Recruiting Forum Football Talk [RIP 9.3.2019]

[eVOLve]

1st two Pruitt classes seemed to be focused on getting bigger along the lines. This class seems to be focused on speed. Hyatt, Mordecai, keyshawn, bj, and lovie all look very fast. And I'm probably leaving someone out. That's at least a third of the current class being explosive athletes.

Yeh, definitely feels like Pruitt has a method.

 

[Devo182]

I don’t. Bama has no limit to what they can spend. We do

How does that work? Do they have some billionaire donor? Honestly not familiar, but if they could spend anything they wanted they wouldn't have a meh basketball coach.

 

[cHiZzLeVOL]

How does that work? Do they have some billionaire donor? Honestly not familiar, but if they could spend anything they wanted they wouldn't have a meh basketball coach.

With Tennessee Athletics as a whole trending in the upward direction. There is going to be a lot of funding to UT.

 

[BruinVol]

How does that work? Do they have some billionaire donor? Honestly not familiar, but if they could spend anything they wanted they wouldn't have a meh basketball coach.

Oh they only care about one thing there. Their hoops facility sucks and so does their attendance

 

[Devo182]

No "The Natural?" Your list is incomplete. Or you have a movie you really need to see.

I've never heard of that movie. Just looked it up. Decent ratings.

 

[SLICKYINC]

 

[VolzMan53]

He's here till he's gone

-Yogi Berra

 

[Devo182]

With Tennessee Athletics as a whole trending in the upward direction. There is going to be a lot of funding to UT.

Yeah but we cheap and will never spend a couple million on a basketball coach or pay top dollar for OCs that will never come here

Big Phil says fuzz that noise to the LOTM

 

[Devo182]

I immediately remembered that kid. Being a white kid in the backfield and all lol.

Still shocked he only has 2 scholarship offers and wouldn't blame him for jumping on that Navy offer, but maybe he pulls a Colton Jumper and comes here and one day returns a pick-six in the NFL. Or something like that.

 

[Catbone]

You absolutely sure?

I feel like we need another 2-3 years to repair our OL and DL trenches which are depleted other than Wanya and Darnell. Until then I dont see us with 9 regular season wins jmo

 

[cHiZzLeVOL]

Yeah but we cheap and will never spend a couple million on a basketball coach or pay top dollar for OCs that will never come here

Big Phil says fuzz that noise to the LOTM

Exactly man.... sometimes I wonder if Bruin is oblivious to what is happening within this Athletics program. It’s not a game anymore. Tennessee realized it was losing money as a school when sports weren’t doing well. They won’t make that mistake anymore.

 

[cHiZzLeVOL]

I immediately remembered that kid. Being a white kid in the backfield and all lol

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[SLICKYINC]

I immediately remembered that kid. Being a white kid in the backfield and all lol

The rare Bigfoot of football.

 

[Cosmo Kramer]

No one wants to be the Coach that follows Saban. You lose 2 games and there are riots in the trailer parks and those inbreds want you fired. You want to be the coach that follows the coach that got fired after the Legend.

 

[BruinVol]

Yeah but we cheap and will never spend a couple million on a basketball coach or pay top dollar for OCs that will never come here

Big Phil says fuzz that noise to the LOTM

For the record I’m not saying we won’t spend lots and lots of $ to keep Pruitt. I am
Saying we won’t spend enough to keep him from going to Bama if that opportunity comes along. I mean what is Saban making now? 3 times what we are paying?

No way we would pay him over 10mil which is what it would take imo

 

[triadvolfan]

How does that work? Do they have some billionaire donor? Honestly not familiar, but if they could spend anything they wanted they wouldn't have a meh basketball coach.

I remember reading somewhere Alabama had used their AD profit over the years to build up a substantial fund. So when they needed to hire Saban money really was no object as they had something like $100M saved. UT on the other hand had been pulling the profit out of the AD each year to fund the rest of the university so we were more limited when we needed a new coach.

I assume they just don't care about basketball, but can't say for sure.

 

[butchna]

No but heroin had a lot of publicity. We're talkin 60s here. Cocaine was not yet not yet will known in small-town. We were a hundred miles from the nearest TV broadcast tower so that would be kind of hard to call The Burbs

Cocaine used to be used in the production of the soda by the same name. That ended in 1929...I assume before you were a yungin.

 

[cHiZzLeVOL]

For the record I’m not saying we won’t spend lots and lots of $ to keep Pruitt. I am
Saying we won’t spend enough to keep him from going to Bama if that opportunity comes along. I mean what is Saban making now? 3 times what we are paying?

No way we would pay him over 10mil which is what it would take imo

If he is being chosen to take Sabans spot that means we are winning National Championships. Tennessee will out pay Alabama for a coach that is winning National Championships. Your logic is absurd.

 

[nicksjuzunk]

Pruitt literally stated his kids sing Rocky Top in the morning. It wasn’t a joke. He is here for a long time.

Lane named his son Knox. Kids learn new songs all the time.

Let’s see

 

[butchna]

For the record I’m not saying we won’t spend lots and lots of $ to keep Pruitt. I am
Saying we won’t spend enough to keep him from going to Bama if that opportunity comes along. I mean what is Saban making now? 3 times what we are paying?

No way we would pay him over 10mil which is what it would take imo

Member when you thought Sherrer would get hired away because you think things?

 

[Catbone]

Well that's the first and last time I listen to vol calls

 

[cHiZzLeVOL]

Lane named his son Knox. Kids learn new songs all the time.

Let’s see

Read on.

 

[cHiZzLeVOL]

The rare Bigfoot of football.

He is the RB in Indiana who set all the records right? I think I stated a while back we would go after him I just figured we would put him into the FB position because he isn’t super fast.

 

[BruinVol]

If he is being chosen to take Sabans spot that means we are winning National Championships. Tennessee will out pay Alabama for a coach that is winning National Championships. Your logic is absurd.

If Pruitt wins 7 or more games this year he’s second on Bama’s list to succeed Saban.

On one hand I hope Saban stays long enough for Pruitt to get us back up to 9-11 wins but on the other hand I’d almost trade Pruitt for Saban retiring at the end of the year. Hard choice to be honest

 

[nicksjuzunk]

Read on.

I did, lol.

@BruinVol and I see eye to eye on this, but it’s not an argument worth having at this stage in the game. I’m fully supportive of Pruitt, but he’ll have to shock me by turning down that other job if it is offered at some point