Arkansas is improved. Why aren't we?

[volsdeepnsc]

Arkansas is improved and they were a dumpster fire like us last year. They were a play away from upsetting A&M today. So what's our coach's excuse when a program that was worse than us is going toe to toe with top 25 teams in the coach's second year? No excuse

I knew that dumb shiz was coming. Did you not see the qb play they had!? Lololol

 

[TNnative]

1. Takes time
2. Do you know what crap players we were left with?
3. Its a locker-room, cultural thing
4. Gotta get those croots
5. New staff, time to gel
6. Some lockerroom cancers to cut out
7. Takes time
8. Need more croot classes
9. Cornbread Beldar
10. Did I mention the "time" thing?

Pretty much the same horse**** we've been hearing for years. Thanks, Phil.

 

[unfrozencvmanvol]

I mean, yeah, the auburn game has been an anomaly in Pruitt’s tenure.

To paraphrase a prior poster on this thread, one might say it was more indicative of Auburn being overrated and not taking us seriously.

 

[chrismc1000]

Your thinking isn't very nuanced. The point is they look improved over last year. That is a sign of coaching.
Help me figure this out... UT had the second most experienced roster in the conference coming into the season, yet looks like the worst team in the SEC right now. How do you justify that? What reason do we have to believe Pruitt can get it done?

Bc it's a QB problem... So the QB coach needs to go

 

[rltw1974]

All of this is true... but North Carolina did lose to Appalachian State. Every bit of criticism toward Jeremy Pruitt and the Tennessee coaching staff is justified. Tennessee is atrocious. There is no excuse for how bad Tennessee has played these first four games. Just don't try to tell us that Arkansas and North Carolina are examples of an instant turnaround... or even try to tell us that they are successful right now. They suck too.

Never said those two teams were instant turnaround success stories. Just trying to point out the difference in coaching while pointing out the tired excuse of playing with inherited players.

 

[BeecherVol]

UNC looks improved too.

Must be nice. All these teams. Playing better.

Wonder what that’s like?

UNC, yes.

Arky played well in 1 game (today) and still lost. I'd slow down crowning them.

 

[barrylee]

They haven’t won an SEC game with their coach. How is that an improvement over Pruitt?

The team I saw today against T&AM would beat us..

 

[zydane47]

What more do you need to see from the quitters butch recruited? Half of them are gone, the rest got passed by true freshmen. They are bad.

Dude every team has quitters on them, but it appears only this coaching staff is the only ones who can’t seem to even get the non-quitters to play hard.

This a crap coaching job all around man. We might not have elite talent, but we haven enough talent to not be 1-3, yet this coaching staff has some how managed to put a team out there that is unmotivated and unprepared every week.

That’s concerning for the future of this team.

 

[Booker512]

I think you are straining a little too hard to be critical of Tennessee by way of Arkansas, and in the process, not making any sense.

Or maybe our HC was straining a little hard to make it seem like 1-3 isn’t really that bad. I mean, if we are being honest.

 

[zydane47]

There is no excuse for Tennessee to ever lose to the likes of Georgia State. That was on the coaching staff.

Exactly! That’s what is concerning to me and others, we don’t have great talent but we do have talent to be competitive and to get to a low tier bowl.

The way this team has been coached so far doesn’t bode well for the future.

 

[Illinoisvolfan2]

Almost losing to those teams. Then almost beating A&M. Yeah. That means they improved. Looks like their backup QB sparked their team.

Wonder what that is like?

Must be nice to see a backup QB get a legit shot.

 

[DaddyChad]

So you’re telling me that every talent evaluator across the country has only mis-judged our talent and no one else’s? You honestly believe that?

Again, second year, I’d understand if we looked this bad in Pruitt’s first year, not his second.

I believe if you can’t show me one single position group which is above average in this conference then talent evaluators are wrong.

 

[unfrozencvmanvol]

Toledo also beat BYU today, maybe one day we'll recruit to that level.

 

[volbeast33]

Your thinking isn't very nuanced. The point is they look improved over last year. That is a sign of coaching.
Help me figure this out... UT had the second most experienced roster in the conference coming into the season, yet looks like the worst team in the SEC right now. How do you justify that? What reason do we have to believe Pruitt can get it done?

We don’t have any reason to believe he can get it done but we have to trust in the process and give him time to get the job done...... Arkansas played decent today but also just got whipped by San Jose state.

 

[johnsonbrewer]

Do you idiots even watch football every week? Or just watch one day and run to make a DA thread?

This is a 'screenshot' world and people completely ignore the 'movie'.....

 

[Booker512]

Just imagine what Mack Brown is going to do once he gets his own players on that roaster. WoooWeee.

 

[zydane47]

I believe if you can’t show me one single position group which is above average in this conference then talent evaluators are wrong.

WRs were supposed to be our best group, but that may be more due to QB play. Our RBs are above average as well I believe. Special Teams are good, sad that our Special Teams is the best group we have.

Still bad coaching no matter how you slice it.

 

[Girth Brooks]

Just imagine what Mack Brown is going to do once he gets his own players on that roaster. WoooWeee.

Probably be like Pruitt, he will go backwards.

The more Pruitt gets of his own, the more we hear about the malignancy left behind by Butch. It’s insanity.

 

[feathersax]

UNC, yes.

Arky played well in 1 game (today) and still lost. I'd slow down crowning them.

A&M mailed it in today, just playing well enough to win. Arky remains at rock bottom.

 

[chef3531]

1. Takes time
2. Do you know what crap players we were left with?
3. Its a locker-room, cultural thing
4. Gotta get those croots
5. New staff, time to gel
6. Some lockerroom cancers to cut out
7. Takes time
8. Need more croot classes
9. Cornbread Beldar
10. Did I mention the "time" thing?

I mean, if croots don't like cornbread we ain't got nuthin for em

 

[rocytop2624]

I'm an idiot? They are 2-2 and at least look like they belong on the field in the SEC. That's improvement.

2-3

 

[m1al]

Lately I’m seeing some the absolute dumbest posts in my 10+ years on VolNation.

 

[OldVolMan]

Your thinking isn't very nuanced. The point is they look improved over last year. That is a sign of coaching.
Help me figure this out... UT had the second most experienced roster in the conference coming into the season, yet looks like the worst team in the SEC right now. How do you justify that? What reason do we have to believe Pruitt can get it done?

Come on man haven’t you heard.....”we are 100% better than last year.”......lol

 

[rocytop2624]

Well we have like 7 games of losing by 25+ points to judge Pruitt by.

I won’t let that Auburn game cloud my judgement.

Our a good Kentucky team that was the 11th best team. The problem is Bain Tuttle and > I can't think of names but they was big DL help and incompatent QB PLAY is 90% the problem so give the young blokes time.

 

[Tennesseefan2019]

Arkansas lost to San Jose State which is a worse loss than Georgia State