Brave Volunteer
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Jones would have made excuses - and it really would be perfectly legitimate to talk about the late start and dealing with an early signing period for the first time. He also could focus on how much the class improved from the time he was hired. The early signing period went better than expected except for Mays. He could talk about JJ Peterson not even being on Tennessee's radar on December 8th. He understands there is some concern and isn't tone deaf to it as Jones often was.
Sooooo...
He doesn't put much stock in recruiting rankings. quote: "For us the rankings don't really matter".
But he makes it a point that NEXT year..he'll be laser focused on achieving the #1 ranking. even though those ranking don't matter.
??????????
He basically just said I'm not taking any responsibility for the 2018 season but just you "Wait til next year".
I like this guy. I believe he wants to build a SOLID team. It's going to be a real challenge to bring in the talent it takes to compete at the top 5 level that Tennessee expects, and he knows it. I think he's warning against "irrational exuberance".
I suspect he could get a real and immediate turnaround going if he was coaching in the Ohio Valley Conference. In the SEC....not so much. It's going to take time and we need to let it happen. I think that's what he's trying to tell us.
I think he's telling this going to be a lot harder than he expected coming from the green pastures of Tuscaloosa without having done it before. Bottom line: between the whiffs and attrition we just lost a class; UGA turned into a guaranteed loss for the next three seasons; our head coach told us not to expect to win this Fall; and we now have confirmation that this staff is not a bunch of miracle workers as some seemed to think.Sooooo...
He doesn't put much stock in recruiting rankings. quote: "For us the rankings don't really matter".
But he makes it a point that NEXT year..he'll be laser focused on achieving the #1 ranking. even though those ranking don't matter.
??????????
He basically just said I'm not taking any responsibility for the 2018 season but just you "Wait til next year".
I like this guy. I believe he wants to build a SOLID team. It's going to be a real challenge to bring in the talent it takes to compete at the top 5 level that Tennessee expects, and he knows it. I think he's warning against "irrational exuberance".
I suspect he could get a real and immediate turnaround going if he was coaching in the Ohio Valley Conference. In the SEC....not so much. It's going to take time and we need to let it happen. I think that's what he's trying to tell us.
If you can't stand people airing out their grievances, grow up and go away. See how that works against you too?
I think he's telling this going to be a lot harder than he expected coming from the green pastures of Tuscaloosa without having done it before. Bottom line: between the whiffs and attrition we just lost a class; UGA turned into a guaranteed loss for the next three seasons; our head coach told us not to expect to win this Fall; and we now have confirmation that this staff is not a bunch of miracle workers as some seemed to think.
I like the cut of this new coach, confident and calm. If he surrounds himself with position coaches that can and will coach position discipline, we'll be pleased I think.
Holy **** remove the razor blade from your wrist. Why is UGA a for sure loss? They have always as a whole recruited better than us, because its Georgia.
8th in the SEC and a worse performance in recruiting than even Dooley in the 3 weeks or so he had following the Kiffin fiasco. All I have to say is he better be a damn excellent coach.
Remind me when Dooley took over a 4-8 program that was winless in the SEC and had tumultuous coaching search that was national sports headlines? When you let me know when that happened then you can criticize Pruitt.
You mean like a coaching fiasco after our head coach left us high and dry after ONE season? Right in the middle of recruiting season. THAT type of fiasco?
The excuse making for Pruitt is absurd.
Dooley didn't follow the worst season in UT history (winless in the SEC, squeaking by cupcakes) and one of the most pathetic coaching searches in college football history.
UT has become a laughing stock, and if you can't see that, you are blind.
This will take time to repair.