Maybe these top level recruits have a much higher football I Q than these glass half empty posters on here, and realize the effect a jr college O line has on an SEC teamI don't see how. Maybe if they show a glimmer of hope?
OC does not look as competent as many potential recruits might like.
They need to show they know what they are doing sometime.
Exactly. If a play works it's a great call. If it fails it was a crappy call.No one really thinks Helton has done a terrible job, aside from fans that can't separate production from playcalling like this is Madden or something.
I don't see how. Maybe if they show a glimmer of hope?
OC does not look as competent as many potential recruits might like.
They need to show they know what they are doing sometime.
That's just one year. What Vol fans are gonna have trouble accepting is that won't establish depth. Until several recruiting cycles pass and a good S&C program starts showing results there's gonna be a drop-off in athletic ability when substitutions are made during games. We're talking about a process of 3-4 years,IMO.All we need is linemen and we’ll be good. It looks like we may have some really good ones coming in next year.
Pruitt has had top level talent everywhere he’s been.
If he thinks a Bama like roster is going to appear he’s crazy. They are going to have to coach lower tier players and get more out of them.
Based on his current recruiting, he’s not going to have Saban like results. Great coaches do more with less.
Yes! This is why it's so disconcerting to hear him blame the players. As far as I can tell, he's never coached anything but Top 5 recruiting talent -- and never as a head coach. It's awfully convenient to blame the players. But I think most of our fans have reasonable expectations for the kind of improvement we had hoped to see by now: line up right and snap the ball, tackle with technique and play with discipline. That's still a problem at this point in the season. And that's coaching.
I know for sure that he has taught the OL to block the guy in front of them. How many times this season do we watch guys fly in untouched? I've never seen anything like it. It's almost as if they are teaching them not to touch the guy in front of them. In the press conferences he preaches effort and doing things the right way but our OL, physically outmatched or not, simply has not made the right effort and often obvious decisions to block the man right in front of them. The TE position has been just as bad.
Yes. So many times I have seen Richmond et al simply watch (or even move out of the way) as a DL or LB goes running by them. That isn’t play calling. That is Lyle Jones’ culture still on this team.
Time will tell. I’m not sold either way.
Guys like Carvin and Jahmir Johnson were never coached by Jones.Yes. So many times I have seen Richmond et al simply watch (or even move out of the way) as a DL or LB goes running by them. That isn’t play calling. That is Lyle Jones’ culture still on this team.
Time will tell. I’m not sold either way.
Right now 4 OL committed: 5* OT, 4* OG, 3* OT, a 3* OG, and we lead for a second 5* OT. Not too shabby.