Recruiting Forum Football Talk III

[mr.checkerboards]

Doug Matthews makes me sick

IF pruitt doesn’t have success he has only himself to blame, but anyone that thinks he won’t be here next year is wasting their time talking about it. The AD has enough money for staff changes.
Several assistant coaches are not developing players. That’s a under statement.
He thinks we have 2 QB’s that can play, Strout and Bailey. I tend to agree. Yes, Strout played against a base defense, but I also saw the team pick up their level of play when he was in the game.
Matthews also said that Pruitt had to decide that if he was going to be a head coach or a game day coach. Trying to do to much as a DC and DL coach.

I 100% agree with the last sentence. Pruitt still acts like a coordinator

 

[RikidyBones]

I said the same thing in the members only group chat to @InVOLuntary @volatil and @Sugaray13...why not put Palmer, Johnson, or Hyatt in there running that route?

Thanks for the invite

 

[drvenner]

[whispers] Vols have potential to be really good next year under Pruitt. Team is tough. Fights. Talented. Screws a lot of stuff up.
I think they’ll fix it. Next year, we’ll be saying “wow, Pruitt has really turned things around on Rocky Top”

Change my mind.

-120 point differential total for Pruitt to this point.

 

[volsfan_17]

So...@Kingston Vol. Does the tidbit you heard and dangled in front of everyone last night have anything to do with an investigation of some sort and that possibly being used to negotiate Pruitts buyout down?

Or does whatever this issue is give leverage to Pruitt against the university?

 

[millst987]

You can’t keep him
You just can’t

 

[Aesius]

Doug Matthews makes me sick

IF pruitt doesn’t have success he has only himself to blame, but anyone that thinks he won’t be here next year is wasting their time talking about it. The AD has enough money for staff changes.
Several assistant coaches are not developing players. That’s a under statement.
He thinks we have 2 QB’s that can play, Strout and Bailey. I tend to agree. Yes, Strout played against a base defense, but I also saw the team pick up their level of play when he was in the game.
Matthews also said that Pruitt had to decide that if he was going to be a head coach or a game day coach. Trying to do to much as a DC and DL coach.

Pathetic that it has come to this. Absolutely zero precedent of a guy "having to decide" what type of head coach he wants to be heading into year 4 with a losing record at an SEC program and working out long term.

The can is really far down the road but it has further to go still, apparently.

 

[drvenner]

Is that the 3-6 Arkansas you're talking about?

We are 2-7 with a loss to Sam P and Arky.

 

[Kingston Vol]

So...@Kingston Vol. Does the tidbit you heard and dangled in front of everyone last night have anything to do with an investigation of some sort and that possibly being used to negotiate Pruitts buyout down?

I doubt it. No need to bring that kind of scrutiny on yourself.

 

[Catbone]

You can’t keep him
You just can’t

We must lose to vanderbilt

 

[Geronimo]

If it’s going to happen, I want it to be so clean of a transition that CJP walks in his office and the new head coach is already sitting there watching film and calling recruits. I’m talking office decorated, fridge stocked, feet on the desk.

I know some of y’all rednecks enjoy the search season, but I loathe it. I want it over before it starts.

 

[drvenner]

What day of this week do you think that the SEC will announce that the Vandy game is canceled?

 

[Batman1948]

Coastal would smoke us and beat a team with a Heisman QB. Yet some are saying no and we just suffered our sixth double digit loss. The dude would love the UT job and coach with pride. I don’t care if he never won a NC. I want 8-10 a year. I’m tired of worrying about bowl games.

If we have an opening for head coach, not everyone is gonna be please with whoever the hire would be. If somehow all the stars aligned and we hired Freeze, some people would be pissed. That's probably one of the main reasons administrative people don't let their emotions dictate hires. Tennessee is definitely putting a sub par product on the field and, at some point, the powers that be will make a decision regarding Pruitt. The next hire will just start the clock again.

 

[Aesius]

That Matthews quote is why we can't hire any more coordinators. It's experienced head coach or bust. There's no room for a guy to learn on the job in Knoxville or have to decide on his coaching philosophy heading into his 4th losing season.

 

[Aesius]

What's maddening is that I actually think Fulmer's strategy of hiring a top coordinator and helping him become a successful head coach could have worked with a lot of guys. But he had to hire the most stubborn coordinator in CFB history, apparently.

 

[Hammer85]

I doubt it. No need to bring that kind of scrutiny on yourself.

Lol.

 

[Kingston Vol]

That Matthews quote is why we can't hire any more coordinators. It's experienced head coach or bust. There's no room for a guy to learn on the job in Knoxville or have to decide on his coaching philosophy heading into his 4th losing season.

Go hire some retread and let’s stabilize this thing.

 

[millst987]

What did Pruitt do Kingston?

 

[FiremedicVOL127]

How do you play in a cancelled bowl?

 

[Batman1948]

People will come around when Chadwell beats Freeze.

Is that cancelled game still scheduled for later this month?

 

[drvenner]

What an awesome feeling. I don't even like Indiana and that gave me chills.

 

[BleedorangeinGA]

Sounds like the wheels are in motion for Auburn and Gus to part ways.

 

[barrylee]

I dunno who Jeremy Puritt is but I wish we hired him. Almost certainly better than our current guy

Had to read this 3 times but that was good.. lol

 

[millst987]

Sounds like the wheels are in motion for Auburn and Gus to part ways.

Maybe this will push Fulmer to move

 

[tn88volfan]

Or Fulmer could be doing his homework behind the scenes now, lining up a replacement. Fire Pruitt once that’s all lined up and the new coach can hit the ground running in recruiting.

 

[BruinVol]

Pruitt is ED O at ole miss. Ed O learned to get the F away from the coordinators and let them do their jobs. It’s possible this year does this for Pruitt


That’s our only hope and one we need to grab a hold of the next 9months