Pruitt failed this test.

[tennesseepride84]

To add to it, now they are intentionally running the score up on us to rub it in more.

 

[dduncan4163]

This was Dooley level embarrassing. I still have faith in Pruitt but for the first time doubt is starting to creep in.

 

[JCHateSteve]

Pruitt better have heck of a recruiting class. If we don't show improvment next year, he'll be on the hot seat year 3. These last two games have shaken most folks opinion of him.

 

[Boston_Vol]

Apathy is settling in and that is a reality we have never faced as a fanbase.

Yeah, no one wants to see that struggle bus week in and week out. We have the basketball season to look forward to hopefully CJP can field a better team next year

 

[OrngeJuiceJones]

Said it once and I'll say it again.. When we decide to crap all over ourselves we do it EPIC. We not only crap the bed, we crap the floor, all down the hallway on the way to the toilet, then we miss the bowl when we get there.

 

[ETV]

Pruitt didnt fail. He didnt even show up.

 

[CA_Vol]

And Im not sure you can blame that aspect on Pruitt. He actually had them believing and it even turned into 2 big wins. This team is full of losers (maybe after winning they realized they werent supposed to be decent?) and they simply dont have any real heart. I think Pruitt knows this team doesnt care so hes just ready to recruit over these guys.

After this debacle, that recruiting pitch is much more difficult.

 

[Giveem6]

We made the wrong hire in Jeremy Pruitt

 

[ETV]

We just need to endure the next 2 years and then get our next great coach

Who's going to hire him?

 

[PotbelliedVol]

I heard the commentators during the Florida/Florida State game talking about FSU. They said they need to recruit players who love football. Most guys love the attention and the recruitment process, etc., but their heart isn’t in the game. Maybe this applies to UT as well. I just hope the comeback comes sooner than later!

 

[90 Vol]

We just need to endure the next 2 years and then get our next great coach

Next great coach? Lmfao. The administration will hire another bargain basement can of corn and continue to take the fan base for granted. Business as usual...

 

[Gandalf]

While I still have high hopes for Pruitt being able to get it done in the next year or two, I pretty much agree with the OP's general sentiment.

Yes, the team sucked and was filled with losers today - But Pruitt is HC and it is on him to find a way to motivate even these dregs from bottom of the Butch barrel better.

 

[Giveem6]

I heard the commentators during the Florida/Florida State game talking about FSU. They said they need to recruit players who love football. Most guys love the attention and the recruitment process, etc., but their heart isn’t in the game. Maybe this applies to UT as well. I just hope the comeback comes sooner than later!

We may never comeback and that's just the harsh reality.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Don’t worry; come spring the talk will be back to Pruitt definitely being “the guy”.

 

[Nationdom]

I just rode the elevator with Fulmer and he was not happy

 

[tennesseepride84]

Pruitt better have heck of a recruiting class. If we don't show improvment next year, he'll be on the hot seat year 3. These last two games have shaken most folks opinion of him.

Heck, im starting to wonder after these last two games, how many of these top notch recruits do we hold on to.

 

[JCHateSteve]

Heck, im starting to wonder after these last two games, how many of these top notch recruits do we hold on to.

That's what worries me. We've regressed again.

 

[orchidvol]

What are the odds that Pruitt skips the post game show?

The odds are pretty high considering he skipped the game today.

 

[lifeisdeep]

Next great coach? Lmfao. The administration will hire another bargain basement can of corn and continue to take the fan base for granted. Business as usual...

If that happens it's really over. The athletic department will be bankrupt in short order from an empty stadium every week.

 

[maotai]

Heck, im starting to wonder after these last two games, how many of these top notch recruits do we hold on to.

I am starting to worry too. Recruiting is as much about the bag men as relationships and alumni tend to close the wallets when they are unsure of a coach.

 

[Wezcoast]

Same here. Huge Strike 1. A Butch Jonesesque loss.

Yeh, I still feel like this is on the players , but if this happens next year, I'd be suited up and ready to help pack some bags. I'd rather field a team of walkons that want to take pride in their uniforms than this crap. Sucks for the handful that stuck through this crap show and have given their all.

 

[Jack Burton]

Next great coach? Lmfao. The administration will hire another bargain basement can of corn and continue to take the fan base for granted. Business as usual...

It won’t work anymore. Renewals will decline again this year. They’ll have to start getting serious about the hires or the stands will be empty.

 

[Volinnooga]

Terrible performance all the way around.

 

[monk91384]

Pruitt better have heck of a recruiting class. If we don't show improvment next year, he'll be on the hot seat year 3. These last two games have shaken most folks opinion of him.

I would ignore every phone call I got from Tennessee if I were a recruit .

 

[CA_Vol]

Heck, im starting to wonder after these last two games, how many of these top notch recruits do we hold on to.

Would you want to play here right now? We are now a program routinely getting beat by Vandy. We don’t sell out football games anymore because the product is so bad to watch. Our fanbase is beginning to grow apathetic after more than a decade of “rebuilding”. We have a staff that couldn’t get their team prepared to play an evenly matched team with a bowl game on the line. There’s not much to see that would make one feel like anything is improving.