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Tennessean: Vanderbilt football report card: How we graded Clark Lea's final performance of Year 1

Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2021 6:10 am
by BrentVU
Offense: B-; Defense: B-; Special Teams: D; Coaching: B

Tennessean: Vanderbilt football report card: How we graded Clark Lea's final performance of Year 1 (by Aria Gerson)
https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports ... -NLETTER65

Re: Tennessean: Vanderbilt football report card: How we graded Clark Lea's final performance of Year 1

Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2021 7:13 am
by Go Vandy!
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Re: Tennessean: Vanderbilt football report card: How we graded Clark Lea's final performance of Year 1

Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2021 7:17 am
by dore74
I’d go with INC incomplete. Let’s see how recruiting ends up

Re: Tennessean: Vanderbilt football report card: How we graded Clark Lea's final performance of Year 1

Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2021 8:18 am
by zhanglini
Go Vandy! wrote: Sun Nov 28, 2021 7:13 am I'm not sure how a 2-10 season averages C+ or B-. Would 4 Ws be an A?
Grade inflation?

Re: Tennessean: Vanderbilt football report card: How we graded Clark Lea's final performance of Year 1

Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2021 8:30 am
by FayetteDore
I think she was trying to be nice.

Re: Tennessean: Vanderbilt football report card: How we graded Clark Lea's final performance of Year 1

Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2021 10:33 am
by admin
As far as evaluating football teams I give her zero credibility. I've seen some improvement this season but no way would I grade the team a B- in offense. Maybe a C- at best.

Re: Tennessean: Vanderbilt football report card: How we graded Clark Lea's final performance of Year 1

Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2021 10:33 am
by mathguy
Go Vandy! wrote: Sun Nov 28, 2021 7:13 am Would 4 Ws be an A?
Compared to preseason expectations...

Re: Tennessean: Vanderbilt football report card: How we graded Clark Lea's final performance of Year 1

Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2021 7:45 am
by FayetteDore
Just to be clear, the grades were for the Tennessee game -- "the final performance" -- NOT the entire season.

Take in consideration the...

Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2021 2:23 pm
by thefan
mess, chaos, and low level of VU football expertise when Coach Lea arrived! He came from one of the best programs in the country to one of the worst! What expectations did you really possess prior to the season's beginning? Thought he did a very good job considering. The garbage that he only had so many wins; Bear Bryant would have struggled in the current Vandy environment! Of course Bryant would not have come to such a disaster!

Re: Tennessean: Vanderbilt football report card: How we graded Clark Lea's final performance of Year 1

Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 10:36 am
by admin
FayetteDore wrote: Mon Nov 29, 2021 7:45 am Just to be clear, the grades were for the Tennessee game -- "the final performance" -- NOT the entire season.
Oh, then B- maybe. Still, 21 points nowadays is below par for an average CFB team. The No. 65 team out of 130 teams averages over 28 points a game.