Recruiting Forum Football Talk III

[barrylee]

So Atlanta Vol comes on and says no way will he go back and read all the posts since Friday. Assuming he stuck around to read some of the posts today, you would think he would have thrown water on our posts concerning new coaches.. Hmmm

 

[05_never_again]

I know UT is a disorganized mess but I still find it shocking that we’re gonna keep this guy. What the hell is the point? Only bad things will come from keeping this guy around. He has shown NOTHING to warrant a fourth season

I think it's simple - Fulmer doesn't want to fire him because that would be an admission that he has also failed, and Phil probably has some support from the rest of the admin/boosters for keeping him because of COVID.

 

[appyvol]

It's amazing how quickly the board went from Bailey to Shrout. I'm still firmly in the Bailey camp. He was a couple overshoots on deep throws from a 3-4TD day and we're in the ballgame. Was excellent on the intermediate passes and reads. Just has to recognize pressure and make the proper protection calls a little better.

 

[ricepatty]

If they want him as HC, I'd encourage him to go because it's climbing the ladder. You have to start somewhere, and he could get valuable experience there as a HC.

Maybe, if he is successful, return the favor to us in like a decade.

 

[scvolfan7]

3 things


1) firing Pruitt is an admission of making a huge mistake in hiring


And more importantly
No doubt in my mind on this

2) fulmer believes Covid holds a lot of the blame for this year


3) fulmer believes Pruitt will learn from mistakes

If Fulmer thinks covid is a legitimate excuse for what’s happened this season, then he needs to be checked into an old folks home because his brain has turned into a pile of mush

 

[bignewt]

So Atlanta Vol comes on and says no way will he go back and read all the posts since Friday. Assuming he stuck around to read some of the posts today, you would think he would have thrown water on our posts concerning new coaches.. Hmmm

put the conclusions mat away before you hurt yourself

 

[bignewt]

If Fulmer thinks covid is a legitimate excuse for what’s happened this season, then he needs to be checked into an old folks home because his brain has turned into a pile of mush

covid + buyout = Pruitt's 4th year

 

[Weezer]

Maybe we find a way to slip Pruitt a roofie, then take incriminating pictures of him in bed with Catbone. Release the pics, create a scandal, and boom-fired for cause.

 

[Volsfaninva917]

So Atlanta Vol comes on and says no way will he go back and read all the posts since Friday. Assuming he stuck around to read some of the posts today, you would think he would have thrown water on our posts concerning new coaches.. Hmmm

You're reading way too much into this

 

[Ron Swanson]

I believe that Freeze could turn Shrout into a Burrow type story. Yeah, I said it.

I don’t doubt that at all. Shrout has looked great at times. I feel bad for the kid, all the QB’s, with how awful they’ve been managed and underdeveloped with this staff.

A guy like Freeze could take this roster and win an SECC. I truly believe that. We have plenty of talent, we just lacking proper development and coaching.

 

[Smokeytom]

VN loading extremely slow

Saddest thread on VN ^^^^

lmao

 

[RikidyBones]

You're reading way too much into this

 

[Bassmaster_Vol]

Don't you think Weinke could do this?

Weinke is still trying to figure out how to develop that hot dog.

 

[bluegrasser]

Maybe we find a way to slip Pruitt a roofie, then take incriminating pictures of him in bed with Catbone. Release the pics, create a scandal, and boom-fired for cause.

maybe we could blame Pruitt for Gucci’s slow-loading VN problems. That has to be some kind of cyber-crime, right?

 

[scvolfan7]

covid + buyout = Pruitt's 4th year

Neither are valid excuses

 

[Weezer]

What is the psychological analysis of Fulmer, here? I see many posts claiming he is hesitant to fire. Based on his history with assistants, I admit the notion is valid. But what is it about him that makes him resistant? Does he have a huge ego? Is he too much of a "nice guy"? Is he a narcissist who is never wrong?

Somebody give me the armchair psychologist's diagnosis of Phil.

He wants to be the savior of Vol football, so I go with narcissist.

 

[Ron Swanson]

It's amazing how quickly the board went from Bailey to Shrout. I'm still firmly in the Bailey camp. He was a couple overshoots on deep throws from a 3-4TD day and we're in the ballgame. Was excellent on the intermediate passes and reads. Just has to recognize pressure and make the proper protection calls a little better.

Why can’t we like both?

 

[05_never_again]

What is the psychological analysis of Fulmer, here? I see many posts claiming he is hesitant to fire. Based on his history with assistants, I admit the notion is valid. But what is it about him that makes him resistant? Does he have a huge ego? Is he too much of a "nice guy"? Is he a narcissist who is never wrong?

Somebody give me the armchair psychologist's diagnosis of Phil.

I don't even really like going there, which is why I kept that comment short.

To Phil's credit, I think it is partially because he's too much of a nice guy, yes. I think he saw Randy Sanders as something of an apprentice back in the day. He still believes he was done wrong/railroaded by the admin when he was fired, and is really hesitant to do that to Pruitt, who he hand-picked.

However, he also doesn't want to let him go because he is so wedded to Pruitt at this point. Phil was brought in under an incredibly unique circumstance; the AD was fired, he was installed, and immediately had to hire a football coach. He said "the Vols are back" at some banquet last year. He's connected at the hip to Pruitt and probably thinks that letting him go makes him look really bad too.

 

[Weezer]

maybe we could blame Pruitt for Gucci’s slow-loading VN problems. That has to be some kind of cyber-crime, right?

Yeah, but we're looking for bad things. That would just be damn funny.

 

[Bassmaster_Vol]

It's amazing how quickly the board went from Bailey to Shrout. I'm still firmly in the Bailey camp. He was a couple overshoots on deep throws from a 3-4TD day and we're in the ballgame. Was excellent on the intermediate passes and reads. Just has to recognize pressure and make the proper protection calls a little better.

I'm for either. I think Shrout has an NFL arm. I think he's ready now to do big things. I think Bailey has a big future. Would love to see Freeze come in and blow up this offense with JT next year and then HB/Salter/Simpson battle it out for '22. Shrout can push the ball down the field better than Bailey at this moment.

 

[bignewt]

Neither are valid excuses

Ur gonna eat those veggies or you are going to sleep at the dining room table

 

[Bassmaster_Vol]

I don’t doubt that at all. Shrout has looked great at times. I feel bad for the kid, all the QB’s, with how awful they’ve been managed and underdeveloped with this staff.

A guy like Freeze could take this roster and win an SECC. I truly believe that. We have plenty of talent, we just lacking proper development and coaching.

Absolutely. we have 2 QB's on this team that a guy like Freeze who knows what they are doing could win a lot of games with. We have talent.

 

[scvolfan7]

Ur gonna eat those veggies or you are going to sleep at the dining room table

 

[revjayp]

Talk is turning too fast to players and not enough on the eminent coaching search. Please stay focused everyone.

 

[vol494]

So Atlanta Vol comes on and says no way will he go back and read all the posts since Friday. Assuming he stuck around to read some of the posts today, you would think he would have thrown water on our posts concerning new coaches.. Hmmm