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Kingston Vol said:
So, I’m seeing some folks suggesting the fanbase is not happy with Pruitt and he would be squarely on the hot seat with a loss this weekend.

1) do you feel that way?
2) I’m stunned, if it’s the case, that I’m not leading the charge.

I like Pruitt and think he’s done a good job. I’d rate it about 7/10.
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I know I’m late, BUT, in response to “some folks”,

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KB5252 said:
I'm entertaining the idea, I'm not convinced either way yet but I'm beginning to lean toward an issue with the staff. Time will tell. It very well could be true that they are as good as they will get but then that goes back to a possible issue with evaluation. And yes this season and a lack of off-season did but help at all. I hope they get this going and soon.
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eh. i think JG is what he is and i think his celing is just not very high.

it was the single biggest concern for 2020 as soon as the bowl game ended.....it wasn't a surprise or an unknown. for us to take another step, we absolutely had to/have to get better at QB.

and you lose that entire off season.....i think that mattered a lot. it mattered to JG (to what degree, who knows...i can't tell you that i'm positive the performance would be that much different than we've seen so far this season, and i was skeptical it would be even with the full off season), it mattered for HB, shrout and maurer as well...HB in particular....we went from wondering if he could put himself in to position to compete for the 1 or 2 spot, to him being a complete non factor with no real QB competition to speak of.

blaming the staff for evals or development or whatever at this point is just kinda lazy....i think it's fair to say that while we targeted HB early on and recruited him with purpose, we kinda "wound up" with the other two guys....since we werent' able to land any of the others we went after, and chose not to go after Sam Howell, as has already been discussed. now if you want to cast some blame for not doing that, fine, i'm gonna agree with you....but past that.....i think the single biggest issue the staff faced with the QB room is that i don't think anyone anticpated JG's struggles to continue at the same pace for a lot of the same reasons all 3 years he'd be at the helm at TN.
 
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jakez4ut said:
eh. i think JG is what he is and i think his celing is just not very high.

it was the single biggest concern for 2020 as soon as the bowl game ended.....it wasn't a surprise or an unknown. for us to take another step, we absolutely had to/have to get better at QB.

and you lose that entire off season.....i think that mattered a lot. it mattered to JG (to what degree, who knows...i can't tell you that i'm positive the performance would be that much different than we've seen so far this season, and i was skeptical it would be even with the full off season), it mattered for HB, shrout and maurer as well...HB in particular....we went from wondering if he could put himself in to position to compete for the 1 or 2 spot, to him being a complete non factor with no real QB competition to speak of.

blaming the staff for evals or development or whatever at this point is just kinda lazy....i think it's fair to say that while we targeted HB early on and recruited him with purpose, we kinda "wound up" with the other two guys....since we werent' able to land any of the others we went after, and chose not to go after Sam Howell, as has already been discussed. now if you want to cast some blame for not doing that, fine, i'm gonna agree with you....but past that.....i think the single biggest issue the staff faced with the QB room is that i don't think anyone anticpated JG's struggles to continue at the same pace for a lot of the same reasons all 3 years he'd be at the helm at TN.
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It's possible we were snake bit with qb's as you state but it's difficult for me to imagine we were that unlucky when others around the league have been able to develop qb's with similar ratings out of high school.

I think we'll know for sure with HB once he's given the reigns. Not being lazy as much as astonished we've struck out to the point we have, we're either unlucky as hell or struggle to evaluate/develop, but sure there's any other explanation.
 
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