I follow the program fairly closely and know people who speak with the players daily.
If trooper taylor helped the WR so much, then why did riggs regress when he coached the Rbs? thats question doesnt make a lot of sense. i think its interesting that you cite Ainges great year with Meachems success but you dont seem to care that the vols had no passing game the year before when the RBs struggled. Riggs was banged up often and the Vols werent much of a threat through the air. that could be why Riggs struggled?
no one expected anything out of taylor, rogers, or birscoe this year. thats just a fact. the WRs well exceeded their expectations in 2007, are you going to disagree?
now, going back to riggs. who do you think was the RB coach in 2004 whent he vols had
Two one thousand yard rushers?
Taylor
2004: 2 guys go over 1 thousand yards rushing
2005: down year for the entire team.
2006: taylor moves to WR coach, meachem breaks out and leaves after his rs jr year and is a first round pick.
2007: we have one of the best wr groups in the SEC, a WR reaches 1 thousand yards for the 2nd year in a row, and each of the top 3 guys exceed what was expected from them from the 'experts' going into the season.
what? those are just facts. then you add on that he was, without question, the vols best recruiter (outside of fulmer) and the vols have lost a lot. the players believe in him, some of them come to school because of him. you think paige would be a vol without trooper? vlad richard? come on man. you may not like him and thats fine, but dont just spit out a couple things and make it seem as if he wasnt a bright spot for this program when times have been down.