Is the media crying over Pruitt taking the Sabans approach?

[greazy1722]

The media is crying let pruitt do his job and clean the program up. I love the coach temperament once the guys buy in, trust me the team is going to play up to the coach attitude. Alot of these kids has the Butch Jones hangover its time to buy in or get shipped off.

 

[Tin Man]

IMHO, the Tennesean article was unadulterated sports hack panty-twisting (author practically admitted as much).

Perspective:

First, let us acknowledge the situation into which CJP is introduced for his first P5 HC job. Chaos in the administration of athletics dating back 10 years. Politely understated, "a lack of continuity in the leadership of the football program." Historic lows in performance by the football team in the past season. Players leaving voluntarily. Players being dismissed. Discord among the student athletes. An apparent lack of respect between a number of players and the past coaching staff. Can you imagine a more dire situation? PEDs? Academic scandal? Antibiotic-resistant flesh eating bacteria?

Taking the above into account, one should look upon the "closed" environment with intuitive understanding and refrain from drawing conclusions about the future state. The hack belching out the Tennessean article could have taken this tack, but instead, indulged base qualities to mewl and puke up speculative Saban parallels (lazy journalism).

 

[Orangeredblooded]

Rexrode is correct that if Pruitt wants as large a turnout as possible for the spring game in the future, then having an autograph signing session with the players is a must. Every other criticism is insignificant... Restricting player and assistants access to the media reduces drama and ensures that the focal voice of the program is that of Pruitt's, as it should be.

Maybe CJP changing the autograph session from spring to fall, will get more fans to scrimmage so that the players will be more ready to play in front of a large crowd and pump them up for actual game day.

 

[Orangeredblooded]

The media helps push your agenda. Maybe if Pruitt had engaged with the media a little more then more fans would have shown up to the O&W game and the whole "where were our fans" quote wouldn't have been said.

We can all bash Butch and the media, but I remember hearing "brick by brick" all over the place the first few years he was here. Every paper, website, and radio station that covers UT was pushing "brick by brick", and yes, even by a ton of some of the same people who claim to have "hated it from the start". We can say what we want about it now, but there's no doubt Butch's relationship w/ the media 1- bought him more time, 2- helped get the fans behind him, and 3- helped with recruiting. The one thing the media can't help you with is winning football games.

Ultimately it comes down to wins and losses, but a coach's relationship with the media can be the difference between getting fired after 3 years or getting fired after 5 years.

Hopefully we win and win and win and win, and Pruitt is really Saban 2.0 and returns us to a dominant force. But if not, Pruitt will come to regret his interactions with the media if and when times get tough.[/QUOTE

You mean to tell me that if it hadn't been for Butch's relationship with the media, we could have gotten rid of him after year 3?

 

[stevenrich2003]

Wooow The man has yet to coach a single game and the whining as already started.

 

[AM64]

I think the media response to Jones and Pruitt follows a familiar path. Everybody is ready to follow a con man with a plan - the slick advertising campaign. Now a guy who just comes in, rolls up his sleeves, and goes to work without saying much - that's a different story. If he says there's a lot of work to do, few stick around.

Despite the negative history that goes with con men, they'll win the publicity campaign every time. Apparently you really can fool some of the people all the time, and most people most of the time. Besides when the con man gets exposed, the media have a whole new playground ... and a severe case of amnesia; it's a win/win for them.

If the new target of media interest doesn't tell them what they want to hear or, worse, ignores them, it quickly turns negative. Expect a rash of speculation and a barrage of unnamed sources soon especially if some players don't want to stick around and work Pruitt style.

 

[KBVol]

Tennessean/Nashville Banner used to be top notch newspapers that like several dozen across the country were ruined after gannett bought them out and made them part of their leftist biased media empire.

Now if you want a respectable newspaper, there is 3 sections of the Wall Street Journal, Drudgereport online and the "county newspapers".

Couldn’t agree more

 

[BeecherVol]

I think the media response to Jones and Pruitt follows a familiar path. Everybody is ready to follow a con man with a plan - the slick advertising campaign. Now a guy who just comes in, rolls up his sleeves, and goes to work without saying much - that's a different story. If he says there's a lot of work to do, few stick around.

Despite the negative history that goes with con men, they'll win the publicity campaign every time. Apparently you really can fool some of the people all the time, and most people most of the time. Besides when the con man gets exposed, the media have a whole new playground ... and a severe case of amnesia; it's a win/win for them.


If the new target of media interest doesn't tell them what they want to hear or, worse, ignores them, it quickly turns negative. Expect a rash of speculation and a barrage of unnamed sources soon especially if some players don't want to stick around and work Pruitt style.

Pretty good break down.

 

[SSVol]

Pruitt and Butch both give virtually no useful info, but Butch just used 20x the words to do so. They should be thanking Pruitt for respecting their time.