Recruiting Forum Football Talk [RIP 9.3.2019]

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SaguaroVols said:
This piss poor effort is all on the coaching staff, esp Pruitt.

We got BYU and Chatt up next to get this ish straightened out before we go to UF.

We should get BT and Bituli back by then.

We saw flashes of what we can do as a team last year against Auburn and UK.

Still pissed about the game but we can bounce back nicely and get in a groove going into Gainesville.

I would much prefer we screw the pooch against GA state if that meant we learn and beat UF.
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I understand what you're saying because I'm just as optimistic.. I do think there's a leadership vacancy somewhere, be it at the player level, the coaching level, (and ultimately and undeniably at the HC level).

If this doesn't fire our guys up to bounce back next week and finish the season with the urgency of being behind the 8-ball, this is a cursed roster of 2017 quitters. At that point I'd want to know what the buy-in among our underclassmen is before making a call on whether or not Pruitt needs to be let go. Right now, things are trending poorly, but it's still too early to be out on CJP.
 
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Darth_Shiveman said:
We don’t need Thompson back anywhere near the program. People that volatile who are too mentally and emotionally unstable to go a year and a half without domestic incidents are nothing but trouble. Good football player, bad person who will likely embarrass whatever university gives him his next chance. We were his second chance and he blew it. Sucks to lose our best DB, but the kid is trouble.
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He broke a gate and made a verbal threat. Cmon man.
 
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SoilVol said:
The energy issue comes from two things.

1. No player stepping up to be the emotional leader on the sideline and in the huddle.
2. The coaches not demanding more from the players. You could tell the energy source for GSU was the coaching staff. They were constantly pushing and willing their players in this game. Nobody in orange was doing that.
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Shawn Elliott looked a fool... and inspired his team to victory
 
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SoilVol said:
I also have some of this sentiment. Continuing to fire guys ain't working. We are already at rock bottom, maybe just give him a half dozen years like Mark Stoops and see what happens. As a fan, put it in a box and check on it every now and then for progress. Idk
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Hate this

You might be right though. Hopefully I can begin to care less than I do
 
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Dooby15 said:
The one thing that Saban fights more than anything in the way that he has built a program is apathy. Certainly getting great players helps, but that all starts with not being apathetic. And I reference Saban not bc I like him, but bc he’s the best to ever do it. And the reason is bc he’s never satisfied with the current state. He has not even one ounce of apathy and he won’t allow it. Bc once it settles in, how do you get rid of it? How do you make players, an administration, a fan base, a program care when you lose? It’s hard once it settles in.
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Stunning that Pruitt has not built this culture. He had the reputation of being a demanding never satisfied hot head and I have not seen fire from him since Auburn of last year
 
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nicksjuzunk said:
Hate this

You might be right though. Hopefully I can begin to care less than I do
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I don’t want to be lethargic. Vol football is really the one thing I still have left of my father. I just want to be competitive again. I want to share with my son what I shared with my father since he never had a chance to meet him. Kills me to no end when we have these kids that don’t care and poor coaching jobs. Peyton once said it is the most important unimportant thing (Vol football). He’s right. I don’t want to care less. I want them to care more.
 
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Dooby15 said:
The one thing that Saban fights more than anything in the way that he has built a program is apathy. Certainly getting great players helps, but that all starts with not being apathetic. And I reference Saban not bc I like him, but bc he’s the best to ever do it. And the reason is bc he’s never satisfied with the current state. He has not even one ounce of apathy and he won’t allow it. Bc once it settles in, how do you get rid of it? How do you make players, an administration, a fan base, a program care when you lose? It’s hard once it settles in.
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I applauded the lack of transfers, but now I wonder if there is still too much coddling going on with the team demeanor.

A coach who spits fire and demands a high standard will always shake cages and birds will fly.
 
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InVOLuntary said:
When we actually spend major money? I'm not talking about a Jimbo or Dabo, or a Saban, but there are successful coaches that would come. You'll probably have to overpay but there are coaches that know wth they are doing.
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And yet Currie could not land a single clown on the circus
 
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BruinVol said:
I know we don’t want to admit this but butch deserved 5 years. He showed steps forward in every single year leading up to that year that did him in.
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Merciful night Bruin...

The cracks were so clear and we are still picking up the pieces. Yes he built, but it fell beyond repair. Everyone knows his stubbornness would not allow him to change and grow to fix the issues and he lost his team
 
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nicksjuzunk said:
I applauded the lack of transfers, but now I wonder if there is still too much coddling going on with the team demeanor.

A coach who spits fire and demands a high standard will always shake cages and birds will fly.
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Agree. Seems like he doesn’t want to upset someone and have them transfer.
 
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millst987 said:
If Pruitt has checked out, which appears to be the case, you have to slide Chaney in as interim HC. He’s the most experienced guy on the staff and is smart enough to know what to do to get the ship turned around this year before this gets out of hand
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This is a new one. Now it appears a head coach in his second year has "checked out". All his years of coaching and his competitive nature and he doesnt want to do this anymore. I've heard it all.
 
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appyvol said:
If we come out with a fire and stomp BYU, we'll be fine. I'll choose to believe we made the grave mistake of prepping for Florida and taking this game for granted. If we come out and lay down you might as well get ready for the inevitable end. I'm curious to see how the players and coaches respond next Saturday. Will we show some damn pride or just feel sorry for ourselves? Hopefully this lights a damn fire under our ass.
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It won’t confirm Pruitt is the guy, but it could confirm he is NOT
 
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