Pruitt can't say he wasn't warned...

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Not in the hate Pruitt group but hard for me to understand why any coach doesn't seem willing to give another player a chance when the starting player say QB is playing horribly. We've had a lot of stubborn coaches like this even Fulmer was playing Levine over a freshman that just needed his chance. When a QB is passing for more yards to the opponent than their own QB time to let someone else play.
 
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MemphisVol77 said:
If you don't send a mixed tape, you're not even trying to get their attention.
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You sold me on the idea. I’m starting letters to Brian Snitker, Jeremy Pruitt, Troy Calhoun, Bud Black, and Vic Fangio right now. Should I write individual letters or just use a one and send it to all of them?
 
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The Ron Mexico said:
There are people that write letters to the players and coaches.

Let that sink in.
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Lol, it wasn't until I got older that I realized how utterly creepy some fans are about following 18-22 year olds playing a game. None of it registered when I was a kid, I thought how cool it was how into it people were.

Now......

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whodeycin85 said:
What dictates a "negavol"?
Is it someone with critical thought that doesn't follow the orange tinted sheep mentality???
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Pretty much. I’m 54 and My whole life, I’ve been hearing “if you don’t hate this team you’re not a true Vol fan”. Happiness is genetic. You got it or you don’t.
genetically unhappy need to find things to keep them at a comfortable level of unhappiness, and it turns out Tennessee football can provide that.
 
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He doesn't care. He makes 4 MM a year.

The Tall Gguy said:
Excerpt from a letter to Pruitt just after he was hired:

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However, I think you are coming into something you don't fully understand.
At first you will see great support here on Volnation. Our fanbase has a tendency to worship our coaches. Don't let this fool you, because it was the EXACT same way with our previous 2 coaches. This fanbase will turn on you, even the coach worshippers. It is a cycle. Coach announced...great support...not much progress...support lost. You can look back over Volnation for the past 2 hires and confirm this. This even happened with the Kiffin hire. These coach worshippers will act like they never liked your hire.
We have been rebuilding for a decade and most fans are sick of it...."
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The Tall Gguy said:
It's just an infinite loop now...coach announced, sunshine pumpers and coach worshippers tell us we hit the jackpot and was the one we wanted all the time. Losses pile up, problems on and off the field mount, confidence is shaken, negavols pounce, worshippers and pumpers defend to the death, coach proves incompetence, firing, NegaVols say I told you so, worshippers and pumpers say they never liked that coach anyway. Repeat.
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So what was the warning?
Do a great job and they will love you like they do nick and dabo but suck and they will not , just like every other fan base in the country??
 
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GetYouSomeofThat said:
Yep
I took a verbal beating for wondering why we hired a freaking coordinator.


Of course the same line of derense is still being used today..."Well whou would YOU have hired?"
Which is a bs excuse for any of the last 4 hires ( of which CBJ will likely prove to be the best of the lot)

If the Aggies can hire Jimbo and MSU can hire Leach..we could have hired a proven Power 5 HC.


But instead we dallied with a guy that almost certainly turned a blind eye to the horrors happening at Penn St and a Bama Boy who was estatic to get an offer for a HC apprenticeship from a place like UT.

Maybe Pruitt can learn and become a championship caliber coach.but history is not on his side
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Jimbo might have been OK but Leach would have been no better than Dooley. I still think we have a coach who can be better than our last three. He still has to do some better recruiting in a couple of areas; TE, LB, and a QB every year. A QB coach is needed badly.
 
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Pruitt is drawing the ire of the fans because once you start losing to Vanderbilt and Kentucky all bets are off. You are no different than the players performance on the field. As a matter of fact he and his staff are an extension of it.

It's not like this was a rare occurence from some of the same positions that have struggled. We've seen this act over and over and we've wondered what it's going to take to make some position changes. That is why fans are irate. I like that there are good character young men on the team but they still have to produce on the field. The championship programs demand it.

What we saw was hard headedness again until it exploded in our faces again i.e. Georgia State and BYU, in addition to not being competitive against UGA, UF and Alabama though most have been allowing a pass on the last 3 teams.
 
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It’s a QB driven game. JG got Jones fired and is on the verge of getting JP fired.

Win and you are a hero, if you can’t win it’s time to move on.

It’s on JP for putting his trust in JG.

I can predict the future with the same accuracy as the next guy. Who knows? JG might get it together and start playing like a champ. If I was JP, HB would take every QB1 snap in every practice and game until further notice. A freshman mistake is unacceptable from a 5th or 6th year senior.
 
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VOLINVONORE said:
Jimbo might have been OK but Leach would have been no better than Dooley. I still think we have a coach who can be better than our last three. He still has to do some better recruiting in a couple of areas; TE, LB, and a QB every year. A QB coach is needed badly.
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He has absolutely done worse to this point in his time as a HC here. Why so many want to argue that he is better isn’t something i understand.
 
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whodeycin85 said:
What dictates a "negavol"?
Is it someone with critical thought that doesn't follow the orange tinted sheep mentality???
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The problem is much like the rest of politics or other debates. The negavols and sunshine pumpers want to be right so bad and say I told you so they lose all critical thinking and logic and start straw men arguments
 
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Rickyvol77 said:
The problem is much like the rest of politics or other debates. The negavols and sunshine pumpers want to be right so bad and say I told you so they lose all critical thinking and logic and start straw men arguments
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So when 1 side is in fact correct, then they are no longer "negavols" or "sunshine plumpers"??
 
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VOLINVONORE said:
Jimbo might have been OK but Leach would have been no better than Dooley. I still think we have a coach who can be better than our last three. He still has to do some better recruiting in a couple of areas; TE, LB, and a QB every year. A QB coach is needed badly.
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He has absolutely done worse to this point in his time as a HC here. Why so many want to argue that he is better isn’t something i understand.


Iam4utalways said:
It’s a QB driven game. JG got Jones fired and is on the verge of getting JP fired.

Win and you are a hero, if you can’t win it’s time to move on.

It’s on JP for putting his trust in JG.

I can predict the future with the same accuracy as the next guy. Who knows? JG might get it together and start playing like a champ. If I was JP, HB would take every QB1 snap in every practice and game until further notice. A freshman mistake is unacceptable from a 5th or 6th year senior.
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There are a few former Alabama qbs wearing National Championship rings that werent anymore talented than JG. However they were trained (ie coached) in a manner that allowed them to learn the process.


We have 3 qbs on our team who after more tham a year still haven't received that training.

It is the coaching...
 
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number1volfanfrom76 said:
Agreed 100%, but- how does it look when we fire another coach. No one wants to win more than me, not anybody. When we fire another one, we look bad
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We must ride this out to the end. Otherwise, no one will want to come here. Do people forget the dumpster fire of the last search? It was really bad and embarrassing.
 
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GetYouSomeofThat said:
He has absolutely done worse to this point in his time as a HC here. Why so many want to argue that he is better isn’t something i understand.




There are a few former Alabama qbs wearing National Championship rings that werent anymore talented than JG. However they were trained (ie coached) in a manner that allowed them to learn the process.


We have 3 qbs on our team who after more tham a year still haven't received that training.

It is the coaching...
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Pruitt does not coach the QBs. I agree that our QB coach has not produced and should be replaced. None of the WBs have improved with his coaching.
 
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