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When Pruitt was hired, I was one of those who felt pretty good at first and was feeling that "at least now we have someone who knows how to actually coach football" after the Dooley and Jones years. My confidence was shaken by the two inexcusable losses (GA State and BYU) last year, but I rebounded a little due to the winning streak.
To start this year, I felt shaky after barely beating a bad South Carolina team. However, a convincing win against Mizzou had me feeling a bit better. And now . . . Well, I am just tired (just like pretty much all of us). I can't believe in this program any more until I actually see some results. There is something way wrong within our Athletic Department, and within the football program specifically.
There can be no more accusations of "fair weather fans." Those of us that are still here have suffered through too many staggeringly pathetic performances, epic collapses, and outright disgraces to be called anything but loyal. This has gone on too long. While I am immeasurably disappointed, I've become numb and pretty much apathetic to the results on Saturdays since it is always the same: We get hopeful and then - BAM! - the wheels come off. Every. Single. Time.
Maybe it's just that he supports their right to have a political opinion, whether he agrres with it or not....
And the tip-off is when the coach harkens back to past glory...Holly invoking Pat but admitting she didn’t know what was wrong; Phil defensively reminding fans that he’d won a lot more games than he’d lost but breaking out the poster board like a bad consulting firm to chart player effort; Pruitt reminding fans that he has been a coach on a lot of successful teams ( none of which he was the head coach) and talking about instilling practice culture in year 3. At this point, it’s really likely to be a cost/benefit decision on when to fire him.I still doubt that it happens before next season. But, I agree with the poster above that “the handwriting is on the wall....” We saw it with Dooley, then Butch and now Pruitt. It’s when the HC himself knows that he is failing, but he has no clue how to fix it....
Great write up. I feel exactly the same.When Pruitt was hired, I was one of those who felt pretty good at first and was feeling that "at least now we have someone who knows how to actually coach football" after the Dooley and Jones years. My confidence was shaken by the two inexcusable losses (GA State and BYU) last year, but I rebounded a little due to the winning streak.
To start this year, I felt shaky after barely beating a bad South Carolina team. However, a convincing win against Mizzou had me feeling a bit better. And now . . . Well, I am just tired (just like pretty much all of us). I can't believe in this program any more until I actually see some results. There is something way wrong within our Athletic Department, and within the football program specifically.
There can be no more accusations of "fair weather fans." Those of us that are still here have suffered through too many staggeringly pathetic performances, epic collapses, and outright disgraces to be called anything but loyal. This has gone on too long. While I am immeasurably disappointed, I've become numb and pretty much apathetic to the results on Saturdays since it is always the same: We get hopeful and then - BAM! - the wheels come off. Every. Single. Time.
Well we usually do “throw “ the game when our offense goes on the field in the 3rd quarterUm, you know, uh, here's the, um, presser. I wanted to throw my laptop out the window when he said "throw game." That bugs the p*** out of me.
Watch: Pruitt Monday Press Conference (Nov. 16) - University of Tennessee Athletics
Probably because most of the assistants know they may not have a paycheck after the season ends... We do have several with their contracts running out after the first of the year.