Recruiting Forum Football Talk II

[BigOrangeVols]

lol you are comparing Tee Martin and Peyton Manning ?

I don’t think I was. Not sure how you’d gather that.

 

[BigOrangeVols]

Bailey will be a freshman....

He said 5 not 10, omg

 

[BigOrangeVols]

Our problem has been giving coaches too long, not a lack of patience. Cut bait with loser Bama boy and promote Tee.

 

[eVOLve]

I think it’s safe to say Pruitt has a higher ceiling than butch probably. If next year saban retired and you gave Pruitt 10 years and butch 10 years with an established program i think Pruitt probably wins more games.

But in terms of building from the ground Butch got us some really good players and we were competitive really quick despite taking over a worse situation from Dooley than Pruitt took over for him. (Not arguing about it anymore just my opinion).

The question is can Pruitt ever get it off the ground? Not looking good right now.

I agree. I think Pruitt has a higher ceiling.

 

[millst987]

All of this butch talk...yuk

 

[UpstateVol613]

Butch got an NFL offensive line left to him.

Coach as well. He was like “Nah I’m gonna ride with Don Mahoney...hold my beer.”

 

[AngryButchJones]

Did HoleintheRoof delete his account or something?

 

[jakez4ut]

I agree. I think Pruitt has a higher ceiling.

So if that's the case why not give him time to see if he reaches it or at least looks like he could?

Butch got his chance to sustain what he started and couldn't.

Pruitt is doing a complete rebuild. No QB. Has to rebuild both lines of scrimmage...

Not gonna happen overnight.

No one thinks what has happened is acceptable.

 

[RyanWalkerPGH]

Your smoking crack, UVA plays in a dog sh$$ conference. There is no comparison.

We've played one SEC opponent through 4 games lol Bronco would coach circles around Pruitt at this stage.

 

[BruinVol]

I agree. I think Pruitt has a higher ceiling.

I don’t know how on earth we can say that at this point. 9 wins looks a million miles away. This might end up being true but at this point I’d disagree and say he never gets to 9 wins

 

[Memphisvol87]

We've played one SEC opponent through 4 games lol Bronco would coach circles around Pruitt at this stage.

We need a bowl so I won’t argue those games don’t matter for us, but hiring a guy because he can beat cupcakes? That hasn’t caused us to be exactly where we are or anything. Pruitt had us pull off auburn and Kentucky last year. We’ve also been in position to win those games you’re talking about this year. You may be right but we need the rest of the season to play out.

 

[RyanWalkerPGH]

We need a bowl so I won’t argue those games don’t matter for us, but hiring a guy because he can beat cupcakes? That hasn’t caused us to be exactly where we are or anything. Pruitt had us pull off auburn and Kentucky last year. We’ve also been in position to win those games you’re talking about this year. You may be right but we need the rest of the season to play out.

Bronco Mendenhall was highly successful at BYU for a decade. I've seen Michigan fans on twitter saying they wouldn't be fans anymore if they hired him. I think people are selling him very short.

 

[HankHill]

So if that's the case why not give him time to see if he reaches it or at least looks like he could?

Butch got his chance to sustain what he started and couldn't.

Pruitt is doing a complete rebuild. No QB. Has to rebuild both lines of scrimmage...

Not gonna happen overnight.

No one thinks what has happened is acceptable.

If Pruitt wins 4 games in year two we will all be very disappointed but definitely keep him.

You’re gonna have to give him an extension to appeal to recruits and potential assistants because surely you’re going to replace 3-5 assistants whether you’re firing or they are leaving. The hardest thing to do is convince a proven coach to leave a comfortable situation to join a coach that is on the hot seat. Especially considering you basically have 4 guaranteed losses next year in bama, uga, @ Oklahoma, And Florida.

It’s what ultimately got butch and Dooley fired. Butch’s last staff outside of shoop is the worst collection of coaches I’ve ever seen.

Same thing with Dooley. Wilcox leaves and Dooley can’t land a proven DC so he hires Grimace as his DC and that was all she wrote.

 

[rekinhavoc]

One thing Pruitt thought he could count on didn't pan out. He thought Chaney would come in and do some QB whispering. I also think he has some upperclassmen that don't mean it when they slap the sign. I think he will be better after this recruiting class. Should be better next fall and the following fall should be in the hunt for the East. He has to Andy Dufresne this sucker right now.

P.S. I also believe this team will improve as this season goes on.

 

[Ashevolle]

Our problem has been giving coaches too long, not a lack of patience. Cut bait with loser Bama boy and promote Tee.

Yeah, no.

 

[Ashevolle]

If Pruitt wins 4 games in year two we will all be very disappointed but definitely keep him.

You’re gonna have to give him an extension to appeal to recruits and potential assistants because surely you’re going to replace 3-5 assistants whether you’re firing or they are leaving. The hardest thing to do is convince a proven coach to leave a comfortable situation to join a coach that is on the hot seat. Especially considering you basically have 4 guaranteed losses next year in bama, uga, @ Oklahoma, And Florida.

It’s what ultimately got butch and Dooley fired. Butch’s last staff outside of shoop is the worst collection of coaches I’ve ever seen.

Same thing with Dooley. Wilcox leaves and Dooley can’t land a proven DC so he hires Grimace as his DC and that was all she wrote.

You do not extend a coach who only wins 4 games.

 

[Smyrna ATL Vol]

Giving Pruitt a mulligan this year makes sense. Get Bailey in, then if he doesn't win at least 5 games next year, cut bait.

If he doesn’t get us a bowl game by year three, he should be let go before he even leaves the field for the last game. If we give him a mulligan for this year, I would expect at least seven next year to prove it was just a fluke and terrible QB play really did kill us.

 

[titansvolsfaninga]

Our problem has been giving coaches too long, not a lack of patience. Cut bait with loser Bama boy and promote Tee.

amazing irony in your post....you in all your wisdom, think 16 games is too long.

 

[millst987]

Maybe Chaney goes full on check with me and takes all of JG’s decision processing. I’m not sure why he’s still getting his shot, but this all Chaney’s decision imo

 

[titansvolsfaninga]

If he doesn’t get us a bowl game by year three, he should be let go before he even leaves the field for the last game. If we give him a mulligan for this year, I would expect at least seven next year to prove it was just a fluke and terrible QB play really did kill us.

so require him to win 7 games with a Freshman QB?

 

[Smyrna ATL Vol]

The humor has definitely gone up. Acceptance stage. I’m all for it.

I think everyone knows we are bad but we all just want hope and not to talk about it all the time. I think we all will just see how the season unfolds and make our decisions on Pruitt after that. I will be out if we win two. I’ll be on the fence at 4. If he makes a bowl, I’m back on the train and QB play really did kill him. You’ve been given a lot of grief but I understand wanting to win and being tired of excuses.

 

[HankHill]

Man this team looks like it was walking into a funeral.

 

[JohnnyD1024]

We've played one SEC opponent through 4 games lol Bronco would coach circles around Pruitt at this stage.

Plus other than Alabama, Georgia and LSU no one in The SEC are world beaters.

 

[VolInDayton]

I feel like this board gives way too much credit to game day coaching.

 

[titansvolsfaninga]

Man this team looks like it was walking into a funeral.

that is telling, although I did not see JG. I think JG has actually checked out. Like a bad relationship, he wants to get out but is too comfortable to leave. Will just stick with it until we break up with him. PRUITT, PLEASE DUMP HIS ASS!