I've made the same points. I don't know that I so much had a problem with the staff schematically so much as Butch seemed unable to adjust what he WANTED to do to the personnel he actually has, and I also thought he was coaching scared at times. I even thought he was coaching scared at a couple of points in the first half last night. I think this staff matured a little last night.
I'm not nearly as confident as a lot of UT fans that we're suddenly capable of beating South Carolina, but I sure as heck am looking forward to it.
the schematic issues I've had we're on defense. On offense we have been limited by all the FR and other receivers with minimal or no playing experience as well as a QB not (IMO) playing well. The receivers were getting open, just not consistently and perhaps not in the correct location. Worley was often throwing the ball late, with the receiver coming out of the break. Even in the first half yesterday that continued. In the 2nd half, especially with Smith there seemed to be a level do trust developing and as a result the ball was being delivered on time.
Against the zone we had receivers open all over the field. Against press man not so much but the kids were battling.
Part of the success passing was we ran the ball effectively.