Down 45-3 and we had 102 yards of total offense. I thought we'd progressed past getting embarrassed by Vanderbilt. Complete system failure in every phase. Vanderbilt racked up 600 yards and > 500 passing and they're basically a RUNNING team. I know we had secondary players out due to injury. But, our defensive gameplan (and I stretch to call what we did on Saturday a gameplan) was awful and did not appear to be based on anything Vanderbilt has been doing for the last 2 years. Just when I think White has matured and become a solid DC who can adjust to different opponents, we throw in a complete disaster like this and TN's annual ass-kicking.
And, I truly believe Hamdan had a road to Damascus moment earlier in the season and realized the style that fit our personnel. Nope. Just kidding, guys. Gonna run that straight dive play into a 7-man line multiple times. Gonna line up with 3 receivers bunched on one side and throw a quick WR screen for negative yards multiple times. When the defense is showing blitz, I'm going to call a play that takes 5 seconds to develop instead of one designed to get the ball out of the QB's hands in a hurry. After our starting QB goes out with a neck/head collision, the first play he's back in, Hamdan calls a QB run. You can't make this idiocy up. You just shake your head and turn off the TV.
We may beat UofL, especially if their starting QB doesn't play. But, this team doesn't deserve a bowl game and this staff doesn't deserve another year. Yesterday finally finished it for me.
And, I truly believe Hamdan had a road to Damascus moment earlier in the season and realized the style that fit our personnel. Nope. Just kidding, guys. Gonna run that straight dive play into a 7-man line multiple times. Gonna line up with 3 receivers bunched on one side and throw a quick WR screen for negative yards multiple times. When the defense is showing blitz, I'm going to call a play that takes 5 seconds to develop instead of one designed to get the ball out of the QB's hands in a hurry. After our starting QB goes out with a neck/head collision, the first play he's back in, Hamdan calls a QB run. You can't make this idiocy up. You just shake your head and turn off the TV.
We may beat UofL, especially if their starting QB doesn't play. But, this team doesn't deserve a bowl game and this staff doesn't deserve another year. Yesterday finally finished it for me.
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