JG deserves our respect for this

[KnoxRealtorVOL]

No sour grapes on his end, still talking positively about the boys in orange. The bottom tweet is about Heupel.

After how poorly things went for him here, this deserves our respect.

 

[Larkin]

meh, I just would rather not hear his name again.

 

[CNCVol88]

I still think him and his dad were the ones that blew the whistle on JP. To me that makes him one of the VFL greats.

 

[Jackcrevol]

I still think him and his dad were the ones that blew the whistle on JP. To me that makes him one of the VFL greats.

We rooted for JG. He is a VFL. His play wasnt good or even average. Not all of it was his fault, he had really bad coaching, really bad.

 

[dhb92]

Dude seemed like a genuinely nice person and played behind a mediocre O-line and was coached by Pruitt... Pretty clear the issues did not stem from just him. Happy he's able to watch the team now and enjoy it. Wish him nothing but the best.

 

[IndianaVol]

I'm going to start by saying I don't think JG has or had Heisman level talent, but he had the talent to be better than he performed while here at UT...his short tenure at Washington St proved that to be true.

I firmly believe that almost the entire coaching staff under Pruitt was cancerous, micro-manged, and did not develop any of the talent at their disposal.

I sometimes wonder how JG might have done had he access to good coaching like Halzle, Golesh, and Heupel.

 

[CNCVol88]

We rooted for JG. He is a VFL. His play wasnt good or even average. Not all of it was his fault, he had really bad coaching, really bad.

Never said he wasn't a VFL. In fact I put him pretty high up on my favorites list if he's the reason we don't have Pruitt anymore which I've always suspected he was.

 

[RockyTopTexas]

JG was trash since day 1… elite 11 he couldn’t hit a garage door. Said it for years. He was terrible and never used his legs

 

[WestTennesseeVol]

I respect that I’m sure he gave his all for Tennessee, was put in a tough position, and should be considered a VFL.

In the same breath, he shouldn’t have been an SEC starting QB.

 

[Jeff Clark]

No sour grapes on his end, still talking positively about the boys in orange. The bottom tweet is about Heupel.

After how poorly things went for him here, this deserves our respect.

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I'd rather him disappear into the black hole of forgotten unpleasant memories.

 

[Jeff Clark]

We rooted for JG. He is a VFL. His play wasnt good or even average. Not all of it was his fault, he had really bad coaching, really bad.

Butch Jones signed him because he was friends with his dad and he wouldn't have to work too hard to get him to come to Tennessee.

 

[GetYouSomeofThat]

meh, I just would rather not hear his name again.

Whose name?

Jarrett Guarantano?

Jarrett Guarantano definitely gave his all in a no win situation. The coaches tell him to play while many "fans" openly hated on him.


Jarrett Guarantano deserves far more respect than those who bad mouth him every chance they get

Im happy to see that Jarrett Guarantano is still a VFL after the treatment he got here amd receives here to thsi day.

More fans should be like Jarrett Guarantano.

 

[peaygolf]

He did the best he could and was tough as nails. Gets props from me for that alone.

 

[sechamp2012]

I'm going to start by saying I don't think JG has or had Heisman level talent, but he had the talent to be better than he performed while here at UT...his short tenure at Washington St proved that to be true.

I firmly believe that almost the entire coaching staff under Pruitt was cancerous, micro-manged, and did not develop any of the talent at their disposal.

I sometimes wonder how JG might have done had he access to good coaching like Halzle, Golesh, and Heupel.

Any player that graduate’s from UT is a VFL. But his tenure at Washington State where he just played in 2 games proved little.

 

[Tman44]

JG? He would have won 12 Heisman's under CJH and he knows it.

 

[General Jack]

I'm glad to see he can still be positive about the Vols. He was here at an unfortunate time.

 

[McDad]

Dude was not the player we all wanted him to be. But he took a beating behind the lines. He never lashed out publicly. He carried himself with character.

I wish we, as fans, could separate the player and the unfortunate circumstances in our program he endured from JG the man.

 

[amstelman]

When JG called his own goal line play, and seemingly ignored the call from the sideline, it spoke volumes about the disrespect between he and the coach. Who knows how many other players felt that way about JP?

Perhaps that sentiment was fully justified, but it was the moment that nearly lost me as a fan.

 

[Jeff Clark]

When JG called his own goal line play, and seemingly ignored the call from the sideline, it spoke volumes about the disrespect between he and the coach. Who knows how many other players felt that way about JP?

Perhaps that sentiment was fully justified, but it was the moment that nearly lost me as a fan.

He lost me in the 2020 Kentucky game

 

[TNTUBA]

meh, I just would rather not hear his name again.

The difference between you and him.....he sacrificed his body and his future for the University of Tennessee.....what have you sacrificed for Tennessee?

At the absolute most...donate a few bucks and bitch about 18 - 22 year old young men you've never met?

Piss off....I hear Bama is looking for more fans just like you....leave your Orange beside the door on your way out.

 

[OrangeTsar]

As there is no documented evidence of shenanigans involving JGs dad or any untoward actions, I will keep them in the bucket of hearsay and continue to wish JG a happy and productive future whatever he does. At least he didn’t transfer to a hated rival like Henry T. He has never badmouthed the program or the fans as far as I know. Let him be

 

[Matt2496]

meh, I just would rather not hear his name again.

He can’t help that he had garbage coaches like Pruitt and Weinke.

 

[Orange_Vol1321]

We rooted for JG. He is a VFL. His play wasnt good or even average. Not all of it was his fault, he had really bad coaching, really bad.

And a bad OL. He took a beating.

 

[HollowaytoSeivers]

Dude was not the player we all wanted him to be. But he took a beating behind the lines. He never lashed out publicly. He carried himself with character.

I wish we, as fans, could separate the player and the unfortunate circumstances in our program he endured from JG the man.

Very well stated. I was critical of his play, as many were, and I own it. However, as you stated, he carried himself with character. I can't take back the comments I made, but I can give him credit for being above our criticism. He IS a VFL.

 

[OrangeTsar]

And a bad OL. He took a beating.

And a bad coach who probably couldn’t have even won with Dobbs