What happened?

[james_govols]

I think it's simple.

Since the Georgia game, Tennessee has become a run heavy one-dimensional offense because the coaches don't have trust in the QB.

The coaches don't trust the players to make the plays so we play a conservative offense that hinders the team.

The players know this, so their effort levels aren't very high.

I think it's 80% coaching at this point and 20% QB play.

 

[cgrish]

It is totally obvious that something happened at some point between halftime of the Georgia game and the start of the Kentucky game.

What and when is the question here.

The players have not lost their abilities to play, so we can eliminate that.

Was there a conflict between two players, two units (offensive vs defensive players) or individual players?

Could it even be a problem among the coaching staff or the death knell of coaching staff vs players?

You will not ever be able to convince me that either Kentucky or Arkansas has anywhere near the overall talent that we do.

The only obvious answer to me is all problems start at our overall lack of competent QB play and perhaps there is some underlying feeling of hopelessness by both the rest of the offensive and defensive players.

I have firmly supported Pruitt up until the Kentucky game when I started to have questions and then doubts after Arkansas.

After yesterday I really question if there will be another win the rest of the season as Vandy looked so much better than we did against Kentucky.

I have stated the same thing you have here, something happened the second half of the Ga. game, and we have not played like the same team since then. Imo everyone wants a qb change but Pruitt, and this results in playing without intensity, or giving 100%. Of course this is just my opinion but I really feel like this is it. Pruitt alone thinks jg is the man.

 

[cgrish]

I think it's simple.

Since the Georgia game, Tennessee has become a run heavy one-dimensional offense because the coaches don't have trust in the QB.

The coaches don't trust the players to make the plays so we play a conservative offense that hinders the team.

The players know this, so their effort levels aren't very high.

I think it's 80% coaching at this point and 20% QB play.

I agree with everything you said but the last sentence. I think the coach and the qb play are one and the same as far as how the team goes, thus causing the lack of effort being low.

 

[photovol]

I think that's the time we started sucking.

I have come to realize vol football will never return to the level that made me fall in love during the 90s when I was a teenager. We are a historically average team except for the neyland years and the Fulmer years other than that I have come to accept us as average and take the losses and wins without much emotion these days.

if the players are not willing to put forth the effort required to win, why should the fans continue to support a team that doesn’t even care?

 

[VOL_Lyfe]

BYU would wipe the floor with us again this year. They look pretty good. How on earth did we beat Indiana?

Sure wouldn't beat IU this season. They are really good.

 

[BeardedVol]

It is totally obvious that something happened at some point between halftime of the Georgia game and the start of the Kentucky game.

What and when is the question here.

The players have not lost their abilities to play, so we can eliminate that.

Was there a conflict between two players, two units (offensive vs defensive players) or individual players?

Could it even be a problem among the coaching staff or the death knell of coaching staff vs players?

You will not ever be able to convince me that either Kentucky or Arkansas has anywhere near the overall talent that we do.

The only obvious answer to me is all problems start at our overall lack of competent QB play and perhaps there is some underlying feeling of hopelessness by both the rest of the offensive and defensive players.

I have firmly supported Pruitt up until the Kentucky game when I started to have questions and then doubts after Arkansas.

After yesterday I really question if there will be another win the rest of the season as Vandy looked so much better than we did against Kentucky.

Pruitt is a bad head coach, who is too stubborn to realize that he has an outdated, and ineffective coaching philosophy, and is a poor evaluator or player and coaching talent.

Next question?

 

[cobbwebb0710]

It is totally obvious that something happened at some point between halftime of the Georgia game and the start of the Kentucky game.

What and when is the question here.

The players have not lost their abilities to play, so we can eliminate that.

Was there a conflict between two players, two units (offensive vs defensive players) or individual players?

Could it even be a problem among the coaching staff or the death knell of coaching staff vs players?

You will not ever be able to convince me that either Kentucky or Arkansas has anywhere near the overall talent that we do.

The only obvious answer to me is all problems start at our overall lack of competent QB play and perhaps there is some underlying feeling of hopelessness by both the rest of the offensive and defensive players.

I have firmly supported Pruitt up until the Kentucky game when I started to have questions and then doubts after Arkansas.

After yesterday I really question if there will be another win the rest of the season as Vandy looked so much better than we did against Kentucky.

Those pesky halftime adjustments...
GBO!!

 

[landscapingvol]

Landscapingvol,no we haven't forgotten.Possibly you should use a stick edger around the edges where your brain should be to get a good,clean look.

1/10

 

[OrangeTsar]

The team is simply playing with ZERO confidence. They have no confidence in any QB on the roster and no confidence in the coaches to fix it. It's NOT rocket science. Pruitt will have to totally audit his approach and admit his shortcomings to himself. He's too hard headed to hit the "reset " button, IMO. There is NO reason this team should be performing as bad as it is from a talent/ability standpoint.

If CJP was unable or unwilling to learn the lessons of last season (as evidenced by his repetition of the EXACT SAME MISTAKE to start this season), I have no reason to believe he ever will be able to learn. My impression right now is that he is arrogant, stubborn, and pig headed. There is no one more impossible to teach than the man who already „knows everything“.

 

[kbear01]

Red Flag: As UT Offensive Coordinator Jim Chaney was headed to the locker room, at halftime, a sports reporter asked him a question. Jim Chaney replied, "You'll have to ask my boss". Enough said.