JMO but I would think if Tennessee saw it , other teams did. It sounds like poor fundamentals to me , so I don’t think it’s just started. And I don’t see any reason for the Tennessee people to exaggerate.
Our o-line gave away what we were going to run
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I guess my thing is if they've been doing it all season why didn't another opponent catch on and completely shut down the run game? Also, it's a common practice for the GAs on all these staffs to self-scout and look out for tendencies that tip our hand not to mention the actual staff seeing things like that too.
That's why I tend to think it's just started if it's as obvious as these guys are saying it is.
Understand. As i pointed out in my disdain for the gimmicky hurry up UT employs, I'm not a fan of that either. Tempo doesnt mean you have to breathlessly run to line up and doesnt mean you have to go no huddle, but it does mean get your plays in and get lined up and snap the ball sooner after guys get in their stances so that you can build some momentum and rythm.
I never played the position but just common sense tells me it cant be good to be frozen bent over in a stance for 10 seconds. And when you wait until the play clock runs down the defense can see that too and literally time their get off from that. And build up from that creates an enery transfer to the defense who is leaning forward while the offense is leaning back.
I listened to an interview where Levis said he sat in on the interviews and weighed in on who he thought the new OC should be. I guess that is what we get when we let a player who is leaving in a year have a say on our coaching staff.
Scang (like most coaches) does seem pretty high on himself. I know a lot of coaches that can talk a better game than they can coach. All these weekly NFL references is probably a good indicator of why Levis was high on him. I'm sure he talked like he could prepare him for a top pick. It's turned out to be nothing but hurting Levis' stock because the way he has handcuffed him instead of just letting him be a football player. Levis has been over coached this year..
Levis was projected at best 4th round last year. This year he's in the conversation for #1 overall. That's hardly hurting anyone's draft stock.
To the detriment of offensive production, he's been allowed to showcase throwing from the pocket, throwing with touch, and going through progressions. He's inconsistent but shows flashes. That alone is a huge step up from last year and it's why he rocketed up draft boards.
Plenty to complain about with the offense but it most certainly hasn't hurt Levis. It's completely built to showcase him and it's worked in that regard
I have always heard that one thing a bye week is good for is self scouting. If UT picked up one the tells and we did not recognize them in a bye week, shame.
I'm not advocating for "firing" Stoops. I'm just saying that I believe he's reached his ceiling and it's hard for me seeing him taking the program any higher. Granted he's been successful, but the "way" UK lost to TN was eye-opening for me, UK didn't compete, at all. Yes ... UT has a good team this year but over the last 3 or 4 years, they've struggled but fixed their problems because someone did something right. If UK can't attract high level coaches ... why not ... what's the reason? Everything is here ... except maybe the right kind of support from the AD, President/Administration, BOD. Maybe everyone in the national coaching fraternity knows the UK job is an uphill battle such that the UK job just isn't as attractive for those reasons. There is an answer to explain it and UK being a "basketball" school isn't it.
