Recruiting Forum Football Talk II

[Smokeytom]

How about, I dont know, build the roster? Get some talent here? Butch's guys arent cutting it outside a handful of talent that he left.

its getting to the point where I want to win just so Kingston and Hank will crawl back into their holes.

 

[Dooby15]

Anyway, I’m done with this fight.

Pruitt has not done a good job so far and you all know it. No amount of excuses will change it.

We have the talent to - at minimum - win 3 of our remaining games. If we do not, he SHOULD be fired and I believe he will be.

Anything less than a bowl game this year (which ain’t gonna happen) will result in a lame duck season next year and we’ll have effectively pushed off the coaching search for 12 months.

You all can pretend we’re a QB away or heading in the right direction all you want but things will have to totally flip for Pruitt to keep his job. It doesn’t matter what we’re “rooting for” or hoping to happen. This ain’t like tinkerbell where we’re only successful if we believe really hard.

Blah blah blah, I’ve fought this fight for nothing. I’m moving on.

Later, rednecks.

 

[smokeyz1]

Yea i mean bottom line Pruitt has to earn that opportunity tho. You can’t win 1 or 2 games in a season at Tennessee. I really don’t care the circumstances. If you can’t win 1 game against a P5 opponent, you have no business being out head coach.

It’s the same argument i had against hue jackson for the browns. After he went 0-16 you should be fired immediately no questions asked.

Lou Holtz was 0-11 in his first year at USCe. He had USCe winning about 8 games a year by the time Spurrier came in. Sometimes, it takes a few years to upgrade the S&C program, change the culture, and replace the players that are accustomed to losing.

Key for Pruitt's future (as it is with most coaches) is to find a good QB. Don't think we have one on the roster yet. Maybe Maurer or Shrout can surprise us this year or H. Bailey lights it up as a true Freshman. If none of these happen, Pruitt will be gone soon.

 

[TheTimeIsNow]

No matter what we want to happen, Pruitt isn't getting fired. He will get 3 full seasons.

 

[smokeyz1]

As a Saints fan I’m deeply conflicted over this

As a long suffering Dolphins fan, I remember well when Saban passed on Brees (w/ a suspect shoulder) and brought in Culpepper instead. Saban may still be at Miami Today if not for that decision.

 

[Jackcrevol]

No matter what we want to happen, Pruitt isn't getting fired. He will get 3 full seasons.

this is best approach, for now. let him het his own guys in here and see how it goes. put as many seasons behind you and the AD debacle, as you can.

I think Pruitt can sell his vision.

 

[mrMet]

Heading to Nashville for the weekend...later rednecks.

Where all ya eating?

 

[MoCo_Vol]

It's all John Currie's fault. If you're going to make the call to fire Butch in November, then you better have the next HC candidate ready to hire basically ready to go.


Still baffled by the cluster**** that coaching search turned into, really floors me.

 

[butchna]

Hopefully Pruitt can get Tennessee bowl eligible by the time you retire.

You giving him 20 years? Doesn’t sound like you.

 

[RyanWalkerPGH]

It's all John Currie's fault. If you're going to make the call to fire Butch in November, then you better have the next HC candidate ready to hire basically ready to go.


Still baffled by the cluster**** that coaching search turned into, really floors me.

Currie was just relaxing in Maui while we had a head coaching vacancy. Little did we know what was to come.

 

[Smokeytom]

We don’t *know* that he can build the roster. That’s still a question mark.

so it obviously follows that we should be calling for his head and talking about the great bronco which will replace him.

 

[Memphisvol87]

Yea that vandy roster. Whew loaded.

I mean they’ve beaten the brakes off us,doesn’t mean it’s loaded it just means it’s better than ours. We need stability in both the weight room and coaching staff. These kids need to get big, fast, and have the same system so they can quit thinking and hit someone.

 

[TrippieRedd]

so it obviously follows that we should be calling for his head and talking about the great bronco which will replace him.

Yup, after Bronco they will be calling Ol Mustang to take over.

 

[jakez4ut]

So my opinion last year was that I -did- care about year one results for a brand new HC...cause funny thing, you know.

I never said that. So my narrative* or opinion hasn't changed, and I have no control over anyone else's.

eh, wasn't talking about you specifically. sorry for the intimation that i was....but i did see that a lot.....elsewhere.

 

[UpstateVol613]

Just listened to the VQ podcast.

Best TN football news I have heard in quite a while is Rocker is in the final year of his contract!!!!!!!!!!!

....also Weinke which will be very disappointing to Bass

 

[jakez4ut]

Yeah, there’s no such thing as year zero in my book. This team disappointed last year too.

which, works out for you.........

 

[HankHill]

Lol why are you trash. Asking for a friend.

You don’t have friends. Let’s be real lol

 

[HankHill]

I mean they’ve beaten the brakes off us,doesn’t mean it’s loaded it just means it’s better than ours. We need stability in both the weight room and coaching staff. These kids need to get big, fast, and have the same system so they can quit thinking and hit someone.

So you would agree that our roster is better than auburns and Kentucky right?

 

[jakez4ut]

We don’t *know* that he can build the roster. That’s still a question mark.

we "don't know" he can't either....at lesat we've seen some early returns on that though with this 19 class....if nothing else, good start on that front.

 

[tnhunter 10]

Heading to Nashville for the weekend...later rednecks.

Just arrived in Charleston, SC for the weekend

 

[SLICKYINC]

As a long suffering Dolphins fan, I remember well when Saban passed on Brees (w/ a suspect shoulder) and brought in Culpepper instead. Saban may still be at Miami Today if not for that decision.

Brees supposedly failed his physical at Miami.

 

[Cosmo Kramer]

Just bought my beer for the weekend

 

[mrMet]

Anyway, I’m done with this fight.

Pruitt has not done a good job so far and you all know it. No amount of excuses will change it.

We have the talent to - at minimum - win 3 of our remaining games. If we do not, he SHOULD be fired and I believe he will be.

Anything less than a bowl game this year (which ain’t gonna happen) will result in a lame duck season next year and we’ll have effectively pushed off the coaching search for 12 months.

You all can pretend we’re a QB away or heading in the right direction all you want but things will have to totally flip for Pruitt to keep his job. It doesn’t matter what we’re “rooting for” or hoping to happen. This ain’t like tinkerbell where we’re only successful if we believe really hard.

Blah blah blah, I’ve fought this fight for nothing. I’m moving on.

Later, rednecks.

THANK GOD

 

[MoCo_Vol]

eh, wasn't talking about you specifically. sorry for the intimation that i was....but i did see that a lot.....elsewhere.

Yeah, you're not wrong. We've got fickle fans, I don't even listen to 99.1 anymore...so over the call ins.

I'm not fickle, but I'm also not blindly optimistic.

I like our head coach and I like this staff, more than anyone since Fulmer left. I like the 2 classes he's brought in, especially this 2019 class he got a full year to work on. I'm just not sure if Pruitt can do it or not. Don't know if Bronco could do it either honestly.

I don't know of any attainable Head Coaches that can come here and have us winning 10 a year again. The guys that can/could we've not got the checkbook for and they likely aren't leaving where they are at.

 

[csprig9]

Great day today guys
Got all my parts in to start upgrading my 7.3