UT most dominant first-half team in SEC

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One of the Yahoo commenters said it best. Our coaching staff is either unwilling or incompetent when it comes to making halftime adjustments.

Even if we get all the talent in the world, this is a serious concern moving forward.
 
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Coming in with an amazing game plan and then sticking with the same tendencies through the entire game is going to be a problem. We should have 2 game plans. One for each half.
 
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Yeah, that screams coaching.

Everybody is figuring this out: elite Monday - Friday, egregious on Saturdays.
 
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Dobbs 4 Heisman said:
One of the Yahoo commenters said it best. Our coaching staff is either unwilling or incompetent when it comes to making halftime adjustments.

Even if we get all the talent in the world, this is a serious concern moving forward.
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where's that?
 
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I don't think it's 100% coaching, depth has to be an issue. Players get tired but coaches also get conservative.
 
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It may be the young players and lack of depth like Butch said and not "failure to make adjustments". Remember before this season Butch had an amazing record (51-3) when leading at halftime. That makes me think that the problem with losing big leads this season is more this team's make up (lack of depth, young) than coaching. TIFWIW.

We will get our answer on this next year. I believe it will be improved and go back to the long term trend line for Butch holding leads.
 
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Volsick said:
Coming in with an amazing game plan and then sticking with the same tendencies through the entire game is going to be a problem. We should have 2 game plans. One for each half.
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The plan is somewhat predetermined based off strengths and weaknesses of the opponent and your own. Most of that is determined early in the week before the game.

Normally when you attack certain points the other team will adjust (if you are successful) and force you to do something else if they are able to carry it out. In some occasions it doesn't matter because one or the other has to many deficiencies to mask . After you get a few series into the game the smaller pieces that make up a plan start shifting and changing based off several things. At that point it is about reading and reacting as a staff to stay ahead of the opposing staff. The great HCs and staffs normally have the team well prepared but are also able to make adjustments during the game to eliminate or gain an advantage.
 
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Just be patient. In another six years or so, Tennessee will finally have the player experience to dominate both halves.
 
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Each game is different. The second half "lull" in the USCe game comes down to four plays: Dobbs fumble, Kamara fumble, Malone drop and Pearson "lazy" route running and failure to look for the ball. Those plays were minimum 14 and maybe 21 point swing. So taking the low end of that and the games ends 34-14 there is no discussion about a slow second half. And lets give the Gamecocks some credit for not rolling over when down 17-0.
 
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Guys it really is easier to make adjustments when you're the team getting gashed. We would be better being the team forced into adjusting. I think they need to get better at anticipating what changes may come or more likely 3rd quarter after a series or two. I'm not quite like the rest of you as I continue to see dropped passses, penalties etc that are killing drives and keeping the games from being closed out. Not saying that I haven't seen things that make me wonder, but all in all the play calling is not as bad as some think.
 
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1974Vol said:
Each game is different. The second half "lull" in the USCe game comes down to four plays: Dobbs fumble, Kamara fumble, Malone drop and Pearson "lazy" route running and failure to look for the ball. Those plays were minimum 14 and maybe 21 point swing. So taking the low end of that and the games ends 34-14 there is no discussion about a slow second half. And lets give the Gamecocks some credit for not rolling over when down 17-0.
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Dobbs fumble was actually in the first quarter with 6 mins or so left. SC missed a FG directly after.

Bad plays are what make up lulls in games, sometimes they are worst than others.
 
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If memory serves Maggitt was out a big part of the second half vs. the Sooners. The Okie OC began rolling their QB to Maggitts side and buying time he didn't have in the first half. Credit their QB for making plays when he had the chance. When you get to the bottom of things it usually comes down to Jimmy's and Joes or Curts :) Bama, Florida, LSU just run another kid out there that plays just as well as the starter. Vols not so much.
 
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Dobbs 4 Heisman said:
One of the Yahoo commenters said it best. Our coaching staff is either unwilling or incompetent when it comes to making halftime adjustments.

Even if we get all the talent in the world, this is a serious concern moving forward.
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The "unwilling" part of the statement is correct. Too much belief in "the system" can be bad for you, just ask Ken Whisenhunt.
 
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1974Vol said:
If memory serves Maggitt was out a big part of the second half vs. the Sooners. The Okie OC began rolling their QB to Maggitts side and buying time he didn't have in the first half. Credit their QB for making plays when he had the chance. When you get to the bottom of things it usually comes down to Jimmy's and Joes or Curts :) Bama, Florida, LSU just run another kid out there that plays just as well as the starter. Vols not so much.
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It definitely hurts when you lose a player of his caliber and the other team finds his replacement. They did a pretty good job of attacking Jumper as well.

We didn't do our defense any favors by extending the game in the 3rd quarter pitching it all over the yard unsuccessfully. There was a lot of ranting about UT going conservative in that game. I think they actually went away from what was working and what made more sense with where your 2 deep stands on defense.

You put those 2 together and it didn't turn out well.
 
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... and they're 5-4.

Andre Ware is not a good analyst but he nails it when he says "you can never score enough points in the 1st half".
 
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I wouldn't mind having a co-OC who is in charge of actually calling plays after we get beyond the first two or three scripted drives.

IMO DeBord is very, very good at scripting early drives. But he sucks at adjusting on the fly. Having another guy in the booth who at the very least can suggest plays to him once the defense adjusts to us would be helpful.
 
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Dobbs 4 Heisman said:
One of the Yahoo commenters said it best. Our coaching staff is either unwilling or incompetent when it comes to making halftime adjustments.

Even if we get all the talent in the world, this is a serious concern moving forward.
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We need to forget about the score at halftime and do one of two things: 1) Consider it a fresh start, new game (still being aggressive to strike first) 2) Play like we're down a couple scores (avoiding the conservative plays calling)

...easier said than done.
 
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