Recruiting Forum Football Talk III

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HankHill said:
you realize that every single coach (great or bad) was “coach google” at some point. Every single one of them. So if thats the only reason you’re not hiring them it’s a lazy one and you should just say “i don’t want to hire them Bc i don’t know much about them”.

Who the hell was Lincoln Riley 5 years ago? An OC at ECU.

I’m not saying i want to hire just anybody from out there but this whole resume check list is so over blown because there is no science to it. Being a successful head coach at this level is more about your personality and people skills than anything.
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dude. it's not lazy. it's our track record.

and that's exactly what you said. lol.
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My point is... I’m fine with winding up with virtually anyone.
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05_never_again said:
The fact that Pruitt hasn't been fired yet seems strongly indicative that they are near-hellbent on keeping him. The team regressed badly in year 3 and hasn't made progress overall, there's an investigation into his staff, etc., and here we are on January 5 flapping in the wind "uncertain" if he is returning. They really, really want to keep him.

I think he is only fired unless they find things in the investigation that would lead them to believe that the NCAA is going to stomp a mudhole in this program.
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Hard to blame him on "regression" when you had literally no spring ball and limited practices. Especially with a young roster and a 2 year coach.
 
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VolGee4 said:
While you may be correct, the one thing about Kevin Steele is that he is 62 years old. He's made money and doesn't need to look at job security anymore.
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Perhaps job security is less of a consideration today, yes, but he'll definitely want to go somewhere where he'll be allowed to do his job. He wouldn't get that here with Pruitt as HC.
 
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butchna said:
Who’s got a drama free program with open starting positions? We might be amazed at the volume of drama generated by Pruitt himself.
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I guess it remains to be seen. There a many programs that are less drama than this steaming pile of garbage. Yes, and Pruitt is the cause of a lot of it. Not making the case to keep him, more the case that the NCAA should look at a 1:1 Transfer out to transfer in.
 
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jkleno said:
Hard to blame him on "regression" when you had literally no spring ball and limited practices. Especially with a young roster and a 2 year coach.
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I'd be inclined to buy your argument if 1) Tennessee was the only school in the country dealing with COVID or 2) if we got better as the season went along.

As the season went along, we got players back, and more guys got consistent practice time, we got worse.
 
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05_never_again said:
Perhaps job security is less of a consideration today, yes, but he'll definitely want to go somewhere where he'll be allowed to do his job. He wouldn't get that here with Pruitt as HC.
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My guess is part of Pruitt sell job to fulmer is that he’s learned and will be more of a CEO. Easier said than done but also it’s easier to let Steele do his job than it is DA
 
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05_never_again said:
Perhaps job security is less of a consideration today, yes, but he'll definitely want to go somewhere where he'll be allowed to do his job. He wouldn't get that here with Pruitt as HC.
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Could be he gets some assurances, and my point also with Steele's age is that he may be willing to take that risk. It's not like he will lose his status as a very good DC.
 
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Just to remind everyone.

None of us knows anything certain about Jeremy Pruitt’s coaching status. The “insider” misses over the past few weeks should’ve proven that by now.

I’ll start listening when Bruce Feldman, Chris Low and the like start talking.
 
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BruinVol said:
My guess is part of Pruitt sell job to fulmer is that he’s learned and will be more of a CEO. Easier said than done but also it’s easier to let Steele do his job than it is DA
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Yes, but I just don't think Pruitt is capable of that. I don't think he has an executive or managerial-type mindset. You can't just turn that on one day. You either have it to begin with or develop it over a long period of time.

I don't think Pruitt would allow Steele to do his job. Pruitt interferes with the offense a lot too, yet he's got no experience himself in that role and the school is paying a veteran OC with a bunch of experience almost $2m to coach the offense. It doesn't stop him from micromanaging. It's just who he is - Pruitt is a rule-follower/order-taker, and when those people get into management positions they tend to be micromanagers.
 
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