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HankHill said:
Eh. Dooleys first class trumps provably them all honestly.

Da’rick
Ja’wuan James
Justin Hunter
Bray
James Stone
Zach Fulton
Mychael Rivera
Matt darr
Palardy

Obviously it’s playing to the result but getting 9 NFL players in a single class is ridiculously impressive.
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Hmmmmm Kiffin.
 
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unfrozencvmanvol said:
You were smarter than me, I thought 7-5, but I counted GSU and BYU and while I still see us having good chances at wins against Kentucky, UAB, and Chattanooga, I no longer see it as likely we win more than 1 of the Vandy, USCe and Mizzou games. Maybe we surprise MSU, but that'd still get us only to 5-7. I just can't see how Pruitt is the savior of the program if he wasn't able to get the team sufficiently prepared to beat Georgia State on opening weekend, but I agree, if he can't get to 5 wins his seat will be sizzling hot next year.
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Personally, I think he needs to get to 6 wins or else his seat is scalding.
 
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I still like Pruitt.

He just looks and feels like a ball coach. I want him to continue to coach these guys up. He may not be the guy who can put it all together, but he can keep the seat warm and create respect out of our program.

Maybe whomever he hands it off to (or gets it handed off for him) can make a champion out of them.
 
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Darth_Shiveman said:
I wanna give @gunner a shoutout for his posts a few weeks back. I gave him s*** for his assessment of this team, but was was way closer to the truth than I was. I thought JG could be a serviceable QB for us. I was totally wrong.

2 weeks into the season, my observations and questions:

  1. We're still not talented enough to give anything other than 100% balls to the wall effort to have a chance to win games
  2. We have some young defenders who can do that, but disorganization on defense is still a problem.
  3. OL is much improved and depth seems to be there. I'm still not a fan of all the rotation, but it may pay off for Darnell and Wanya down the road.
  4. Gray is elusive as hell and Chandler's speed can kill. Still worried about how they'll hold up down the stretch since both aren't big backs. How healthy these guys can stay will likely determine how the rest of this season goes.
  5. Will playing Banks and Crouch on defense pay off for us? Without a QB worth half a s***, it looks like we need a bigger back on offense and those may be the two guys with the highest upside as bigger backs on the roster. Do they (and the defense as a whole) come along far enough to justify taking both off of offense?
  6. Front 7 shows flashes when the effort is there. To'to'o may be a star in the making and the DL is looked way better week 2. Can our DL continue to show this kind of effort and improve throughout the season?
  7. Alignment and substitutions have been an issue. Is this because we're playing so many young guys, or is it more inherent issues stemming from coaching?
  8. Cimaglia may be our best offensive weapon and STs has been good. Should we just give up on being a high scoring offense and just start scheming to get into range for him?
  9. Can we bring along Shrout or Maurer enough to give the offense more juice? Sitting at 0-2, a bowl game doesn't seem too likely. Can we develop one of these guys enough to take over in the back half of the schedule and maybe give us some momemtum heading into the 2020 season with Bailey arriving on campus?

If the coaching staff can bring the same type of effort from the BYU game through the rest of the 20109 season and finish relatively strongly in recruiting this year, then you've gotta just be patient and see what the staff can do. A decent QB has this team at 2-0. JG is never gonna be consistently decent. Can Shrout or Maurer dethrone him and give us a chance in some of our remaining games? Can the staff keep the team playing as hard as they did Saturday even if a bowl game becomes unlikely or impossible? Can we maybe play remaining opponents close enough to sell that we're just a QB (Bailey?) and a playmaker or two on defense away from competing again?

This team still has a ton of question marks from top to bottom. At this point, I'm just interested to see how much the staff can salvage from from this disastrous start. It looks like this team has a few veterans who can play and some hungry youngsters. Can the staff keep them focused throughout the year and down the stretch? Will they be able to keep upperclassmen (who may be looking ahead to the NFL) focused? Will our talented youngsters improve throughout the year? Do the DL, front 7 as a whole, and OL show progress throughout the year?


These are the questions that will make or break Pruitt. He's got a roster that has some good football players, but few or no superstars, and is inherently flawed because of no QB who can threaten defenses. Can he find a way to coach around this and show progress to recruits? Can he grow as a coach and put together a game plan that gives us a chance to steal some wins as the season goes on?

A bowl seems very, very unlikely. Can we still manage to play balls to the wall week in week out and steal a game or two? Can he find a way to get to 5 or 6 wins and make that seem like progress to recruits?

I'm resigned to accepting that we're on the UK path to a rebuild and we're just gonna have to accept and roll with 3-4 years instilling a culture before we can really be a threat to win any meaningful games. But if the staff can continue to recruit like they have since they've been here and get the team to play like they did Saturday night, then we'll really just be a QB away from being a fun team to watch.
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Thanks for the shout out, but it’s really unnecessary, JG has been worse than I thought otherwise this team is 2-0 with a serviceable QB that can hit open WR’s and not turnover the ball over.

I hope JG improves because the coaches aren’t even going consider playing one of the Freshman QB’s.

If JG continues to play this way 2-10 is very likely regardless of how much the rest of the team improves.
 
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BearCat204 said:
You should know I don't give a **** so roast me, but I'm not giving up on Pruitt until the end of the season if he can't turn it around to something at least respectable.
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That's about where I am at. He made this harder on himself than it needed to be. The only thing that speeds that up is if the team checks out on him. I was curious how they would respond after GSU. That wasnt the issue.
 
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Big Gucci Sosa said:
been like this for years
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I've been reluctant to say it but since you're going there, perpetually throwing short of the sticks combined with inability take one yard without trickery reminds me of late Fulmer ball.

I remain optimistic that given a few more classes, CJP is going to revel in punching some peeps in the mouf.
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