Pruitts hire compared to other 4 BIG names two years ago............

Kelly’s not a program builder...never was. Took over a well run program at Oregon and had Scott Frost and Mark Helfrich among others to bring in the talent. His offense had no answer in the Pac 12 and that splashed up his rep until he faced legit programs in the postseason. When he started losing recruiters, he went the Willie Myles route and that got the program in trouble. He decided to take his talents to the pros and they exposed him. His scheme can churn up a heap of yards and points, but he’s uninterested in the other important duties of head coaching. We needed grief counseling to handle our recent 4 win season and Pruitt got major flak for only netting 5 in his debut. Kelly just strung consecutive 4 win stinkers and has the 31st ranked recruiting class. He picked his assistants and it’s pretty telling that he can’t sway decently ranked alpha male athletes to UCLA!

And Helfrich was such a great head coach for the Ducks that he ended up getting fired. Even Oregon fans will tell you how much better of a coach Chip was than Helfrich. And Chip did have two winning seasons as a head coach in the NFL. Being a head coach in the NFL is not for everyone though. Spurrier, Saban, and Petrino are perfect examples.
 
Pruitt has shown some promise but only time and W-Ls will tell. Next season will be his crucible.
The have Oklahoma, Florida, and Mizzou the first 5 games of the season. They really need to win 2 out of those 3 games and have no worse than a 4-1 record after the first five games. They cannot afford another bad start to the season. Anything less than 8 wins overall will be a disappointment.
 
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And Helfrich was such a great head coach for the Ducks that he ended up getting fired. Even Oregon fans will tell you how much better of a coach Chip was than Helfrich. And Chip did have two winning seasons as a head coach in the NFL. Being a head coach in the NFL is not for everyone though. Spurrier, Saban, and Petrino are perfect examples.
Ok? This wasn’t a Helfrich v Kelly side by side HEAD COACH comparison. Don’t remember championing Helfrich other than him being a better recruiter. As the NFL DC’s figured out Kelly’s offense, Helfrich’s fortunes in college seemed to follow suit. Course he coached the team into the championship game and Mariota into the Heisman before that point.
 
I am a fan of Butchs recruits, but the Lineman were a little on the light side.
Tennessee recruits itself and will always draw players. Dooley and Butch had players, Pruitt will get them too. The difference with Pruitt is that understands the priority in the SEC has to be the front 7 on defense and linemen on offense. He is the first UT coach since CPF to understand this.
 
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The have Oklahoma, Florida, and Mizzou the first 5 games of the season. They really need to win 2 out of those 3 games and have no worse than a 4-1 record after the first five games. They cannot afford another bad start to the season. Anything less than 8 wins overall will be a disappointment.

Agreed, 8 wins at a minimum.
 
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