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tidefan23

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From an ESPN article:

"Watching some [bowl] games, when you knew you were better than 90 percent of the teams you're watching. Disappointment. Just terrible."

Are you kidding me? Better than 90 percent of the teams that went to bowl games? UT wasn't better than Vandy, much less the teams that actually went to bowl games.

mmm...this orange koolaid is goooooddddd.

Full article here
 
tidefan23 said:
From an ESPN article:

"Watching some [bowl] games, when you knew you were better than 90 percent of the teams you're watching. Disappointment. Just terrible."
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Let's give him the benefit of the doubt, accept it at face value, and then do the math:

(A TN team better than 90% of bowl teams)X = a losing record

When you solve for X, you're left with the realization that
X=One of the most pathetic coaching performances in human history.

I kind of buy that math. :biggrin2:
 
Player for player, UT may have been better than those 90% in the bowl games, but the coaching of those 90% must have been head and shoulders above what those Tennessee players got.

So, Mr. Fulmer, what do you think should happen to UTenn's head coach? That's another example of Fulmer putting his foot in his mouth. :eek2:
 
From the story:

Cutcliffe's job is to put his name back on the Tennessee offense, to teach Erik Ainge the way he taught Peyton Manning at Tennessee and Peyton's brother Eli at Ole Miss.
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Do they truly think that Cutcliffe was the *primary* factor in the development of the Mannings? Cutcliffe was simply lucky enough to get them. He had little impact on them.
 
jthomas666 said:
Let's give him the benefit of the doubt, accept it at face value, and then do the math:

(A TN team better than 90% of bowl teams)X = a losing record

When you solve for X, you're left with the realization that
X=One of the most pathetic coaching performances in human history.

I kind of buy that math. :biggrin2:
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You can't argue with the algebra.

Could Cutcliffe be anymore amped to be standing next to Fulmer in that picture?!!
 
There were 56 teams that played in a bowl game. For UT to have been better than 90% of the teams, UT would have to been better than all but 6 of those teams. I wonder if he really believes that UT was better than USC, Texas, Alabama, Oklahoma, Georgia, Florida, Penn State, Ohio State, West Virginia, Auburn, Wisconsin, Notre Dame, and South Carolina. Five of those teams beat them head-to-head.
I also noticed that he is trying to play to the Clausen's by saying that he didn't treat the QBs right. I would beat that he wouldn't have made those comments if Casey wasn't being recruited by him.
What a moron.
 
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I agree completely with above comments regarding Cuttcliffe.

Bear Bryant used to say Namath was the best pure athlete he ever coached, but even with Bryant's proven ability to get the most out of players, nobody thought for a minute that Joe Namath was great simply because he was coached by Paul Bryant...and Coach Bryant never took any credit for Joe's success.

Archie Manning was one of the greatest QBs in the history of the NFL...who just happened to play for the worst franchise in the history of the NFL. For Cuttcliffe to take credit for the Mannings, whose success is a result of genetics, lifelong training from a loving father and their own dedication to the game is really quite laughable.

My guess is the primary reason Fulmer and UT brought back Cuttcliffe was to try and convince some blue chip QB to become a Vol by gravey-training on the Manning's college and NFL success.

Cuttcliffe also coached Tee Martin didn't he? What NFL club is he starting for these days? Oh yeah, he's with one of the northern teams: http://www.bluebombers.com/index/Martin_Tee

:) RTR.
 
Mamacalled said:
There were 56 teams that played in a bowl game. For UT to have been better than 90% of the teams, UT would have to been better than 6 of those teams. . What a moron.
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Hmmm. . 56 teams played in bowl games . . . UT was allegedly better than 90% of those teams . . Thus, UT would have to be better than 6 of those teams.

Huh? Please rework today's math assignment. Be prepared to share it on the blackboard with the rest of the class. ;)
 
rest assured, UT will be a much better team next year than last. they'll be tough on d, run the ball effectively, and pass well enough to win every game.

fulmer's a jerk, a liar, and many other things not fit for a family-oriented site. but i for one don't think he's as bad a coach as many would like to think.

they'll be hungry (no pun intended) and ready to make up for last year's debacle. don't count them out.
 
"David always spoke his piece as far as what he felt was the right way to do things," Fulmer said. "There's just a tremendous amount of loyalty and confidence there in David. He's a cross-the-t, dot-the-i guy. We had a lot of communication before he decided to come back, before we settled on him coming back. ... It was like it was meant to be, the way it worked out.
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I've said it before, & I'll say it again, pf has hired his own replacement. As far as I'm concerned, cutcliffe, and loyalty don't belong on the same page, much less in the same paragraph.
 
I will agree that UT will be a much improved football team next year. They certainly have the talent to show improvement. I am just curious how Cutcliff got this almost legendary status as an OC.

He did a very solid job at UT the first time around, but they didn't win a NC with him and Peyton. Had he stayed, he probably would have won one with Tee Martin.

I don't mean to take anything away from him or act as though he is not a very good OC, but come on, he had a lot of success when the SEC was not exactly overloaded with great coaches.

They consistently lost to Spurrier and UF, UGA had Goff and Donnan, Vandy and Kentucky are, well, Vandy and Kentucky. USC was barely mediocre, Bama had the later part of Stallings and then Dubose with a touch of probation, LSU had DiNardo, Ole Miss had Brewer, MSU had Sherrill, The Barn had Terrible Terry and I'm not sure who was before Nutt, but Arkansas had beaten UT during the Cutcliffe era. For that matter, The University of Memphis with the worst Coach in the history of College Football, Rip Scherer, beat UT with Peyton and Cutcliffe.

History will show that Cutcliffe is an outstanding OC with a full cupboard of players. He had great success at Ole Miss with an All-World QB. What happened when the QB left? He was fired within a year. Again, he is a very good OC, but there are a lot of OCs that look better with superior talent.

If UT returns to being very successful, will UT fans realize who the real Coach of the team is? Fulmer has re-hired his security blanket.
 
Every down Eric Ainge plays for Tennessee feels like another present for me. :biggrin2:
 
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