Do the players even care?

[etcolton]

Last night I spotted Wood-Anderson and multiple other players at bars on cumberland like they didn’t lose to a school that didn’t even have a football team 10 years ago.

If I was Pruitt the whole team would’ve brought their sleeping bags and slept on the 50 yard line and think about how they can grow from this.

 

[Orangeslice13]

No. They obviously didn’t

 

[rocketskates]

Something is going on culturally. You don’t play that bad for nothing. Pruitt either did something incredibly dumb or some members of the team are rolling over because they aren’t being coddled. Either way, we really suck.

 

[Johnnyreb#VFL]

Pics or it didn’t happen

 

[UTK]

Besides Jennings and the kicker...sure didn't seem to care to me.

 

[CAVPUT]

Maybe he needed to forget about that crap show and drown his sorrows like the rest of us?

 

[VolArmy74]

I can't blame anyone for going out drinking after that game. Nor for trying to forget about it.

 

[Tennesseefan2019]

If the head coach and the coaching staff are indifferent or just not giving a damn it's bound to rub off on the football team.

 

[m1al]

They snapped and cleared.......

 

[Matt2496]

Besides Jennings and the kicker...sure didn't seem to care to me.

I would also add Eric Gray.

 

[etcolton]

I would also add Eric Gray.[/QUOTE
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[ncvol004]

Eric Gray gives me some hope....

 

[Tennesseefan2019]

Eric Gray gives me some hope....

I hope that if a coaching change is made that Eric Gray wont hit the transfer portal

 

[TheDeeble]

Pruitt's recruits probably do for sure, but it wouldn't surprise me if there's a few seniors or juniors just going through the motions if they don't start.

Game 1 I doubt player apathy has set in yet.

 

[JoAllan]

Pics or it didn’t happen

But he does look like he cares

 

[Offset Eye]

 

[livefaith]

If you'll notice, the fans will be chewing their nails off in the crunch time of games. The 19-22 year old students actually out there playing are just doing their thing. They've played dozens and dozens of games since age 5. This one is another one. When it's over, college students will be happy or sad based on the results. But, after a shower and street clothes life goes on.

These guys are scoping co-eds, or working on that math quiz due in the morning, or chilling on the couch this afternoon enjoying a rest day. Tomorrow they know it's another grind at practice. The fans are shell-shocked and will be for a decade over yesterday's game.

 

[Ten_Titans]

The fact that Pruitt acted like there wasn't an effort problem was extremely suspicious to me.

First of all that means he thinks we are all too stupid to see how absurd that is.

But second, why lie about it? Never had a problem calling the players out last year.

 

[utvolpj]

They're still college kids. They also don't take losses as hard as fans. Always been the case

 

[rjd970]

If this season is lost anyway then Pruitt needs to clean house and cut scholarships. I don’t care if we have the 50 players left that he recruited. Prove you want be here or gtfo.

 

[livefaith]

The more posts I see since yesterday. The more I'm starting to believe this was one of those mystical "must win" games.

 

[photovol]

If the players care, they certainaly don't show it on the football field, do they reflect the attitude of their coach?

 

[DaddyChad]

Well I was depressed and drank last night. I can’t fault the players for doing the same. What disappoints me is the effort on the field.

 

[VolForLife83]

Last night I spotted Wood-Anderson and multiple other players at bars on cumberland like they didn’t lose to a school that didn’t even have a football team 10 years ago.

If I was Pruitt the whole team would’ve brought their sleeping bags and slept on the 50 yard line and think about how they can grow from this.

JG said he was too ashamed to leave the stadium. Yes they care

 

[volspeach]

No passion, no heart.. true very true and it was quite evident.