I have voiced my frustration but it’s time to move forward. I appreciate Coach Heupel’s straightforward and humble recognition of the facts. I respect tradition but also appreciate the need to move forward to build a better future, let’s not let our proud but sometimes flawed past hold this capable coach and quality players from building that better future. This team has the potential to be winners, let’s demonstrate the attitude or mentality needed to deliver on that potential.
My question is - When you drive down the field and score running and then do it again. Why did you turn to the passing game and immediately go 3 and out? If we were moving the ball (and we were) we were also keeping the ball from Arkansas and giving our defense rest. Why did we change that?
Some of us still believe in you and understand we have a young QB. Keep grinding. You'll get there. Definitely an improvement over the past 15 years of horrible coaches. Thank you.
I keep telling myself Nico is a redshirt freshman; but he doesn’t see the field very well! He honestly, don’t kill me here looks a lot like Joe! He had running lanes, but doesn’t take them! That’s what this offense needs( Hendon)! Go back and watch, his legs took bad plays and made them great! Last thing, Tennessee has to be successful on 1st down! If I’m coaching D against Tennessee I’m blitzing on 1st down! Go vols woot woot!
Nico has been at Tennessee since December 2022. Other freshman and backups are kicking ass. Manning is kicking ass at Texas. Hell, Vanderbilt QB is hands down out performing Nico. Nico looks like Joe Milton.
Yea, I am not even into this season anymore for some reason. I told my brother I said I probably will not watch another Tennessee football game this year. I dont see us but maybe winning 2 more at best games this year.
Yeah cover for Defense only rushing the box with 3 and the O line was breaking down..... scary to think about when the meat of our schedule is ahead of us. There was ALOT of missed opportunities for pass plays. Missed slants, dig routes, and every deep ball overthrown. May think twice about letting those kids sleep through their bi-week. They looked lost on the field and were physically out matched. Heupel took Fulmers old play book with him evidently. Super sad to see this much talent throwing up on theirselves in a big game.
I like Heupel, he's done good things at UT. He has made UT FB relevant again. That said, his reluctance to hire a good OC that can actually implement in game adjustments to what the defense is doing, most likely will be his downfall I'm afraid. Loosing Golesh, the Vols offensively have never looked the same. Vandy had a better game plan than the Vols did this past Saturday. That is something I thought I'd never say.
How about stop running the WR Screen every other play!!!! And once in awhile use the RB Screen. And use 12 personal more! He played NOT to loose....Like Nico said after game one need to put our foot on their throats! Cant keep depending on the D to win the game and just call a safe game.
It just seems like we don’t gameplan. We have this “prepare the right way” playbook is the playbook. We have seen 2 back to back defenses game plan for our offense and shut them down. Oklahoma kept us to 25. Arkansas kept us to 14. And they dominated the clock. Same thing Vanderbilt did to Alabama
Road games are not Tennessee's forte. They'll lose 80% of the time. It's one thing to lose on the road, but quite another to not play well on the road, and still lose.
I think you're the right man for the job, but that game was coached like shit and some of the play calls had me yelling at the TV! There's no damn way that should have even been a game, but you guys found some way to fu@k it up for 60 minutes! We should be 5-0 but at this rate we'll be back to mediocrity before we know it with a super talented team, AGAIN!
@@zaxlesYes he did. He's still young though. 2 road starts. Give him time to mature. Did we really expect to be undefeated this year? No. 9-3 best case scenario.
@@Tennessee968My only problem with this is he's in his second season with this offense and Heupel didn't get him enough playing time last year when he could have. It's the exact same problem with Jake. Plenty of opportunities to get him in and get meaningful snaps, but instead they're giving it to Gaston, who'll be gone next year.
Coach Hype is smiling, no matter what was said, nothing to be happy about. Piss poor play calling, Oline is bad etc. I can't believe they are playing this poorly. IMO Nico hasn't played well in the last 2 games. If it wasn't for the defense playing good, we'd have been blown out.
Love you coach but you’re paid 9.5 million to win games and you need to win this next one . Pass protection is bad and guys not getting open . Fix it !
Josh’s answers tell me he seems to be intentionally sabotaging the offensive play… I hope there are no connections to this and those OU rumors. There was talk that a private meeting between him and Stoops actually took place. I’ll just leave it at that. Hope my gut feeling is wrong and if not… WELL… BYE!
The team has a young QB, the pass protection hasn't been great (running backs have not helped--poor pass-pro blocking by them), and yet Heupel has the QB standing in the pocket too often, trying to complete 30 yard passes, and he's missing throws and getting sacked. We need a more creative short-passing game that keeps defenses off-balance. Our play-calling seems very predictable. Fans want to know why the Vols aren't playing like they did in '22? The answer is that Hooker was more experienced and better--and he was effective running/scrambling for first downs, something Nico hasn't yet learned to do---and our receivers were better in '22. (Even so, I'm sorry to say that Hyatt is looking like a bust with the Giants. He had 21 receptions last year, I believe--but this. year his snaps have gone down considerably because the Giants drafted another receiver who is better---and he has 0 catches in 5 games, and I think has only been targeted 3 times. Bad sign. Wish him well.)
I have 0 confidence and 0 hope left. Maybe you guys can prove me wrong, but I won’t be spending hundreds of $ and hours of driving for any more games. I may have lost hope but I’ll always love my Vols, no matter how much it hurts. GBO
My gosh dude. Do you expect to go undefeated every season? We were projected to go 9-3 this year. We have a young QB who just finished his second road game. Even Peyton struggled. Alabama just lost to Vandy. Chill out. Still a lot of season left.
@@Tennessee968 Of course I didn’t expect to go undefeated. But I also didn’t expect to lose as a 14 point favorite. Like I said, I’ll always love and support my Vols. But I’m very disappointed in that performance.
@@wildwoodfilmsnickdavis1249 All the more reason we should be playing the way we are capable in every game this year because clearly everyone on this schedule is beatable. When you lose a game in the manner we did, there’s very little reason to believe we can be consistent enough to take advantage of the fact Alabama isn’t as good as they have been in years past.
Ever since this single back formation was introduced it is very apparent that the running game looks great when our offensive line is better than the other teams defense , but when they come up against a good defense they suck. Why the hell do we keep running the single back formation? Oh sure we run up fantastic numbers when we play lame teams but always lose to the three or four good teams every year. We got two great backs. Why not use them. Two backs enables us to run misdirection, outlet passes, tons more deception and an extra blocker. Do you not think those two backs would love to be able to knock someone on their ass every other play? For Gods sake do something different.
Never bet on Tennesseee....they can lose at anytime to any one.....JOsh H Bobby told Nico to run out of bounds....thats playing to win Coach some of us know what you did
I have voiced my frustration but it’s time to move forward. I appreciate Coach Heupel’s straightforward and humble recognition of the facts. I respect tradition but also appreciate the need to move forward to build a better future, let’s not let our proud but sometimes flawed past hold this capable coach and quality players from building that better future. This team has the potential to be winners, let’s demonstrate the attitude or mentality needed to deliver on that potential.
We believe in you coach! Just make the adjustments you know you need to in order to let the offense run free
Why does the audio always suck on these damn press conferences
My question is - When you drive down the field and score running and then do it again. Why did you turn to the passing game and immediately go 3 and out? If we were moving the ball (and we were) we were also keeping the ball from Arkansas and giving our defense rest. Why did we change that?
Some of us still believe in you and understand we have a young QB. Keep grinding. You'll get there. Definitely an improvement over the past 15 years of horrible coaches. Thank you.
QB is not the problem!! Two starting tackle's that are lazy is the problem and it's quite obvious
Arkansas had their back up QB in.
It's 2024... why do we still have interviews with college coachs where we can barely hear them???
They can't afford top of the line audio equipment
It's useless. Bottom line they could care less. I've been asking them that for years
Mic in front of him is not turned on….epic fail😂🤣😂
Because it’s 2024. Bidenomics
I keep telling myself Nico is a redshirt freshman; but he doesn’t see the field very well! He honestly, don’t kill me here looks a lot like Joe! He had running lanes, but doesn’t take them! That’s what this offense needs( Hendon)! Go back and watch, his legs took bad plays and made them great! Last thing, Tennessee has to be successful on 1st down! If I’m coaching D against Tennessee I’m blitzing on 1st down! Go vols woot woot!
Nico is not the problem... Campbell and Heard are!!
Nico has been at Tennessee since December 2022. Other freshman and backups are kicking ass. Manning is kicking ass at Texas. Hell, Vanderbilt QB is hands down out performing Nico. Nico looks like Joe Milton.
Vols better show up next week
Yea, I am not even into this season anymore for some reason. I told my brother I said I probably will not watch another Tennessee football game this year. I dont see us but maybe winning 2 more at best games this year.
I remember Randy Sanders
Yeah cover for Defense only rushing the box with 3 and the O line was breaking down..... scary to think about when the meat of our schedule is ahead of us. There was ALOT of missed opportunities for pass plays. Missed slants, dig routes, and every deep ball overthrown. May think twice about letting those kids sleep through their bi-week. They looked lost on the field and were physically out matched. Heupel took Fulmers old play book with him evidently. Super sad to see this much talent throwing up on theirselves in a big game.
I like Heupel, he's done good things at UT. He has made UT FB relevant again. That said, his reluctance to hire a good OC that can actually implement in game adjustments to what the defense is doing, most likely will be his downfall I'm afraid. Loosing Golesh, the Vols offensively have never looked the same. Vandy had a better game plan than the Vols did this past Saturday. That is something I thought I'd never say.
If you would've told me UT-e would've been shut out in the 1st half in Arkansas. I would've called you nuts.
Ifs and buts…Candy and nuts…Merry Christmas 🎄
@@richardbaker_0086 It happens...just like Bama never had the lead in a game for the 1st time since 2019...5 freaking years lol.
How about stop running the WR Screen every other play!!!! And once in awhile use the RB Screen. And use 12 personal more! He played NOT to loose....Like Nico said after game one need to put our foot on their throats! Cant keep depending on the D to win the game and just call a safe game.
As a Tennessee fan i would rather see the offense lay it all out and lose by 30 than this tippy tap crap and barely lose
Better get some young tackle's up to speed ASAP!!
If it wasn’t the o-line it was Nico. If it wasn’t Nico it was o-line or receivers. Showed no continuity
3-3-5 will continue to be played against our offense until we beat it!!
Double tight ends and attack the edges
It just seems like we don’t gameplan. We have this “prepare the right way” playbook is the playbook. We have seen 2 back to back defenses game plan for our offense and shut them down. Oklahoma kept us to 25. Arkansas kept us to 14. And they dominated the clock. Same thing Vanderbilt did to Alabama
Road games are not Tennessee's forte. They'll lose 80% of the time. It's one thing to lose on the road, but quite another to not play well on the road, and still lose.
Arkansas only put up 19 points like how we didn’t win that game blows my mind but hey the offense put up 70 vs Kent state 🙃
Well we have plenty of looks playing multiple QBs this year already
Same shit excuses, different game/season!
I think you're the right man for the job, but that game was coached like shit and some of the play calls had me yelling at the TV! There's no damn way that should have even been a game, but you guys found some way to fu@k it up for 60 minutes! We should be 5-0 but at this rate we'll be back to mediocrity before we know it with a super talented team, AGAIN!
Offensive play calling and execution was abysmal. The OL looks terrible in pass pro.
Facts
yes spot on the reason we lost
Nico needs to be quicker too. He had stuff open but stayed onto one receiver
@@zaxlesYes he did. He's still young though. 2 road starts. Give him time to mature. Did we really expect to be undefeated this year? No. 9-3 best case scenario.
@@Tennessee968My only problem with this is he's in his second season with this offense and Heupel didn't get him enough playing time last year when he could have.
It's the exact same problem with Jake. Plenty of opportunities to get him in and get meaningful snaps, but instead they're giving it to Gaston, who'll be gone next year.
Love you coach but you got some work to do. So does Nico.
HEY. GET YOUR DAMNED JUNK AUDIO CORRECT
Coach Hype is smiling, no matter what was said, nothing to be happy about. Piss poor play calling, Oline is bad etc. I can't believe they are playing this poorly. IMO Nico hasn't played well in the last 2 games. If it wasn't for the defense playing good, we'd have been blown out.
Nico Joe 2.0😂
@@djangoapple8230 Lol, let's hope not. I don't think I can stand another season with a Joe Jr lol.
He’s a fraud
@@richardbaker_0086 He's not a fraud.
@@richardbaker_0086 He's not a fraud
Love you coach but you’re paid 9.5 million to win games and you need to win this next one . Pass protection is bad and guys not getting open . Fix it !
Your advice is "fix it!" With genius insight like that YOU should be making 9.5 million to coach the Vols. You are a genius.
It’s like they don’t want you to hear the question! 😮
Josh’s answers tell me he seems to be intentionally sabotaging the offensive play… I hope there are no connections to this and those OU rumors. There was talk that a private meeting between him and Stoops actually took place. I’ll just leave it at that. Hope my gut feeling is wrong and if not… WELL… BYE!
The team has a young QB, the pass protection hasn't been great (running backs have not helped--poor pass-pro blocking by them), and yet Heupel has the QB standing in the pocket too often, trying to complete 30 yard passes, and he's missing throws and getting sacked. We need a more creative short-passing game that keeps defenses off-balance. Our play-calling seems very predictable. Fans want to know why the Vols aren't playing like they did in '22? The answer is that Hooker was more experienced and better--and he was effective running/scrambling for first downs, something Nico hasn't yet learned to do---and our receivers were better in '22. (Even so, I'm sorry to say that Hyatt is looking like a bust with the Giants. He had 21 receptions last year, I believe--but this. year his snaps have gone down considerably because the Giants drafted another receiver who is better---and he has 0 catches in 5 games, and I think has only been targeted 3 times. Bad sign. Wish him well.)
The real answer is Alex Golesh.
I have 0 confidence and 0 hope left. Maybe you guys can prove me wrong, but I won’t be spending hundreds of $ and hours of driving for any more games. I may have lost hope but I’ll always love my Vols, no matter how much it hurts. GBO
My gosh dude. Do you expect to go undefeated every season? We were projected to go 9-3 this year. We have a young QB who just finished his second road game. Even Peyton struggled. Alabama just lost to Vandy. Chill out. Still a lot of season left.
@@Tennessee968 Of course I didn’t expect to go undefeated. But I also didn’t expect to lose as a 14 point favorite. Like I said, I’ll always love and support my Vols. But I’m very disappointed in that performance.
@@bigorangebrandon Alabama lost to Vandy as a 20+ point favorite
@@wildwoodfilmsnickdavis1249 All the more reason we should be playing the way we are capable in every game this year because clearly everyone on this schedule is beatable. When you lose a game in the manner we did, there’s very little reason to believe we can be consistent enough to take advantage of the fact Alabama isn’t as good as they have been in years past.
Ever since this single back formation was introduced it is very apparent that the running game looks great when our offensive line is better than the other teams defense , but when they come up against a good defense they suck. Why the hell do we keep running the single back formation? Oh sure we run up fantastic numbers when we play lame teams but always lose to the three or four good teams every year. We got two great backs. Why not use them. Two backs enables us to run misdirection, outlet passes, tons more deception and an extra blocker. Do you not think those two backs would love to be able to knock someone on their ass every other play? For Gods sake do something different.
I can hear typing better than the coach. Can they not afford a sound tech who’s thinking about this stuff. Unprofessional production
Hey coach-you are too predictable and there are 4 quarters in a game .
Never bet on Tennesseee....they can lose at anytime to any one.....JOsh H Bobby told Nico to run out of bounds....thats playing to win Coach some of us know what you did