"The Athletic" discussion

Discussion in 'Vols Football' started by lylsmorr, Aug 5, 2018.

  1. Ssmiff

    Ssmiff Went to the White House...Again

    That A & M game. Still can see Dobbs late int into triple coverage and we have a wr at the bottom of the screen with nobody within 15 yards of him, out of the backfield, iirc.
     
  2. JudgmentVol

    JudgmentVol Chieftain

    I certainly agree with this, but 2015 was where it should've began. Shouldn't have lost to Oklahoma or Florida, and that Alabama game could've been won. The defense that year performed markedly better than 2016, too.
     
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  3. justingroves

    justingroves supermod

    Butch should have been fired after OU 2015.
     
  4. VOLinDAWGland

    VOLinDAWGland Contributor

    Yep, the way he lost and the way he handled the aftermath of the the loss should have been his demise had we had any real leadership. Hart wasn't going to fire him because that would have been his end.
     
  5. kmf600

    kmf600 Energy vampire

    He should have never been hired
     
  6. kmf600

    kmf600 Energy vampire

    Hart should have been made an offer he couldn't refuse
     
  7. PilotFlyingJ

    PilotFlyingJ Chieftain

    Or never been given the offer and we just claimed he refused one.
     
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  8. The Dooz

    The Dooz Super Moderator

  9. Savage Orange

    Savage Orange I need ammunition, not a ride. -V Zelensky.

    Just finished reading it. If UT passed on Patterson because he was “too much of a football coach”, then we truly deserved what we’ve suffered the past decade plus. Thankfully, we have folks running the show now who get that you actually want a football coach coaching the football team... because, football.
     
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  10. CardinalVol

    CardinalVol Uncultured, non-diverse mod

    Thanks, Ubben.

    I'll be crying under my desk the rest of the day if you need me.
     
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  11. justingroves

    justingroves supermod

    Tennessee had already interviewed Kiffin and pretty much annointed him as their guy. They interviewed Patterson because they already had it scheduled. Hamilton told him they were probably going in a different direction at the interview
     
  12. JohnnyQuickkick

    JohnnyQuickkick Calcio correspondent

    I mean everybody knows how it ended but I appreciated the attempt with Kiffin. Patterson would’ve been awesome though
     
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  13. CardinalVol

    CardinalVol Uncultured, non-diverse mod

    I'd be lying through my teeth if I said I didn't love the Kiffin hire and Kiffin experience, but man it was obvious Patterson was a stud coach and I can only imagine what he'd done here.
     
  14. justingroves

    justingroves supermod

    Patterson was and is highly respected among his peers, but so is Kiffin.

    In true Tennessee fashion, they went with the guy that was open about using it as a stepping stone instead of the guy wanting to make it a career
     
  15. CardinalVol

    CardinalVol Uncultured, non-diverse mod

    Jimmy likes flashy toys.
     
  16. Ssmiff

    Ssmiff Went to the White House...Again

    Ga fans were jealous of the Kiffin hire. They thought we were going to have their number for awhile. Didnt really work out the way expected
     
  17. JohnnyQuickkick

    JohnnyQuickkick Calcio correspondent

    Kiffin at least represented an outside the box approach with a possible high ceiling, not just the usual “hire a guy who won a bowl game in the big east” strategy
     
  18. justingroves

    justingroves supermod

    Tennessee curb stomped UGA in his one year here, so they were right
     
  19. Tenacious D

    Tenacious D The law is of supreme importance, or no importance

    And didn’t Lane call that, months before, too?
     
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  20. NorrisAlan

    NorrisAlan Founder of the Mike Honcho Fan Club

    One of my favorite games of all time
     
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