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C-town Vol said:
Surely you guys (and gals) are just emotionally venting? Surely you didn’t expect Pruitt to come out and say he was benching JG and announce who he was starting?

I’m not sure what you all expected, but today he said pretty much exactly what I thought he would say.

Despite the protests to the contrary, Pruitt benched JG last year. He gave Maurer and Shrout opportunities. JG played solid football off the bench for the most part.

Pruitt is not loyal to JG. Pruitt is loyal to trying to win. He proved that last year when he handled the QB situation rather well down the stretch.

I may be in the minority, but I believe these Sunday scrimmages have been an effort to get Bailey and other young guys up to speed because he KNOWS he is handcuffed by some of the older guys.

Even if he starts JG Saturday, that doesn’t mean JG is his final answer. It’s just where we are at that moment.

So go ahead and get it out of your system for now, and buckle in for the ride. Don’t get so obsessed with JG that you lose the ability to see the whole picture.

Having said all of that, I am now convinced Pruitt has to move on from JG, BUT I am also convinced that will be a process...not a band aid you rip off.
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Went back to read this and I freaking love this. Two thumbs up. Well done, sir. Take a polish victory lap and burnout while you’re at it.
 
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Pruitt can’t just railroad Jg publicly because you never know in this league. Just look at last yr. we all thought it was the end of Jg after Bama and he suprisingly was key off the bench. He likely starts someone else but knows he could be an injury away from putting JG back in depending on the situation in the game
 
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head1 said:
I mean.... Titans 247-pound RB Derrick Henry hit 21.6 mph on his long TD run, thinks that was 'slow'
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Nashvegas31 said:
Pruitt can’t just railroad Jg publicly because you never know in this league. Just look at last yr. we all thought it was the end of Jg after Bama and he suprisingly was key off the bench. He likely starts someone else but knows he could be an injury away from putting JG back in depending on the situation in the game
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Exactly. Reference what CJP said about Brumbaugh.

Called him a good coach. Provided excuses about Covid as to why his unit may have been struggling. Said he’d do well wherever he ended up.

Still fired him. CJP isn’t going to trash a coach he just fired mid-season. Definitely isn’t going to trash JG or give Saban any info to prepare for.
 
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vol9799 said:
Guys, it was obvious the moment of the second pick. The players voted with their body language. After the first drive of the second half, the entire team voted even if they didn't mean to. The energy was gone. It doesn't matter who Pruitt wants to be the QB. If none of the rest of the team believe in that person, then the team is doomed to failure. Since so much of recruiting now is peer recruiting, a coach trying to shove a player down the rest of the teams' collective throat is going to damage both performance and recruiting.

I'm not advocating mob rule, but this is not an instance of attempted mob rule. This is a classic example of the emperor being nekid. The team's telling him to put some pants on and he better listen or it will get worse for everyone.
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You think any players in that locker room believe our coaches have a gameplan to beat bama? Especially with JG at the helm? We already lost the game because the players know our coaches won’t gameplan them to victory.
 
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