Pruitt and Nashville recruiting

[volsknx]

This makes me think back to the Dooley era.

Anonymous coach from Nashville calls Jeremy Pruitt a 'low class human being'

Seems that Pruitt was much worse though. Thought we could only win with "Georgia Dogs".

'Pruitt, that guy, I had nothing to do with him': Inside the recruiting battle in Tennessee, and the early returns on new staffs at UT and Vanderbilt

In all fairness though, some or maybe several states have larger population densities than we do. However, a head coach should not be down grading any team or players, period! I guess it is a good thing he is gone!

 

[Ten_Titans]

Considering Pruitt is, was, and always has been a glorified high school coach, I'm surprised he treated them so poorly.

 

[landscapingvol]

He has never even been a high school head coach so you can't even call him that

 

[Chad F]

In hindsight, Pruitt was as big a disaster - perhaps more so - as Butch Jones. I was one of those who thought initially that his success as a coordinator was a reason for optimism. Wow, was I wrong.

Pruitt’s toxicity as a human poisoned the Tennessee brand at a time when it was already damaged from years of mediocrity and incompetence. Perfect timing. It has made Coach Heupel’s job even more difficult.

I am hopeful that Coach Heupel will prove to be an effective and highly successful leader for our program. However, the past 15 years have made me a skeptic until I see results.

But, yeah . . . Jeremy Pruitt may prove to be the worst coaching hire we made. And THAT is saying a lot when you line up our clown show of coaching hires from that time period: Kiffin, Dooley, Jones … and Pruitt!

 

[NighthawkVol]

In hindsight, Pruitt was as big a disaster - perhaps more so - as Butch Jones. I was one of those who thought initially that his success as a coordinator was a reason for optimism. Wow, was I wrong.

Pruitt’s toxicity as a human poisoned the Tennessee brand at a time when it was already damaged from years of mediocrity and incompetence. Perfect timing. It has made Coach Heupel’s job even more difficult.

I am hopeful that Coach Heupel will prove to be an effective and highly successful leader for our program. However, the past 15 years have made me a skeptic until I see results.

But, yeah . . . Jeremy Pruitt may prove to be the worst coaching hire we made. And THAT is saying a lot when you line up our clown show of coaching hires from that time period: Kiffin, Dooley, Jones … and Pruitt!

Jones wasn’t a disaster. Dooley was a disaster. Pruitt was a disaster. Jones ultimately failed, but putting him in the “disaster” category with those two is absurd.

 

[TnVol!]

He's gone. Let's move on.

 

[NighthawkVol]

Two things stood out to me about that article:

1) “(The Vols) can’t just chase stars. They have to chase kids who can contribute right away and are the right kind of guys.”

This is exactly right, and a point I’ve been making for awhile. Tennessee doesn’t need to try to emulate the Alabama model to be successful. They need fit and culture. We have an offensive guru as a head coach. Just get the guys who can fit in his system and engender a winning culture.

2) The number of times Alex Golesh was mentioned in a positive light. That was very encouraging.

 

[ptcarter]

You have negavols and sunshine pumpers. Negavols during Pruitt's tenure were right, damn it. Hate to give credit there, but they are due. As for the clown show mentioned by Chad in post #4 above. One of them returns to Neyland this fall. Would love to exit with a W on that game.

 

[VOLINVONORE]

In hindsight, Pruitt was as big a disaster - perhaps more so - as Butch Jones. I was one of those who thought initially that his success as a coordinator was a reason for optimism. Wow, was I wrong.

Pruitt’s toxicity as a human poisoned the Tennessee brand at a time when it was already damaged from years of mediocrity and incompetence. Perfect timing. It has made Coach Heupel’s job even more difficult.

I am hopeful that Coach Heupel will prove to be an effective and highly successful leader for our program. However, the past 15 years have made me a skeptic until I see results.

But, yeah . . . Jeremy Pruitt may prove to be the worst coaching hire we made. And THAT is saying a lot when you line up our clown show of coaching hires from that time period: Kiffin, Dooley, Jones … and Pruitt!

I agree. I did the same thing, maybe because I trusted PF.

 

[volsknx]

In hindsight, Pruitt was as big a disaster - perhaps more so - as Butch Jones. I was one of those who thought initially that his success as a coordinator was a reason for optimism. Wow, was I wrong.

Pruitt’s toxicity as a human poisoned the Tennessee brand at a time when it was already damaged from years of mediocrity and incompetence. Perfect timing. It has made Coach Heupel’s job even more difficult.

I am hopeful that Coach Heupel will prove to be an effective and highly successful leader for our program. However, the past 15 years have made me a skeptic until I see results.

But, yeah . . . Jeremy Pruitt may prove to be the worst coaching hire we made. And THAT is saying a lot when you line up our clown show of coaching hires from that time period: Kiffin, Dooley, Jones … and Pruitt!

And, who hired him?

I agree. I did the same thing, maybe because I trusted PF.

Bingo! Negavol or whatever, I never, not once, trusted him or him being positioned as AD!

 

[ThreatLevelOrange]

Part of our problem has been getting players that take pride in wearing the uniform. The culture reflects that With the exception of Gray and Lawrence, every other transfer we had was from out of state guys. Yes, they may be your difference makers. But we can win with some in state guys who work hard and want to make the state proud.

This NIL is also coming along at a time to maximize locals guys that can play.

 

[De La Cloobs]

This makes me think back to the Dooley era.

Anonymous coach from Nashville calls Jeremy Pruitt a 'low class human being'

Seems that Pruitt was much worse though. Thought we could only win with "Georgia Dogs".

'Pruitt, that guy, I had nothing to do with him': Inside the recruiting battle in Tennessee, and the early returns on new staffs at UT and Vanderbilt

In all fairness though, some or maybe several states have larger population densities than we do. However, a head coach should not be down grading any team or players, period! I guess it is a good thing he is gone!

Paywall on the Athletic article. Cliffnotes?

 

[Voltopia]

I'm as relieved / over the Pruitt situation as the next dude but a bunch of anonymous comments doesn't do much for me. Nothing to verify, nothing to learn. Somebody was disappointed. Ooooh, I had no idea.

Also sorry, I appreciate anything posted around here that isn't just "we're gonna win 10 games I feel it in my bones" content, just ... anonymous coach comments always amuse me.

 

[BigOrangeMojo]

This makes me think back to the Dooley era.

Anonymous coach from Nashville calls Jeremy Pruitt a 'low class human being'

Seems that Pruitt was much worse though. Thought we could only win with "Georgia Dogs".

'Pruitt, that guy, I had nothing to do with him': Inside the recruiting battle in Tennessee, and the early returns on new staffs at UT and Vanderbilt

In all fairness though, some or maybe several states have larger population densities than we do. However, a head coach should not be down grading any team or players, period! I guess it is a good thing he is gone!

A sense of validation for what I have said about Middle TN recruiting for the past 3 years.

As previously mentioned, I have 2 family members that coach at big time middle TN programs and I know several other coaches (I previously was volunteer assistant/coordinator in Memphis area) and they communicated that Pruitt was not liked and neglected Middle TN for 3 years. There's other head coaches that are not liked but you combine a toxic personality with inferior results.... I won't hold my breath on the Pruitt jocksniffers to admit they were wrong.

 

[BigOrangeMojo]

I'm as relieved / over the Pruitt situation as the next dude but a bunch of anonymous comments doesn't do much for me. Nothing to verify, nothing to learn. Somebody was disappointed. Ooooh, I had no idea.

Also sorry, I appreciate anything posted around here that isn't just "we're gonna win 10 games I feel it in my bones" content, just ... anonymous coach comments always amuse me.

Coaches don't want to burn any bridges.

 

[Doberman]

You have negavols and sunshine pumpers. Negavols during Pruitt's tenure were right, damn it. Hate to give credit there, but they are due. As for the clown show mentioned by Chad in post #4 above. One of them returns to Neyland this fall. Would love to exit with a W on that game.

Due? LOL. They've been right for the last 15 years.

Who is due is the sunshine pumper. Please, Lord, let them have their due this time.

 

[BigOrangeMojo]

You have negavols and sunshine pumpers. Negavols during Pruitt's tenure were right, damn it. Hate to give credit there, but they are due. As for the clown show mentioned by Chad in post #4 above. One of them returns to Neyland this fall. Would love to exit with a W on that game.

I was called a Negavol many times during the Pruitt tenure. I tend to be a "call it like I see it". A Negavol is negative just to be negative. If Pruitt did well (i.e. assistant hiring in 2019 and getting the team to rally after the Bama game in 2019), I pointed it out. Even with recruiting, he did a decent job (now we know why) but I did make the Middle TN neglect comment many times over the years.

However, I was negative most of the time since Pruitt showed he was in over his head most of the time while he was here and it kept repeating itself over and over and over.

 

[Volprofch05]

"Tennessee has a great fan base, obviously. Maybe even too great for their own good."

 

[Tman44]

This makes me think back to the Dooley era.

Anonymous coach from Nashville calls Jeremy Pruitt a 'low class human being'

Seems that Pruitt was much worse though. Thought we could only win with "Georgia Dogs".

'Pruitt, that guy, I had nothing to do with him': Inside the recruiting battle in Tennessee, and the early returns on new staffs at UT and Vanderbilt

In all fairness though, some or maybe several states have larger population densities than we do. However, a head coach should not be down grading any team or players, period! I guess it is a good thing he is gone!

A "Low class human being" does not come close to an accurate description Jeremey Pruitt. This is a "person" who literally drove to Mark Richt's home, while DRUNK, and tried to physically fight him. He was sent on his way by the fist of Mike Ekeler, as the story goes. He vociferously cussed Richt at half time of a Florida game in front of players, etc. He purposefully leaked plans for a new state of the art UGA training facility ahead of a BIG TIME press conference just to piss off his superiors and ruin the unveiling plan. The sewers of NYC are now home to both him and Dooley. Good riddance!

 

[HooahVol]

We have to lock down the Nashville market for the future of the program.

 

[BigOrangeMojo]

A "Low class human being" does not come close in an accurate description Jeremey Pruitt. This is a "person" who literally drove to Mark Richt's home, while DRUNK, and tried to physically fight him. He was sent on his way by the fist of Mike Ekeler, as the story goes. He vociferously cussed Richt at half time of a Florida game in front of players, etc. He purposefully leaked plans for a new state of the art UGA training facility ahead of a BIG TIME press conference just to piss his superiors off. The sewers of NYC are now home to both he and Dooley. Good riddance!

Ekeler's comments about Pruitt

But what it boils down to is people. You can be at the University of Georgia and be miserable if you’re working with shi-ty people

 

[JVol76V2]

Alabama, Georgia, LSU, Notre Dame have been winning with Tennessee kids for years. Pruitt could be given the head coach job in Tuscaloosa today and he couldn't win. I take high school coach's comments on college coaches with a grain of salt as we know some of them get riled if their guys aren't recruited as heavily as they want from a certain school. However, we have seen that Gump's coaching ability and he simply can't get it done. If he doesn't have 5 star players he's a below average coach.

 

[TennesseeTarheel]

We need 1-800-MY-COACH squeal number.

 

[Vols91]

I know that we all are entitled to our opinion but we please stop with past 3 coaches and look ahead with our new coach and staff. Pray that we have a lot better results than the past.

 

[OffTackleVol]

A sense of validation for what I have said about Middle TN recruiting for the past 3 years.

As previously mentioned, I have 2 family members that coach at big time middle TN programs and I know several other coaches (I previously was volunteer assistant/coordinator in Memphis area) and they communicated that Pruitt was not liked and neglected Middle TN for 3 years. There's other head coaches that are not liked but you combine a toxic personality with inferior results.... I won't hold my breath on the Pruitt jocksniffers to admit they were wrong.

I admit that I was wrong. At the time, I simply did not think we needed to make another coaching change. I was wrong about that as well. Didn't realize how freaking bad it was, culturally, relationships, etc.