Why do small, fast backs NEVER work...

[armchair]

for us? So many teams in the country have backs who are smallish but quick/fast--and they make plays. Look at McClusker at Ole Miss--he killed us. Oregon has a small, quick starting RB, so does Auburn. Lots of teams make hay with quick backs. We recruit the same type--and they either never play or they are never effective or, typically, they end up as a second team cornerback. One reason is that we don't run spread. We prefer to be big and predictable, unfortunately.

 

[UtennfaninVa]

with a pro style offense its harder getting those types of backs in space where they do damage against good defenses

 

[ptclaus98]

A)Our small backs aren't usually quick


AND


B) Travis Stephens.

 

[thattennesseeguy]

big and predictable worked pretty well for Alabama last year......and South Carolina this year....

 

[wounded mullet]

James "------ ---" Stewart
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[Jaytrain5]

Maybe our small backs weren't as good as McCluster or James?

 

[supersmo18]

And we also need better run blocking up front. We haven't had that in a while.
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[Orangeslice13]

A)Our small backs aren't usually quick


AND


B) Travis Stephens.

Beat me to it. Gotta be fast in these parts.
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[supersmo18]

James "------ ---" Stewart
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Wow you're going back like 16-17 years.
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[wounded mullet]

Wow you're going back like 16-17 years.
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Well the OP did say never .
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[FootballWarGame]

And we also need better run blocking up front. We haven't had that in a while.
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I agree. There is a lot we havn't had in a while.

 

[rstarkeytn]

Just have to find the right back. Lamarcus Coker woulda had a great career if it hadn't went up in smoke

 

[Orangeslice13]

Wow you're going back like 16-17 years.
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Some of us remember it like it was yesterday.
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[SouthpawTN]

Little Man wasn't little.
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[EaglesVols91]

ooo

 

[Jaytrain5]

Tennessee has had plenty of small, electrifying backs in recent years.

JaKouri Williams, David Yancey, Roy Olasimbo. The list goes on and on.

 

[NEVolFan]

Little Man wasn't little.
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This....just a nick name. He was a very good goal line back....could fly over the line to score. We don't do that much anymore.

 

[MDBJJC]

Charlie Garner

 

[wounded mullet]

Yeah right, and Grizzly Adams had a beard..

 

[vols_fan_68]

Tony Thompson
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[GAVol]

JaKouri Williams, David Yancey, Roy Olasimbo. The list goes on and on.

Behold the "Legends of the Spring".

 

[armchair]

Charlie Garner

Fifteen years?

 

[BirdRacer]

Just have to find the right back. Lamarcus Coker woulda had a great career if it hadn't went up in smoke

Literally...

 

[Rudy123]

Charlie Garner

 

[Orangeslice13]

Tony Thompson
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Reaching back to the early 80s
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