Murray predicts 2-6 start

#51
#51
Hold up. There are those out there who believe 2-6 is an unrealistic start?

I hope it doesn’t happen, but it’s more likely to happen than not, imo.
 
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NEVolFan said:
Not sure why he got the red azz for UT... I have much more confidence in what is going on inside the program this year. Talent is there, coaching is there... good things happen when the two meet.
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My guess is that it is personal. Pruitt was supposedly mean to Mark Richt when they were both at Georgia, and Murray is a big Richt guy.

His personal beef notwithstanding, it is entirely possible that we start 2-6. It isn't a ridiculous take. I do think he's wrong when he says Pruitt isn't inheriting a good team talent-wise. There is much more talent there than would appear. Cornerback is really the only position group that I would say is not that talented.
 
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salutethehill said:
Hold up. There are those out there who believe 2-6 is an unrealistic start?

I hope it doesn’t happen, but it’s more likely to happen than not, imo.
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Tennessee is not going to start 2-6 that is a total bullsh*t prediction. Tennessee is going to be 4-4 after 8 games at the worst.
 
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Pruitt Will Do It said:
Tennessee is not going to start 2-6 that is a total bullsh*t prediction. Tennessee is going to be 4-4 after 8 games at the worst.
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I don't know what schedule you're looking at, but 2-6 after 8 games is totally in the realm of possibility. We are likely to be favored in only 2 of the first 8 games. The Florida game I think is a toss-up.

I think Murray does have a personal beef with Pruitt (even though they weren't even at Georgia at the same time), and he's wrong when he says that Tennessee doesn't have much talent (there is talent on this team, it has underachieved or been hurt), but his take that we could start 2-6 is perfectly reasonable.
 
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huskyvol said:
The hell with those uga announcer pieces of garbage. It’s funny how they are always the most negative against all things Tennessee. No one expects the Vols to set the world on fire this year, but these guys expect it to be a dumpster fire before it even starts.
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The Vols is gonna be just fine this year. We were bad last year and all the folks that think they are important wanna jump on the "beat up the Vols" bandwagon! Alot folks like to kick a man when he is down but the Vols "aint" down not any more! Watch all those ESPN types on the SEC start wooing the Vols when we start upsettin a few teams. Its a comin, and its gonna feel real good watchin those weenies eat crow!!
 
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Pruitt is the head football coach at the University of Tennessee, so he is "the guy". Murray was not on the team when Pruitt was the DC says a lot to me. He didn't see what went on, he is basing his opinion on hearsay, and most likely from players Richt recruited, so where did their loyalty lie? I may be disappointed again by Pruitt, but I think he will be "the guy" at UT as long as he wants to be. I put more stock in peoples opinion who have worked with Pruitt and rave about his football knowledge than some guy that can't make it as a pro QB, and without a doubt, has a vendetta against Pruitt.
One other thing while I'm on this; can someone please tell me a head coach that didn't start as an assistant and worked their way up through the coaching ladder to become a head coach? Pruitt was a high school coach not too long ago, and since then has worked his way up to become a DC at FSU, GA., Alabama. 5 national championship rings. He didn't get where he is now by not knowing how to coach football.
 
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05_never_again said:
I don't know what schedule you're looking at, but 2-6 after 8 games is totally in the realm of possibility. We are likely to be favored in only 2 of the first 8 games. The Florida game I think is a toss-up.

I think Murray does have a personal beef with Pruitt (even though they weren't even at Georgia at the same time), and he's wrong when he says that Tennessee doesn't have much talent (there is talent on this team, it has underachieved or been hurt), but his take that we could start 2-6 is perfectly reasonable.
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I think Murray's prediction can be discounted because of his anti Jeremy Pruitt bias and his hatred of Tennessee overall. These idiots in the Sports Media will be very surprised when Tennessee wins 7-8 games. When that happens however they will probably say the SEC East is very weak this season instead of giving credit to Coach Pruitt and his staff. I can't wait to see how they react when Tennessee is 8-4 after the Vanderbilt game and is waiting for a good Bowl invitation
 
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Frankly, if Murray and Pollack were saying good things about us I'd be more concerned.

I don't know if Pruitt will be a success or not, but I do know that Murray + Pollack say nasty things about UT because they hate UT. They are incapable of being impartial. It's pretty blatantly obvious, too. Mind you, Mark Richt and Kirby Smart were also coordinators who became first-time head coaches at Georgia, so the idea that Pruitt isn't "cut out to be a head coach" simply because he hasn't been one yet is particularly stupid coming from a Georgia guy.
 
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DiderotsGhost said:
Frankly, if Murray and Pollack were saying good things about us I'd be more concerned.

I don't know if Pruitt will be a success or not, but I do know that Murray + Pollack say nasty things about UT because they hate UT. They are incapable of being impartial. It's pretty blatantly obvious, too. Mind you, Mark Richt and Kirby Smart were also coordinators who became first-time head coaches at Georgia, so the idea that Pruitt isn't "cut out to be a head coach" simply because he hasn't been one yet is particularly stupid coming from a Georgia guy.
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100% correct
 
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DiderotsGhost said:
Frankly, if Murray and Pollack were saying good things about us I'd be more concerned.

I don't know if Pruitt will be a success or not, but I do know that Murray + Pollack say nasty things about UT because they hate UT. They are incapable of being impartial. It's pretty blatantly obvious, too. Mind you, Mark Richt and Kirby Smart were also coordinators who became first-time head coaches at Georgia, so the idea that Pruitt isn't "cut out to be a head coach" simply because he hasn't been one yet is particularly stupid coming from a Georgia guy.
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That right there is a real good point!
 
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Pruitt Will Do It said:
I think Murray's prediction can be discounted because of his anti Jeremy Pruitt bias and his hatred of Tennessee overall. These idiots in the Sports Media will be very surprised when Tennessee wins 7-8 games. When that happens however they will probably say the SEC East is very weak this season instead of giving credit to Coach Pruitt and his staff. I can't wait to see how they react when Tennessee is 8-4 after the Vanderbilt game and is waiting for a good Bowl invitation
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Just because somebody has an ulterior motive for saying something doesn't mean what they are saying isn't true or ridiculous. It gives reason to look into what they are saying even deeper, but it doesn't automatically mean they are wrong.

There are only 2 definite wins in our first 8 games. The other six games range from a toss-up (Florida), to games where we have a shot but will be a clear underdog (vs. West Virginia, @ South Carolina), to games we have little if any chance to win (@ Georgia, @ Auburn, Alabama). Murray is saying he expects us to lose the games where we are a clear underdog, along with the 50/50 game. I hope he's wrong too, but it isn't an absurd opinion, even if he has a personal beef with Pruitt.
 
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05_never_again said:
Just because somebody has an ulterior motive for saying something doesn't mean what they are saying isn't true or ridiculous. It gives reason to look into what they are saying even deeper, but it doesn't automatically mean they are wrong.

There are only 2 definite wins in our first 8 games. The other six games range from a toss-up (Florida), to games where we have a shot but will be a clear underdog (vs. West Virginia, @ South Carolina), to games we have little if any chance to win (@ Georgia, @ Auburn, Alabama). Murray is saying he expects us to lose the games where we are a clear underdog, along with the 50/50 game. I hope he's wrong too, but it isn't an absurd opinion, even if he has a personal beef with Pruitt.
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Personally i think the opinion of a person with an ulterior motive doesn't hold much weight when they're completely biased against the team or person they are discussing.
 
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Jardine Brothers said:
Elvis Presley predicts 17-10 Win over West Virginia boys!

I went squirrel huntin’ yesterday and parked next to a tree,
When a ghostly figure with a curled up lip, plopped down beside me
He said Cletus, them analyst type sayin’ the Vols cant beat them mountaineers
But they don’t know, what lies inside of Pruitt’s Volunteers

He got into a karate stance and pointed to the sky
He then said “hubba hubba” and he looked me in the eye
He twanged on his guitar strangs and said Cletus tell all your friends
That the Vols gonna beat them West Virginia boys…….. 17-10!

Go Vols!!!

He also said Daniel Bituli has a big game!
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I agree with Elvis that we win, but that score...Elvis takes a lot of strong “medicine”

30-24 Vols
 
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We could start 2 and 6 and it have nothing to do with Pruitt's ability to coach. Very tough schedule everyone is ranked except Florida and the two we should definitely win. My hope is we'll start 4 and 0 but I acknowledge we could be 2 and 6 mainly because of our schedule.
 
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Volfan2012 said:
We could start 2 and 6 and it have nothing to do with Pruitt's ability to coach. Very tough schedule everyone is ranked except Florida and the two we should definitely win. My hope is we'll start 4 and 0 but I acknowledge we could be 2 and 6 mainly because of our schedule.
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That's a great point. I think implicitly in these comments he's trying to draw a connection between a potential 2-6 start and his belief Pruitt isn't cut out to be a head coach.
 
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Crazy Ivan said:
We were the worst team in the SEC last season, and have a first part of the season that has a nasty 5-game gauntlet, plus we open with a top-25 team. A new coaching staff implementing new schemes on both sides of the ball, and a perception outside of Knoxville that the team has very little SEC-level talent. If I was on the outside looking in, 2-6 would be a safe pick when looking at the first 8 games of our schedule, and after watching us last season.
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To clarify, we play 3 of the initial top ten teams consecutive.
 
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VolsnRavens said:
So apparently proving that he really doesn't know anything about the Vols talent, just going on our record from last year. Aaron Murray again thinks we suck, and Pruitt isn't the guy but "a" guy and we have no talent. I guess it's just not possible for some of these talking heads to do detailed into why we were 4-8 and to also take a look at our talent vs coaches developing talent. I'm starting to regret my career choice. It seems just going on TV and talking Chiz with no research is worth way more money.

Aaron Murray Sounds Off on Jeremy Pruitt Again | Rocky Top Insider

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Murray had a roundtable discussion with other CBS analysts on a segment called Inside College Football where they were discussing first-year head coaches who could struggle in 2018. The discussion started by looking at Herm Edwards at Arizona State, but then Aaron Murray shared his thoughts on Jeremy Pruitt at Tennessee.

“I don’t think he’s inheriting a very good football team talent-wise,” Murray stated. “And then you just look at their schedule … Realistically, in my mind, this team can be 2-6 a little more than half way through the season. You start losing some ball games, people start questioning the new regime."

“Every new head coach has a lot to prove,” Murray explained. “It’s a different ball game, and we talk about with players too: Being ‘a guy’ or being ‘the guy’ is two completely different things for coaches and players.”

Murray claims that the Vols don’t have much talent this year, but we looked at both UT’s and Florida’s rosters yesterday and saw that the Vols actually have more overall talent than the Gators heading into the 2018 season. Tennessee currently has 34 players on their roster who were rated as four-stars or better according to the 247Sports Composite rankings. Yet most in the national and regional media are predicting much more success for Florida this year than for Tennessee.


Here's to whooping WVU and Florida to start 4-0 and seeing that azzhat eat some crow.
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The Vols record against Florida is the main reason the talking heads of sports give little attention to UT when Florida is in the conversation........ Unfortunately you can't blame them
You are what your record says you are and 4-8
Is the very worst in the SEC

Can the Vols overcome their weaknesses of 2017, good question, but the answer is, probably not
Still:
Go Vols
 
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DiderotsGhost said:
Frankly, if Murray and Pollack were saying good things about us I'd be more concerned.

I don't know if Pruitt will be a success or not, but I do know that Murray + Pollack say nasty things about UT because they hate UT. They are incapable of being impartial. It's pretty blatantly obvious, too. Mind you, Mark Richt and Kirby Smart were also coordinators who became first-time head coaches at Georgia, so the idea that Pruitt isn't "cut out to be a head coach" simply because he hasn't been one yet is particularly stupid coming from a Georgia guy.
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i sort of disagree, DG. I don't think he is saying Pruitt isn't cut out to be a HC simply because he hasn't been one before. His original comment before SEC Media data was he wasn't sure Pruitt has the temperament to be a HC, and he is apparently basing that opinion on whatever happened while Pruitt was at UGA. Nobody at this point knows if he is right or wrong.

i will say this. I know most people in VN don't like Will Muschamp, but I like the guy. He is funny and self-depecrating in interviews. But in the interview he did in Marty & McGee he talked about his maturation as a coach from his first year at UF, where we have all seen the gifs of his intensity. But he noted that being a first year HC is like being a true freshman; everything is coming at you at warp speed, and there is so much more you are responsible for than before. But he said same as being a freshman, you hope to grow and mature as you get comfortable. We have to give him time to get comfortable because this first season simply may not be the quick turnaround many of our fans seem to expect.

starting 2-6 is very realistic. We have unknowns at too many positions to expect every question to be answered in the first season, especially in that too-heavy first part of the season. Pruitt

Pruitt said in his own interview on M&M that he is an emotional coach; if the season gets off to a rough start, which is realistic, it remains to be seen how Pruitt reacts. It certainly won't help if our fan base turns on him halfway through his first season when expectations really shouldn't be that high

But if he and this staff can get us to a bowl this first season, we should be very, very excited for the future.
 
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We'll know soon enough. If he isn't the right man for the job, I can see 2-6 being the case. I don't think that's how it'll play out though
 
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