Okay, okay, I realize the picture above is of Monte Kiffin not Lane...the boy-man who will soon be announced as the twenty-first head football coach at the University of Tennessee. Still, the authors here are quite excited that the new regime will replace 3rd and Chavis with one of the sharpest defensive knives in the drawer. Out with the wretched Mustang package and in with the Cover-2:
During DfV, we here have examined the early implications of the new staff, and while Lane Kiffin was not our first choice, he certainly wasn't the worst potential coach. His assistant coaches will be his strength, and that is something that the outgoing staff was woefully lacking. Some of the Fulllllllmer dead enders will cling (see: Stockholm Syndrome, trauma bonding) to the inbred notions of keeping the defensive staff intact, but those folks are fooling themselves. While John Chavis and staff were quite able on 1st and 2nd downs, they were positively criminal in their schemes for 3rd down. It is tiresome for the defense to play well for two downs only to give up the conversion and repeat the awful scene. It tires out the line(thin during recent years) and causes all the usual detriments when your team is on the short end of the TOP stick. You exhaust your athletes, and let's be honest without Eric Berry and the opportunistic secondary this year's defensive stats look much worse. John Chavis is a good enough coordinator to find suitable employment elsewhere. Best wishes.
The offensive staff needs to get the Hell out of here. That's the worst shit I have seen in my life, and I played on some rotten offenses. Nuff said.
I realize that some on you might wonder why we give attention to football so much here on what is primarily a boozing blog. Well, while it would be a filthy and odious lie to say that this season drove us to drink, it certainly caused a dangerous spike in drinking to the point of catatonia and throwing up. Who among you can think of InCrompetent without wanting to knock back seven Patron shots, two double Makers, six IPAs, and a single Lowenbrau?
That's what I thought.
Did you guys see teh press conference? Pretty impressive.
ReplyDeleteI agree asst coaching has been suspect at UTK in the past. Dandy Randy, Pat Washngton, Jimmy Ray Stevens, Clawson. PRetty much everyone not named Chavis or Cutcliff has not lived up to the hype. In the end, Fulmer was undone by his poor personel choices.
Well said! I hate that I missed the press conference. I imagine it had a partay-like atmosphere, at least in my mind it did. If I had some beer or booze at home I'd celebrate after work but we drank every damn drop after the game Saturday night. It was worth it to send Phil on his way. Now Coach Kiffen, if you will, please recruit a quality QB as well as suporting players to return UT to SEC dominance and BCS eligibility. Cheers!
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