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rekinhavoc said:
Btw where is the Pruitt that moved down the sideline toward the defensive backfield and was shouting instructions?
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Everyone* was screaming about that and making fun of the clipboard kick, remember, and demanding that he act "statesmanlike" and stoic and delegate everything to his coordinators. Maybe everyone* got their way?
 
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Anybody that can't see that this is a player problem is blind. All you have to do is watch the younger players to see that the coaching is there. The play calling is limited by the ability of the players but I seldom see the wrong calls made. Game management is also fine.

The younger guys will make mistakes as they learn. They will get beat at times but you rarely see them make bonehead plays like a lot of our upperclassmen.

There is only so much you can do with a lack of speed, lack of depth, lack of football intelligence, will and discipline in older players....a QB who has no downfield vision or touch or pocket presence and a safety who can't diagnose plays.

I won't judge Pruitt harshly until this roster is flipped. If recruiting rules still allowed teams to sign 30-35 players this rebuild would have been much faster.

Not getting older players to buy in is a knock against this staff but how many of them could start for other SEC teams. Young guys playing well tells me that coaching and evaluation is fine.
 
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SLICKYINC said:
Don’t know what going on back there but Pruitt and DA didn’t suddenly forget how to coach. Imo
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Theo has looked good. Taylor looked good last year, but has struggled in the switch to zone this year. Thompson it was his first game of the year. Burell is a freshman and is learning. Besides Warrior busting coverages every few plays, its just young guys learning imo
 
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rekinhavoc said:
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 ?
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What concerns me is Pruitt's demeanor. He says the right things but I don't see much emotion behind it. It's like they've put him on ritilen or something. Different from last year. Not sure if they've told him to turn it down or what.

I'm a firm believer that emotion is a huge factor in college sports. That's what makes college football the greatest sport on earth. I also believe teams take on the personality of their coach(s). This team is very limited in their excitement. They just don't look like it is very fun, almost a chore for them to be playing. I find the whole thing very weird.
 
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JCP201 said:
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.
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Shrout gets the ball out quicker and sees the field better, too. So we have two backup options. Throwing them into the fire against UGA or Bama is a tough situation. Pruitt seems willing to ride with JG. Chaney either agrees or needs to advocate. Playcalling for a QB he doesn't trust to throw is going to be hard to watch.
 
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LA Vol said:
Shrout gets the ball out quicker and sees the field better, too. So we have two backup options. Throwing them into the fire against UGA or Bama is a tough situation. Pruitt seems willing to ride with JG. Chaney either agrees or needs to advocate. Playcalling for a QB he doesn't trust to throw is going to be hard to watch.
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Watching the play calling change when Maurer came in told me all I needed to know about Chaney's feelings on JG
 
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mr.checkerboards said:
Bailey, Bailey, Bailey... No matter what happens this kid is the key to any chance of future success. We need him to come in next year and be ready to take the job as a freshman.
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We are a 7-8 win team with Bailey at QB....even as a freshman. Pass protection is fine. Our rebuild is delayed a year while we wait for him but we would be stupid to abandon ship now.

Sign him anda few quality WR, OL, DL and another ready to play LB and this thing turns around quick.
 
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LA Vol said:
Firing people is not UT's Achilles heel. For the most part, the people who were fired either weren't doing their job or weren't right for the job, and replacing them should have been good for the university and the program. Bad timing and hiring bad replacements-- that's the root cause of UT's continual decline. Making the same mistakes over and over and over and over and over again led us to where we are.
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I agree which is why I'm not as quick to jump on firing automatically. Some good posters here making good points about red flags.
The problem is no one here has given me a legitimate reason why it'll be different this time.
 
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mr.checkerboards said:
Watching the play calling change when Maurer came in told me all I needed to know about Chaney's feelings on JG
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I didn’t see any plays called any different other than he went away from the run, being down 21 kinda does that though. BM just happened to come in and actually ran the plays as they were designed.
 
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SLICKYINC said:
Don’t know what going on back there but Pruitt and DA didn’t suddenly forget how to coach. Imo
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I think a lot of the backend issues are overblown. When you give any D1 QB (not named JG) that much time they are going to find an open receiver. Defense is forced to blitz LB’s to get any semblance of pressure and it opens up the middle of the field. Bigger issue is defensive line and the fact they can’t beat the man in front of them.
 
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