Is the media crying over Pruitt taking the Sabans approach?

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Why is this even thread-worthy?

Who honestly gives a rat's azz what the media actually think?

Just how many of them are being paid $$$ to coach football at ANY level?

They're ticks with an over-inflated sense of self-importance....
 
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Pruitt has no more responsibility to the press than the SEC office and UTAD requires win or lose. He's apparently not going to be taking any of them into his confidence. Not going to yuk it up with them texting jokes and memes. Just not going to have a lot to do with them. He has no responsibility to generate stories and gain clicks for their online stuff. They have a job to do it's just Pruitt has one and it doesn't include making the press job easy. Oh well.
 
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This is shaping up to one of the best off seasons ever lol
 
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BowlBrother85 said:
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.
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I understand your point...but I think Pruitt's reasoning if I assume correctly is great. It's nothing against the fans...It's not letting the players feel like they're some kind of stars signing autographs. He's giving them humble pie and telling them they arn't anybody to be giving autographs to anyone. I like the approach if I'm correct.
 
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You could tell they were already not happy early in spring practice. One of the few times a couple of players were interviewed, practically every question they asked Nigel Warrior, he told them to ask CJP.

One of them, I think it was Rucker, eventually said something sarcastically to Warrior along the lines of, "so this is how its going to be now".

You could tell he was PO'd.
 
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BowlBrother85 said:
At least so far, Pruitt hasn't acted like a jerk in a press conference. He's polite and professional - not condescending and snarky as Saban sometimes is. Having said that, he hasn't had to face the media after a tough loss yet either. We'll see how that goes.
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I’m going to guess that Pruitt will not be a pleasant person after a loss...any loss. How he handles that will be interesting to watch.
 
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Volosaurus rex said:
Rexrode’s whininess is only slightly more tolerable than the endless sarcasm of his predecessor, David Climer, who, by comparison, was only slightly more tolerable than John Adams, who, of course, wrote for the News Sentinel.

To correct Mr. Rexrode’s position, NOBODY earns the right to behave like a jackass. The simple truth is that, given his stature in the profession, nobody will call Saban out for his boorish/dictatorial behavior.
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Back in 2009, someone in the local media in Alabama asked Saban a question about over-signing and how he was staying within the 85 scholarship limit and Saban went into orbit with one of his tantrums. Since then the media has been intimidated and won't ask him anything that remotely sounds like criticism. It's not just Saban's stature that has cowed the media. He's also really good at bullying at them... a lot like Bobby Knight in that regard.
 
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The soft Knoxville media is getting what they needed to get for years now. The stone cold no fluff no filler truth. They’ll just have to get used to it or not come to practice
 
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Boca Vol said:
It's funny how how we're all expected to read between the lines when you and butchna post but everyone else is held to the literal word.

Yes, I knew what you meant, but maybe the two of you can take the "hall monitoring" down a bit. :good!:
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If you knew what I meant, why all this vomit?

That's a rhetorical question. I can read between the lines. Lulz, "hall monitoring" though?
 
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butchna said:
How come when you say “funny” it doesn’t mean the same thing? :question:
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Oh, he mad.

But he'll say he's not, then tell us to go worship Butch or Track Grudens plane or some stupid crap that he thinks makes him seem like he knows everything.

Lol, just like "I know what you meant, but blah blah blah hall monitor, bunch a butchna behr bastages".
 
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Behr said:
Oh, he mad.

But he'll say he's not, then tell us to go worship Butch or Track Grudens plane or some stupid crap that he thinks makes him seem like he knows everything.

Lol, just like "I know what you meant, but blah blah blah hall monitor, bunch a butchna behr bastages".
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Boca’s a mixed bag for me. Witnessed his sense of humor and interesting valid sports takes many a time and enjoyed. When he gets a bur lodged in his poop chute tho? Full MTV Sweet Sixteen diva level stuff! I enjoy that others think you and I are in lock step all da time. You’ve called me out numerous times on my genius, whereas I always support your takes...evens when’s you haves the dumbs. :)
 
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Pruitt may free up media stuff w/ players and coaches when they prove they can handle their football business. Right now, what are they gonna talk about?...got a new attitude and we're turning it around...we're gonna get UT back to where we belong...DAT...same dialog of Kiffin, Dooley, Jones. Maybe don't say much until we've got something meaningful to talk about.

I think Pruitt knows there's no silver bullets this year, so no sense in over estimating our progress.
 
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I don't have a problem if Pruitt wants to limit media access. I always thought Butch was a little too preoccupied with what the media thought.
 
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Orange_Vol1321 said:
Not sure you or I will either. Time will tell.
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I don't need to like him.

That's the point.

I wasn't a fan of Kiffin personally. Had he won, I still wouldn't or need to like him.

The media is gonna b!+ch and moan about info looking for something to write about. If they don't like him that doesn't matter to me either.
 
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Hacksaw said:
I don't have a problem if Pruitt wants to limit media access. I always thought Butch was a little too preoccupied with what the media thought.
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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.
 
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Behr said:
Oh, he mad.

But he'll say he's not, then tell us to go worship Butch or Track Grudens plane or some stupid crap that he thinks makes him seem like he knows everything.

Lol, just like "I know what you meant, but blah blah blah hall monitor, bunch a butchna behr bastages".
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JazzMaster001 said:
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.
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The media won't save him or buy him more time if it goes south.
The media didn't help Jones do anything. His early success year 4 coupled with the AD hole bought him an extra year.

That racket is overplayed.
 
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Big Orange Rob said:
Who cares what the media thinks?!?! Their opinion of themselves is usually way overblown. Pruitt's job is to crack down, get tough and win. If that doesn't happen in a few years, then the media can gripe.
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Unfortunately tons of people do. The manipulate the narrative, they twist pieces of info together into a deceptive package, they play on the publics desires and fears, and they outright lie. It's all done for a dollar yet people are so one obsessed with updates and do lazy concerning the truth, that they follow these scavengers daily.

Quit reading thier drivel and cancel cable and so many would be much wiser and happier. They can say and do whatever they want. But if nobody is their to get decieved then nothing happens. If a tree falls in the woods ...
 
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BeecherVol said:
The media won't save him or buy him more time if it goes south.
The media didn't help Jones do anything. His early success year 4 coupled with the AD hole bought him an extra year.

That racket is overplayed.
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Butch should have been on the hot seat after year 3 (2015) when we couldn't hold a lead in any of the big games we had. Instead we all heard how we were "learning how to win" for the next year. It bought him more time. Guess who pushed it? The media.
 
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Fortunately this is one problem that if you ignore it it will go away. Especially with a West Virginia upset victory....
 
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