Is it possible Pruitt is fired at the end of THIS year?

Is it possible Pruitt is fired at the end of this year?

  • Yes

    Votes: 49 8.1%

  • Maybe

    Votes: 29 4.8%

  • No, we'll have him for another 1-2 years at least

    Votes: 524 87.0%
  • Total voters
    602
#177
#177
morristown vol said:
No,don't forget the 8 game win streak and the first half against Georgia gave me hope we were back but then the wheels came off.And i blame that on the JG melt down.
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Blame JG if it makes you feel better. But his ass is on the field because his coaches tell him to go out there...

They either suck at recruiting QBs or developing QBs...
Or both.
 
#179
#179
morristown vol said:
That's the hard part the figure out.If JG gives us the beat chance to win and were not winning then it should be time to move on
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We would have never got JG if Butch & JG's dad had not been such great friends from their Temple days. So if he gives us the best chance to win JP is suggesting that Butch is better at bringing in QB's than he and his crew , go figure.
 
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#180
#180
RDU VOL#14 said:
Maybe a couple of the coaches, but not all of them. We’re not getting to the promise land with Sonny Dykes or Navy’s head coach, not even dare I say Mike Leach? ( I really hope that pisses people off, sick of hearing about it). So why trade for a guy that YOU and others say is a “sack of potatoes” for another couple of guys who will get us 8-5 too? Luke Fickel might be a good hire, but I can’t wait to see what the reaction would be to another Cincinnati coach being hired. And let’s say we hire him and in a couple years Ryan Day gets tired of owning the B1G and maybe even wins a CFP and the right NFL situation comes his way. Who do you think gets that first call? Luke Fickell. I have a hard time believing that Fickell wouldn’t take that job if he has success here. If he doesn’t have success what’s different about him than Pruitt if he doesn’t beat the Big 3? A loss is a loss no matter how many points it’s by.

Look, Pruitt and this staff haven’t magically forgot how to coach football. Their track record speaks for itself . I think burning it down, again.... would be a colossal mistake at this juncture . Nevermind the fact that financially most AD’s are in a helluva bind. I’m not saying I’m satisfied and I’m not saying anyone should be, but I disagree that it would be in our best interest to move on .
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Their track record prior to their time at UT is irrelevant at the half-way point of season 3.

The reality, is that regardless of what this staff did individually under different head coaches, with more talented rosters, they aren't doing the same here together under Pruitt.
 
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BeardedVol said:
Their track record prior to their time at UT is irrelevant at the half-way point of season 3.

The reality, is that regardless of what this staff did individually under different head coaches, with more talented rosters, they aren't doing the same here together under Pruitt.
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We’ll just agree to disagree. I don’t think you can totally dismiss their prior history or track record. I’m not saying it’s meshing well right now, but I still think it can. I keep seeing people talk about getting rid of Pruitt, but nobody has a plan. Nobody has a legit vision of what or who they want or how we would get there. People are just angry, and I get it, but I just don’t think blowing it up is the right course of action. I also don’t think it’s the right course of action given the current circumstances. Hell, even Muschamp isn’t going to get fired.
 
#182
#182
RDU VOL#14 said:
We’ll just agree to disagree. I don’t think you can totally dismiss their prior history or track record. I’m not saying it’s meshing well right now, but I still think it can. I keep seeing people talk about getting rid of Pruitt, but nobody has a plan. Nobody has a legit vision of what or who they want or how we would get there. People are just angry, and I get it, but I just don’t think blowing it up is the right course of action. I also don’t think it’s the right course of action given the current circumstances. Hell, even Muschamp isn’t going to get fired.
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How many of your employers have you had in your life that were fine with you having accolades at your previous work stops, while struggling to hit bare minimum expectations while working for them?
 
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#183
BeardedVol said:
How many of your employers have you had in your life that were fine with you having accolades at your previous work stops, while struggling to hit bare minimum expectations while working for them?
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I get your point, but I don’t think any of my previous employers are at all similar to coaching a major D1 football team.
 
#184
#184
RDU VOL#14 said:
I get your point, but I don’t think any of my previous employers are at all similar to coaching a major D1 football team.
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That's not really the point though is it?

Pruitt wasn't hired so that UT could say he did good stuff while at Alabama/Georgia/Florida State.
 
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#185
#185
BeardedVol said:
That's not really the point though is it?

Pruitt wasn't hired so that UT could say hid good stuff while at Alabama/Georgia/Florida State.
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He was given the head job because his resume suggested that he was able to bring us championships. I still think that it remains to be seen if that will be the case. Right now it doesn’t appear to be trending that way, but I don’t believe 2 1/2 years is enough to make the determination. I understand that there have been some very low lows, there have also been moments where we can see promise. Like I said previously, we cannot afford to bring in a new staff, we don’t have a plan to bring in a new guy and I don’t know who we can go get unless we hire a home run, which is doubtful. What qualifies as a home run? Would we bring in an Urban Meyer if he wanted? Would the fan base accept him given his history? Would Bob Stoops come? There aren’t many that I see that would take it.
 
#186
#186
RDU VOL#14 said:
He was given the head job because his resume suggested that he was able to bring us championships. I still think that it remains to be seen if that will be the case. Right now it doesn’t appear to be trending that way, but I don’t believe 2 1/2 years is enough to make the determination. I understand that there have been some very low lows, there have also been moments where we can see promise. Like I said previously, we cannot afford to bring in a new staff, we don’t have a plan to bring in a new guy and I don’t know who we can go get unless we hire a home run, which is doubtful. What qualifies as a home run? Would we bring in an Urban Meyer if he wanted? Would the fan base accept him given his history? Would Bob Stoops come? There aren’t many that I see that would take it.
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Lol no he wasn't. Even Fulmer isn't so dense to believe that spending a year Florida State as DC, or two under Saban at Alabama, would make hiring Pruitt as a first-time HC a jumping off point for getting UT back to contending for championships.

Pruitt was hired because our coaching search was a goat rodeo, he was cheap, and on paper had enough experience under good HCs to make it plausible that he might be capable of being a HC himself.

So far he's proving himself to not be HC material at this point in his career.
 
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#188
BeardedVol said:
Lol no he wasn't. Even Fulmer isn't so dense to believe that spending a year Florida State as DC, or two under Saban at Alabama, would make hiring Pruitt as a first-time HC a jumping off point for getting UT back to contending for championships.

Pruitt was hired because our coaching search was a goat rodeo, he was cheap, and on paper had enough experience under good HCs to make it plausible that he might be capable of being a HC himself.

So far he's proving himself to not be HC material at this point in his career.
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They didn't pay him cheap though ,no way should he have got the big contract he got
 
#189
#189
508mikey said:
They didn't pay him cheap though ,no way should he have got the big contract he got
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In comparison to Mullen he was cheap. We drug out feet on that deal, and wouldn't pay him what he wanted to come to UT in our driven to lock down Schiano.
 
#190
#190
BeardedVol said:
Lol no he wasn't. Even Fulmer isn't so dense to believe that spending a year Florida State as DC, or two under Saban at Alabama, would make hiring Pruitt as a first-time HC a jumping off point for getting UT back to contending for championships.

Pruitt was hired because our coaching search was a goat rodeo, he was cheap, and on paper had enough experience under good HCs to make it plausible that he might be capable of being a HC himself.

So far he's proving himself to not be HC material at this point in his career.
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Fine. That’s your opinion. I agree that currently he isn’t going in the right direction. I’m just hoping that he gets it together and turns it around for all of our sakes. I also hope you aren’t one of the ones on here that’s going to manufacture reasons to dislike every little thing that Pruitt or this coaching staff does because you’ve already made up your mind on him.
 
#194
#194
USAFgolferVol said:
The poll question is, "Is it POSSIBLE?". Hell yes it's possible. If we lost out, he's gone, or if we look terrible in all games and slide by Vandy, he's gone
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He’s not gone if we lose out. Have you missed the last several weeks with VN discussing his buyout and the effects COVID has on college finances?
 
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#195
#195
Outside of something off the field, I’d say only finishing 2-8 would engage a serious discussion depending on the type of loss to Vandy.
 
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#196
#196
Fulmer should be fired for giving him an extension. Nobody is coming after Pruitt. He hasn't shown anything at UT that a sane school would want. Pruitt is probably the coach with the least risk of being lured away in D1.
 
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#197
sona said:
Fulmer should be fired for giving him an extension. Nobody is coming after Pruitt. He hasn't shown anything at UT that a sane school would want. Pruitt is probably the coach with the least risk of being lured away in D1.
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Pruitt probably told Fulmer he was considering going to the Carolina Panthers. Fulmer (or Jimmy Sexton) got Hamilton to fall for it a few times?

Is Fulmer still a client of Sexton? I believe Pruitt is. That seems like a conflict of sorts, maybe not.
 
#199
#199
I would say almost 99.9999% no. Even if we lose the every game for the rest of the season, he will still get next year.

Of course, if next year comes and we suck because of the QB, then that's all on Pruitt.

If we struggle next year, he should be shown the door.
 
#200
#200
0% chance. Being a coach that was "forced out", Fulmer is giving him a minimum of 5 years.
 
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