Recruiting Forum Football Talk II

[Pane di mais]

Fulmer was a coordinator when he got his first HC job.

 

[Big Gucci Sosa]

Pruitt wants out?

 

[Rishvol]

Pruitt wants out?

That's what it seems some posters are saying

 

[Big Gucci Sosa]

That's what it seems some posters are saying

So it’s just speculation

 

[SLICKYINC]

So it’s just speculation

As usual

 

[BruinVol]

So it’s just speculation

Yes

 

[Pane di mais]

So, when do we get the list?

 

[InVOLuntary]

Here lies the problem. When ticket sales dwindle to nothing and season tickets drop even farther does the admin make a change to try and save a buck or ride out the storm with Pruitt and hope he is the answer

That's the 25 million dollar question. We enter that back 1/3 of the schedule with 1 win. Neyland will be a ghost town.

 

[csprig9]

Here lies the problem. When ticket sales dwindle to nothing and season tickets drop even farther does the admin make a change to try and save a buck or ride out the storm with Pruitt and hope he is the answer

This is always an argument that doesn’t happen
They lower prices and will still fill the stadium if need be

 

[BruinVol]

So, when do we get the list?

Here you go.


Philip Fulmer
Justin Wilcox
Bronco Mendenhall

 

[mr.checkerboards]

ok last thought for now, Does Pruitt play JG vs UGA and BAMA then goes to Mauer after that. That hopefully his confidence does get shot and he doesn't get killed in games this team has no chance of winning.

 

[LA Vol]

IDT it's as unfixable as it looks. I think most of our immediate issues stem from the QB position. We can't score and we can't move the ball. The OL is better and will continue to improve, and the D would hold up better if they weren't on the field too much due to the O's ineffectiveness.

If we can develop a QB as the season goes on, we could salvage something at the back end-- enough to keep the core recruits who really want to be at UT and have bought-in to rebuilding. If we flat-out don't have a QB on the roster that can help us this year, we're in trouble. We don't have the depth on D to overcome a completely ineffective offense.

 

[InVOLuntary]

That was probably my fault on the speculation that Pruitt wants out. I tried to clarify that by saying I don't see Pruitt as a quitter.

 

[JCP201]

It starts with an effective QB and leadership at the QB position. Not sure we have it or can get it, but IMO, the season hinges on it. We would be 3-1, maybe even 4-0 with it, and we could go 2-10 or 1-11 without it. Vandy scored 38 points against LSU. We could lose every game left if we don't get better play-- from somebody-- at QB.

I have watched all these games from beginning to end, and although there have been some blistering mistakes in all positions, I feel like there has been improvement everywhere but the quarterback position. (receiving, but I'm blaming that on the quarterback--too hard passes, throwing over their heads, etc) I don't know how JG could regress worse than he was the last two seasons, but he has. Maybe it's all the coaching changes. The thing I saw in Maurer that JG doesn't possess is a quickness to get the ball out of his hands and more fluid hand offs. The rest of it is just a matter of learning on the field and taking the knocks like every quarterback who has to play brutal opponents. I don't know if he can win any of these games, but I feel more comfortable when he is in there, surprisingly.

 

[Vfl2407]

Here you go.


Philip Fulmer
Justin Wilcox
Bronco Mendenhall

Nope, when you need a miracle, ask a man of the cloth.
Go to Liberty and bring home Reverend Freeze & his little black book of believers.

 

[JohnnyD1024]

Here you go.


Philip Fulmer
Justin Wilcox
Bronco Mendenhall

I thought Wilcox didn't like the south?

 

[BruinVol]

That was probably my fault on the speculation that Pruitt wants out. I tried to clarify that by saying I don't see Pruitt as a quitter.

You were clear

 

[Pane di mais]

No, I meant the list confirming that all the SEC starting line-ups are filled with true freshmen. Hank was working on it, then he got distracted, apparently, ogling that comic masterpiece King Lear at Pullman.

 

[BruinVol]

I thought Wilcox didn't like the south?

Possible

I don’t know

 

[mr.checkerboards]

IDT it's as unfixable as it looks. I think most of our immediate issues stem from the QB position. We can't score and we can't move the ball. The OL is better and will continue to improve, and the D would hold up better if they weren't on the field too much due to the O's ineffectiveness.

If we can develop a QB as the season goes on, we could salvage something at the back end-- enough to keep the core recruits who really want to be at UT and have bought-in to rebuilding. If we flat-out don't have a QB on the roster that can help us this year, we're in trouble. We don't have the depth on D to overcome a completely ineffective offense.

I agree that QB is the main issue. Besides Dobbs what QB has TN had in this decade long rebuild. For whatever reason we just haven't been able to get one

 

[volatil]

I thought Wilcox didn't like the south?

Does he like money?

 

[rekinhavoc]

That was probably my fault on the speculation that Pruitt wants out. I tried to clarify that by saying I don't see Pruitt as a quitter.

I think he is frustrated son of a gun. I was ticked we finished the game with three timeouts and he had Maurer handing off the ball. It was garbage time and the game was out of reach why not let the kid see if he could get a garbage td ?

 

[LA Vol]

That was probably my fault on the speculation that Pruitt wants out. I tried to clarify that by saying I don't see Pruitt as a quitter.

I thought you were pretty clear that you were just wondering if that might be a possibility.

 

[rekinhavoc]

Btw where is the Pruitt that moved down the sideline toward the defensive backfield and was shouting instructions?

 

[InVOLuntary]

On the QB issue, I can't fathom they've not known what they've had in JG given the last year, spring practice, and fall camp. They should have had one of the other two QBs ready by now. Pruitt has said neither is ready. I'd argue JG isn't ready either. It's on the staff that Shrout or Mauer aren't ready enough to take over for JG. My gut tells me that they're trying too hard to make JG the QB.