In defense of Jeremy Pruitt

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I'm a Bama fan, but am hoping that Pruitt does well in Knoxville. I've known him since he was an assistant coach at our local high school. I know UT fans are impatient, and rightly so. It's been a long time since there was reason to be optimistic about the program. I understand the frustration, because Bama endured a similar decade before Saban arrived. I'm not positive that Pruitt is the answer, but I think he is. I hope people recognize some of the factors that will impact Pruitt's success, or failure; short, and long term: (a) He is a first year head coach (Saban had been a college head coach for eleven years, and an NFL head coach for two years prior to coming to Tuscaloosa), and is going to make some first year mistakes. (b) Saban inherited an Alabama team that had six, or seven future NFL players on the roster (Mike Shula gets no credit for that BTW). I'm not sure the UT roster Pruitt inherited had more than one, or two, (c) Pruitt inherited a killer schedule.....who'd have known Kentucky would field a once-in-a-century team.

Anyway....here's hoping you win out.
 
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Hope you’re right. We need a lot of things to fall our way to turn this thing around.
 
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Bumpndnite said:
I'm a Bama fan, but am hoping that Pruitt does well in Knoxville. I've known him since he was an assistant coach at our local high school. I know UT fans are impatient, and rightly so. It's been a long time since there was reason to be optimistic about the program. I understand the frustration, because Bama endured a similar decade before Saban arrived. I'm not positive that Pruitt is the answer, but I think he is. I hope people recognize some of the factors that will impact Pruitt's success, or failure; short, and long term: (a) He is a first year head coach (Saban had been a college head coach for eleven years, and an NFL head coach for two years prior to coming to Tuscaloosa), and is going to make some first year mistakes. (b) Saban inherited an Alabama team that had six, or seven future NFL players on the roster (Mike Shula gets no credit for that BTW). I'm not sure the UT roster Pruitt inherited had more than one, or two, (c) Pruitt inherited a killer schedule.....who'd have known Kentucky would field a once-in-a-century team.

Anyway....here's hoping you win out.
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I like your style Bubba. We could probably be friends 51 weeks out of every year. Good points to ponder.🍺
 
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He looks and acts like a real football coach.

I want him to succeed, but my Vols have sucked for so long this feels like an "SMU-like rebuild."
 
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The vast majority of us all hope Pruitt does very well. We know he has a monumental task ahead of him. I believe that most logical Vol fans realize that he needs around 4-5 years to reach a point where he can see great success. I believe he will be good to great here. But it will take time to get the players necessary to reach that.

This year doesnt count.
 
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BigOrangeTrain said:
The vast majority of us all hope Pruitt does very well. We know he has a monumental task ahead of him. I believe that most logical Vol fans realize that he needs around 4-5 years to reach a point where he can see great success. I believe he will be good to great here. But it will take time to get the players necessary to reach that.

This year doesnt count.
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Agreed and 💯% behind Pruitt and in no way bashing him, but in that time span I think we all will agree that we need to see steady progress. I've seen flashes of progress this year but we just don't have the depth to really showcase the improvement. That's just my opinion though.
 
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FiremedicVOL127 said:
Agreed and 💯% behind Pruitt and in no way bashing him, but in that time span I think we all will agree that we need to see steady progress. I've seen flashes of progress this year but we just don't have the depth to really showcase the improvement. That's just my opinion though.
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In complete agreement. If by year 3 we dont really see any improvement than this year, then we may have to question Pruitt. I am definitely behind him. And you are absolutely right about depth. We dont have it but more importantly we dont have quality depth. That takes awhile to fix.
 
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knoxvol16 said:
He looks and acts like a real football coach.

I want him to succeed, but my Vols have sucked for so long this feels like an "SMU-like rebuild."
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Tennessee had areal coach ten years ago and for some odd reason he was run out and there was a lot of people calling for his ouster. Well here we are ten years later.
 
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Bumpndnite said:
I'm a Bama fan, but am hoping that Pruitt does well in Knoxville. I've known him since he was an assistant coach at our local high school. I know UT fans are impatient, and rightly so. It's been a long time since there was reason to be optimistic about the program. I understand the frustration, because Bama endured a similar decade before Saban arrived. I'm not positive that Pruitt is the answer, but I think he is. I hope people recognize some of the factors that will impact Pruitt's success, or failure; short, and long term: (a) He is a first year head coach (Saban had been a college head coach for eleven years, and an NFL head coach for two years prior to coming to Tuscaloosa), and is going to make some first year mistakes. (b) Saban inherited an Alabama team that had six, or seven future NFL players on the roster (Mike Shula gets no credit for that BTW). I'm not sure the UT roster Pruitt inherited had more than one, or two, (c) Pruitt inherited a killer schedule.....who'd have known Kentucky would field a once-in-a-century team.

Anyway....here's hoping you win out.
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Insincere
 
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rkanderson said:
Tennessee had areal coach ten years ago and for some odd reason he was run out and there was a lot of people calling for his ouster. Well here we are ten years later.
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I think looking back, most people would have given Fulmer more time to right the ship... one thing, he had a #6 recruiting class coming in, including Taj Boyd, who helped Clemson rise up to a national program, and his O-coordinator, Clawson, turned out to be a good coach. Too bad.
 
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BigOrangeTrain said:
In complete agreement. If by year 3 we dont really see any improvement than this year, then we may have to question Pruitt. I am definitely behind him. And you are absolutely right about depth. We dont have it but more importantly we dont have quality depth. That takes awhile to fix.
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It will take at least 3 years in my opinion. My reasoning.. The Oline.. If Pruitt is able to land the Oline players he is after in this recruiting cycle.. It will take a couple of years to develop them. If our oline was stack now and a strength of the team, we would see a quicker turnaround. This to me has been the Vols main issue starting way back to Fulmer. UT needs Jr and Sr seasoned oline players to compete in my opinion.. If Pruitt lands his players this cycle and gets the ball rolling, when these players are in the system for a couple of years, that is when we will see consistency.. Just my thoughts.
 
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Any reasonable Vol fan hopes Pruitt succeeds.

Any reasonable Vol fan is within their right as being frustrated with hiring yet another head coach who obviously needs on the job training.

Especially one hired by the man that preached stability and experience as he ran this program into the ditch that it hasn't gotten out of yet.
 
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When you guys get some sense about you and demand tangible results instead of this always give them three years to fail nonsense, you will finally get the winning coach the team needs.

The administration makes suckers out of you because you will never rise to the occasion and demand better or hold a new coach accountable for his mistakes. When you were all united against Schiano, I had hope, but it was all in vain when the administration hired Pruitt and the majority of you fell back to the old ways.

Instead of false idols, the majority of you worship false coaches! And as a result you are punished with a team that is falling apart. Turn now from the error of your ways before it is too late!
 
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BigOrangeTrain said:
The vast majority of us all hope Pruitt does very well. We know he has a monumental task ahead of him. I believe that most logical Vol fans realize that he needs around 4-5 years to reach a point where he can see great success. I believe he will be good to great here. But it will take time to get the players necessary to reach that.

This year doesnt count.
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By Year 3 we will know if he was the right hire. Year 2 could be another struggle or we blow out with 9 wins. All depends on recruiting and depth. QB play has to get better!!! I hope OL and DL depth is addressed in these next 2 classes...GBO!!! Beat the Cats!!!!
 
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There is no way Pruitt needs defending yet- it's just too early to tell. There's also no way to know if he's going to be worth a damn as a head coach- there just isn't nearly enough data to jump to that conclusion. Those that are quick to say that we know we have a good one were likely saying the same thing about Butch Jones.
 
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a Bama fan in defense of our coach...something smells fishy...does that tell you how far we've fallen...that's ok, we'll get there, one day...:D

GO VOLS!
 
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