Pruitt's slight jab

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Not a jab at Butch, IMO. More of a demonstration of the confidence he has in himself and his new staff. Perfectly understandable and appropriate comment. Nothing controversial at all.
 
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Last years offense was a disaster and it was way to predictable and it looked like our opponents knew the plays better than our guys. The writer stated this years 'O' was a mystery, now that's encouraging and refreshing to hear. :clapping:
 
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Nonsense, the system was infallible. I blame the players for the poor offensive production.
 
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Wow. That was soul-crushing. If it was up to me, I would have thrown my Champion-of-Life trophy through the RCA.
 
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19.83 points per game isn't exactly a high bar to pass this season. We should be able to add at least a TD to that sum fairly easily.
 
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I'd like to see what it was without the Indiana State and possibly the Georgia tech game but I'm too scared to look.
 
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HuntlandVolinColo said:
19.83 points per game isn't exactly a high bar to pass this season. We should be able to add at least a TD to that sum fairly easily.
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Thats the only thing that gives me hope also. 19.83 points per game and like a defense that ranked around 90th last season and only 4 wins, LOL. We HAVE to be better than that this season, i mean my lord.

Well. I think after the past decade...haha, i should learn my lesson. Buttttt ya know, hope springs eternal in the heart of every tennessee fan it seems.
 
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Misleading journalism and fake news. No jab at last year’s staff or team. That is just a confident man talking. They have to score more than last year to be bowl eligible. “It’s a process.” - now that would be a jab at the last regime.
 
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This is also the logic behind the idea that we will be an improved team this year. It would be virtually impossible to be any worse on offense than we were last season. I don't expect any miracles in Season 1, but the offense will be better ... just a question of how much better. 6-6 better or 8-4 better?
 
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The so-called offensive coordinator was a disaster! For instance, first and goal inside the opponent's five yard line and pass. pass, pass?
 
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At least Pruitt isn't one of those overly nice guys that will insist that the previous coaching staff did back solid job. Which would be a major insult to the intelligence of everyone here
 
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Just an aside. We base everything on fact we were 4-8. But....if it weren't for two drops that should of been caught we'd have been 6-6 and made a bowl. Kelly's drop at Florida should have easily been caught. Then the last second drop vs SC. Not that 6-6 is good or acceptable...but those are plays u normally make. We were bad..no doubt...but I think if we had been 6-6...we wouldn't have nearly the amount of tremendous negativity and dire predictions we have in the national media. Then again if Ga tech scores on that last play...etc etc. Can't play the what if game I guess.
 
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AndyMizunogolfer said:
Jeremy Pruitt jokes about Butch Jones' poor offense in 2017

Probably wasn't expecting this to get caught video although it did. Kind of funny.
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I’ll take it all day long and as a fan be happy as hell that he said it. We were the worst offense in the SEC last year, we better be a lot better and he’s telling us we can count on it.

I’m also pleased with what Jeremy hasn’t said....that we have to be patient, that we are in a rebuild, that it takes 6-7 years to build an SEC program.....that last one was the dumbest, stupidest, idiotic thing I think I’ve ever heard an SEC ever say. That and “I’m working on building a program, not just a team”. Pruitt isn’t saying any of that gibberish because he’s a real football coach who intends to do his job here and get this program winning again...all of which is strikingly different from the last clown
 
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Booker512 said:
Thats the only thing that gives me hope also. 19.83 points per game and like a defense that ranked around 90th last season and only 4 wins, LOL. We HAVE to be better than that this season, i mean my lord.

Well. I think after the past decade...haha, i should learn my lesson. Buttttt ya know, hope springs eternal in the heart of every tennessee fan it seems.
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Agree.

We scored 19.8 last year while giving up 29. If we score 10 more (an extra TD + FG per game, seems reasonable) while giving up 10 points fewer (not being the worst 4-5 run defense teams in the country again should help considerably), then we flip those numbers and are likely staring down 7, even 8 regular season wins imo.
 
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djohnnyg said:
Just an aside. We base everything on fact we were 4-8. But....if it weren't for two drops that should of been caught we'd have been 6-6 and made a bowl. Kelly's drop at Florida should have easily been caught. Then the last second drop vs SC. Not that 6-6 is good or acceptable...but those are plays u normally make. We were bad..no doubt...but I think if we had been 6-6...we wouldn't have nearly the amount of tremendous negativity and dire predictions we have in the national media. Then again if Ga tech scores on that last play...etc etc. Can't play the what if game I guess.
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That sums up the jones era right there. In 2015, if not for one or two plays in our four losses we wouldve been undefeated and more than likely in the playoffs. In 2016, same thing, almost beat Texas a&m and south Carolina, and I doubt we would have given up against Vandy if we were a one loss team going to the sec championship. In 2017, like you mentioned Florida and south Carolina, but also Kentucky too because we had the lead in the last couple minutes. But again, like you said, look at all of the close wins, the comebacks and nail biters we had. In the past three seasons we couldve not only had 2 10+ win seasons and a 7-5, but we couldve had 7, 6, and 3 win records as well.
 
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djohnnyg said:
Just an aside. We base everything on fact we were 4-8. But....if it weren't for two drops that should of been caught we'd have been 6-6 and made a bowl. Kelly's drop at Florida should have easily been caught. Then the last second drop vs SC. Not that 6-6 is good or acceptable...but those are plays u normally make. We were bad..no doubt...but I think if we had been 6-6...we wouldn't have nearly the amount of tremendous negativity and dire predictions we have in the national media. Then again if Ga tech scores on that last play...etc etc. Can't play the what if game I guess.
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Like you said, if Taylor doesn’t make the stop vs an eventual 5-6 GaTech on the 2 point try in OT, we’re 3-9 last year. I can take it a step further while we’re doing this....if UMass’s qb doesn’t get hurt and leave the game in the second half, do we hold on to win that one? He had just led them on a 10 play, 75 yard TD drive before being injured the next possession and they had a ton of momentum. Perhaps we would’ve finished up 2-10 last year.

We can woulda, coulda, shoulda all day long on here, but the bottom line is, Jones led us to the worst season in program history in 2017, after two years of significant underachievement in 2015 and 2016. Spin it how you will, but that’s the record, that’s the truth.
 
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KBVol said:
Like you said, if Taylor doesn’t make the stop vs an eventual 5-6 GaTech on the 2 point try in OT, we’re 3-9 last year. I can take it a step further while we’re doing this....if UMass’s qb doesn’t get hurt and leave the game in the second half, do we hold on to win that one? He had just led them on a 10 play, 75 yard TD drive before being injured the next possession and they had a ton of momentum. Perhaps we would’ve finished up 2-10 last year.

We can woulda, coulda, shoulda all day long on here, but the bottom line is, Jones led us to the worst season in program history in 2017, after two years of significant underachievement in 2015 and 2016. Spin it how you will, but that’s the record, that’s the truth.
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Glad to see someone point out that 2015 and 2016 were underachieving, because they were. Too many on here try to point out 9-4 as being successful. It is with less talent that we had.
 
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