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woodrow77

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No one seems to be talking about Addison Nichols comments about leaving Tennessee, he said :"Coach Heupel's a great guy, a great coach and has a great program," "Couldn't say a bad thing about him. Definitely learned a lot through my time there, but at the end of the day, I JUST DIDN'T SEE MYSELF HITTING MY FULL POTENTIAL IN THE ROOM I WAS IN." Between those comments and hardly any development from his HS recruits and possibly losing Sanders Jr. to Ohio St. and the very average line play with upperclassmen this year ... Is it time for Heupel to quit being too loyal and fire Elarbee in the off-season ?
 
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One of the fallacies here, which our fans fell prey too, and frankly CFB fans of all sorts fall prey too, is the idea that a bunch of guys who weren't real good the year before, are magically going to be much better with a year of "experience". With the exception of Cooper Mays, none of the current lot has ever impressed a whole lot. I think folks had overinflated expectations expecting the OL to suddenly be world beaters this year. The only way out of this is recruiting the right guys, hopefully we can hang onto to Sanders.
 
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No one seems to be talking about Addison Nichols comments about leaving Tennessee, he said :"Coach Heupel's a great guy, a great coach and has a great program," "Couldn't say a bad thing about him. Definitely learned a lot through my time there, but at the end of the day, I JUST DIDN'T SEE MYSELF HITTING MY FULL POTENTIAL IN THE ROOM I WAS IN." Between those comments and hardly any development from his HS recruits and possibly losing Sanders Jr. to Ohio St. and the very average line play with upperclassmen this year ... Is it time for Heupel to quit being too loyal and fire Elarbee in the off-season ?

People just need to give up on this idea. He...is...not...firing....anyone. We could have a HS level OL and he isn't firing GE.
Kind of torn here.
On one hand it's one player's thoughts on the situation...you obviously have to take into account position on the line, ask from the coach to play or not play multiple positions, talent level ahead of that player, incoming talent level, etc.
On the other, it is a highly regarded recruit and you have to wonder if there are others in that room that have the same feelings as well as the inconsistent line play and seemingly lack of growth during the season.
IF Sanders flips and others transfer out, or recruiting drops off for O Line guys, then I'm concerned as it leads to fire producing the smoke.

As far as second comment - THAT, in my opinion, is going to be Heupel's ultimate undoing here. He is going to hold onto a coach one or two seasons longer than he should have and it will be difficult to overcome in the long run.
 
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No one seems to be talking about Addison Nichols comments about leaving Tennessee, he said :"Coach Heupel's a great guy, a great coach and has a great program," "Couldn't say a bad thing about him. Definitely learned a lot through my time there, but at the end of the day, I JUST DIDN'T SEE MYSELF HITTING MY FULL POTENTIAL IN THE ROOM I WAS IN." Between those comments and hardly any development from his HS recruits and possibly losing Sanders Jr. to Ohio St. and the very average line play with upperclassmen this year ... Is it time for Heupel to quit being too loyal and fire Elarbee in the off-season ?
Do you think your interpretation of that comment and the situation could be wrong?

Maybe Nichols didn't see himself being able to beat out the guys around him? When do teams not lose recruits? If you are recruiting the right guys then other power programs are going to come after them. Are you disappointed when UT takes someone from another top tier program?

What OL performance would satisfy you? The Vols lead the SEC in rushing... by a lot. The Vols are first in yds/attempt. The Vols are mid-pack in pass pro but a lot of that has to do with Nico holding the ball and being as indecisive as you'd expect a young QB to be.

I'm not saying I "know" that Ellarbe is the answer. Possible he's not. I'm saying that neither you nor anyone else here knows either... and the stats don't back you up.
 
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" not hitting my full potential" can mean a lot of different things to different folks. I can't see a coach not allowing a player to reach his potential unless he's riding the bench
 
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There are some concerns that he may flip to Ohio State. He was there for their game against Indiana.
Big Ten football is about as exciting as watching soccer. I just don’t understand why anyone would want to play in the Big Ten with an opportunity to play in the SEC unless they are from the area.
 
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2nd post and he wants to know if we should cut a coach loose. I think back to where we were when we hired CJH to where we are now and I find it hard to 2nd guess him.

Armchair coaches need recliners to relax in and enjoy the game.
 
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There are some concerns that he may flip to Ohio State. He was there for their game against Indiana.

He’s the OL coach and prob one of his primary recruiters.
Ok and how does his flip have anything to do with Elarbee? Where is that said that his ol coach is a factor? Do you even know who the ol coach is at osu?
 
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I've tried to write a reply to this nonsensical post three times now, but every time I get about a sentence and a half in and then just start hitting my head on the damn keyboard and then the keycaps go everywhere and I have to go pick them up and put them back on the switches.

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