re: It's Chavis

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espn.com is reporting it now as well...

I beat them! haha

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belowpar

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Walker-wants a HC job
Koenning-plays "soft zone"- has the same general rundown as chavis-you woulda whined about that too if hed been hired
Edwards-not enough experiance to know
Tenuta-a well known jerk who cant find a DC job anywhere

imo walker~chavis~koenning>edwards>tenuta

there was no perfect canidate, the only hire that might have been better was walker, but he wants a HC job and looks like he will be getting one. Also lets face it as a black HC hes not going to feel like he is in a position to be turning down HC jobs.

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what does any of this have to do with me not liking any hire just because of Miles?

Chris Low is a former UT beat writer

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Is Steele right about the "12 walking boots" thing after the So. Carolina game? If so, how many of those were significant defensive players?

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Which South Carolina game? What season?

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Is this Chavis' usual ploy, i.e. mostly man when he has the horses, and mostly zone when he doesn't? And does that affect his level of QB aggression, i.e. blitz more from man, less from zone?

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Seems like it at least... I'd say more when he's got the horses in the Front 7, We played a lot of man in the mid 90's against better WR talent (See '95 and '96 UF games) I'm not sure if he'd do that now.

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A common criticism is that Chavis won't adjust during halftime. How well founded is this as a legit criticism?

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There have been times that this has happened (Bama '07 for example) I don't know if it is "won't adjust" or "couldn't adjust" in certain situations. I really don't think its a legit criticism. My main criticism over the last 5 years is that the Defense seems to wear out more late in the game, and he wasn't substituting as much as we had in years past.

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And last question. A friend who's a rabid UT guy told me that while Chavis is no softy, his players almost universally love him, and will "go to war for him" no matter what. Fair assessment?

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Yup, there are 2 things that all Vol fans pretty much agreed on, even if they hated Chavis:
1. He could coach LB's
2. The players were fiercely loyal, even with his reputation for chewing their tails at practice.

I will provide the caveat that there are a number of Vol fans who'd disagree with me.

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espn.com is reporting it now as well...

I beat them! haha

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Chris is probably using this thread as one of his sources.

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uh oh.... remember what happened last time ESPN reported someting about an LSU football coach.... you think Les pulls the plug on this one too, since ESPN leaked it??? I didn't read the article, does ESPN quote belowpar???

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Tieger, I was the one that came on to tell everyone that ESPN was wrong last time...This time I'm saying they are right :) The contract has already been signed.

I have heard that Chavis is a coach that the players and the fans love..

I mean he is loved

that speaks volumes to me

they hated to see him go

wait....are you serious....surely not but if you are then it explains a lot

I assumed that you were saying those would have been better than chavis I was just pointing out all of those have holes in them too, because you are so quick to point out chavis' downside. If you werent suggesting those people over chavis, then who would you rather?

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i don't like his struggles with the spread


What defense hasn't struggled against the spread?

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I agree with this. With equal or better talent a spread offense is gonna put up some points.