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#4
#4
Depth, depth, depth. Just thinking out loud here as probably an oracle of the obvious but, to me, this is the key to us eking out six wins or better this extraordinary year. My guess is that our coaches are looking hard at the 2s and 3s and all the freshmen, with the expectation that they will be keys to us sustaining competitiveness throughout the season. I expect some deep rotations at key positions throughout the season, building solid team stamina right up until the FL game, when we maybe surprise some people. The good news: nobody expects us to win more than six games this year. We have a chance to build some serious depth for the last game of this season (FL) and for next year, when (we hope) we will have a regular season and normal rules will apply.

My guess is that Pruitt and Co. are thinking “let’s play everybody who can play as much as possible”... and that every SEC coaching staff is probably thinking the same thing.

My wager is that the team that best builds and manages depth and team stamina will win the SEC championship this year. Sheer team talent alone may not be enough.
 
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TNHopeful505 said:
To me, if ever there was a time to experiment, and throw the kitchen sink at a season, this is it. This year is a free year basically. I doubt any coach gets fired this year for performance on the field.
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Some have higher personal coaching standards. Pruitt’s a coaching lifer...learning from his dad, Propst and Saban. You never get better by losing.
 
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butchna said:
Some have higher personal coaching standards. Pruitt’s a coaching lifer...learning from his dad, Propst and Saban. You never get better by losing.
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I agree with everything except your last sentence. Every coach will tell you that you learn more from the losses than the wins. When you lose a game it can humble your team and you have the opportunity to go back and improve on the mistakes you made.
 
#12
#12
VolPack22 said:
I agree with everything except your last sentence. Every coach will tell you that you learn more from the losses than the wins. When you lose a game it can humble your team and you have the opportunity to go back and improve on the mistakes you made.
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If you learn more from losing than JG should be the next Manning this year.
 
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TNHopeful505 said:
To me, if ever there was a time to experiment, and throw the kitchen sink at a season, this is it. This year is a free year basically. I doubt any coach gets fired this year for performance on the field.
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Which further begs why Gibbs isn’t playing. Receiver was decimated by graduations.
 
#16
#16
I know I say it a lot but this is quite literally the MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR. I’m really excited about the potential of this team, specifically the defense and our run game. I think both could be REALLY strong. Chandler and Gray could both be starters anywhere in the SEC.
 
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TNHopeful505 said:
To me, if ever there was a time to experiment, and throw the kitchen sink at a season, this is it. This year is a free year basically. I doubt any coach gets fired this year for performance on the field.
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You're probably right, but at a time when we've been selling recruits on the "promise" of better teams in the future you begin to lose credibility with them if the better teams don't start showing up. I think we would have grabbed 3-4 more four stars in the 2021 class by now if we hadn't lost to Ga. State and BYU. 10-3 would have looked pretty good. I think we need to go 7-3 if we're going to keep this recruiting going.
 
#24
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WBO said:
You're probably right, but at a time when we've been selling recruits on the "promise" of better teams in the future you begin to lose credibility with them if the better teams don't start showing up. I think we would have grabbed 3-4 more four stars in the 2021 class by now if we hadn't lost to Ga. State and BYU. 10-3 would have looked pretty good. I think we need to go 7-3 if we're going to keep this recruiting going.
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a 5-5 season will slow recruitment down...we either need 7-3. Or a legit reason for worse record...ie new QB
 
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