Pruitt QB Management

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That article is pretty spot on. Pruitt need to let Chaney coach QBs and get his fingers out of the offense. It's not his thing anyway. If we're going to be stuck with him for another year or two he needs to delegate to coaches that know what they're doing on that side of the ball. It's what they're there for.
 
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Simply put, it’s safe to say Pruitt appears to have no idea what he’s doing at quarterback. Shrout, Chryst and Guarantano have all been evidence of failures by him. People want to say Tennessee football needs a quarterback, but at what point does it fall on the coaching?
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There appears to be no consistency with how Tennessee football has managed its quarterbacks under Pruitt. At some point, the poor play has to be a reflection of him. The transfer of quarterbacks Pruitt actively brought in or stood by is a major indictment against him.
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Oh, I dont know - not exactly gentle. Accurate tho. Hard to imagine a greater plethora of QB riches Pruitt has had at his disposal that he abysmally mismanaged. Whatever can be said about the rest of his work or my hope he can still pull it off, there is absolutely no doubt he screwed the pooch when it comes to the QBs.

In retrospect, seems clear he was indicating HB was starter next year but was trying to keep JT interested enough (and thus the maddening QB switcheroos over the last few weeks) to stay. Didnt work though. Pruitt better hope he doesnt screw up Bailey.
 
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Gandalf said:
Oh, I dont know - not exactly gentle. Accurate tho. Hard to imagine a greater plethora of QB riches Pruitt has had at his disposal that he abysmally mismanaged. Whatever can be said about the rest of his work or my hope he can still pull it off, there is absolutely no doubt he screwed the pooch when it comes to the QBs.

In retrospect, seems clear he was indicating HB was starter next year but was trying to keep JT interested enough (and thus the maddening QB switcheroos over the last few weeks) to stay. Didnt work though. Pruitt better hope he doesnt screw up Bailey.
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he cant even make corn bread any more..even makes those who like corn bread hate it...thats our coach..
 
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I mean...why on gods green earth is Pruitt managing QBs to begin with? He’s never coached in the offensive side of the ball at all. It wasn’t hard to recognize that jG didn’t have the skills to be a successful qb. Pocket awareness, athleticism to avoid pressure, the ability to quickly process all the information necessary etc. He flat out didn’t have the skills. Yet Pruitt honestly believe that because he had the best grasp of the play boom the necessary skills didn’t matter. How freaking dumb do you have to be there? Then when he was obviously a massive failure this season (yet again) rather go to another qb even if that might slightly simplifying the play book he instead decides we’re just going to run the ball 75% of the time and play great defense.
But qb is just one of his mismanagement examples. He’s mismanaged the playbook, assistant coaches, roster in certain instances, in game adjustments...he’s an absolutely horrific coach by every single metric.
It all really comes down to intelligence. A great coach makes a hundred little decisions a day. Over time they add up obviously. Some of those decisions should be made by the head coach but many of them the head coach has to delegate. Why Pruitt didn’t recognize that he should get help/input from the offensive coaches regarding the qb position I have no idea. All I can say is again it comes back to lack of intelligence.
 
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VFLCodyGBO said:
Shrout was bound to transfer. Next years QB battle will, as it should be, be Salter vs. Bailey
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With Bailey getting as much practice and playing time as he did this year, there shouldn't be much of a battle. If he ends up being that close to an incoming freshman the staff has failed again.
 
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Lots of coaches get judged by how well they develop QBs. From here on out, at least we know what absolute zero is for QB development. The absolute bottom from which all QB development can be measured. Pruitt has provided that service to the college football world.
 
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Gandalf said:
Oh, I dont know - not exactly gentle. Accurate tho. Hard to imagine a greater plethora of QB riches Pruitt has had at his disposal that he abysmally mismanaged. Whatever can be said about the rest of his work or my hope he can still pull it off, there is absolutely no doubt he screwed the pooch when it comes to the QBs.

In retrospect, seems clear he was indicating HB was starter next year but was trying to keep JT interested enough (and thus the maddening QB switcheroos over the last few weeks) to stay. Didnt work though. Pruitt better hope he doesnt screw up Bailey.
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A plethora of QB riches? Not really

You can make the claim for HB but he didn't get a spring/fall camp which I don't think people realize how much that can affect a freshman quarterback. QB isn't a position where you can step in without proper reps unless you're a generational talent and those even get off-season reps. QB reps include building relationships with receivers and developing option routes/chemistry.
 
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JCHateSteve said:
That article is pretty spot on. Pruitt need to let Chaney coach QBs and get his fingers out of the offense. It's not his thing anyway. If we're going to be stuck with him for another year or two he needs to delegate to coaches that know what they're doing on that side of the ball. It's what they're there for.
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He can’t. Pruitt is a control freak. A megalomaniac which would be fine if he was the second coming of Saban but unfortunately for him and our Vols he’s the second coming of Butch Jones / Dooley and I might be insulting those two since Pruitt is likely worse.
 
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Amazing we are talking about a HC, JP, who until the TN job, had never been a HC for any team at any level. Good ole TN; we are paying him $4m per year to learn how to do a job, (HC), he has never done and at the present moment, he is incapable of performing, with........ a $13M buyout if he fails to learn, what he doesn't know or can't do. Damn, boys, what a sh-t show!
 
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The thing is, Shrout is actually Pruitt's one success story at QB. I know everyone is spinning this as bad, but Shrout was not a top recruit at all. He was a total project; he was considered very raw; strong arm, but lacked a lot of the other attributes of a great college QB. It wasn't clear that he could ever be a starting QB. He's improved dramatically, but was likely going to ride the bench behind Bailey next season. That's why he's leaving.

JG and Maurer seem more like indictments of Pruitt. JG has gotten worse over time. Maurer doesn't seem like he's improved since last season.

But overall, I'm not even sure that QB development is Pruitt's problem. The problem was playing JG this season when it was obvious to anyone who wasn't blind that he was not the best QB.
 
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dcm3w said:
A plethora of QB riches? Not really

You can make the claim for HB but he didn't get a spring/fall camp which I don't think people realize how much that can affect a freshman quarterback. QB isn't a position where you can step in without proper reps unless you're a generational talent and those even get off-season reps. QB reps include building relationships with receivers and developing option routes/chemistry.
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JG was also highly regarded coming out of HS.

He took a beating in CBJs oline poor offense and apparently had decent coaching since. Dont be surprised if he doesnt get picked up and coached up and turns into a pretty good qb for someone.
 
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CA_Vol said:
Tennessee football: J.T. Shrout transfer Jeremy Pruitt’s third QB failure

This article is more gentle than I would be. What a cluster ****....
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You love stars, our QB room for next season consist of experienced Blue Chip Bailey ****, Dual Threat Hurts Clone in Salter**** and I hope an experienced and talented BM***Elite11 returns. Pruitt has Simpson**** and/or Manning***** to follow them, please explain to me what's wrong with our QB position going into next year?
 
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So with HB taking 11 sacks in his limited time..is that more an indication of the oline or HB holding the ball to long?? And seeing as that was JGs problem is the o line to take the fall there as well??
 
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whodeycin85 said:
So with HB taking 11 sacks in his limited time..is that more an indication of the oline or HB holding the ball to long?? And seeing as that was JGs problem is the o line to take the fall there as well??
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Mostly him holding the ball too long.
But thess boys are getting coached not to lose. VS play to win.

So when you have a true freshman like Bailey not processing stuff fast enough, he can tend to go to a Default of just eating the ball and taking the sack.
Now obviously with a full Spring and summer 7 on 7, and fall camp he will improve. Need Pruitt to be gone for him to really Flourish though.

Pruitt just wants a game manager. He sucks....
 
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I would like to be able to hear the QB conversations among Pruitt, Chaney, & Weinke. What were each thinking about the different QBs? How were decisions made?
 
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PulaskiVolFan said:
You love stars, our QB room for next season consist of experienced Blue Chip Bailey ****, Dual Threat Hurts Clone in Salter**** and I hope an experienced and talented BM***Elite11 returns. Pruitt has Simpson**** and/or Manning***** to follow them, please explain to me what's wrong with our QB position going into next year?
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I’m actually excited about our QBs next year. What I’m pissed about is our 3-7 coach who played the worst QB on the team for 80% of the season.
 
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VolRage said:
He can’t. Pruitt is a control freak. A megalomaniac which would be fine if he was the second coming of Saban but unfortunately for him and our Vols he’s the second coming of Butch Jones / Dooley and I might be insulting those two since Pruitt is likely worse.
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I'm afraid you're right. Chaney has forgotten more about developing QBs than Pruitt will ever know. It's just baffling that he isn't coaching them. I've never seen his offense look like this at any other stop, including his last one here. The difference has to be Pruitt. Unless people are going to argue that all our current QBs are worse than Crompton.
 
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JCHateSteve said:
That article is pretty spot on. Pruitt need to let Chaney coach QBs and get his fingers out of the offense. It's not his thing anyway. If we're going to be stuck with him for another year or two he needs to delegate to coaches that know what they're doing on that side of the ball. It's what they're there for.
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And after the last couple of teams, you are telling me that Pruitt is that good on defense that no help is needed there.
 
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