Your opinion on Heupel

[DaddyChad]

My opinion is he is one of the best developers of QBs in the country but he can’t pick a DC worth a damn.

 

[joevols89]

And you deserve to get roasted again. The dude has been in the playoff twice. Stop pretending he’s Derek Dooley.

News to me.

 

[JMSqb11]

Heupel is a great coach. Banks let him and everyone else down this year. Going to have to clean house on the D side of the ball. Let’s see what happens in the offseason before making judgement.
Sadly, our best hope of someone hiring Banks as HC was possible last year but a non starter now

Okay I'm going to give Banks a very low grade this year. But our offense averages 40+ points. In our 4 losses, we scored 40+ once in overtime and then scored 20, 27, and maybe 31 if we score on this next drive.

 

[volfeeva]

Look at all the schools searching for a coach today. Now, look at how long some of them been looking for that coach. When Lane Kiffin is the most sought after coach, tells you whats out there

 

[AdoptedVOL]

Dumb poll. Just ask the open ended question.

He won’t make the staff changes needed

 

[PalmettoStateVol]

He's SUPREMELY AVERAGE. He's Tennessee’s Mark Richt.

 

[VolFreakJosh]

He has the chance to be a great coach but he needs to make some serious changes next year.

I’ve been behind him since he’s been here but this was tough to watch tonight.

 

[IUGradVol]

Need an entirely new coaching staff on defense. We made Pavia’s Heisman campaign for him in one game. Embarrassing.

 

[allstar34]

If he can’t find GL1P’s he definitely won’t find his sack to go fire Banks right now.

 

[TrumpedUpVol]

He's SUPREMELY AVERAGE. He's Tennessee’s Mark Richt.

Mark Richt was able to make, and occasionally win (prior to the rise of the SEC West), the SEC title game.

Heupel isn't anywhere close to that.

 

[VolFreakJosh]

Mark Richt was able to make, and occasionally win (prior to the rise of the SEC West), the SEC title game.

Heupel isn't anywhere close to that.

No but to be fair, Mark Richt had a lot more talent to work with.

 

[basspond]

Heupel's problem is that he is not a good manager. A good manager identifies the weaknesses under his direction and corrects them. He's not correcting them. He's letting them continue, hoping they'll correct themselves. "Insanity" is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. I guess "insanity" could be the right word. There could be others that likely fit as well.

 

[jbr82]

As a HC at TN……..already hit his ceiling. Fools gold. Want Cornflake bowls he is your guy.

 

[GVF]

The game I watched tonight had our O line getting pushed around pretty good. Lot of backmoeddling passes and pressured passes.

Coupled with no explanation for giving up 45 at home…recipe for a sour loss.

And no Kiffin announcement yet to provide any excitement.

 

[LLcoolDave]

He will not survive in the SEC without a defense. If he wants to elevate this program, he has got to clean house on the defensive side of the ball and get a bit more creative with the offense...imo, iyam

 

[djones24]

PLEASE let kiffin turn lsu down and they come for heupel

 

[mpfvol]

Well i am personally out on Heupel. He will never win a championship of any sort in college football or the NFL. he is better than Dooley and Cornbread thats about it.

 

[amorange]

He will win 8-9 consistently and have the occasional 10 win season but he will never win anything meaningful

Perfectly said!

 

[VolArmy74]

He's a good offensive coach. He struggles hiring competent staff members. He's a good enough recruiter. He has some time management issues.

He's a mixed bag basically. The part where he struggles to hire competent staff will get him fired eventually if he doesn't improve there and make changes.

 

[207 others]

Dumb poll. Just ask the open ended question.

He won’t make the staff changes needed

This is about him not others

 

[EezyE]

There’s nothing impressive that was done this season. He’s absolutely horrible at making adjustments and he won’t make the changes necessary for his staff. They beat no one of any significance. It was a very mediocre 2025 season.

 

[Cartervol]

He needs to upgrade his staff. Got exposed as being very average again.

 

[Hyperion]

I want to see the offense with a bona-fide elite quarterback. I'm hoping Faizon Brandon or McIntyre can elevate Heupel like DeShaun Watson did for Dabo Swiney.

The defense was a total embarrassment today.

 

[Volhoops]

The further you get into Heupel's players that he chooses the worse this team is getting. Seems like that was the case at his last stop too.

 

[orangerush]

Not much to say, Heup is what he is.