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Kingston Vol said:
So, I don’t believe the Brumbaugh firing was on field related, at least not totally.

You don’t fire an assistant coach that quickly and pay $500k or so in the process without there being some personal issues.
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You’d think they’d let that reason be known if that’s the case. The fan base is fragile enough.
 
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TrippieRedd said:
What about Felton? Edge guys are suspect af besides DJ.....rn.
Baron is boof, Mojo needs to take his snaps.
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Both Baron and Mojo are true freshman, too early to pass any judgement on either of them. I'd like to see both play more, but not necessarily one at the expense of the other. There's nothing to back that reasoning as of yet.
 
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Smyrna ATL Vol said:
Pruitt better pray Bailey plays well and leads this team to a strong finish. It seems like we have no other options at QB even though Maurer showed promise. His biggest coaching mistake was not getting a grad transfer QB and not moving on from JG and Shrout. We should have taken two grad transfers and let those two walk. It scares me that he thought we would be ok with them as our primary QB’s. There are no for sure wins other than Vandy, but would anyone be satisfied with three wins in year three? Our recruiting class would tank and you might as well start over then. Just IMO.
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I thought we would be fine with JG and Shrout, too. Figured we could get to 6-4 and usher in the HB era next season.
 
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Volbucky said:
You’d think they’d let that reason be known if that’s the case. The fan base is fragile enough.
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I don't think losing Brumbaugh is some major loss. I'd guess there is a GA or analyst who can fill that role.

My guess is Pruitt felt like:
1) Brumbaugh was not gelling with the rest of the staff. Maybe effort or attitude related.
2) He saw the entire team and staff quit on Saturday, so he decided to send a message and Brumbaugh was the easiest target.
 
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Kingston Vol said:
I don't think losing Brumbaugh is some major loss. I'd guess there is a GA or analyst who can fill that role.

My guess is Pruitt felt like:
1) Brumbaugh was not gelling with the rest of the staff. Maybe effort or attitude related.
2) He saw the entire team and staff quit on Saturday, so he decided to send a message and Brumbaugh was the easiest target.
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Easiest target
No prior relationship
Sends a message, get serious or you’re fired.
 
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TrippieRedd said:
Easiest target
No prior relationship
Sends a message, get serious or you’re fired.
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If that’s the way to get the teams attention like the OP said might as well start searching for a new HC. That isn’t the way to motivate a team and it damn sure isn’t a way to run a program.
No coach worth their salt would ever want to work for a HC that believes firing a coach after a bad game is a way to motivate the players.
 
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JCP201 said:
I don't like to pile on, but our defense had to be out there the whole game due to offensive play.
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The 2 pick-sixes should have kept the defense pretty fresh. Time of possession was in our favor in the first half. The pathetic offensive performance didn't help, but the defense couldn't get off the field in the second half because they couldn't stop slants or obvious run plays early. Then they couldn't stop anything late.
 
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jackcrevol said:
So sorry to hear man. Easy to second guess others about this mess, but, none of it matters...families are getting torn, losing great people. I'm praying for your family.
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So true. I watched a man that could literally put work me in a hay field to this day, struggle to take a breath for 2 days. I’ve never seen anything like it. The most hopeless feeling in the world.
 
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Kingston Vol said:
I don't think losing Brumbaugh is some major loss. I'd guess there is a GA or analyst who can fill that role.

My guess is Pruitt felt like:
1) Brumbaugh was not gelling with the rest of the staff. Maybe effort or attitude related.
2) He saw the entire team and staff quit on Saturday, so he decided to send a message and Brumbaugh was the easiest target.
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Doubtful. Fulmer isn't going to have the university swallow a buyout so Pruitt can "send a message". No way Pruitt acted unilaterally. Also, it would send a bad message to future potential employees. It's unprofessional as hell to fire a guy midseason without legit reason. No one wants to work for you under those conditions.
 
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We are the stupidest fanbase in sports..six quarters of bad play mainly because of one position sucking all to hell...and we are ready to fire our head coach that just ran off eight in a row after taking over the worst Tennessee program of all time, and only has two real classes of his own to use so far...oh and a stupid freak pandemic and the local governments overreaction to it, and overreaching rules basically destroyed a whole offseason of vital development fir a very young team.


But y'all go ahead and keep freaking out and cursing Pruitt and staff for idiots...because that is really going to make it all better..
 
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Weezer said:
Doubtful. Fulmer isn't going to have the university swallow a buyout so Pruitt can "send a message". No way Pruitt acted unilaterally. Also, it would send a bad message to future potential employees. It's unprofessional as hell to fire a guy midseason without legit reason. No one wants to work for you under those conditions.
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I don't disagree with your opinion that it's unprofessional, but that still doesn't make me think it's unlikely.

Like I said, I would imagine there was a personal issue - whether it be lack of effort or an issue with Pruitt or someone else on staff. But I think most of it was simply to send a message - and Fulmer has proven he'll do whatever Jeremy wants.
 
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Ulysees E. McGill said:
We are the stupidest fanbase in sports..six quarters of bad play mainly because of one position sucking all to hell...and we are ready to fire our head coach that just ran off eight in a row after taking over the worst Tennessee program of all time, and only has two real classes of his own to use so far...oh and a stupid freak pandemic and the local governments overreaction to it, and overreaching rules basically destroyed a whole offseason of vital development fir a very young team.


But y'all go ahead and keep freaking out and cursing Pruitt and staff for idiots...because that is really going to make it all better..
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