Recruiting Forum Football Talk III

[SLICKYINC]

Fire them all. Don’t care.

Keep them all. Don’t care.

Over it. We’re so far behind it won’t even matter.

 

[MrVolton]

I keep hitting refresh looking for some glimmer of hope that there will be a coaching change.

 

[InVOLuntary]

Butch Jones was 10X the coach Pruitt is. Let the debate!

 

[Devo182]

2 gives us the best chance to win, aight.

I haaate to say it, but we at least would have hit some long bombs today and made it a game. We had zero chance with that nickel n'dime offense.

 

[Jackcrevol]

He said fixing the QB fixes the program. The garbage TDs might help us with Simpson, sure, but we were completely out coached when it mattered. QB isn't going to be the difference.

i def think it will be esp when and if, ya know. We get a new coach necks year.

 

[KPT_VFL]

All I learned from this game is HB and JT are better than JG. Call me crazy but HB can beat TAMU.

 

[Vols4us]

No TO's from two QB's with very little experience against the SEC East Champs. Bailey got nailed by the rush all day. Both got hit late numerous times.

 

[SLICKYINC]

 

[amavol2]

3 year evaluation
Are we better on offense?
Are we better on defense?
Have we done a better job developing players?
Are we prepared for each game?
My answer is an easy no to all of the above!
The decision is not difficult.

 

[InVOLuntary]

If Pruitt is a defensive guru, I'm a defensive guru. The guy is no better than Sunseri. He sucks. I hope for his sake he gets a job at Bama because he'll fail miserably anywhere he doesn't have 5*s at every position.

 

[tn88volfan]

A good AD would have changed all the locks during the game.

 

[Orange Studs]

Fulmer will say in post press, "As you can see by the score coach Pruitt made it respectful and thus is the reason he will be back next year."

 

[KPT_VFL]

JT Shrout looked pretty good. More athletic than I expected. I still favor HB because I think he has more upside and he’s the future for us. HB did some really good things most importantly protected the ball even on his sacks. He never threw a really dangerous ill advised throw. Looked like a freshman at times and missed some throws but I think he has good qualities to be a really good QB for us once he gets some reps and more and more experience. We will find out how good Dan Mullen is next year without trask.

 

[Devo182]

One has to wonder where any of these qbs would be had we not trotted JG out this year

they still do not trust HB.

21 passes through 3 quarters was slightly above the norm. He just dinked and dunked. 5.3 ypa won't cut it. Shrout had more yards in 5 minutes. Did like HB's runs though.

Just gotta settle in with his long passes imo and he'll be fine years down the road. Pass Pro still stinks, no matter how much the blind thought it was on the QB. Just not good.

 

[Nash_Vol97]

All I learned from this game is HB and JT are better than JG. Call me crazy but HB can beat TAMU.

Not with Chaney calling plays.

 

[VEKZY]

All I learned from this game is HB and JT are better than JG. Call me crazy but HB can beat TAMU.

With a different coaching staff, yea. With this one, no.

 

[Catbone]

In Tennessee's last 157 games, they are 77-80.


• In Tennessee's last 100 SEC games, they are 30-70.



• In their last 13 games against Alabama, Georgia, and Florida, Tennessee is 0-13. The average margin of loss has been almost 30 points.



• Since the end of Tennessee's eight game winning streak, they've lost six in a row. They've lost those six by an average of 19.5 points.



• This is Tennessee's longest losing streak since 1988.



• Tennessee has had 6+ losses in 10 of the last 13 years.



• Tennessee hasn't had a 10-win season since 2007.



• Tennessee has had 15 straight 4+ loss seasons.



• Tennessee hasn't finished the season in the AP top 20 in the last 12 years.



• Tennessee hasn't had consecutive 10-win seasons since 2003-2004, which is much better than Auburn (1988-1989).



• Butch Jones had 11 20+ point losses in his six seasons as head coach. Jeremy Pruitt already has 12.



• Butch Jones led the Vols to three straight bowl wins from 2014-2016. Since then, they've only made a bowl game once.

 

[Gilbert]

Who would’ve thought 3 QBs play today and JG not be one of them.

 

[InVOLuntary]

JG is the 3rd or 4th best QB on this roster. Why has he been the starter? Coaching malpractice and grounds for removal.

 

[SLICKYINC]

 

[Devo182]

JT Shrout looked pretty good. More athletic than I expected. I still favor HB because I think he has more upside and he’s the future for us. HB did some really good things most importantly protected the ball even on his sacks. He never threw a really dangerous ill advised throw. Looked like a freshman at times and missed some throws but I think he has good qualities to be a really good QB for us once he gets some reps and more and more experience. We will find out how good Dan Mullen is next year without trask.

Shortcut answer:

Everyone looks good vs prevent defense. HB originally did. Shrout did today. Give me someone good Q1-Q3. Still unsure who that is. It's a toss up and no one has taken the reigns.

 

[KPT_VFL]

With a different coaching staff, yea. With this one, no.

I agree with this but how many ill advised throws would JG have thrown? HB didn’t stare down any receivers and went threw progressions. It’s easy to see HB has been training with some really good QB coaches for a long time. I know for a fact JG would have fumbled on a couple of those sacks. I was overall pleased with HB first start against a top 10 team. Where would HB be if he had played more early in the year? Coaching killed this season.

 

[tnhunter 10]

What is wrong with our DB’s? I thought we had two DB gurus as coaches.

 

[AllVol11717]

Butch Jones was 10X the coach Pruitt is. Let the debate!

No matter his faults, you can always give Butch credit for being a damn good special teams guy. So far I can’t give Pruitt props for anything he’s done while here.

 

[KPT_VFL]

Shortcut answer:

Everyone looks good vs prevent defense. HB originally did. Shrout did today. Give me someone good Q1-Q3. Still unsure who that is. It's a toss up and no one has taken the reigns.

True it was prevent I was more impressed with his mobility. I was surprised by that. I still think both are better than JG.