Wow...the more things change, the more they stay the same. What an absolutely pitiful, gutless, and all too increasingly common performance by the Vols last night! WTF was that??
I'm sorry, but you Fulmer apologists out there and glass half full a$$holes stay the f*ck away from me today! This crap is getting REALLY old!! We just choked our season away to a CRAPPY and FAR less talented Pac-10 team. Losing to Cal last season was far more palatable... at least THAT team actually had some talent and weapons. We let a pitiful offense with no running game, no weapons at WR, and a joke of a QB move the ball at will when the game was on the line. Imagine what Florida, Auburn, and Georgia are going to do to us.
Uhhmmm...Dave Clawson... you were billed as being a good offensive minded coach. So much for that! Let's see....UCLA's strength lies in the DLine, so let's come up with a plan that includes a bevy of slow developing running plays between the tackles. Crompton is billed as being a good scrambling style QB so let's do NOTHING but 5 step drops and leave him in the pocket. I just don't understand at all! And no adjustments at halftime?? They looked like they had never seen a blitz before.
And Chavis...maybe it's time you hang it up as well! Kevin Craft throws 4 interceptions in the first half and is thoroughly horrible, but the Vols defense and coaches in all of their wisdom are still going to play it like Tom Brady's under center. Hmmm....you've got a young QB who's obviously rattled and lacking any confidence so let's just lay back and hope he continues to throw it to us...pure genius! 3rd and 6??? Make sure the corners give the WRs at least a 15 to 20 yard cushion on the sidelines....that QB's got a cannon and he's been burning us all day! Absolutely embarrassing!!
And can Foster not just go hang out with the rest of the guys and get into trouble like all the rest of our criminals....uhhmm, errrr... players? How embarrassing is it going to be that he's going to be at the top of our school's career rushing list despite the fact that there's been very little memorable accomplished during his tenure? Good thing for him that "Senior Leadership" at Tennessee does no longer include the prerequisite of sound fundamentals like protecting the football.
And finally to good ole Phil. Are we ever going to get to the point where you are pissed and embarrassed about how badly the guys on the other sideline are out-coaching and out-preparing their players? And are fundamentals even talked about at practice anymore? How many stupid turnovers, penalties, and bad decisions are we going to have to endure before something changes? I mean, I'm just curious because it's getting VERY old.
Obviously I'm just a little bent! I suppose there are a few positives to build on from last night, but there's just NO WAY IN HELL you consider yourself a "major program" and lose a game and to a team like that! No Way!! Those fellow Vols fans who diluted themselves into thinking last season's SEC East championship actually meant anything and was a positive sign of things to come now have another 18 days to do more of the same before reality comes punching you in the face in the forms of Hurricanes Meyer and Tuberville. When does basketball season start??