Bad hire

[The Original Fade]

The onside kick was a great call, we had the numbers.

The fourth down calls were a first time HC getting overwhelmed by a situation. The game was not over. Needed to punt and calm things down. Not turn the game into a boat race.

In perfect UT vs UF fashion, we had 4 guys going up for the ball on the onside kick, and the one UF player comes down with it. I also don’t have a problem with the 4th down calls either. In both situations, our defense was playing well at the time. Their points were coming off turnovers, not big plays given up by the defense

 

[FLVOL_79]

Part 3 ^^^

Pithy comeback as usual.

 

[rocketskates]

Dude, Pruitt inherited a bad team the same way that Mark Helfrich inherited a good team. Give it some time before you make your verdict. I know that “it takes time” is the last thing any Vol fan wants to hear, but unfortunately thanks to terrible AD leadership for the past 10 years we are in a helluva hole.

 

[allvol123]

In perfect UT vs UF fashion, we had 4 guys going up for the ball on the onside kick, and the one UF player comes down with it. I also don’t have a problem with the 4th down calls either. In both situations, our defense was playing well at the time. Their points were coming off turnovers, not big plays given up by the defense

Our defense was playing well, which is why we needed to punt and calm this game down.

 

[titansvolsfaninga]

Our talent is on par with UF.

The talent may be, but the development was not. Our players have not been developed over the past 4 years. That's not going to change in one off season....

 

[MurphyVol]

We're keeping it vanilla. Gonna unleash the full playbook on Charlotte

 

[Eastknox865]

Our talent is on par with UF.

That may be true but you can't measure heart effort or work ethic

 

[McDad]

The talent may be, but the development was not. Our players have not been developed over the past 4 years. That's not going to change in one off season....

Cant argue the development angle. Raw talent is there tho

 

[McDad]

That may be true but you can't measure heart effort or work ethic

I can measure the coaching.

 

[bnhunt]

I think Freak needs to institute an IQ test for starting threads after a loss.

That would eliminate 90% of the posters on here.

 

[VolinMC]

It has taken a long time over the years to become as bad as the team is. It's gonna take a long time to climb back out of this hole. Might as well settle in and tough it out.

 

[Eastknox865]

I can measure the coaching.

I stopped watching at halftime and got drunk. Please tell me what did the coaches do

 

[MurphyVol]

When we lose to KY and Candy will we still use the talent excuse?

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Even with the baggage, Petrino would be one of our best chances to see a relatively quick turnaround. He can coach.

Wow. You have got to be kidding.

 

[McDad]

I stopped watching at halftime and got drunk. Please tell me what did the coaches do

Same

 

[The Original Fade]

Our defense was playing well, which is why we needed to punt and calm this game down.

If your defense is playing well you can afford a gamble to keep the drive going. Needed a momentum shift and some life pumped into team. A 4th down conversion could have done that. A punt wouldn’t have. Agree to disagree.

 

[McDad]

When we lose to KY and Candy will we still use the talent excuse?

Yes.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Our talent is on par with UF.

Yeah keep telling yourself that.

 

[OrangeSoddyDaisy]

Let's look at the results so far for some other newly hired coaches:

Texas A+M - Jimbo Fisher: 2-2 (0-1 SEC)

Nebraska - Scott Frost: 0-3

UCLA - Chip Kelly: 0-3

Florida State - Willie Taggart 2-2 (0-2 ACC)

Arkansas - Chad Morris 1-3 (0-1 SEC)

Arizona - Kevin Sumlin 2-2 (1-0 PAC12)

And one NFL team just because:
Oakland Raiders - Jon Gruden 0-2

4 of the coaches above were high on the list of many people on this site and their results don't look any better than CJP. Remember that most of these postions come open because a team has had some bad seasons. It's not like CJP showed up to a disciplined and loaded team with on field leaders. I think we saw both some good and poor coaching decisions tonight, but I liked that CJP was willing to take some chances (onside kick, 4th down attempts). Pruitt may turn out to be a bad hire, but lets give him some time and hope that once he has his own players on the field we start winning and he's our coach for a long time. Who would want to go through another coaching search? Do you think people will be knocking down the door to come here to be the 5th coach in 10 years? This is going to be another hard year to be a UT fan, but lets not start burning mattresses just yet.

But those are teams that suck. We're Tennessee. Apples and oranges.

 

[McDad]

Yeah keep telling yourself that.

Not me. 24/7

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

When we lose to KY and Candy will we still use the talent excuse?

And the dumb keeps comin..

 

[allvol123]

If your defense is playing well you can afford a gamble to keep the drive going. Needed a momentum shift and some life pumped into team. A 4th down conversion could have done that. A punt wouldn’t have. Agree to disagree.

Your offense is struggling. You punt, play good D, and try to change field position.

Check the guy the stadium is named after.

 

[MurphyVol]

And the dumb keeps comin..

Please expand and shower us with your knowledge

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Not me. 24/7

Ok. If you believe that then you believe our guys could play for UF and start?

 

[rocketskates]

When we lose to KY and Candy will we still use the talent excuse?

It’s not just talent, there are talented players on the team. The upperclassmen have been developed terribly by the previous staff. It’s super hard to shake those habits. Pruitt is a different kind of coach, he’s hard nosed, they aren’t used to this. Case in point with Sapp refusing to go into the game.