*****Jeremy Pruitt weekly press conference at noon (Notes and Video)

[loggervol]

Got to still have some dudes with blind hope to keep the rest of us from jumping off the Gay Street bridge.

Nope, not tall enough.

 

[zeppelin128]

Nope, not tall enough.

We don't have a volcano to jump in to appease the gods, so the Tennessee River will have to suffice. Henley Street bridge maybe?

 

[volpreacher]

According to a lot of you all's logic, Dabo Swinney should never be a head coach. He was promoted mid year from coordinator and posted a 4-3 record. Next year went 9-5. Then the next year 6-7. Volnation would have wanted to fire him. He's won 10 games each season since

 

[I_Bleed_Orange77]

"I'm in over my head, peace ya'll" ?

After 4 games? You can not possibly make that determination yet. Sample size is way too small.

 

[VolTexas]

He is not over his head. He is coaching as well as I have seen, save Kiffin against Bama. Kiffin played players with heart, because he wanted to win.

Don't know many fans upset with how the Vols played that game.

 

[Behr]

Behr and Josh. I have no animosity with fans who have hope and see great potential in CJP. Im glad yall still have hope after the decade of despair.
Where i differ is when people get their panties twisted because they dont want to agree with concerns seen on the field. And then we get excuses (which may be valid) and a mantra of "he's the man/great coach".

I somehow missed this...

I don't and have never thought you had any animosity towards anyone.

Not sure but you may have misunderstood, maybe it was my fault. I'm not convinced Pruitt will be a great coach, I just lean towards his resume saying he should be. If anything, I have more doubt now than ever, but I still haven't made up my mind.

I think he was handed a bigger cluster Fawk than most understand. I also believe if he was "The Man", we wouldn't have screwed the pooch as bad as we did Saturday night. That said, I'm not there everyday and I have no clue what is actually happening. Oh, and unlike a bunch of people here, I'm not a know it all NCAA Football Coach.

Haha, but everyone has a right to their opinion, just a whole bunch of people act like opinions are like orgasms, they got theirs and mine don't matter. Is what it is.

I don't let this stuff get to me like I used to, I know I can't do one thing about it. Anything I could have done, I have.

 

[McDad]

I somehow missed this...

I don't and have never thought you had any animosity towards anyone.

Not sure but you may have misunderstood, maybe it was my fault. I'm not convinced Pruitt will be a great coach, I just lean towards his resume saying he should be. If anything, I have more doubt now than ever, but I still haven't made up my mind.

I think he was handed a bigger cluster Fawk than most understand. I also believe if he was "The Man", we wouldn't have screwed the pooch as bad as we did Saturday night. That said, I'm not there everyday and I have no clue what is actually happening. Oh, and unlike a bunch of people here, I'm not a know it all NCAA Football Coach.

Haha, but everyone has a right to their opinion, just a whole bunch of people act like opinions are like orgasms, they got theirs and mine don't matter. Is what it is.

I don't let this stuff get to me like I used to, I know I can't do one thing about it. Anything I could have done, I have.

Pruitt sux and so do you!

 

[Behr]

Pruitt sux and so do you!

But we don't swaller.

At least we're gonna have a good weekend this week, cause you know, Smart can't beat Pruitt.

 

[jakez4ut]

Haha, but everyone has a right to their opinion, just a whole bunch of people act like opinions are like orgasms, they got theirs and mine don't matter. Is what it is.

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[Orange_Vol1321]

I think this team will get better each week slowly but surely. Enough to beat Vandy at the end at least.

I'll have to see it to believe it. Currently, Kentucky and Vanderbilt would beat us by two or more touchdowns.

 

[Blackburn]

I know we haven't really seen in on the field yet but I feel like Pruitt is the first real coach we've had at the helm since Fulmer. After listening to Dooley and Butch speak for the past 10 years, it seems obvious that Pruitt knows what he's talking about and that he knows what needs to happen to get us to a winning level. It's like coach Rumph said recently...it's an ugly baby right now but we have to nurture it and teach it and help it learn and grow.

I know this year is going to be terrible but I feel like we are finally headed in the right direction. Once he gets players in here that want to fight to win and also take what is being taught to them in practice and put it on the field, then I think we will see that he truly knows what it takes to get back to the top of the SEC.

Go Vols!