Recruiting Forum Football Talk [RIP 9.3.2019]

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ChismsHeadband said:
Butch always talked about leadership, but that's all it seemed to be.. just talk.

Or maybe it just seemed like that because his roster management styles undermined the locker room.
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Player leadership is an excellent asset when we have it, but anyone that counts on it being there every year is living in a dreamworld. Lacking player leadership is not an excuse for losing either.
 
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ChattaTNVol said:
Vol Calls

Why does the offensive line start out slow?
Execution.
Not blocking the right folks
Could be nerves

Are you guys using this week to prepare for Florida?
We’re focused on Tennessee. Until we fix us there’s no point of focusing on anyone else.

Brent asks if it’s hard for guys to practice hard.
Pruitt says no.

We’ve got an opportunity to be a really good football team but we have a really small margin for error.

Who is the leader of your football team right now?
Pruitt: Me.
He discussed why it is difficult for a lot of players to challenge their peers in that age group. First reason is the player speaking up needs to be someone who does his job right every time to begin with.

Chance Hall is nearly back to being able to play an entire game.

Trey was never limited with strength & conditioning.

Jauan Jennings is in the same boat as Chance, still getting back up to speed.

Pruitt says our guys in the back end are a lot better than they showed in the WV game.

On JJ Peterson – he’s playing catch up but so would the best player in the country if he came in here and missed summer work and fall camp. JJ should be able to practice at full speed within a couple of weeks.

Pruitt says he and his family fit in really well in Knoxville. It’s a beautiful city. Everyone has been really welcoming. On the Vol walk he said he really liked it. He said at the beginning he saw two of his boys and thought about bringing them along and then he realized they might not be able to make it all the way.

Really likes our RB room. Ty Chandler is ready to go for Saturday.
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Chandler for 6, first touch... book it.
 
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MrVolton said:
I think it’s a great sign. Anyone that’s ever dealt with large groups of young people know that you can’t just sit back and wait for leadership to emerge, because more often than not, it doesn’t. I like that Pruitt is going to go ahead and provide leadership before he just sits back and complains about how there is a lack of leadership among the players.
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It’s been my experience that the role of leadership is either assigned or earned. Most failed leaders are leaders who gain their roles through assignment. The best leaders in my experience are the ones who take ownership. They’re role models. I think we continue to have a deficit of ownership on the part of many of our older players. You can’t be screwing up your assignments and expect others to listen to you preach to them. First take care of yourself and then you can help others. When I listen to some of our players talk I wonder if they learned how and what to say from Butch. When our players start talking more like Pruitt I think we’ll have taken significant strides forward with regards both to ownership and leadership. The greatest accountability should always be on the leaders. Some people are afraid of that accountability. The way to conquer that fear is to take ownership of your own performance, of the performance of your position group, of the performance of your unit, and of the performance of the entire team. I can see starting our small and working your way up but there are no shortcuts to developing genunie leadership. Effective leaders above all else have to be role models. Jmo.
 
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ChattaTNVol said:
It’s been my experience that the role of leadership is either assigned or earned. Most failed leaders are leaders who gain their roles through assignment. The best leaders in my experience are the ones who take ownership. They’re role models. I think we continue to have a deficit of ownership on the part of many of our older players. You can’t be screwing up your assignments and expect others to listen to you preach to them. First take care of yourself and then you can help others. When I listen to some of our players talk I wonder if they learned how and what to say from Butch. When our players start talking more like Pruitt I think we’ll have taken significant strides forward with regards both to ownership and leadership. The greatest accountability should always be on the leaders. Some people are afraid of that accountability. The way to conquer that fear is to take ownership of your own performance, of the performance of your position group, of the performance of your unit, and of the performance of the entire team. I can see starting our small and working your way up but there are no shortcuts to developing genunie leadership. Effective leaders above all else have to be role models. Jmo.
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Every bit of what you said is true. But truly great leadership among young people is a rarer trait than many of the physical skills these guys possess. Player leadership is worth its weight in gold, but anyone that can’t win without it isn’t going to win consistently.
 
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ChattaTNVol said:
It’s been my experience that the role of leadership is either assigned or earned. Most failed leaders are leaders who gain their roles through assignment. The best leaders in my experience are the ones who take ownership. They’re role models. I think we continue to have a deficit of ownership on the part of many of our older players. You can’t be screwing up your assignments and expect others to listen to you preach to them. First take care of yourself and then you can help others. When I listen to some of our players talk I wonder if they learned how and what to say from Butch. When our players start talking more like Pruitt I think we’ll have taken significant strides forward with regards both to ownership and leadership. The greatest accountability should always be on the leaders. Some people are afraid of that accountability. The way to conquer that fear is to take ownership of your own performance, of the performance of your position group, of the performance of your unit, and of the performance of the entire team. I can see starting our small and working your way up but there are no shortcuts to developing genunie leadership. Effective leaders above all else have to be role models. Jmo.
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I want to take your first four sentences, print them out, and post it in my lab for my students.
 
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ChattaTNVol said:
It’s been my experience that the role of leadership is either assigned or earned. Most failed leaders are leaders who gain their roles through assignment. The best leaders in my experience are the ones who take ownership. They’re role models. I think we continue to have a deficit of ownership on the part of many of our older players. You can’t be screwing up your assignments and expect others to listen to you preach to them. First take care of yourself and then you can help others. When I listen to some of our players talk I wonder if they learned how and what to say from Butch. When our players start talking more like Pruitt I think we’ll have taken significant strides forward with regards both to ownership and leadership. The greatest accountability should always be on the leaders. Some people are afraid of that accountability. The way to conquer that fear is to take ownership of your own performance, of the performance of your position group, of the performance of your unit, and of the performance of the entire team. I can see starting our small and working your way up but there are no shortcuts to developing genunie leadership. Effective leaders above all else have to be role models. Jmo.
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Agree completely. All great leaders take ownership and are willing to help others and even take on their tasks.
 
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Anyone have a link to an ETSU v TN highlight recap? Didn't get to watch the game, and I don't feel like watching the whole thing on replay. TIA
 
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JCLawyerVol said:
Haha if you had a needle in my back and asked me who my favorite team was, the correct answer is "whoever you like, Doc."

Unless it's Bama, UGA or Florida of course.
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That patient was lucky to survive the procedure when he said that his second favorite team was bama. He barely recovered by saying that he will always hate the gators...
 
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ChattaTNVol said:
It’s been my experience that the role of leadership is either assigned or earned. Most failed leaders are leaders who gain their roles through assignment. The best leaders in my experience are the ones who take ownership. They’re role models. I think we continue to have a deficit of ownership on the part of many of our older players. You can’t be screwing up your assignments and expect others to listen to you preach to them. First take care of yourself and then you can help others. When I listen to some of our players talk I wonder if they learned how and what to say from Butch. When our players start talking more like Pruitt I think we’ll have taken significant strides forward with regards both to ownership and leadership. The greatest accountability should always be on the leaders. Some people are afraid of that accountability. The way to conquer that fear is to take ownership of your own performance, of the performance of your position group, of the performance of your unit, and of the performance of the entire team. I can see starting our small and working your way up but there are no shortcuts to developing genunie leadership. Effective leaders above all else have to be role models. Jmo.
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This stated very well.
Could you address the Senate, the House, and well heck, how about all of ghe American people.Please let me know when you get it set up.
Thanks!
 
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Hi Freak,
Please help! I beg you to bring the edit post feature back...I am too old to remember to preview the post. I don’t see the errors until I get to my posts.
Please help an old feller out.
Thanks!
 
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VolsDoc81TX said:
Hi Freak,
Please help! I beg you to bring the edit post feature back...I am too old to remember to preview the post. I don’t see the errors until I get to my posts.
Please help an old feller out.
Thanks!
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It's there. Click the three little buttons at the bottom left of the post window.
 
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