Does Pruitt’s grammar matter at all to you?

[Vfl2407]

My feeling is that it matters more at 0-2 than 2-0.
I will say, as someone with family members who were teachers, that it does bother me.
To claim to be an institution of higher learning, you’d think we could get him an English tutor.
But being honest, if he upsets Florida and gets us to a bowl game, I won’t care how he “done” it.

 

[jpope9]

honestly, who gives a ****?

 

[SmokyRiverDog]

Does punctuation matter?

 

[SDV]

“They done” “we was”

It’s lazy English, but can be corrected with ease.

 

[EconVol92]

He's coaching football not teaching freshman English, so I'm good.

 

[wmcovol]

Hes from bamer. What on earth did you expect?

 

[landscapingvol]

No but his coaching abilities do

 

[Volsfaninva917]

He's coaching football not teaching freshman English, so I'm good.

He sucks equally at both

 

[Pacer92]

I bet Bear Bryant could enunciate with the best of em...

 

[UTK]

If you know what someone means or is trying to say, grammar doesn't really matter honestly.

 

[Vol$_Deep_11_9]

Who cares? He can be dumber than a bag of hammers, he can sound goofy as a pet coon, just win games and it won’t matter

 

[Tennesseefan2019]

No,however his coaching ability or the lack thereof does matter a hell of a lot.

 

[ProudVOLfan]

No.. he is not a teacher so I couldn't care less

 

[GAVol]

How someone speaks always matters but I don't think it necessarily signals success. People with bad grammar can still be good communicators and vice versa. Derek Dooley was probably the most articulate man that's ever held the job, and we know how that turned out.

 

[DonDiego]

Does punctuation matter?

Point out the punctuation errors.

 

[joevol33]

Im from Kentucky, don't bother me

 

[GTBATV]

Ogeron sounds like the cookie monster, but he is finally winning in Baton Rouge, so no one cares. Pruitt starts winning and the complaining about what he wears or how he sounds should go away. It probably won't, but it should.

 

[Tennesseefan2019]

Im from Kentucky, don't bother me

Bear Bryant sounded a lot worse than Jeremy Pruitt and look how many games he won at Bammer

 

[DonDiego]

My feeling is that it matters more at 0-2 than 2-0.
I will say, as someone with family members who were teachers, that it does bother me.
To claim to be an institution of higher learning, you’d think we could get him an English tutor.
But, being honest, if he upsets Florida and gets us to a bowl game, I won’t care how he “done” it.

It really doesn't matter that much to me because he's a Bama grad. If he had graduated from UT, I have to admit I would cringe a little when he is on national TV or something. A lot of East Tennesseans speak that way, but you would think a guy with a college education and, I suppose, a HS teacher at one time would do a little better.

 

[hmhawk]

My feeling is that it matters more at 0-2 than 2-0.
I will say, as someone with family members who were teachers, that it does bother me.
To claim to be an institution of higher learning, you’d think we could get him an English tutor.
But, being honest, if he upsets Florida and gets us to a bowl game, I won’t care how he “done” it.

How do you handle VolNation or other message boards? Grammar and punctuation and spelling are terrible. Mine included.

 

[BeecherVol]

How someone speaks always matters but I don't think it necessarily signals success. People with bad grammar can still be good communicators and vice versa. Derek Dooley was probably the most articulate man that's ever held the job, and we know how that turned out.

We need us a coach that speaks that king's anglish.

 

[volfannbama]

No body cares, except granmer nazis and nobody likes them.

Now his apparent inability to coach a winning football team is another story.

 

[Orange_Vol1321]

honestly, who gives a ****?

I don't. He can grunt like a caveman for his 20 minute press conferences for all I care. Just win.

 

[kcvols1]

If you know what someone means or is trying to say, grammar doesn't really matter honestly.

My Mom - at 76 - is STILL correcting folks grammar in a local Catholic school, so I'm probably biased in favor of grammar.

Grammar completely matters, which I think is why Pruitt speaks the way he does. Country grammar can be quite effective, and effective communicators always tailor the message to their audiences.

For instance, when I tell the neighbor's dog to "GEETOWNAHHTAHEEYAH!", she reacts and immediately leaves - even mid-dump.

By contrast, if I said, "Excuse me, Snickers, would you kindly cease and desist your unsanitary trespass and depart these premises immediately?" I seriously doubt it would be as effective.

 

[RollerVol]

much rather listen to Coach Pruitt than Butch...

GO BIG ORANGE...BEAT THE MOCS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!