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Should Jeremy Pruitt be fired?

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#555
#555
The process begins. Last year the team quit on Pruitt and I saw that trend has continued. Game opener crowd was poor and it will only go down hill from here. Recruiting will drop off and I anticipate loss of interest around the TN orbit. In the meantime a great crowd as always was downtown riding scooters, listening to music drinking craft beer etc. The ole belief that that the only thing to do in Knoxville was to flock to Neyland stadium has given way to entertainment establishments catering to the new urban population. I myself have tired of the UT football drama, I now turn off sports radio. The Schiano BS is far away for me and what did it accomplish?, Myself and many others will wait enjoying life elsewhere. I just ask that my University not embarrass me with cheating lying scandal and awful drama. Pruitt now faces a long pain filled couple of years until UT can afford to fire him and hunt for yet another fresh start. I wish UT and Pruitt had the good sense to sit down and work out his early exit at a reduced cost to both of them. His family will no longer be able to go out in public without a guard and escort to protect them from obnoxious fans. Pruitt is now going to have to endure the cold shoulders and reception at work and out in public, I wish their was a better way to do this. Bottom line Pruitt will be out the door in no more than 2 years, the program will flounder, and UT will be massively in debt paying salaries to coaches not to coach. This game put this in motion and he cannot survive and UT cannot afford to fire him... SIGH The domino effect
 
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#556
#556
Woke said:
GA ST is the worst loss in our program’s history by a mile. Somebody posted earlier it’s now going down in history as the 4th worst loss by a P5 program ever. Don’t know if that’s true but if so congrats to Pruitt & Co.

The only one on your list that comes close is North Texas. But as I recall Majors’ mercurial / bipolar Vols team was coming off a deflating beatdown by Bama the week before after we had already beaten LSU and Auburn and were on our way. Also North Texas was coached by Haden Fry who would go on to become a legend at Iowa and he was coaching two of his sons on that team as well. So we were ripe for an ambush.
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Technically it was the 4th worse loss in all of D1 over the past decade.

But the 96 loss was still worse........although it didn’t feel as bad, because we still knew Tennessee was good. It was technically the worst (in my adult lifetime) because Tennessee was ranked 5th or 6th, they had a full roster of great players, and Memphis was BAD back then........not like the Memphis of today.

But yesterday’s loss for me felt the worst. As I had bought in and felt pretty decent about the upcoming season. That loss showed everyone where Tennessee really is.
 
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#558
#558
KeyVol14 said:
The fact that Fulmer hasn't come out and said something pisses me off
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At this point there really isn't anything he can say that will help matters. If he comes out and says he has faith in Pruitt and the staff, he would get roasted by fans and outsiders alike. If he says anything negative about Pruitt, that's just a really bad look for him as an AD. The next time he makes a public statement about the football program is likely the day he fires Pruitt whenever that may be.
 
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#560
JFBanicki said:
Were playing a nobody team that runs an option, with a new D line and a New OC anybody that thought this team was gonna come out on fire was kidding themselves.

Then add in this is still mostly a BJ team with only one full class of real talent that are all Freshman starting their first college game and yeah this was gonna be another rough year.
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None of that justifies losing to Georgia State.
 
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OrangeTsar said:
The Captain of the Titanic had the best interests of his ship at heart too. That didn't stop him from disregarding ice warnings, slamming his ship into an iceberg, and sinking the whole lot. Good intentions are admirable. But they aren't wins.
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I completely understand your meaning, but we didn't even need a coach on the sidelines to beat Georgia State. Yet we have one of the best staffs in America and still managed to lose. My mind is just completely blown by the idea of losing to them. I guess anomalies like this have to happen every once in a while and it just so happened to be our turn. I still believe cjp will get this program turned around and back to our winning ways. We didn't knock off Auburn and Kentucky last year, with less talented players than we have now, just to pack it all up and kill the football program this year.
 
#564
#564
Chitlin&theDude said:
He's dead man walking. It's a matter of when we cut bait. Can we afford financially to do it at the end of year? Can we afford not to do it? They're readjusting already pathetic revenue expectations for the year as we speak
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There’s a movie called “Chitlin and the Dude” starring a black guy and a white guy?! 👀
 
#570
#570
DaUndergroundMan said:
Hmm. That sounds like an Antifa take. 44% of Republicans cage babies.
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People wanting Pruitt fired right now have no real concern for any long term success for the program. Literally no amount of money would get a coach here if we fired a coach 13 games in because of knee jerk reactions. Especially after following a coach who turned the culture completely upside down and didn’t recruit well
 
#571
#571
JMSqb11 said:
People wanting Pruitt fired right now have no real concern for any long term success for the program. Literally no amount of money would get a coach here if we fired a coach 13 games in because of knee jerk reactions. Especially after following a coach who turned the culture completely upside down and didn’t recruit well
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Na, we’re not saying fire him NOW. We’re just saying we know he’s eventually getting fired so we might as well start looking lol.
 
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JMSqb11 said:
People wanting Pruitt fired right now have no real concern for any long term success for the program. Literally no amount of money would get a coach here if we fired a coach 13 games in because of knee jerk reactions. Especially after following a coach who turned the culture completely upside down and didn’t recruit well
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You don't get a mulligan for failing to have your team properly prepared and conditioned to play on the first game of your first full season in charge.

That is indefensible and every single coach on that staff, Bill Battle version 2 included, knows that.
 
#575
#575
T.N. Buckingham said:
You don't get a mulligan for failing to have your team properly prepared and conditioned to play on the first day of your first full season in charge.

That is indefensible and every single coach on that staff, Bill Battle version 2 included, knows that.
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You also don’t fire a coach after first game of the season. Especially the first game into a second season.

By doing that, you ensure that no one other than a community college coach is the best candidate that would willingly look at the job.

The fire Pruitt crowd really wants nothing more than harm to Tennessee Football then helping it....
 
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