How would have Leach and Minshew fared this season at UT?

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#78
Vol_from_86 said:
Don't forget that Mike Leach went 3-9, 6-7, and 3-9 in his first 3 seasons at Washington State. It took him a few years to build his program there just like it would have taken him a few years to build it here. ANYONE coming into this situation would have had to wade through 2 to 3 years of mediocre-at-best results.

The question for Fulmer was "What kind of program do you want to begin building?" and he chose to begin building toward great recruiting, great defense, and a physical run game and I'm glad he did. Since that's what Tennessee is trying to build, I don't think we could have made a better hire than Jeremy Pruitt.
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People don't comprehend this.

What you just described is the receipe for championship football. It was in 1928, it was in 1968, and it still is in 2018.

Pruitt may not be a great HC, but he knows what the recipe for success is and because of that I am confident that even if he doesn't workout as a big winner, he will have left TN better than he found it. The same cant be said about our last 3 coaches.
 
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#79
GRN1926 said:
People don't comprehend this.

What you just described is the receipe for championship football. It was in 1928, it was in 1968, and it still is in 2018.

Pruitt may not be a great HC, but he knows what the recipe for success is and because of that I am confident that even if he doesn't workout as a big winner, he will have left TN better than he found it. The same cant be said about our last 3 coaches.
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Yea, I feel the same about Pruitt. Even if he doesn't turn out to be a championship coach, I do believe he'll be a solid coach and set the next coach up for great success.

But we need HIM to be a championship coach. Don't make me tell you what is most likely to happen, if he's not.
 
#81
#81
Things wouldā€™ve been the same or worse. It took Leach awhile to get that program to where it is today. This isnā€™t gonna be an overnight success story unfortunately, Pruitt has a lot to fix but I think that he will work out for us. Just my .02
 
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GetYouSomeofThat said:
Do you seriously believe that? Like fir real think that a guy that has no HC experience, had no HC offers that anyone is aware of, was way down the ask list for us is really THE best coach we could get? The very best fit?

Or is that just hyperbole that you need to be a fan?
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Yes. I seriously believe that. Please donā€™t be a smart ass next time you post.
 
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#83
HYPOTHETICAL THEORY = HYPOTHEORIZING...:D

PS. don't care...in theory...;)

GO VOLS...BEAT THE CATS!
 
#84
#84
Vol_from_86 said:
Yes. I seriously believe that. Please donā€™t be a smart ass next time you post.
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Why? to both..

Why Is he the guy? What HC qualifications does he have or has shown that makes you believe he is the very best fit?

and why not be a smart ass? There is more than enough dumbassery going around as is..
 
#85
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GetYouSomeofThat said:
Why? to both..

Why Is he the guy? What HC qualifications does he have or has shown that makes you believe he is the very best fit?

and why not be a smart ass? There is more than enough dumbassery going around as is..
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I gave 3 reasons already
 
#86
#86
Behr said:
Yea, I feel the same about Pruitt. Even if he doesn't turn out to be a championship coach, I do believe he'll be a solid coach and set the next coach up for great success.

But we need HIM to be a championship coach. Don't make me tell you what is most likely to happen, if he's not.
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You talking power struggle of the further eroding of a once proud fanbase
 
#87
#87
Please pardon the interruption. I participate periodically on your hoops board (and loved my trip to Nashville for the UT/GU game a couple of seasons ago). BTW as I'm sure you're aware, you've got something special going in basketball.

I've never been a huge Mike Leach fan (I'm the only one in my family the last 3 generations with a college degree that's not from UW ... learned how to say "Go Huskies" long before I learned how to say "Go Zags"). I hope this link works (Mike Leach the other day on Mascots) as in my opinion it's flat out hysterical. It's two minutes long (with a couple of SEC references). Enjoy (I sure did).

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mike Leach, big fan of Colorado Buffalo mascot Ralphie and other live mascots: <a href="Femi Abebefe on Twitter">pic.twitter.com/EUZVap1G7e</a></p>&mdash; Femi Abebefe (@SWXFemi) <a href="">November 6, 2018</a></blockquote>
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#88
Grudenhaslanded said:
If it was only the talent level, then no way the SC or the Charlotte game is remotely close. With our receivers and QBs, leach would have put up some serious numbers.

And before any one says ā€œNo because our Oline sucksā€, the pass protection is fixable if you can get everyone to know their assignments including and especially our TEā€™s and backs.
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Sorry but you are wrong.
 
#89
#89
I really like Mike Leach and think he's a good coach. I just don't think he would do well at Tennessee. Nothing really to back that up, just a gut feeling.
 
#90
#90
LosingFaithVol said:
The team would have still struggled to get to six, but you would have seen progress you could believe in on the field. The main difference between him and Pruitt, Leach is a proven offensive minded head coach who with time would had the team back to winning nine or ten games on average every year with some special seasons sprinkled in (yay!). Pruitt on the other hand, is an unproven defensive minded position coach who is not showing any real progress and is on a downward projectory(boo!).
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Pruitt is a very proven defensive position coach and with the pirate we most likely would have lost to auburn as well.
 
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GetYouSomeofThat said:
Do you seriously believe that? Like fir real think that a guy that has no HC experience, had no HC offers that anyone is aware of, was way down the ask list for us is really THE best coach we could get? The very best fit?

Or is that just hyperbole that you need to be a fan?
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Many Vol fans are the masters of talking themelves into believing every coach we hire is saban in the making. Three quarters here did it with jones and dooley until part way into the last seasons! They lectured for years then pretended it never happened and now do the same thing!
 
#93
#93
Volgrad98 said:
I really like Mike Leach and think he's a good coach. I just don't think he would do well at Tennessee. Nothing really to back that up, just a gut feeling.
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That offense was ran at UK and while they put up big offensive #'s they couldn't win consistently in the sec where power full reigns.

Love Leach and was excited when it was discussed but I dont think he would have won championships here. Given the other losers Currie tried to bring-in he was a grand slam though
 
#94
#94
We'd be having to listen to a bunch of dumbass pirate jabs from the media and every other fan base ... no thanks
 
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