Jimmy Hyams on Why the Tennessee Volunteers Need David Cutcliffe Now
Jimmy Hyams makes a case (subscription required) for why the Volunteers need to re-hire David Cutcliffe as its Offensive Coordinator:
Cutcliffe is an outstanding coach. He is a solid play caller. He can develop quarterbacks. Each quarterback he had during his Tennessee tenure improved. He is demanding in practice. He is a disciplinarian. He pays attention to detail.
If anyone can get Erik Ainge out of his funk, it’s David Cutcliffe.
Hyams’ main point is that the Vols need Cutcliffe as soon as possible and that they need to get to a bowl game so that Cutcliffe has more time to work his magic.
If the Vols don’t win against Vanderbilt this Saturday and Kentucky the following Saturday, they will not be bowl eligible, and they won’t be able to practice again until March. That would be too late.
Go Vols!
August 7th, 2006 at 7:15 am
[…] Or would it? The Rocky Top perspective had changed dramatically. Pre-season fantasies of whether the team could win out and make it to the Rose Bowl and the National Championship had given way to questions of strategy for next season. Should the team put the rest of this season at risk by playing quarterback Erik Ainge and getting him all of the game reps or should Clausen start so the team could win one more game and get to a bowl game thereby affording the new offensive coordinator another month of practice? […]