Pruitt is becoming a Tennessee guy

#26
#26
Make believe. Suppose he's here in 2030 and won a couple SEC's and a national and get offered by Alabama. He's going to have a couple Pruitt boys who've been growing up here and probably have very different opinions about wonderful Alabama.
 
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VolPack22 said:
You can tell he’s almost got the culture completely changed. I don’t know about the rest of you but the defense in the first half brought back memories of the 90s. Before Indiana’s last drive before the half to get the field goal I think they had 35 yards of offense. That was very pleasing to see that type of domination again.
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The defense has definitely been improving and I feel good about where we are headed. The Offense? Well, maybe I should just say “no comment” for now.
 
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onevol74 said:
I can’t figure out if you are too young to know some history or just plain ignorant.
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Again, so what? He may have been five miles away from TN but he lived in and rooted for AL. I know someone who lives two miles from Portland, TN across the KY border and he is all Wildcat.
 
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Purple Tiger said:
Again, so what? He may have been five miles away from TN but he lived in and rooted for AL. I know someone who lives two miles from Portland, TN across the KY border and he is all Wildcat.
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Tennessee never would’ve offered CJP back then. He had to respect Tennessee because we owned them.
 
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VolGirl1126 said:
That's pretty cynical.
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It isn't cynical to me, it's being realistic. People talk themselves into believing all kinds of stuff because they want it to be true. Folks routinely use their subjective opinions and personal biases to decide what they think about something or someone they don't have an actual relationship with. And when you're a fan, it happens a lot. Hell, I've done it too. Anyway, the poster said he'd "come into the light," whatever that means, and said he quoted the maxims ... well, I'm pretty sure Kiffin, Dooley, and Butch quoted the maxims too, because they know that's the language fans recognize. I don't mean that the guy's cold to Tennessee, or doesn't care about his players. I think he really does care about his players 100%. But to claim he's come into the light or whatever ... that's just ... a bit much, man. Time in a place makes it familiar, sure, and it can change how you feel, but just ... gosh ... why a few things under the bright lights and cameras convince people of this stuff, I'll never know. This is an industry where coaches are only as loved as their last few big wins. It's a business. You can like it or hate it, but, it is what it is.
 
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Voltopia said:
Never forget, this is a business. If he cements a legacy here, wins a title or has a dominant decade (what up, Coach Pruitt?), maybe he'll be a Vol in his heart then, but never forget that this is a business. These guys know what to do and what to say when the cameras are on.
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True....but you can be woven into the school and be a "part" of it as time goes on. Pre-Duke everyone looked at Cutcliffe as a UT guy because he was here so long and was such a big part of our success. He'd probably still be here if we'd made the right move back in the day. Nobody even seems to remember he attended Alabama.
 
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VFL-82-JP said:
I disagree, friend.

Over a 26 year career in the Army, I was assigned to, led, and commanded a number of different units. Was never in one place for more than three years. I guess you'd say it was a business. It was certainly a job.

But I fell in love with just about every one of those units, and wanted desperately to get back to most of them after having gone off somewhere else. Didn't take a dominant decade, or a legacy; just took a couple of years of caring deeply about the fellows I trained and worked with, and developing pride in the history and culture of that emblem we wore on the uniform showing we were part of the same team.

Another way of saying it: the human spirit gets dragged into the mix even when things start off clinically professional.

General Neyland was born a Texas boy. No one would argue he wasn't all Vol from the 1930s on.

Same thing appears to be happening with Brother Pruitt. I'm excited about that. Think we all should be.

Go Vols!
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Well said.
 
#42
#42
I for one will take it one year at a time worry about the next when it comes and if Pruitt is still here great if not we move on. As a Christian I will thank GOD for this day and if he gives me tomorrow I will do my best to Live for HIM whom died for me.
 
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Alabama fans think he will go back when Saban retires. I don't think so. I think Fulmer has supported the guy, and TN fans have embraced him. He is truly a TN Vol kind of coach
 
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I sincerely wondered about the guy, but he started winning me during the bama game this year. You could see he wanted to beat them, and was as mad as everyone at JG for his fumble that hurt our close game.
 
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onevol74 said:
Not as a head coach. And he was fired as head coach at Florida. You will be surprised where Bama has to go to get a coach after Saban. The next coach there has absolutely no chance to be successful. They are not exceptional and it happens to every program.
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The follow up to Saban will have success, there's too much talent there not to. The resources Saban has in place, etc. The problem will be with the fan base. A similar situation occurred after Bear Bryant.
 
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