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#17,728
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Now we can give multi-year contracts to a new round of assistants and use that as a reason to pick through the bargain bin after we blow them all out next year
 
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TN-POSSUM said:
The past 2 recruiting classes have put us closer in talent to those teams than we've been in several years. We had more highly ranked players not pan out with Butch than we've had with Pruitt. I think the talent is actually pretty good here. We're behind those teams on the coaching side of things, than we are on the players side of it.
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I understand the sentiment, but by definition we are not getting closer.

2020 average recruit rating per 247 composite: Tennessee: 89.01, Florida: 90.74, Alabama: 93.54, Georgia: 92.75
2019: Tennessee: 90.46, Florida: 90.56, Alabama: 94.38, Georgia: 93.32

Every year they make the gap bigger. Florida is close, but Mullen is so good with QBs that it doesn't matter.

And when you have a SERIOUS development and coaching disadvantage, you waste what talent you have. Not get the most out of it like those other schools do.
 
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The stupidity of holding onto a coach because there's no "superstar" available is astounding considering we're going to be looking at the same crop of coaches next season, with Auburn, LSU, Texas and others all competing with us for coaches with southern ties.

You either go for broke with your top target this year: Campbell, Fickell, Freeze or whomever, or you strike out next year and end up with Jamey Chadwell coming off a 7-5 year after the magic runs out at Coastal.
 
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Kingston Vol said:
The stupidity of holding onto a coach because there's no "superstar" available is astounding considering we're going to be looking at the same crop of coaches next season, with Auburn, LSU, Texas and others all competing with us for coaches with southern ties.

You either go for broke with your top target this year: Campbell, Fickell, Freeze or whomever, or you strike out next year and end up with Jamey Chadwell coming off a 7-5 year after the magic runs out at Coastal.
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#17,738
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All the signs are obvious and pointing towards a loser admin staff, changing 5-6 asst coaches, keeping Pruitt during his lame duck year, and losing out on the 22 class.

We’ll win 4-5 next year with a depleted Neyland, they’ll fire Pruitt a year too late while paying the same buyouts thanks to all of the new assistants and we’ll be behind the 8 ball trying to compete with LSU, Texas, maybe Auburn for new coaches
 
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Kingston Vol said:
I understand the sentiment, but by definition we are not getting closer.

2020 average recruit rating per 247 composite: Tennessee: 89.01, Florida: 90.74, Alabama: 93.54, Georgia: 92.75
2019: Tennessee: 90.46, Florida: 90.56, Alabama: 94.38, Georgia: 93.32

And when you have a SERIOUS development and coaching disadvantage, you waste what talent you have. Not get the most out of it like those other schools do.
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My point is the freshmen and sophomores that have played are very good. There is a noticeable difference in the talent level between the juniors/seniors and the freshmen/sophomores. The talent is there to compete with everyone but Alabama next season. We're missing on the coaching. A competent coach gets us to 10 regular season wins next year.

We've had highly ranked classes in the past that didn't pan out. I do trust JP's player evaluations, just not his decision making on who to play.
 
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