Remember this statement from Pruitt

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Jack Burton said:
2 or 3 more classes like this are needed. If each class is better than the last then we’ll be in good shape.
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We’ve been saying this since the last few years of Fulmer.

I really hope we got some all stars this go around.
 
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VolsnRavens said:
I remember a time when we didn't "slow" Bama down. We stopped them, time after time while we went down field. Oh please 8lb 6oz newborn baby Jesus, please let me live long enough to see that again.
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Yeah, you better be in your 20s or early 30s if you even want a chance to see that again in your lifetime. And quite honestly, we just lost more ground to them based on our early signing day classes.
 
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covert29 said:
I'd argue that attitude of the players is worth more than anything else. You can tell that these seniors and juniors, not all, had the "butch mentality." If it's true that the players will take on the head coach's attitude, then we should be much improved on the effort and attitude than last year.
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Was CBJ still the Head Coach this year?
 
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VolsnRavens said:
I remember a time when we didn't "slow" Bama down. We stopped them, time after time while we went down field. Oh please 8lb 6oz newborn baby Jesus, please let me live long enough to see that again.
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I think that's not remotely going to happen until Saban retires at some point, which may or may not happen before Pruitt announces an OC. That being said, Dabo or whomever comes in will do fine for a year or two, until the "he's not Saban" stuff happens, and that coach gets fired, and the next guy struggles. Bama doesn't realize it, but all teams are just one coach hire away from irrelevance...or in UT's case, 10 years worth of bad coaching decisions, starting with Clawson by Fulmer...after that, you could write a book on doing the opposite of what makes logical sense...
 
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well, coach was a little off on his math...remember he didn't go to UT...wonder if his personal and accounting skills are up to snuff...they're gonna be tested...:D

GO VOLS...RECRUIT LIKE HECK!
 
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covert29 said:
You make valid points. However, one could argue that he wasn't really at liberty to "eradicate negativity" based on our lack of depth. We saw some instances in season, such as with Sapp, that hinted at least SOMETHING was going on with players not buying in. Regardless, a vast majority of these players weren't "his guys." Even with the class he singed, some were committed to the program before butch was gone, so they could have been kept on solely for building depth.

I'm not saying you're wrong, but we can't yet fully judge, at least not thoroughly, on what Pruitt is able to do for at LEAST another recruiting cycle. Dobbs/kamara and co gave Butch a longer tenure than he deserved. Saban would have won a title with the team we had in 15/16.
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Agree with you on not ready to judge. But until we see real results, it's all we really have to discuss. I disagree with you that the bizarre episode with Sapp is evidence of anything positive. It could signal any number of things and most of them aren't good.
 
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Brasszilla said:
It's called changing the culture and you don't change a programs culture in 1 day. Honestly takes about a year maybe longer. Saban took a year for things to start rolling the right way. Sounds like you never liked jp and look for anything you can twist into why he's bad.
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I'd be lying if I said Pruitt was my dream hire for head coach (was he anyone's?). But I support him and I want him to succeed. I hope he turns out to be the best coach we've ever had. And I'm willing to give him the time to prove what he can do. Having said that, we fans will continue to occupy our time by talking.

I'm not expecting a new head coach to change anything in one day. But Pruitt has had a lot more than one day. I think he has made some improvements and I would rather focus on them. But the positives are less obvious to me than the fact that we were still pretty inept at the end of his first full season. It would have been reassuring to see us be more consistent and competitive in the last few games, but we weren't. And that fact tends to make fans wary when they hear things that sound like excuse-making.
 
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Hacksaw said:
I'd be lying if I said Pruitt was my dream hire for head coach (was he anyone's?). But I support him and I want him to succeed. I hope he turns out to be the best coach we've ever had. And I'm willing to give him the time to prove what he can do. Having said that, we fans will continue to occupy our time by talking.

I'm not expecting a new head coach to change anything in one day. But Pruitt has had a lot more than one day. I think he has made some improvements and I would rather focus on them. But the positives are less obvious to me than the fact that we were still pretty inept at the end of his first full season. It would have been reassuring to see us be more consistent and competitive in the last few games, but we weren't. And that fact tends to make fans wary when they hear things that sound like excuse-making.
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It was a really weird season. Basically, any time UT played a team with a QB that had a pulse it was a blowout. They beat two ranked teams but both had terrible QBs. As the season went on I came to realize exactly how bad the defensive talent was. I think this was partially missed as the reason for Butch's failure but there's just not enough athleticism on the defensive side of the ball. Even the 2016 team that was supposed to be so good had some elite talent but top to bottom just didn't have the horses on defense.

The Auburn and Kentucky wins are encouraging. The blowouts are not. Recruiting seems to be pretty good, especially given the circumstances. He's worked the transfer market really well. He botched his first OC hire ($1.2M/year, only stayed 1 season, and offense ranked #122). Hopefully the next OC will be better.

I'm optimistic on Pruitt but not sold. Barring the team completely falling apart though he should get time to turn it around.
 
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LittleVol said:
They made the gap wider? Because our class ranking?

It's about building an identity and recruitng players that can adhere to that. And then coaching it all up. They did NOT widen the gap.
Do you want to know why? Because they are already at the top and we are climbing...

It is hard for a college football team to become any better than what Alabama is right now. It's about maintaing for them every year and finding the right motovation to maintain....

This class definitely helped begun to close the gap
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Agreed and I'll feel even better once Wright inks.
 
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Orange defense said:
Jeremy Pruitt: We need another recruiting cycle to slow Alabama

Looks like he will have his 25 guys, and pretty good ones at that. Look what he has done now after he said these comments. I also feel the 2018 class is going to help with this process, with what’s left coming back.
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So is he going to start 25 freshman next season? The reality is that some of the players in his roster already are much better than some of the incoming kids. When Leno understand that Pruitt wants us to know he doesn't have the depth to contend with bama, he also needs to get maximum effort out of the kids currently on the roster. Talking trash about hem might not be the best method. maybe that has something to do with why mizzou and vandy absolutely drilled us. Pruitt has a lot to lrean about coaching. Bama has great players but also do a great job of gameplanning and "coaching em up" also. Pruitt needs to improve as much as the roster needs improvement
 
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Mtnvol80 said:
With some of the best athletes in the country. JP has done pretty good this class, with all things considered, but we didn't close any Gap. Bama and Georgia just made the gap even wider
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Georgia almost always has more talent in terms of star ratings. I'd say that Tennessee has done okay against them over the years.
 
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SpaceCoastVol said:
Bama worship is everywhere. If you don't believe it, just pick a random time and turn on the SEC network.
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To the hell with Alabama I have never seen so many people jump on a bandwagon. Local sports talk shows in the Nashville area actually devote time to talk about them, I bet the radio stations in bama do not devote time to talk about Tennessee. Heck I live in Northern middle Tennessee and there are bama'r fans everywhere.
 
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Hacksaw said:
That just sounds like a convenient excuse to me. Butch was long gone. It was Pruitt's job to put his stamp on this team starting Day One. If he failed to eradicate whatever negativity that might have been lingering, then that's a real indictment of his coaching abilities, IMO. The players might not have been good enough, but attitude should NOT have been an issue. Unfortunately, Pruitt relied on that excuse during the entire first season, all the while admitting that there was just nothing he could do to change it.

That's the thing that worries me most about Pruitt. He keeps saying that we need players that are just as talented as Bama's and Georgia's. But anyone can win with those players. Why is HE the guy? And what about other coaches who overachieve with less talent?
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You can't just do that, if he did then he may not of had enough players to fill a roster much less have some sort of depth at any position.
 
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LittleVol said:
They made the gap wider? Because our class ranking?

It's about building an identity and recruitng players that can adhere to that. And then coaching it all up. They did NOT widen the gap.
Do you want to know why? Because they are already at the top and we are climbing...

It is hard for a college football team to become any better than what Alabama is right now. It's about maintaing for them every year and finding the right motovation to maintain....

This class definitely helped begun to close the gap
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Nah, I hate to tell you, but we didn't close the gap on Bama or UGA. 10 of our 22 commits/signees are blue chips (4 and 5 star recruits) 25 of Bama's 26, and 19 of UGA's 22 are. That's the reality, being in denial about it doesn't change it.
 
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