Weird Opinion on Larry Scott

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I was as mad as anyone about not running on goal line at the end of the game because of clock management.

BUT Is there anyone else that loved how aggressively LS called the game? It's like he has complete confidence that is players will make the play no matter where they were on the field.

In what felt like the worst coached game I have ever seen, I somehow feel real good about CLS... I think this offense is going to be very good as the year goes on.
 
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HeyHeyUT said:
I was as mad as anyone about not running on goal line at the end of the game because of clock management.

BUT Is there anyone else that loved how aggressively LS called the game? It's like he has complete confidence that is players will make the play no matter where they were on the field.

In what felt like the worst coached game I have ever seen, I somehow feel real good about CLS... I think this offense is going to be very good as the year goes on.
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I think LS called some of the aggressive plays but Butch called the conservative plays.
 
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HeyHeyUT said:
I was as mad as anyone about not running on goal line at the end of the game because of clock management.

BUT Is there anyone else that loved how aggressively LS called the game? It's like he has complete confidence that is players will make the play no matter where they were on the field.

In what felt like the worst coached game I have ever seen, I somehow feel real good about CLS... I think this offense is going to be very good as the year goes on.
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you're delusional. We scored 20 points. The offense was crap until the 4th quarter--and even then screwed up a chance to win the game with bad play calls and terrible clock management. We had the ball on the 15 or closer three times and got....wait for it...3 points. The QB threw 3 picks and it could have been 6. We try to pass the ball from the half-yard line and end up getting no points. And you're optimistic about our OC? Ha, ha, ha. Scott called a stupid game. We were inept on a higher plane--that's how bad it was. Seriously, it was one of the most embarrassingly stupid games by our coaches ever--and we've had more than a few big stupid games against florida.

There is something about florida that really makes us look foolish...every year. I remember the home game way back in the Fulmer era. In the 1st quarter Spurrier and the gators are already ahead of us 14-0 and have the ball 4th and 10 on our 30/35 yard line--or thereabouts. We think, oh, they'll punt now, or try a FG. Spurrier went for it and they three a TD pass on 4th and 10 to go up 21-0. Then there was the year, also Fulmer, when we played in Knoxville in the rain. And we played ultra-conservatively, of course--ran our FB that day more than 20 times, as I recall. Florida's QB threw the ball all over the yard--didn't fret about the rain. Florida won, of course. And since spurrier we've had numerous winnable games against mediocre or not-great florida teams and choked away about 85 percent of them. Our last two times to Gainseville, we've given up a LONG, game-winning TD pass on the last play of the game. I used to be angry about it and embarrassed, now I try to laugh. That's how bad we are annually in this game.
 
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HeyHeyUT said:
I was as mad as anyone about not running on goal line at the end of the game because of clock management.

BUT Is there anyone else that loved how aggressively LS called the game? It's like he has complete confidence that is players will make the play no matter where they were on the field.

In what felt like the worst coached game I have ever seen, I somehow feel real good about CLS... I think this offense is going to be very good as the year goes on.
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Shoop coached a very good defense. Solid play calls. Several questionable calls, several missed holding calls, three turnovers that were part OL, part QD, and part WR fault, and three missed FGs and we win that game.

I think it is pretty short sighted to credit one coach and blast the others in that loss.
 
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HeyHeyUT said:
I was as mad as anyone about not running on goal line at the end of the game because of clock management.

BUT Is there anyone else that loved how aggressively LS called the game? It's like he has complete confidence that is players will make the play no matter where they were on the field.

In what felt like the worst coached game I have ever seen, I somehow feel real good about CLS... I think this offense is going to be very good as the year goes on.
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I like aggressive play calling TOO...BUT...Scott's biggest problem is that he is too pass happy while (1) breaking in a new QB and (2) having a great running back. In other words, he is putting the ball in the wrong player's hands too much of the time.
 
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87&91ALUM said:
Shoop coached a very good defense. Solid play calls. Several questionable calls, several missed holding calls, three turnovers that were part OL, part QD, and part WR fault, and three missed FGs and we win that game.

I think it is pretty short sighted to credit one coach and blast the others in that loss.
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Shoop's defense was very good...until the last 10 minutes when it really mattered. Just because it was improved, it doesn't make it good.
 
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allvol123 said:
Like bizarro world in this joint.
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Yeah, everybody came away with different impressions about what went right and wrong, with everybody agreeing about the two goal line sets of downs. It's tough when your glass is half empty and half full.
 
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So basically it's not the OC or DC that's the problem.. it's the HC.

Got it.
 
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HeyHeyUT said:
I was as mad as anyone about not running on goal line at the end of the game because of clock management.

BUT Is there anyone else that loved how aggressively LS called the game? It's like he has complete confidence that is players will make the play no matter where they were on the field.

In what felt like the worst coached game I have ever seen, I somehow feel real good about CLS... I think this offense is going to be very good as the year goes on.
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Agree, I thought it was pretty interesting play calling. I didn't feel like I knew exactly what was coming. Really the best I've felt about play calls in a long long time.
 
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Until they stop calling read options with Dormady and start playing to his strengths as a player I won't be impressed with anything this offensive brain trust does.

Running 20 plays in the UF red zone with zero points to show for it really doesn't scream aggressive to me either.
 
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What teams have run the read option offense with success without a mobile QB? Dormady sure points out how many plays Dobbs made by his ability to run.
 
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EZE said:
I like aggressive play calling TOO...BUT...Scott's biggest problem is that he is too pass happy while (1) breaking in a new QB and (2) having a great running back. In other words, he is putting the ball in the wrong player's hands too much of the time.
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This is my opinion as well. You have a proven back, but put the game in the quarterback. Makes zero sense.
 
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LS could very well be a good coordinator, it's hard to tell though because I'm sure his boss overrides him with stupidity quite a bit.
 
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armchair said:
you're delusional. We scored 20 points. The offense was crap until the 4th quarter--and even then screwed up a chance to win the game with bad play calls and terrible clock management. We had the ball on the 15 or closer three times and got....wait for it...3 points. The QB threw 3 picks and it could have been 6. We try to pass the ball from the half-yard line and end up getting no points. And you're optimistic about our OC? Ha, ha, ha. Scott called a stupid game. We were inept on a higher plane--that's how bad it was. Seriously, it was one of the most embarrassingly stupid games by our coaches ever--and we've had more than a few big stupid games against florida.

There is something about florida that really makes us look foolish...every year. I remember the home game way back in the Fulmer era. In the 1st quarter Spurrier and the gators are already ahead of us 14-0 and have the ball 4th and 10 on our 30/35 yard line--or thereabouts. We think, oh, they'll punt now, or try a FG. Spurrier went for it and they three a TD pass on 4th and 10 to go up 21-0. Then there was the year, also Fulmer, when we played in Knoxville in the rain. And we played ultra-conservatively, of course--ran our FB that day more than 20 times, as I recall. Florida's QB threw the ball all over the yard--didn't fret about the rain. Florida won, of course. And since spurrier we've had numerous winnable games against mediocre or not-great florida teams and choked away about 85 percent of them. Our last two times to Gainseville, we've given up a LONG, game-winning TD pass on the last play of the game. I used to be angry about it and embarrassed, now I try to laugh. That's how bad we are annually in this game.
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Maybe I am delusional. But this delusional person saw an OC who put players in many positions to win the game and put up 460 yard against UF with a new QB and receivers that caught a total of about 10 passes last year.

Good things to come. Go Vols.

Happiest I have been with OC play calling in years... lot of confidence in his players. Just need to execute
 
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Wierd is an understatement

Our D playing pretty well most of the game and John Kelly being a freaking wrecking ball kept us in that game DESPITE Scott.

Hey i know, lets take a new qb thats been pretty shaky leading up to this game, thats already throwing picks and lets try to sling the ball up for grabs while our stud RB sits in the backfield looking pretty. You know, the dude that just ran us down the field to set us up in the redzone. Yeah, that guy, let him chill.

Some wierd play calls by that guy. Shoop actually called a good game and a player read qb scramble on the last play and was too late to recover. I wont put that on Shoop at all. Butch and Scott can share that ugly pc of work. That was their baby.
 
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HeyHeyUT said:
I was as mad as anyone about not running on goal line at the end of the game because of clock management.

BUT Is there anyone else that loved how aggressively LS called the game? It's like he has complete confidence that is players will make the play no matter where they were on the field.

In what felt like the worst coached game I have ever seen, I somehow feel real good about CLS... I think this offense is going to be very good as the year goes on.
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he lost the game in the first half by not using Kelly more. that was the game. We could have been so far in front of Florida they could have never come back.
 
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Not giving a RB the ball on 3 consecutive plays when he's averaging over 6 ypc on the goal line is colossally stupid. He also faked a handoff to Kelly on 3rd and 4 and let Dormady run wide for no gain. Dumb also. Really dumb. He should have worn UFs D down with pounding with Kelly and Chandler in the first half and he elected to get pass happy instead. The D gave up 20 points and we lost. Should never happen. We scored 20 points in 12 possessions, so I'm not really feeling it with Scott.
 
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