Pruitt Postgame

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MemphisVol77 said:
I got the complete opposite out of that.

My take was -
"We were completely under prepared and nowhere near what I believe our capacity should be. But Holy Sh!t. Despite not being ready we pulled one out our arse & won..... With the limited practice we've had, I was afraid we might play really sloppy".
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Good for you....but lets not asses the fact that our coach was expecting us to play that way.

You all really can't see the problem with his words...
 
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Carl Pickens said:
Now we have psychologists analyzing coach speak .... VN gonna VN
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except that it WASNT coach speak...

He was being honest as how he perceives his own team.

You all can act like everything is hunky dory. Don't cry as we lose game after game after this season.
 
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LittleVol said:
Good for you....but lets not asses the fact that our coach was expecting us to play that way.

You all really can't see the problem with his words...
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In a game of competition anything short of perfection is problematic if you pick at it enough.

In this instance; No, I really don't see the problem with his words. I don't think by admitting he expected our level of play that he accepts it moving forward.

I appreciate his candor in admitting that we weren't at and didn't play to our potential.

What's the alternative? A sanctimonious "I'm never gonna apologize for a win" like Butch did after the 2016 App St opener?

In 2018 he was willing to answer "I'll get 25 more players next year that are willing to play the game the right way" on his way to the locker room at half time.

I don't think he accepts any substandard preparation and I don't think he'd be as calm about it as he was if he thought it wasn't correctable.

You sure you're not reading too much into it?
 
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MemphisVol77 said:
In a game of competition anything short of perfection is problematic if you pick at it enough.

In this instance; No, I really don't see the problem with his words. I don't think by admitting he expected our level of play that he accepts it moving forward.

I appreciate his candor in admitting that we weren't at and didn't play to our potential.

What's the alternative? A sanctimonious "I'm never gonna apologize for a win" like Butch did after the 2016 App St opener?

In 2018 he was willing to answer "I'll get 25 more players next year that are willing to play the game the right way" on his way to the locker room at half time.

I don't think he accepts any substandard preparation and I don't think he'd be as calm about it as he was if he thought it wasn't correctable.

You sure you're not reading too much into it?
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That's a fair assessment by you.
No. I dont think i'm overthinking it.

I explained why.
We are seeing THE SAME mistakes that have plagued this team since before Pruitt.
- mediocre to bad QB play
- inconsistent run game (fed by loaded box from lack of passing game)
- busted coverage that happens anytime we play a team with similar athletes as ours

And its YEAR 3 and we faced a terrible team that had the same issues preparing because of 2020 being a sucky year, and we almost lost to them.

Did we not show signs of clearly being a better team early on? There were how many drives in the 1st half were we just left points on the field?

Everyone knows I'm all about Brian Maurer and his potential.
But if Pruitt isn't going to let him play...then at least play your 5 star QB you just got to campus!
So it's not just his words, okay. It's his actions that coincide with his rhetoric.
 
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LittleVol said:
This is honesty. But it's not a healthy one.

Here's why...
His perception is that his football team is at or near it's capacity with the given talent. It reeks of complacency in the developing production of his team dynamic...
This team is FAR more talented than 4 point victory over a South Carolina team that can't even win the Sun Belt Conference.

If there is not drastic change in this team's psychological approach, then UGA, BAMA, and UF will beat us by 30 points each...again.

This was more of the same from the past years. They won't win another game
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Freak said:
"We haven't had any wide receivers practice for a long time"
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This is a very important piece of info and him giving JG an out QB's and WR's need reps for timing.tjis didn't come out of nowhere either it's been mentioned a number of times the last few weeks that we didn't have the bodies, mostly because of covid protocols.
 
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LittleVol said:
That's a fair assessment by you.
No. I dont think i'm overthinking it.

I explained why.
We are seeing THE SAME mistakes that have plagued this team since before Pruitt.
- mediocre to bad QB play
- inconsistent run game (fed by loaded box from lack of passing game)
- busted coverage that happens anytime we play a team with similar athletes as ours

And its YEAR 3 and we faced a terrible team that had the same issues preparing because of 2020 being a sucky year, and we almost lost to them.

Did we not show signs of clearly being a better team early on? There were how many drives in the 1st half were we just left points on the field?

Everyone knows I'm all about Brian Maurer and his potential.
But if Pruitt isn't going to let him play...then at least play your 5 star QB you just got to campus!
So it's not just his words, okay. It's his actions that coincide with his rhetoric.
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smh
 
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MemphisVol77 said:
In a game of competition anything short of perfection is problematic if you pick at it enough.

In this instance; No, I really don't see the problem with his words. I don't think by admitting he expected our level of play that he accepts it moving forward.

I appreciate his candor in admitting that we weren't at and didn't play to our potential.

What's the alternative? A sanctimonious "I'm never gonna apologize for a win" like Butch did after the 2016 App St opener?

In 2018 he was willing to answer "I'll get 25 more players next year that are willing to play the game the right way" on his way to the locker room at half time.

I don't think he accepts any substandard preparation and I don't think he'd be as calm about it as he was if he thought it wasn't correctable.

You sure you're not reading too much into it?
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He must be one of them new engineers that don't how to read a slide rule?
 
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LittleVol said:
I explained why.
We are seeing THE SAME mistakes that have plagued this team since before Pruitt.
- mediocre to bad QB play
- inconsistent run game (fed by loaded box from lack of passing game)
- busted coverage that happens anytime we play a team with similar athletes as ours
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-QB play is unacceptable. I knew JG's 2nd throw of the game when he stared down too long and over threw a wide open receiver on the side line, it was gonna be the same old...
Take away B. Johnson's circus catch and JG doesn't pass for a single 3rd conversion. Without that 3rd down catch + the shuffle pass & broken flea flicker = horrible passing statistics.
-Run game? It seemed to me Chaney's trying to pass to set up the run. I don't like that. We should be able to run first. I thought we should have used a 3rd RB for short yardage. I'm concerned we didn't. That's out of character for Pruitt.
-I'm concerned, but probably not as concerned as you are. Other than needing Smamburger & Burrell back we're presently struggling with Crouch at ILB picking up TE's & slot receivers. We've got to find someone with better coverage to back up J. Banks at ILB & push Crouch to OLB. I think Crouch plays better there.
I've posted metrics before about the talent Pruitt's defenses had at his 3 previous DC stops. We've been improving incrementally since Pruitt got here & I believe we'll keep improving.
LittleVol said:
Did we not show signs of clearly being a better team early on? There were how many drives in the 1st half were we just left points on the field?
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Yes & too many.

I think other than Pruitt's tone at the press conference, we agree on more than we disagree
LittleVol said:
Everyone knows I'm all about Brian Maurer and his potential.
But if Pruitt isn't going to let him play...then at least play your 5 star QB you just got to campus!
So it's not just his words, okay. It's his actions that coincide with his rhetoric.
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I'm not convinced Shrout has supplanted a healthy B. Maurer as 2nd string. After JG rushed for a TD did you see who met JG halfway, to jump in the air & celebrate on the sideline?

I'm not convinced a healthy B. Maurer wouldn't have gotten snaps last night.

For the most part, I've stayed out of most JG vs Whoever debates, because I seem to view it more moderately than most. I've mostly compared our present QB situation to Worley/Dobbs.

I expect JG to be supplanted by seasons end. My pick would be Maurer, I've said before I think he has the most upside.

JG played good enough for us to beat Vandy, Arkansas, & Missouri. Maybe Kentucky.

My guess is the 1st QB switch happens half time week 3 against Georgia.
 
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The first game (or two) is strictly “survive and advance.” How’d A&M do as a 30 point favorite?The virus protocols with contact tracing have destroyed whatever continuity we might have had. A few players didn’t make the trip, and others like Gray and McCullough still aren’t 109%. Did we even have any inter squad scrimmages? We had no spring practice, all while transitioning to a new S&C coach.

Yet we played about a dozen true freshman in an SEC game with no tuneup game. It’s the first time since 1988 we opened vs an SEC team. Yes, we failed on 3rd down on both sides, and JG still left points on the field. We didn’t get the ball back to the punter, but it didn’t cost us. SC had two monumental penalties, to zero for us. Despite the chippy play, Banks was the only player involved. It’s his first game in 12 months, he can be coached through this. Otherwise there were almost no penalties. There is a lot of good things i saw out there.
 
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ThreatLevelOrange said:
The first game (or two) is strictly “survive and advance.” How’d A&M do as a 30 point favorite?The virus protocols with contact tracing have destroyed whatever continuity we might have had. A few players didn’t make the trip. Did we even have any inter squad scrimmages? We had no spring practice, all while transitioning to a new S&C coach.

Yet we played several true freshman in an SEC game with no tuneup game. It’s the first time since 1988 we opened vs an SEC team. Yes, we failed on 3rd down on both sides, and JG still left points on the field. We didn’t get the ball back to the punter, but it didn’t cost us. SC had two monumental penalties, to zero for us. Despite the chippy play, Banks was the only player involved. It’s his first game in 12 months, he can be coached through this. Otherwise there were almost no penalties. There is a lot of good things i saw out there.
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Good post, my thoughts also. What you said is what CJP was referring to in his comments. GoVols!
 
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LittleVol said:
That's a fair assessment by you.
No. I dont think i'm overthinking it.

I explained why.
We are seeing THE SAME mistakes that have plagued this team since before Pruitt.
- mediocre to bad QB play
- inconsistent run game (fed by loaded box from lack of passing game)
- busted coverage that happens anytime we play a team with similar athletes as ours

And its YEAR 3 and we faced a terrible team that had the same issues preparing because of 2020 being a sucky year, and we almost lost to them.

Did we not show signs of clearly being a better team early on? There were how many drives in the 1st half were we just left points on the field?

Everyone knows I'm all about Brian Maurer and his potential.
But if Pruitt isn't going to let him play...then at least play your 5 star QB you just got to campus!
So it's not just his words, okay. It's his actions that coincide with his rhetoric.
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In no way, shape, or form is he saying that this team has reached its potential and they just aren’t very good. A statement like that would require a very apathetic tone and he did not have that type of tone in his press conference. He may genuinely believe that but he wasn’t addressing that in his statements. Context means everything
 
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Since when is "survive and advance" against a poor team acceptable???? I have heard so many excuses made for the team being unprepared....other teams were too and adjusted...other team we not...3 years unprepared for the opener....3 years of the same QB mistakes, 3 years of burned by slants....where the improvement...we got lucky....and int and a dumb luck punt return messup by SC won us.....no way we touch Auburn, uga, tamu, bama, or UF....but hey we are TN 5-5 is ok right guys..everyone gets a trophy
 
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whodeycin85 said:
Since when is "survive and advance" against a poor team acceptable???? I have heard so many excuses made for the team being unprepared....other teams were too and adjusted...other team we not...3 years unprepared for the opener....3 years of the same QB mistakes, 3 years of burned by slants....where the improvement...we got lucky....and int and a dumb luck punt return messup by SC won us.....no way we touch Auburn, uga, tamu, bama, or UF....but hey we are TN 5-5 is ok right guys..everyone gets a trophy
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It's week 1. Relax. Enjoy this modified season. 2020 is basically an exhibition season.
 
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LittleVol said:
That's a fair assessment by you.
No. I dont think i'm overthinking it.

I explained why.
We are seeing THE SAME mistakes that have plagued this team since before Pruitt.
- mediocre to bad QB play
- inconsistent run game (fed by loaded box from lack of passing game)
- busted coverage that happens anytime we play a team with similar athletes as ours

And its YEAR 3 and we faced a terrible team that had the same issues preparing because of 2020 being a sucky year, and we almost lost to them.

Did we not show signs of clearly being a better team early on? There were how many drives in the 1st half were we just left points on the field?

Everyone knows I'm all about Brian Maurer and his potential.
But if Pruitt isn't going to let him play...then at least play your 5 star QB you just got to campus!
So it's not just his words, okay. It's his actions that coincide with his rhetoric.
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I agree with you a bunch, I don't here. We don't win that game with '18 season type coaching or players. You also don't win 7 in a row with 4 of those coming away from home if you aren't improving. How many ints would BM have thrown last night?
 
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