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Keep Guarantano in the bullpen? Pruitt talks Vols' QB options
“I think Jarrett, when he plays within himself and goes through progressions, he has a great opportunity to have success,” Pruitt said. “He’s a smart guy, tough guy. The game comes easy to him. He can make all the throws. He’s an instinctive guy. I do think the last couple of weeks, based off the scenario that we’ve had, as far as how many reps he can take in practice with his hand, it has given us the best opportunity to kind of do the things that we’ve done the way we’ve done it as far as the quarterback position.
“I do think he’s probably more suited to come off the bench maybe than the other guys. There’s a lot of emotion, anxiety that goes into the preparation, getting ready for a game, and I think the fact that he has a little age on him and maturity, he could handle coming off the bench. I think he could see and process and take some of the things that have happened previously in the game and could take advantage of it. It’s something that we felt like gave us the best opportunity to win and to have success. That’s why we’ve done it.
“I think he can play just as well starting the game. It all goes back to those intangibles, those details. But that’s the way it’s kind of played out.”
“I guess the starting job is not as important to me as who’s playing effectively, efficiently, that gives us the best chance to win,” Pruitt said. “It’s kind of like basketball. You’ve got five guys out there (to start), but there might be two guys that come off the bench that give you 35 points. We play a lot of players. I know the quarterback position in itself is a little bit unusual to play multiple guys this day and time.
5COMMENTS
“I have belief that Jarrett gives us a great opportunity to win football games. I believe that Brian Maurer, I believe that J.T. Shrout gives us opportunities to win football games. Jarrett has an advantage over those guys. He has lots more experience, but we’ll see how things go, and listen, the players on our team trust us. They believe in what we’re doing, and whoever we go out and send out there first, it’s because we feel like this is the best plan for us in that game.
“I don’t know who that’ll be as we move forward, but the players dictate that, not me. They control who plays, and we play the guys that give us the best opportunity to win football games.”
“I think Jarrett, when he plays within himself and goes through progressions, he has a great opportunity to have success,” Pruitt said. “He’s a smart guy, tough guy. The game comes easy to him. He can make all the throws. He’s an instinctive guy. I do think the last couple of weeks, based off the scenario that we’ve had, as far as how many reps he can take in practice with his hand, it has given us the best opportunity to kind of do the things that we’ve done the way we’ve done it as far as the quarterback position.
“I do think he’s probably more suited to come off the bench maybe than the other guys. There’s a lot of emotion, anxiety that goes into the preparation, getting ready for a game, and I think the fact that he has a little age on him and maturity, he could handle coming off the bench. I think he could see and process and take some of the things that have happened previously in the game and could take advantage of it. It’s something that we felt like gave us the best opportunity to win and to have success. That’s why we’ve done it.
“I think he can play just as well starting the game. It all goes back to those intangibles, those details. But that’s the way it’s kind of played out.”
“I guess the starting job is not as important to me as who’s playing effectively, efficiently, that gives us the best chance to win,” Pruitt said. “It’s kind of like basketball. You’ve got five guys out there (to start), but there might be two guys that come off the bench that give you 35 points. We play a lot of players. I know the quarterback position in itself is a little bit unusual to play multiple guys this day and time.
5COMMENTS
“I have belief that Jarrett gives us a great opportunity to win football games. I believe that Brian Maurer, I believe that J.T. Shrout gives us opportunities to win football games. Jarrett has an advantage over those guys. He has lots more experience, but we’ll see how things go, and listen, the players on our team trust us. They believe in what we’re doing, and whoever we go out and send out there first, it’s because we feel like this is the best plan for us in that game.
“I don’t know who that’ll be as we move forward, but the players dictate that, not me. They control who plays, and we play the guys that give us the best opportunity to win football games.”
