JoAllan
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Gonna disagree with you here. 5 wins is NOT a step forward. That is performing below expectations and if we didn't have an all SEC schedule last year Pruitt would have likely had at least 5 wins.
“Likely”………does that mean……..we don’t know? Because we don’t.
I’m fairly confident that between 5 and 6 wins is what almost everyone (except us fans) has Tennessee pegged at……..so NO 5 is not below expectations.
Right now Tennessee needs to start winning the games they should. They need to reach expectations……..then build on that.
When your as low as last years Tennessee was…….and blame it on an all SEC schedule all you want……..but Tennessee lost at home to Kentucky by more than EVER before……it was BAD……..so back to…..when your as low as Tennessee was, you simply have to start winning games you should and learn to be competitive in others…….and build on that throughout the year.
5 is better than 3……..I don’t care how you put it……or who you play.
Tennessee also lost a freakin ton of players, and coming off the worst season of our lives…….and folks literally believe 9 wins is going to happen…….or 7 is the floor……….people are not living in reality.
Tennessee could certainly win more than they should…….because we don’t know. This is all new…….but don’t handicap this team……by living in an alternate universe where this is still the 90’s Tennessee………we have seen 9 losing seasons over the past 13. We have seen zero 10 win seasons over that span and the closest were with Dobbs and everyone knew the team would be good.
But heck…….suddenly Tennessee will be great. I certainly hope so. I will be gladly excited to see Tennessee win 8 games or even more……..however reality says that’s not “probable”……..not impossible…….but not probable……..and I live in reality.