Bringback98
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Did what we witnessed Saturday suck? Absolutely. Do I question whether we will win an SEC game this year? Absolutely.
Many of us wanted to believe that the 4-8 record last year was simply due to Butch Jones' awful mismanagement of the program and somehow the moment we got a real football coach in here, we'd win again. We overlooked the fact that the SEC isn't what it once was in the 90's and early 2000's and truly believed that we'd be back sooner rather than later. I for one fell for the preseason idea that we could easily be 4-0 at this point in the season. The thing is, Jeremy Pruitt took a job that nobody in the country wanted. It's hard for many including myself to come to grips with that fact, but it's reality. A dumpster fire administration coupled with a talent lacking football team made this job very unattractive to many, but not Jeremy Pruitt. He has stones. We saw it when he went for it against West Virginia on 4th and Goal, and we saw it with the onside kick on Saturday. Regardless of the results on those gambles (1/2), he's showing us already the culture that he is building at Tennessee. The losses suck, not having talent sucks, but give this man the time you gave the previous coaching staff and 5 years from now we will be winning the East.
Many of us wanted to believe that the 4-8 record last year was simply due to Butch Jones' awful mismanagement of the program and somehow the moment we got a real football coach in here, we'd win again. We overlooked the fact that the SEC isn't what it once was in the 90's and early 2000's and truly believed that we'd be back sooner rather than later. I for one fell for the preseason idea that we could easily be 4-0 at this point in the season. The thing is, Jeremy Pruitt took a job that nobody in the country wanted. It's hard for many including myself to come to grips with that fact, but it's reality. A dumpster fire administration coupled with a talent lacking football team made this job very unattractive to many, but not Jeremy Pruitt. He has stones. We saw it when he went for it against West Virginia on 4th and Goal, and we saw it with the onside kick on Saturday. Regardless of the results on those gambles (1/2), he's showing us already the culture that he is building at Tennessee. The losses suck, not having talent sucks, but give this man the time you gave the previous coaching staff and 5 years from now we will be winning the East.
