Tennessee coaches, from left, John Jancek, defensive coordinator; Mike Bajakian, offensive coordinator/ quarterbacks; and Robert Gillesipie, assistant coach for running backs; talk at a news conference.KNOXVILLE – Mike Bajakian paused, then assigned a number as an answer to the question.
Then Tennessee’s offensive coordinator sufficiently explained why the number was misleading.
Bajakian estimated after Thursday morning’s practice that the Volunteers installed 50 percent of his offense over the course of 14 spring practices, but he quickly noted he’s comfortable with the progress his unit made in the last month.
“The offense is going to be molded to the skills of your players,” he said after practice at Neyland Stadium. “At the University of Cincinnati, we ran plays that we never ran at Central Michigan University because we had different personnel, and vice versa. At Central Michigan, we ran plays that we never ran with the University of Cincinnati because it didn’t fit our personnel.
“Are those plays quote-unquote in the offense? Sure, I guess they’re in the offense, but they never made it in. I’ve said for a while now I feel comfortable going into a game tomorrow with the volume of offense that we have in. We have enough in to execute all the different situations that might come up in a game.