Trooper Taylor says letters from UT fans...

#76
#76
Wow...Ok guys..Rodney Garner..errrrrr..Pete Carol....errrr...Eddie Gran..How'd I get them confused...He's a recruiting god!
 
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drew16 said:
I guess the last several years of watching Tubs, Gran, Knox, etc. recruit so horribly gives me no insight on the subject.
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Gran can get more work done in one county than Chest Bumper can in the entire south.

Keep in mind that one county is in extremely hostile territory.
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#78
#78
Gran has gotten a lot of talent out of South Florida. That alone makes him vastly superior to chest bump clown.
 
#79
#79
Any player or coach that actually lets a fan, let alone a letter from a fan, to actually piss them off is clearly a mental midget.
 
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37620VOL said:
Trooper is extremely loyal. So loyal in fact, that he goes wherever they value loyalty the most.


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His loyalty is to where he gets his paycheck from at any particular time. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that's bad but to describe Trooper as being extremely loyal is like saying Kirstie Alley is extremely thin.
 
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hatvol96 said:
I'm stunned to learn that Taylor can read.
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I'm stunned to see he is gainfully employed.

Maybe AU should get him some pom poms and a little skirt, he would fit in better with the cheerleaders. He is a clown nothing more nothing less.
 
#83
#83
Loved Coach Trooper Taylor when he was on our team. Hate him when hes off our team.
 
#84
#84
I like Trooper Taylor. He's a good coach. Success seems to follow him. You guys are haters. This is a non-issue.
 
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hohenfelsvol said:
His loyalty is to where he gets his paycheck from at any particular time. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that's bad but to describe Trooper as being extremely loyal is like saying Kirstie Alley is extremely thin.
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"Trooper is extremely loyal. So loyal in fact, that he goes wherever they value loyalty the most."

Is it a bad joke if I have to explain it to you? :unsure:
 
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hatvol96 said:
All the championships he's been a part of really bears that statement out.
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Does that make Fulmer, Weis, and Randy Sanders dang good coaches? All won 'ships at one level or another.

You got to judge the coach on what he does with what he has. Trooper usually gets a lot out of his guys and he's also a heck of a recruiter.

I don't see reason for the hate? :unsure:
 
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37620VOL said:
Does that make Fulmer, Weis, and Randy Sanders dang good coaches? All won 'ships at one level or another.

You got to judge the coach on what he does with what he has. Trooper usually gets a lot out of his guys and he's also a heck of a recruiter.

I don't see reason for the hate? :unsure:
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Trooper Taylor helped recruit the current junior and senior classes at Tennessee. Tell me again what a great recruiter he is. Those classes are awesome.
 
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37620VOL said:
Trooper usually gets a lot out of his guys and he's also a heck of a recruiter.
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Who specifically did he bring to UT? I know he got Berry, but he's a legacy for Pete's sake. It looks to me that of the 6 guys he signed in 2007, 2 are still here. The year before that it looks like he got three 3 stars. One was Gerald Williams recommitting. The other two weren't really being recruited by any other big schools. I'm just looking at his Rivals profile. It could definitely be wrong.
 
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hatvol96 said:
All the championships he's been a part of really bears that statement out.
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He's not a head coach. He's been a position coach and he's done very well with his players. Okla St's offense was awful when he got there, and they aren't as productive as they were last year.
 
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hatvol96 said:
A complete lie.
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Ouch, dude. You don't have a very pleasant way of saying things. My bad. I was confused. They put up some big points, but they failed to score against Georgia and OU, probably their only games I watched of them that year.

The point is Trooper is a good coach. He makes his players play better. The players love him. What can you have against a guy like that?
 
#95
#95
Let it go. Trooper Taylor is a good coach, and contributed significantly to our program when he was here. Now he is serving another program, and catering to another fan base. I could imagine he should be fairly popular among AU fans, just like he was quite popular when he was here.

Is it necessary for him to bring this letter thing up? No, but he does deserve the bragging rights to be able to beat us soundly, especially with a chip on his shoulder. Maybe this is just his personality. Either way, I wish him well at where ever he is coaching. Do I like him taking shots at him former team? No, but comparing to the shots that some other coach took at his rivalry team, this is really nothing, especially if Trooper Taylor spoke truth, and I believe what he said is true.
 
#97
#97
Come on, I can't believe some of what I'm reading.

At Tulane, Trooper coached four wide outs into the NFL. He coached the nation's top receiving trio in 2001: Adrian Burnette, Kerwin Cook and Terrell Harris, who combined to lead the country with 2,384 receiving yards on 185 catches. The fourth receiver he coached at Tulane was Roydell Williams of the Tennessee Titans.

In 2004 at UT, Trooper coached NFL backs Cedric Houston and Gerald Riggs Jr., who became Tennessee’s only pair of 1,000-yard rushers in the same season. He also coached Meachem to AllAmerican status after many Vols fans had called him a bust. Meachem was part of a trio of Vols receivers including Jayson Swain and Bret Smith that caught a combined 159 receptions for 2,439 yards and 22 touchdowns. With all three of his top receivers gone in 2007, Taylor mentored the new pass-catching trio of Lucas Taylor, Austin Rogers and Josh Briscoe to a combined 175 catches for 2,130 yards and 14 touchdowns.

In 2008, Taylor coached Oklahoma State's All-American receiver Dez Bryant into the 3rd leading receiver in the nation with catches totaling nearly 114 yards per game.

Trooper is either very lucky or very good.
 
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37620VOL said:
Come on, I can't believe some of what I'm reading.

At Tulane, Trooper coached four wide outs into the NFL. He coached the nation's top receiving trio in 2001: Adrian Burnette, Kerwin Cook and Terrell Harris, who combined to lead the country with 2,384 receiving yards on 185 catches. The fourth receiver he coached at Tulane was Roydell Williams of the Tennessee Titans.

In 2004 at UT, Trooper coached NFL backs Cedric Houston and Gerald Riggs Jr., who became Tennessee’s only pair of 1,000-yard rushers in the same season. He also coached Meachem to AllAmerican status after many Vols fans had called him a bust. Meachem was part of a trio of Vols receivers including Jayson Swain and Bret Smith that caught a combined 159 receptions for 2,439 yards and 22 touchdowns. With all three of his top receivers gone in 2007, Taylor mentored the new pass-catching trio of Lucas Taylor, Austin Rogers and Josh Briscoe to a combined 175 catches for 2,130 yards and 14 touchdowns.

In 2008, Taylor coached Oklahoma State's All-American receiver Dez Bryant into the 3rd leading receiver in the nation with catches totaling nearly 114 yards per game.

Trooper is either very lucky or very good.
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Your Tulane examples did nothing in the NFL and they were quarterbacked by Patrick Ramsey and had Mewelde Moore at runningback. System. Roydell Williams = bust and NFL execs must agree because he's not anywhere after the Titans/Redskins cut him.

Tennessee had to run in 2004 because we had a true freshman and Rick Clausen. Tennessee stunk on the ground in 2005. Cutcliffe came back in 2006-2007 and changed everything having to do with Ainge and the way the receivers ran routes.

He had Dez Bryant in 2008. Dez Bryant + Big 12 schemes + Big 12 defense = lots of catches. Could've put a chimpanzee with a whistle on the staff at OSU and Dez would've had success.

Against us last weekend, I saw nothing but Malzahn in that offense. Trooper's receivers did nothing of note, they passed to the backs out of the backfield. I just don't get it.
 
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EricFreakingBerry said:
Your Tulane examples did nothing in the NFL and they were quarterbacked by Patrick Ramsey and had Mewelde Moore at runningback. System. Roydell Williams = bust and NFL execs must agree because he's not anywhere after the Titans/Redskins cut him.

Tennessee had to run in 2004 because we had a true freshman and Rick Clausen. Tennessee stunk on the ground in 2005. Cutcliffe came back in 2006-2007 and changed everything having to do with Ainge and the way the receivers ran routes.

He had Dez Bryant in 2008. Dez Bryant + Big 12 schemes + Big 12 defense = lots of catches. Could've put a chimpanzee with a whistle on the staff at OSU and Dez would've had success.

Against us last weekend, I saw nothing but Malzahn in that offense. Trooper's receivers did nothing of note, they passed to the backs out of the backfield. I just don't get it.
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Wow, so all that success is coincidence??? At some point it becomes a testament of good coaching.

Here's what Trooper's top 4 WRs at AUB have averaged in receiving yardage over the first 5 games: 73, 61, 49, 30. These 4 WRs are on pace to have over 2,000 yards receiving this year.

We, on the other hand, have a RB as our second leading receiver, and will be lucky to achieve 1,000 yards by WRs.

Source:
Tennessee Volunteers - Statistics - College Football - Rivals.com
and
Auburn Tigers - Statistics - College Football - Rivals.com
 
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37620VOL said:
Wow, so all that success is coincidence??? At some point it becomes a testament of good coaching.

Here's what Trooper's top 4 WRs at AUB have averaged in receiving yardage over the first 5 games: 73, 61, 49, 30. These 4 WRs are on pace to have over 2,000 yards receiving this year.

We, on the other hand, have a RB as our second leading receiver, and will be lucky to achieve 1,000 yards by WRs.

Source:
Tennessee Volunteers - Statistics - College Football - Rivals.com
and
Auburn Tigers - Statistics - College Football - Rivals.com
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I'm saying you're placing too much emphasis on the position coach and not enough emphasis on the offensive coordinator and the other weapons on the offensive side of the ball. These things work in cohesion. Right now we have terrible QB play and receivers that Jerry Rice and super glue couldn't cure.

Auburn, on the other hand has some alright receivers. They also get the benefit of being coached by Gus Malzahn as well, but the main thing is that Chris Todd is fully healthy and isn't a complete zombie on the field this year the way Crompton is. I see that the Auburn receivers have done a good job this year, but against us they didn't do a lot against us and Chris Todd still had a good game. That speaks to the OC getting more success from the chemistry of his offense than it does the WR coach making the receivers into bonafide stars.
 
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