Pruitt - Victim of his own arrogance?

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Wearing a sports muumuu on the sidelines doesn't inspire class in the program. Pruitt's performance does not warrant a $4M per year salary.

I said late last year QB play was an issue... Where's the replacement?

Watching the Ga State second half I would have benched players. Pruitt, as a Texan would say is all hat no cattle. The dude makes Dooley look like a coaching Einstein.
 
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Pride85 said:
The great and powerful GHL has spoken. So it is said, so it shall be. LOL
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he also said he is hardly wrong , so there you have it. Well he was so sure Gruden was going to be the coach that he had his name in his honor
 
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Dudleys87 said:
It’s a good story but im not buying it
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It surely happened, he posted the same story a year ago and I made fun of him.

I feel bad now, because I see the hypocrisy in me. I read the story differently now that I am down on Pruiit. But it's the same story.

I just felt the need to defend our brilliant coach against all comers at that time.

The funny thing is... A year ago if this had been a "Butch" story. I would have been all excited to hear a story about stupid Butch, and his paranoid crap protecting his infallible offense.

Oh well thanks for posting this again so I could gain some perspective and possibly a little more wisdom.
 
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I wasn’t impressed with any member of the coaching staff last Sat. All appeared disinterested.
 
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I don’t get all these posters who see Pruitt as some arrogant SOB who thinks he’s superior.

I see a laid back country dude who doesn’t feel the need to be a blowhard slick snake oil salesman because he’s confident in his abilities as a football coach. Maybe I’m being naive here, but I’ve seen nothing from him that says “arrogant a-hole”.
 
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UT IE 95 said:
Much has been discussed of Pruitt getting roasted by the local and national media after laying an absolute egg in week 1. When you win, the coach can treat the media that covers the team anyway he wants with little repercussions. Pruitt has seen this from the HC at his previous "successful" stops. Because as we all know, winning cures all ills. What Pruitt is getting a lesson in right now is what happens when you are an arrogant blow-hard that brings a team out looking like trash in a season opener. Those media folks don't have to hold back on their assessment. The reporters have nothing to fear by calling the team and their performance exactly what it was. And that's exactly what is/was happening.

The bad news for Pruitt is this. He also has very few supporters outside the media. Again - no big deal if you're winning. But it's disastrous if you're a failure.

Here's my story. Late last summer I was in Knoxville watching kids play baseball at Lindsey Nelson. It just so happened that the football team was across the street running some station drills. Nothing special, 10 mins and blow a whistle and rotate. Optimism was still high with the Vol faithful because a new coach was in town bringing hope to a battered fanbase. Well, not long after the football team took the field, 2 college kids were running up and down the street and inside Lindsey Nelson telling kids and their parents that Coach Pruitt sent them to tell everyone that they were having a closed practice and no one could look at the field. I mean seriously. The job of these two goons was to run around telling people to look away - we couldn't gaze upon the sacred field on Pruitt's word.

My thought's on this ludicrous behavior? What a completely self-absorbed tool. I mean really. This guy is telling people to look away - not because they are scheming up some trick plays for the 3rd Saturday in October - this was a run-of-the-mill position station practice. What kind of person tells kids they can't look over at the practice field?

So much like how he's alienated the media - he's alienated the fans. Plenty of people have similar stories of this pompous coach. So when they played like trash on Saturday, my first thought was "what a loser" based on that day last summer. If he had any connection with the fan-base at all maybe I'd be willing to think "it's year two, give the guy a break".

Good luck Pruitt. You're gonna need it. But frankly, you're a victim of your own making.
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Really? You took time to relay this story? Jeez, that’s some lame ish.
 
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This narrative is going to change so quickly if we beat BYU. It’s going to be hilarious. If Pruitt gets 6 and a bowl, he suddenly has leverage again, regardless of what fans think
 
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Johnnyreb#VFL said:
This narrative is going to change so quickly if we beat BYU. It’s going to be hilarious. If Pruitt gets 6 and a bowl, he suddenly has leverage again, regardless of what fans think
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This is true, and one of my biggest fears. If he squeaks by BYU many of our fans will let him hit the reset button. I’ve never understood the mindset.
 
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'Boro-vol said:
This is true, and one of my biggest fears. If he squeaks by BYU many of our fans will let him hit the reset button. I’ve never understood the mindset.
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It'll be a temporary reprieve only I'm afraid. Zumiga and the rest of UF's DL is going to grind our OL into a fine white powder, which unfortunately will not be cocaine.
 
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Johnnyreb#VFL said:
This narrative is going to change so quickly if we beat BYU. It’s going to be hilarious. If Pruitt gets 6 and a bowl, he suddenly has leverage again, regardless of what fans think
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That is a big “if.”

But, “if” it happens, it will buy him another year...but he will still be on the hot seat.
 
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