Recruiting Forum Football Talk III

[OrangenSC]

But they love playing for Pruitt, so I have heard. With all that is leaving tells a different story.

Yeah, they can't possibly be leaving because they think Pruitt is being mistreated and don't like it. Or because they think he's on his way out. No way that could be the case.

 

[engineerVOL]

Lol had no idea the Heisman presentation was tonight

 

[Jackcrevol]

Lol had no idea the Heisman presentation was tonight

never heard of her

 

[VOLSONLY]

Really, they asked me to help find someone. Any ideas?

I can’t really think of anyone, is it for Coalmont or Laager?

 

[UpstateVol613]

Stars don’t matter.....

Bama’s 2017 class... and how did they sign 29? 29!!!

7 - 5 stars
20 - rated 5.9 or higher
26 - 4 of 5 stars

It had:

Najee Harris
Alex Leatherwood
Jerry Jeudy
Dylan Moses
Jedrick Willis
Isaiah Buggs
Tua Tagovailoa
Xavier McKinney
LaBryan Ray
DeVonta Smith
Mac Jones
Henry Ruggs
Christopher Allen
Brian Robinson

Might have 9 first round picks in that class

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

That's what I was saying

Oh..sorta misunderstood you.

 

[johnsonbrewer]

I minored in Eskimo scrotology in college.

tmi

 

[Tennessee Stud]

Fulmer is an unqualified idiot at his current job

Is he unqualified because he isn’t doing what you want him to do?

 

[BruinVol]

Karma has caught up with you. Trust me, I'm an expert.

Yes sir

 

[SweetasSoda]

I can’t really think of anyone, is it for Coalmont or Laager?

Coalmont. If anyone comes to mind let me know. I don't know a lot of people there. They really need some help especially with the park supposed to open this spring (and still no library ).

 

[UTfan94]

Stars don’t matter.....

Bama’s 2017 class... and how did they sign 29? 29!!!

7 - 5 stars
20 - rated 5.9 or higher
26 - 4 of 5 stars

It had:

Najee Harris
Alex Leatherwood
Jerry Jeudy
Dylan Moses
Jedrick Willis
Isaiah Buggs
Tua Tagovailoa
Xavier McKinney
LaBryan Ray
DeVonta Smith
Mac Jones
Henry Ruggs
Christopher Allen
Brian Robinson

Might have 9 first round picks in that class

Embarrassment of riches. I'd like to one day be able to say that about Tennessee.

 

[reeceb73]

No I didn’t study other programs but volquest talked about it a lot..... it doesn’t really matter what happened at other programs to be honest.... if our guys weren’t allowed to practice..... what kind of development/growth did we expect..... I went into this year thinking I wouldn’t hold it against our staff no matter the record bc of these intense challenges..... I deal with it at the youth/high school level.... I couldn’t imagine at the college level especially as significant a rebuild as we have..... that being said I feel the situation is now too toxic and I don’t see how he can succeed.

What about the all the bye weeks we had because games got moved. Didn't see any improvement then either. Only difference was a change at QB...and I don't think they handled HB and JT very well either

And where was weinke or pruitt when these young QBs came off the field to talk and coach them? I saw JG talking to them on the sidelines, but where were the coaches to check on them and ask them what they were seeing and offering advice?

 

[90 Vol]

Is it a fact? Or is it an excuse? I've not seen anything supporting that it's a fact, just some people opining it as fact.

It's an excuse and a sorry one at that.

 

[Weezer]

As I said to Volton...it doesn't matter anymore. Pruitt is a dead man walking..

Not really. It's not up to us whether he stays or goes. If he's retained, comes back next year and coaches his ass off and makes this team competitive, people will re-embrace him. Recruits will be willing to come play for him. But he has to get it done on the field. This entire situation is of his own creation so I really do not understand the attempt to label fans as "unreasonable". It's not unreasonable to expect to win the games you're supposed to win. It's not unreasonable to be upset when you don't win the games you're supposed to win. I'm not mad we lost to Bama, UGA, or Florida this year. I'm mad that we lost to Arkansas, Kentucky, and Auburn. I'm mad that we kept going to JG even though his play absolutely warranted he be benched. I'm mad that we never learned how to cover a slant. I'm mad at any of a dozen incompetent coaching decisions Pruitt made. It's not unreasonable to expect to see some kind of progress in year 3, even with COVID restrictions. But we didn't see progress. We saw regression. We saw stagnation. Fans have every right to be upset by that. The very reason coaches command the salaries they do is because WE watch the games. We buy the merchandise. We invest in the product.

 

[MrVolton]

This looks more like a list of beliefs vs a list of facts... Lol

1. I have travelled between KY and TN more times than I can count since March 2020, and anyone that has done the same can vouch for the difference in covid measures as fact. The results of the KY TN game are well-documented. The part about the universities is deduction, I admit, but based on fact.

2. Most of the team’s publicized covid issues were during fall camp with few major contributors missing throughout the season. It is a logical conclusion that these issues would be more impactful at the beginning of the season than at the end, but the results contradict this.

3. Although this is not the direct quote, someone did bring over a block quote from VQ -it may have been from a war room- where they acknowledged that Pruitt handled the covid situation poorly. It may be their opinion, but they did, in fact, say it.

 

[ACvol3]

Didn’t Gilbert sign with UGA?

His thread would lead u to believe he did with all the negativity, but no.. he hasn’t signed yet

 

[90 Vol]

Kentucky did not have the problems we had with contact tracing at all..so quit bringing them up. We were all bitching and worrying about it every day of fall count because very few of anybody elses teams were being affected like we were..

This is a bad case of selective memory.

This statement is complete BS. I currently live in Kentucky and can tell you that it's much more strict here than in Tennessee.

 

[Ten_Titans]

Is he unqualified because he isn’t doing what you want him to do?

He isn't doing what you want him to do either. Unless what you want him to do is hide in his office and leave Pruitt dangling in the wind.

 

[Ten_Titans]

I want the "Covid super duper affected us more than anyone!" crowd to answer me one question: If we played Mizzou at the end of the season instead of the beginning, would we have won? And since the answer is obviously no, then how is that possible considering we were primarily impacted by Covid in the preseason?

 

[quadlee21]

What are we doing ?

 

[BloodShovel]

I want the "Covid super duper affected us more than anyone!" crowd to answer me one question: If we played Mizzou at the end of the season instead of the beginning, would we have won? And since the answer is obviously no, then how is that possible considering we were primarily impacted by Covid in the preseason?

Halftime of the Georgia game seemed to me that things began to come unraveled. They played well at the beginning of the season.

 

[Ten_Titans]

Halftime of the Georgia game seemed to me that things began to come unraveled. They played well at the beginning of the season.

Agreed. Which completely discredits this idea that our preseason Covid issues caused the pitiful season. They unraveled mid season and never recovered. I'm not seeing the causal link to pre-season Covid issues there.

 

[InVOLuntary]

Lol had no idea the Heisman presentation was tonight

What is this Hypesman you speak of?

 

[rekinhavoc]

never heard of her

Been trash since they snubbed PM.

 

[rekinhavoc]

What are we doing ?

Mrs. Chadwell is picking out her drapes.