Recruiting Forum Football Talk II

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revjayp said:
Here’s my “problem” with Pruitt being declared safe no matter what. I’ll begin by saying I think firing Pruitt would be catastrophic and set us back 3-4 more years. As much as I don’t buy he’s the guy, we can’t fire a coach after 2 seasons.

Unless...

There is obvious regression throughout the team, players aren’t getting better as the games go on and discipline issues begin to arise. Those are signs that a coach has quit and/or lost the team. At that point, a change has to be made. I don’t see how you could keep him if he doesn’t want to be here or if him being here is making things obviously worst.
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JMO.

The QB has regressed. Easy to see. Hard to manage when he was average before that regression. His back ups are just not ready.
The OL is better. Not there yet, but its easy to see improvement.
The RBs are better. Chandler has played well when given the ball and Gray has been solid as a Fr.
The WRs/TEs at worse are the same. Their progression is hard to gauge with the QB problems.

The DL as a whole has regressed. The edges are decent but we re not near good enough in the middle. You could make an argument that graduation played a role here. But I don't think thats all of it.
The LBs are better. Better talent and now are relatively healthy.
The secondary is about the same or slightly worse. Thompson being out hurt. Taylor has looked like the same guy. NW is about the same which just isn't good enough. Jackson and some of the young guys have flashed but still have a ways to go.

Its not earth shattering but the offense is one player away from being pretty good. Good enough to win 8 or 9 games.
The defense is struggling because the DL can't get to the QB. And we re struggling at S. The more you blitz, the more you hang out your secondary. Its a necessary risk right now but its gonna come at a price.
 
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MoCo_Vol said:
I miss the GoT ranting in this thread... :(


Also I kinda cringe every time someone mentions the ignore list they got. Like idgaf if you got me on ignore, lol who the hell is you? Ya'll just a bunch of screen names and random mini pictures. Get over yourselves :p
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They won best drama series...in a year the Emmys had their lowest ratings ever. 😎
 
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Kingston Vol said:
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Hey, @Atlanta VOL, do you care to elaborate on what has changed since July 29th? I understand this team may be worse/less talented than we all imagined, but there’s no way 4 or 5 fewer wins shouldn't be a “major disappointment” and cause “trouble internally.”
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The internal trouble is there. No question about that.
However JP is protected currently hence why I made the comment I did.
 
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Atlanta VOL said:
The internal trouble is there. No question about that.
However JP is protected currently hence why I made the comment I did.
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Understood.

In your opinion, is there a minimum level of expectations going forward? Is it a win/loss record? Individual player progression? I understand it’s likely a mixed bag of all these things - I just don’t understand how a coach survives winning less than 4 games at the University of Tennessee - especially when expectations were widely considered to be 6 wins minimum.
 
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