Pruitt: From, Went, There. Don't want............

#51
#51
TNinSC said:
Jeremy Pruitt All Time Recruits

Pruitt's recruiting history. Lots of solid players. him and Tee could be amazing...
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Tee is not coming to be OC at UT with Pruitt. I could see it with Steele, because of the age factor.

If Tee is successful, and it looks like we have every reason to think he will be, he's going to a HC position. Not a lateral move to a school that pretty much has his pathway to HC blocked - especially if he is wildly successful.

It's insulting to me that Tee is not a major player in the HC search. Hell, they just officially contacted him yesterday. And his negatives are some of the same negatives that the current front-runners currently have. Just mind-boggling.
 
#52
#52
madbamahater said:
I'm sick and tired of UT hiring Bama retreads. Dooley, Sunseri, Lance Thompson....where does it end?

Pruitt is from Alabama, played at Alabama, has coached all up in Alabama and is currently coaching at Alabama.

Please STOP hiring Nick Saban disciples at UT. NONE of them have worked out.

Just stop.

Go hire Kevin Sumlin or Les Miles. Both PROVEN head coaches who have won at very high levels.

Stop with the experiments. Please just stop with the experiments.

Tennessee can't afford to experiment anymore.

You have a hall of fame head coach in Les Miles who evidently would jump right in and Kevin Sumlin (one of the best offensive minds in the game and has won a lot) and you don't go those routes?

Shameful just shameful.

Pruitt has never been a head coach ever. Why would Fulmer make him one now?

Just completely nonsensical....
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Les Miles my choice, too. Still, I trust Fulmer to make the right call.
 
#53
#53
The 1st thing we need to do is recruit like our hair is on fire. Butch was good at that initially.

2nd thing we need to do is develop those players. Butch sucked at that, to put it nicely.

If Pruitt and his staff can do those 2 things, we'll be ok.

Then we move on to other things, like in-game decision making (Butch sucked at that even more than he sucked at player development, if you can believe that).

I'm ok with Pruitt, but we need a staff that can keep the pedal to the floor with recruiting. We are in desperate need of talent. I'm afraid what talent we currently have was developed so poorly that at this point it might be too late for most of them
 
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#54
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DooleyOrangePants said:
Tee is not coming to be OC at UT with Pruitt. I could see it with Steele, because of the age factor.

If Tee is successful, and it looks like we have every reason to think he will be, he's going to a HC position. Not a lateral move to a school that pretty much has his pathway to HC blocked - especially if he is wildly successful.

It's insulting to me that Tee is not a major player in the HC search. Hell, they just officially contacted him yesterday. And his negatives are some of the same negatives that the current front-runners currently have. Just mind-boggling.
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Yeah, I def don't understand these "final 3 candidates" and tee not being mentioned at all.
 
#55
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madbamahater said:
I'm sick and tired of UT hiring Bama retreads. Dooley, Sunseri, Lance Thompson....where does it end?

Pruitt is from Alabama, played at Alabama, has coached all up in Alabama and is currently coaching at Alabama.

Please STOP hiring Nick Saban disciples at UT. NONE of them have worked out.

Just stop.

Go hire Kevin Sumlin or Les Miles. Both PROVEN head coaches who have won at very high levels.

Stop with the experiments. Please just stop with the experiments.

Tennessee can't afford to experiment anymore.

You have a hall of fame head coach in Les Miles who evidently would jump right in and Kevin Sumlin (one of the best offensive minds in the game and has won a lot) and you don't go those routes?

Shameful just shameful.

Pruitt has never been a head coach ever. Why would Fulmer make him one now?

Just completely nonsensical....
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Pruitt is a good coach and will do fine
 
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#56
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madbamahater said:
I'm sick and tired of UT hiring Bama retreads. Dooley, Sunseri, Lance Thompson....where does it end?

Pruitt is from Alabama, played at Alabama, has coached all up in Alabama and is currently coaching at Alabama.

Please STOP hiring Nick Saban disciples at UT. NONE of them have worked out.

Just stop.

Go hire Kevin Sumlin or Les Miles. Both PROVEN head coaches who have won at very high levels.

Stop with the experiments. Please just stop with the experiments.

Tennessee can't afford to experiment anymore.

You have a hall of fame head coach in Les Miles who evidently would jump right in and Kevin Sumlin (one of the best offensive minds in the game and has won a lot) and you don't go those routes?

Shameful just shameful.

Pruitt has never been a head coach ever. Why would Fulmer make him one now?

Just completely nonsensical....
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x1000
 
#57
#57
#JuanVol said:
Those coaches you mentioned....
Dooley was never a coordinator before becoming the HC of La Tech. Hamilton freaked out and hired him.

Sunseri was a LB coach that DOOLEY hired as DC and tried to switch from a 4-3 to a 3-4

Lance Thompson was only a LB coach at UT.
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There you go with facts again.
 
#58
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BearCat204 said:
Roll Tide lol
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Bearcat204 needs a new avi pic.
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#59
#59
I'd like it if UT brought Tee home and gave him control of the program and the budget to hire whomever he wanted. I suspect Tee is capable of building a program to achieve ~2 decades of excellence and success.
 
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So, what if Tennessee hires Pruitt, Sabans stable of coaches is pillaged by other schools, and li'l Nicky steps down suddenly for health reasons. Bama winds up hiring Tee. He takes over a stacked program and continues to stoke it, extending Bama's dominance over his alma mater for ~the next 2 decades. Poetic...
 
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Tin Man said:
So, what if Tennessee hires Pruitt, Sabans stable of coaches is pillaged by other schools, and li'l Nicky steps down suddenly for health reasons. Bama winds up hiring Tee. He takes over a stacked program and continues to stoke it, extending Bama's dominance over his alma mater for ~the next 2 decades. Poetic...
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Or we hire Pruitt, Saban retires and we have another Dream Job, Kiffin type experience and Pruitt bolts back to Bummer
 
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#64
Pruitt before UGA had him as DC there defense was as follows:

2013: defense ranked 79th allowing 29 points a game (the same rank as UT)
2014: WITH Pruitt--- 25th allowing 24 point per game
2015: WITH Pruitt----9th allowing 16 points a game
2016 WITHOUT Pruitt 40th allowing 24 points a game

FSU:
2012 BEFORE Pruitt got there PASS defense was ranked 1st in PASS defense 5th PPG
2013 DURING Pruitt's time PASS defense was ranked 1st in NCAA in total and pass

Did'nt use the Alabama example, becuase they are in the top 7 every year no matter who the cordinator is.

I am NOT saying he is going to make us world beaters and make us a top 1o defense but you have to look at where the program was BEFORE the coach got there not how the coach did that season. If it was a #1 defense and the next year it was #4 he just maintained it, BUT if it was like 45th ranked and the coach made that offense/defense 12th or something well there ya go.
 
#65
#65
I get the fear of losing a coach but in this day and age it is going to happen unless we pay the big bucks; thats what it boils down to 90% of the time.

I do hope that whoever the next coach is builds a loyalty to the program that gave him a HC job. If their alma mater comes calling and offers a bunch of $ we will have to match. Fortunately only a handful of teams will be able to do that if we are in the hunt again every year.
 
#67
#67
People need to come to terms with reality, there aren't people knocking down the doors for this job and there are people running away from this job. That is why we are looking at coordinators.

Does anyone actually think Pruitt would tank because its UT. Say he really hates Tennessee, he would either 1) not take the job or 2) try to do an amazing job so he could get out of there and go to another school quickly.

Oh and if Saban left you don't think it would be Dabo filling in for him...? Its kind of crazy that you have some people who don't want him, but are also concerned that he would flee to Bama. In today's game, what coach is not good enough for Tennessee, but will be the successor to Saban? That doesn't make any sense
 
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#69
If we can't even hire a Bammer in Training then this is a Joke- I frankly don't want a Bammer within 100 Miles of Rocky Top - If we turn this place into Bammer North I'm moving to Kentucky - Got to be a better coaching option than these 3 Assistants - A 10 year old with Google could find a better coaching option
 
#70
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madbamahater said:
I'm sick and tired of UT hiring Bama retreads. Dooley, Sunseri, Lance Thompson....where does it end?

Pruitt is from Alabama, played at Alabama, has coached all up in Alabama and is currently coaching at Alabama.

Please STOP hiring Nick Saban disciples at UT. NONE of them have worked out.
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Most consider Pruitt to have a bright future ahead of him as a HC some think he could be heir apparent to Saban at Bama. Sure he might not work out but he is someone you have to take a shot on if you have no other options. It either works or it doesn't but most think he has the potential to be a very good collegiate head coach.



Go hire Kevin Sumlin or Les Miles. Both PROVEN head coaches who have won at very high levels.
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Didn't Sumlin already say No? Why would anyone want Les Miles he got fired at LSU some thing for getting on peoples nerves and like Fulmer a decade before most think the game has passed him by refusing to change with the times.

You have a hall of fame head coach in Les Miles who evidently would jump right in
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Of course he would do you see any other programs crawling to Les Miles? See what I said above and Fulmer. Why didn't any program come begging to CPF after he was fired? Maybe because a lot of people though his time had come and gone?


Pruitt has never been a head coach ever. Why would Fulmer make him one now?

Just completely nonsensical....
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Your aware that Fulmer had never been a HC either before he took over the Vols?

Neither had Dabo, Kirby Smartt, Lincoln Riley, and Nick Saban had been a HC for one year at Toledo four years before he was named the HC at MSU. What do all these guys have in common coming up at the end of the month? :ermm:
 
#71
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madbamahater said:
I'm sick and tired of UT hiring Bama retreads. Dooley, Sunseri, Lance Thompson....where does it end?

Pruitt is from Alabama, played at Alabama, has coached all up in Alabama and is currently coaching at Alabama.

Please STOP hiring Nick Saban disciples at UT. NONE of them have worked out.

Just stop.

Go hire Kevin Sumlin or Les Miles. Both PROVEN head coaches who have won at very high levels.

Stop with the experiments. Please just stop with the experiments.

Tennessee can't afford to experiment anymore.

You have a hall of fame head coach in Les Miles who evidently would jump right in and Kevin Sumlin (one of the best offensive minds in the game and has won a lot) and you don't go those routes?

Shameful just shameful.

Pruitt has never been a head coach ever. Why would Fulmer make him one now?

Just completely nonsensical....
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If I may, I don't think you dismiss a former Bama coach just because you've had a few bad experiences. Pruitt is a heck of a defensive coach and may or may not make a good HC. The guy was awesome at UGA. I always wondered why we didn't give him a look when we fired CMR. Then I found out that Kirby was the plan all along, and one of the reasons we fired CMR (to keep USCe from getting him). I think Pruitt would be a great hire for UT at this juncture.
 
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