05_never_again
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I think it is a preemptive coping mechanism for some to say that kind of stuff.
I agree.
I don't expect us to be good next year either, but to say that there is none, or very little, talent on this roster is just inaccurate. Pruitt is inheriting much more talent than Dooley or Butch did. The depth is lacking at some position groups, but there are good frontline guys on this team. You couldn't say that about the rosters Dooley and Butch inherited, with very limited exceptions.
That's what makes the last few years of Tennessee football so disappointing - they are supposed to be good. They are good on paper. Several guys on the O and D-lines were very highly recruited. Could have gone almost anywhere. Couldn't say that about Dooley and Butch's teams, and the equivalency between those rosters and this roster needs to stop. Dooley was starting walk-ons on the O-line, for example.