Jeremy Pruitt's Monday press conference video (notes added)

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Why do I feel like every year on the bye week Pruitt tells us the team went back to "working on fundamentals". Does Bama work on fundamentals on their bye week? I would think fundamentals are something you teach every day in practice so on the bye week you can set up some things to help you win in the upcoming games.
 
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PandamoniumReigns said:
I get the crowd that says even if he is starting someone else, he doesn't want to tip his hand to Arky. But even if he came out and announced a new starter, it's not like Arky or anyone would really have any film to really prep for a different QB.
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Hypothetical. They definitely would change strategy for Maurer because of his mobility. They would also have to change strategy for Bailey because they knew he would make quicker decisions than JG (probably).
 
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ABINGDON VOL FAN said:
Hypothetical. They definitely would change strategy for Maurer because of his mobility. They would also have to change strategy for Bailey because they knew he would make quicker decisions than JG (probably).
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They could announce Bob Kesling is starting at QB and they would have to adjust for quicker decisions
 
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superdave1984 said:
Ya know, I think Pruitt knows football. I think he really hates press conferences. And I think he is really frustrated with the fact that what he sees during the week does NOT show up on Saturday. And I don't think he has an answer for it yet.
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I hate to pick on you but I hate the "Give Pruitt _ years - He know football" point. You know who else knows football? Every other coach in the SEC. Pruitt doesn't know football anymore than Saban, Stoops, Smart, Mullen, Jimbo, etc. There's a lot more to being a SEC coach than "knowing football." You have to set culture, make adjustments, have team prepared, make great hires, etc.
 
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VolBricks said:
Why do I feel like every year on the bye week Pruitt tells us the team went back to "working on fundamentals". Does Bama work on fundamentals on their bye week? I would think fundamentals are something you teach every day in practice so on the bye week you can set up some things to help you win in the upcoming games.
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My guess is bama works on whatever needs the most attention during their bye week. That very well could be fundamentals, who knows.

Pruitt did said they work on them every day.

As far as our bye week goes, I'd say fundamentals needed some immediate attention, wouldn't you?
 
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BigOrangeMojo said:
I hate to pick on you but I hate the "Give Pruitt _ years - He know football" point. You know who else knows football? Every other coach in the SEC. Pruitt doesn't know football anymore than Saban, Stoops, Smart, Mullen, Jimbo, etc. There's a lot more to being a SEC coach than "knowing football." You have to set culture, make adjustments, have team prepared, make great hires, etc.
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Xs and Os vs. CEO
 
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"The first thing for us is don't turn the ball over. "

This explains the crappy offensive game plans. Now, while I don't deny that turnovers can make a huge difference, surely, scoring points is the "first thing". "Make plays" HAS to be more of a priority than "don't turn it over." With that thinking, the best offense in the country last year was Oregon State, who was 5-7 and 47th in the country in scoring, but only had 6 turnovers.
You just can't play that way and expect wins.
 
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m1al said:
He straight up ran from it... haaa
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When? I skimmed through it, but from what I listened to... He got asked indirect questions about QBs and gave indirect answers.

No one had the kahunas to just ask him "Is the starting QB spot up in the air this week?" unless I just missed it.
 
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papatomany said:
"The first thing for us is don't turn the ball over. "

This explains the crappy offensive game plans. Now, while I don't deny that turnovers can make a huge difference, surely, scoring points is the "first thing". "Make plays" HAS to be more of a priority than "don't turn it over." With that thinking, the best offense in the country last year was Oregon State, who was 5-7 and 47th in the country in scoring, but only had 6 turnovers.
You just can't play that way and expect wins.
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Can't make plays or score points on offense if you turn the ball over. Also, teams that have a negative turnover ratio, generally lose... You can actually do both, not turn the ball over and score points...
 
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Ten_Titans said:
When? I skimmed through it, but from what I listened to... He got asked indirect questions about QBs and gave indirect answers.

No one had the kahunas to just ask him "Is the starting QB spot up in the air this week?" unless I just missed it.
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He gave short, generic answers and quickly moved on.. I'm not bashing him at all and I don't blame him for not going into detail.
 
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One thing I have noticed this year in the practice videos that Fingers posts Is a noticeable lack of “nasty” in how the players practice. It troubles me to see that. If there is no intensity in your practice effort against your teammates, then there will be less intensity than need be against your opponent on game day.

I think one reason that the whole of UT football is less than the sum of its individual parts is a general lack of aggressiveness anytime they step on the field.
 
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GreyWolf1129 said:
One thing I have noticed this year in the practice videos that Fingers posts Is a noticeable lack of “nasty” in how the players practice. It troubles to see that. If there is no intensity in your practice effort against your teammates, then there will be less intensity than need be against your opponent on game day.

I think one reason that the whole of UT football is less than the sum of its individual parts is a general lack of aggressiveness anytime they step on the field.
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No offense to you or fingers, but there's not enough in those short clips to be able to tell anything about players or the team.
 
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PandamoniumReigns said:
I get the crowd that says even if he is starting someone else, he doesn't want to tip his hand to Arky. But even if he came out and announced a new starter, it's not like Arky or anyone would really have any film to really prep for a different QB.
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Or really any need to, because 1st mistake of any kind and #2 is back!
 
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papatomany said:
"The first thing for us is don't turn the ball over. "

This explains the crappy offensive game plans. Now, while I don't deny that turnovers can make a huge difference, surely, scoring points is the "first thing". "Make plays" HAS to be more of a priority than "don't turn it over." With that thinking, the best offense in the country last year was Oregon State, who was 5-7 and 47th in the country in scoring, but only had 6 turnovers.
You just can't play that way and expect wins.
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I noticed that as well. And he had previously said that the Vols were not going to play scared. Playing with a top priority of not turning the ball over sounds pretty scared to me.
 
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m1al said:
Can't make plays or score points on offense if you turn the ball over. Also, teams that have a negative turnover ratio, generally lose... You can actually do both, not turn the ball over and score points...
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Agree, but it's harder to score when you number one thought is don't screw up. Makes you tight, slow and clumsy. I know cause that pretty much summed up my athletic ability.
 
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BigOrangeMojo said:
I hate to pick on you but I hate the "Give Pruitt _ years - He know football" point. You know who else knows football? Every other coach in the SEC. Pruitt doesn't know football anymore than Saban, Stoops, Smart, Mullen, Jimbo, etc. There's a lot more to being a SEC coach than "knowing football." You have to set culture, make adjustments, have team prepared, make great hires, etc.
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And he's had his hands full since he's been here, changing culture, laying foundation, teaching players how to practice, how to study film, how to actually go to the weight room and that they have to go no option, and he's made great hires. I'm not givin a pass we should be able to beat Kentucky at home, but maybe we was worse off than what we thought from the last regime. Or it's just cause we're Tennessee and we can't have nice things............ever!!!!
 
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Seattle Hillbilly said:
Agree, but it's harder to score when you number one thought is don't screw up. Makes you tight, slow and clumsy. I know cause that pretty much summed up my athletic ability.
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I know what saying, but you still need to prioritize issues and not being able to hold onto the ball is a death sentence...
 
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m1al said:
Can't make plays or score points on offense if you turn the ball over. Also, teams that have a negative turnover ratio, generally lose... You can actually do both, not turn the ball over and score points...
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From your response, I'm not sure you actually read my post; but I'll play along for the moment...
You can't make plays or score points on offense if your FIRST THING (which is what Pruitt said) is trying not to turn the ball over. Trying to make plays, while also trying not to do anything stupid is quite a bit different from not trying to make plays BECAUSE it could lead to something stupid. (The latter being what we have been doing.)

To quote John Wooden: "If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes."
 
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papatomany said:
From your response, I'm not sure you actually read my post; but I'll play along for the moment...
You can't make plays or score points on offense if your FIRST THING (which is what Pruitt said) is trying not to turn the ball over. Trying to make plays, while also trying not to do anything stupid is quite a bit different from not trying to make plays BECAUSE it could lead to something stupid. (The latter being what we have been doing.)
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I don't necessarily think Pruitt's first rule of offense is 'not to turn the ball over'.. I think he sees turnovers as, presently, a huge issue that needs to be dealt with immediately. When you have more than one issue, you have to prioritize which to fix the 'firstest' and the fastest. This offense has more than one major issue some can be fixed quickly, others take more time i.e. QB 😬

All this is my uneducated opinion ofcourse.. 😎
 
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