Josh Heupel details 3rd-down lapses against Georgia
Josh Heupel saw improvement from his team in one area in the loss to Georgia, but a key stat led to a crushing loss to the Bulldogs.
There was a big improvement from Tennessee in the penalty department. An area where the Vols have struggled all year, they had just 3 penalties for 20 yards against Georgia on Saturday.
“In the football game the other day, I said it afterwards, we played hard, we played smarter football too,” Heupel said in his press conference Monday. “If you look it our penalties, we were cleaner than we had been.”
But the lack of penalties was marred by poor production on 3rd downs. Tennessee converted just 2 of its 11 3rd downs, compared to Georgia’s 9-of-13.
“You can look at one stat, you can look at 3rd downs in particular and getting you to the next set of downs,” Heupel said. “They were able to convert, a lot of that was in man-t0-man situations, and make plays. Offensively, we were not able to do that and not able to sustain anything.”
Tennessee is looking to bounce back from a pair of losses as it takes on Vanderbilt to close out the season.
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we are not yet to a point where we can lose first string players and pull another one off the bench. If we reflect appropriately we have to remember the staff have 2 classes under their belt. The first class had to be put together in 2 weeks! 2 weeks! It takes time to build a deep roster after the debacle that was jeremy pruitt. I have been saying Nicos jr year but another year or even two after that may be a better yardstick to measure by. Kirby took over a program already deep in talent and had the added benefit of recruiting his home state which happens to be one of the talent richest in the country. Heupel and staff will require time. It stinks but it is absolutely what is needed. Will he take us to the promised land. who knows but lets give him the time and full support to find out, based on where we were when he took over, not based on where we were in 1998.
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fuzzy…One of your better posts. Heup will not ever get you to the promised land. Next year you’ll have a true sophomore QB whom Heup has not allowed to play much, so the SEC defensive secondaries will smile and reap the picks.
you have no idea whether he will or not so why dont you say you dont think he can instead of declaring it like you have a time machine and went ahead 3-4 years…. Im also well aware of who our QB is next year. I dont recall saying next year would be our year. In fact next year will likely be similar to this year unless we bring in a lot of help from the portal.
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The problem is Fuzzy, that when you are in the SEC, recruiting is king. For example, UT currently is rated 12th for 2024. That puts them 6th in the SEC. When the teams in the conference are pulling in that much talent, it comes down to coaching. Heupel is not a top tier coach. He runs a gimmick offense that wears your defense out. It might look pretty at times, but he is playing checkers…
fuzzy…My Time-Machine indicates that Heup will not be the Vols coach in four(4) years. He does not recruit well enough to replenish the elite players who go to the NFL. Note: The 2023 Vol team’s offense glaringly displays this fact. This is Heup’s 3rd year in Knoxville and that’s the year a new head coach’s team should show real progress. Your 2022 season was an aberration. Yes you are a devoted Vol fan so keep on hoping.
Newsflash – I am very well aware recruiting is very important and I am also well aware coaching is very important. Yes they are 12th and 6th right now. The thing is we are not finished yet. We will definitely sign more. probably 3-5 more. We have a shot at a couple of highly rated players too. Even if we dont get those 2 we should have a good class, quite possibly top 10. That isnt as good as it needs to be but its acceptable if we dont lose any top talent. I dont know why you call it a gimmicky offense. Because its different? Its a tempo offense that, with the right players has PROVEN to work. PROVEN. Took us to #1 at one time last season and an 11-2 mark overall. That was with a lot of players who were not starting the year before and several transfers who didnt start at their previous school. Heupel cant coach? How do you explain taking a transfer QB from VaTech that no big schools wanted and wasnt a starter and turn him into one of the best QB’s in the sec and country and who is now waiting his turn in Detroit with the Lions. How do you explain taking a WR who had underperformed for years and turn him into the belitnikoff winner and a starter for the giants. A guy who was managing a dollar general the year before and turned him into a mid round draft pick and starter in the NFL….A 5 star OL who also underperformed in his first 3 years and turned him into a #11 draft pick. That my uninformed opponent is coaching at a high level. Remember what I said about what he inherited. 30 some odd players transferred out when pruitt got fired. Josh had 2 weeks to put that first class together. This is his second class with a full year to recruit. He is just starting to know the high schools and coaches and players well. Its extremely early in his tenure. You may not like his system but to say he cant coach is hardly accurate. I cant sit here and say he will be the coach at UT 3-4 years from now. The jury is still out on him. He may or may not be successful. His system does put a lot of pressure on the defense from time to time. Thats probably why his recruiting classes have been heavy on defensive players. We/he needs depth so they can rotate more players. We simply are not there yet. Georgia and bama can go 2-3 deep with players that, many of, would start at UT right now. In a couple more years that shouldnt be the case. Notice I said shouldnt not wouldnt. Because I dont know how well he will be able to consistently recruit and use the portal. I will even go a step further and say he isnt a top tier coach right now, but he really hasnt been given a chance to get there either. Who are the top tier coaches anyway? Kirby and nick sure. Who else? kiffin I think hes pretty good but not top tier. Kelly same as kiffin. stoops? he gets so much respect but what has he acheived. Drink? first good season at mizzou. Beamer? please. Napier? uh no. Freeze? maybe but not yet. Pittman… Ryan Day? nope. Lincoln Riley ? Nope. Time will tell with heupel but you cant say he wont be a top tier coach until you give him a chance to fail or succeed. If you base that judgement on 3 seasons after what he took over then you will never have a top tier coach. I would challenge kirby or saban to acheive more at this point, given the same circumstances.
I will close this diatribe by saying I will be the first to call for a new coach if the wheels fall off or if we dont have sustained success with chances to win championships by year 5 or 6. Until then im all in and support him.
fuzzy…That was a Negan-like “novelette”. A UCF Heup was a one-season-wonder and thus far in Knoxville he has been the same. At UCF once Scott Frost’s elite players left Heup’s record went south. He is a lazy recruiter. But after the Vandy game he can catch up on all the buffets he may have missed during season & wait for that cold-bowl-game invitation. Again keep on hoping. But…Happy Thanksgiving Vol fans.
I thought this was a post from Negan.