Looking back, Tennessee's coaches have made some really boneheaded decisions

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regarding players that have really push the teams further into the recession. Kifflin passing on Tajh Boyd, then Butch not utilizing Kamara, really helped the team become unproductive.

Just thinking out loud

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Tajh Boyd was a tremendous player and, yep, it was a bone head move for Kiffin to send him packing.  But the point that gets overlooked is that he wasn't going to help until his third year out of high school.  If you will remember he hurt his knee his senior year and had surgery during the summer, which made it necessary to redshirt his first year.  He didn't get back until a full year later, and he played very sparingly as a redshirt freshman.  He didn't win the starting job at Kliempsein until in to his sophomore season.  Yep, he has a tremendous college career, but it took him a while to get there and UT didn't have time to wait.  They needed immediate help. 

The one Kiffin really screwed up on was Bryce Petty.  He ended up redshirting and backing up RG3 for three years at Baylor before he got on the field for any significant snaps. 

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Just think of the 4 and 5 star talent Butch had on campus that wound up transferring out.

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Kamara actually saw significant playing time both years he was at UT.  I do think the coaches gave Hurd too many touches compared to Kamara, but mental issues aside, it's not like Hurd was chopped liver either.