?

Bottom line, we’re all going to be happy with wins (unless you’re a Florida fan where even wins piss off fans if they aren’t prefect enough) or we’re going to be miserably unhappy with losses.
 
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Jaws said:
That’s call


That’s called hope, and it’s perfectly fine and normal to have it. Hope resounds in June and throughout the offseason amongst all fan bases.

Folks on the hill, whether they’re making sound decisions or not, have very little to do with the product being put on the field this fall. People are also making sound decisions in Tuscaloosa, Athens, Lexington, Gainesville, Columbia, etc etc etc. Players are working out just as hard, coaches are coaching just as hard, etc.

Hope is a great thing to have, but it’s meaningless. I hope my team wins the national championship, but that’s not very likely. Now I’m comfortable making a statement like “I think we’re gonna play some real ball this year” but that points to nothing specific. Does that mean we’re gonna lose close games, win close games, beat rivals, look respectable vs rivals? What does it mean?

Bottom line, we’re all going to be happy with wins (unless you’re a Florida fan where even wins piss off fans if they aren’t prefect enough) or we’re going to be miserably unhappy with losses.
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Your wise, unbiased words made me sleepy. 😴
 
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"There is a storm coming."

See what? What are they doing that is any different than any other new coach coming in to a program? Kiffin, Dooley, and Jones all had their little gimmicks, then Pruitt was praised for not being gimmicky. None of them made it, even though Jones had back to back 9 win seasons.

Sustained success and winning the games you are supposed to is the only gage he should be measured by, not singing his praises in June before he's even coached a game for us. I think a favorable schedule this fall can be misleading. I do think they can win 8 or 9 games this fall (and I expect them to), but what happens if they only win 5 or 6 the next fall or the season after? Will this guy even see year 4? If he hasn't beaten Saban, Mullen, or Smart by then Vol Nation will crucify him.
 
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"Irrational exuberance is unfounded optimism that lacks a real foundation of fundamental valuation, and instead rests on psychological factors. Such behavior is speculative fervor, akin to bouts of mania."
 
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OffTackleVol said:
Post of the summer, spot on. I may be getting ahead of myself here, but if QB play is elevated this year, with the way our schedule sets up, maybe this season could be the "unexpected season" (8-4, 9-3).
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I LIKE IT

HEY TRAIN WRECK, THIS IS NOT YOUR STATION !!

GO VOLS !!
 
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Jaws said:
That’s called hope, and it’s perfectly fine and normal to have it. Hope resounds in June and throughout the offseason amongst all fan bases.

Folks on the hill, whether they’re making sound decisions or not, have very little to do with the product being put on the field this fall. People are also making sound decisions in Tuscaloosa, Athens, Lexington, Gainesville, Columbia, etc etc etc. Players are working out just as hard, coaches are coaching just as hard, etc.

Hope is a great thing to have, but it’s meaningless. I hope my team wins the national championship, but that’s not very likely. Now I’m comfortable making a statement like “I think we’re gonna play some real ball this year” but that points to nothing specific. Does that mean we’re gonna lose close games, win close games, beat rivals, look respectable vs rivals? What does it mean?

Bottom line, we’re all going to be happy with wins (unless you’re a Florida fan where even wins piss off fans if they aren’t prefect enough) or we’re going to be miserably unhappy with losses.
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Speaking of being miserable, you spend a whole lot of time on a message board full of people who could care less about your opinion. How unhappy do you have to be to live on a rivals message board? Just an FYI, Kyle Trask made Dan Mullen look real good. I don’t think Emory Jones will be nearly as effective.
 
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jarnol32 said:
Speaking of being miserable, you spend a whole lot of time on a message board full of people who could care less about your opinion. How unhappy do you have to be to live on a rivals message board? Just an FYI, Kyle Trask made Dan Mullen look real good. I don’t think Emory Jones will be nearly as effective.
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Gators will lose 4-5 games this next season.
 
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