He had regressed to the point of barely being .500 in the AAC. No reason to think he's going to walk into Knoxville and have us above that mark regularly.
I know I shouldn’t be, considering how dumb the vast majority of the UT fanbase is, but the amount of support this hire is getting is pretty shocking to me.
To be fair, current offensive players, their parents and some former VFLs arent angry. Are they all dumb?
In a lot of cases they are dumb. In others they simply have no choice but to be optimistic. Fans have a choice.
I dont think a wr being excited about going from 15 catches a year to 50 is dumb. Hyatt and Velus are going to explode. They play the game and want to get to the next level, so are more invested than fans, have more riding on it and react with less emotion.
Sheep would want an elite shepherd, imo. Dont think they worry about Franklin unless its hunch punch night
Some folks try to take the high road in public... I’d be interested to see what they’d say behind closed doors. If folks are genuinely happy about this hire, yes... I’d question them about why.
It didn’t have to be either/or. We could have hired a coach who was both a proven high level winner AND not a complete POS.
As i mentioned, qbs and wrs are happy because the offense is explosive and wrs just went from few if any targets per game from a make a wish qb and 1 page playbook to using the whole field and being targeted 10 times a game and chance to put up some numbers which will help get them to the next level.
If it works out that way (and we don’t lose a bunch of 54-49 games) fine... but Inhave a strong suspicion we’re going to lose a bunch of 54-49 games. I get players looking out for their NFL futures, but I also want players who want to win at the level they’re currently AT.
Here we go, intro press conference. I'm genuinely curious. And just happened to notice this in the chat...
Not me. Couldn’t care less what he has to say. Unlike the last few hires, I’m completely unwilling to give any craps whatsoever about Coach Batman.