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scvolfan7 said:
Jordan Murphy lost both his mom and his dad. Kid lived with his grandmother in a bad part of Hattiesburg. Coach G was supposed to be his mentor but Pruitt fired him (terrible move). What he did was immature but I have nothing but pity for him. He’s lived a tough life and really doesn’t deserve the piling on.
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I’m glad he’s gone.
 
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millst987 said:
Yikes, this horrible attitude runs deep in our program. Sham wants us to show up and cheer, but it’s ok for him take plays off and laugh at his teams failures. Wow
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Makes sense why he was in Pruitt’s doghouse most of the time since JP was hired. Seems like another player that doesn’t get it.
 
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No comment, just wanted to post some gifs for the hell of it.

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Ron Swanson said:
Makes sense why he was in Pruitt’s doghouse most of the time since JP was hired. Seems like another player that doesn’t get it.
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Yeah, his attitude is that of an entitled child that doesn’t understand the importance of his very special opportunity to play football at UT. These kids should be apologizing to the fans, not attacking them! WTH is going on inside the football complex where behaviors like this are tolerated? I’m so lost
 
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Aesius said:
Sad but true.

Names thrown around a lot on here or dating back to ~2009-2010: Kelly, Taggart, Sumlin, Muschamp, Fuente, Lovie (lol), Morris, Strong, Gundy, Kiffin, Bobo. Jeez. Half the damn list.
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Gundy would have been just fine any of the 13 times we pursued him. I still think Fuente is a hell of a football coach, but he may not have it to lead a big program. Evidence is mounting against Kelly, but he does have some past success that makes me think he MIGHT (50/50) get it going. The rest are replacement level or worse.
 
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McGeesPub said:
Gundy would have been just fine any of the 13 times we pursued him. I still think Fuente is a hell of a football coach, but he may not have it to lead a big program. Evidence is mounting against Kelly, but he does have some past success that makes me think he MIGHT (50/50) get it going. The rest are replacement level or worse.
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All I know is that my standards have really dropped. I just want a football coach who doesn't have glaring flaws like all ours post-Fulmer have had. He doesn't need to be a superstar, because we aren't getting that guy. Give me a consistent 8-4 guy who occasionally has a 10-win season now. That's historically Tennessee anyway.
 
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BruinVol said:
I think we aren’t seeing the big picture if we think this was about the tweets. It’s been clear something not so good was going on with him for awhile now
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Yeah...I'm leaning toward he was already leaving, having dropped in the rotation and all. That's probably why he was so gung ho on the tweeter machine and explains him being out (someone said sick?). Probably just waiting the 2 business days to enter the portal database officially.
 
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Working in shoulder pads and helmets Wednesday, Tennessee held its third practice in preparation for BYU on Saturday.

The media saw two open periods and some brief 11-on-11 as we were leaving the field.

Here are some quick observations from Wednesday…

Once again, Tennessee’s offensive line worked plenty of two-man combo drills, with tackle-guard pairings and various guard-center pairings with Brandon Kennedy. Notably, during the opening 11-on-11 plays to start practice, the OL (L-R) was the same as the starting group vs. Georgia State — Wanya Morris, Ryan Johnson, Kennedy, Riley Locklear and Marcus Tatum. As we were leaving and the team again resumed 11-on-11 work, Trey Smith headed back to work with the S&C staff for the second straight day. Freshman Chris Akporgohene has been a participant in practice some this week. He’s still not fully cleared but did see some indy reps at left guard.

Offensive CEO Jim Chaney spent time with multiple units Wednesday, observing the quarterbacks and tailbacks (who were working on lots of check downs and swing routes) before making his way over to the tight ends and offensive line.

After giving up several pressures and a sack Saturday, there was plenty of pass protection work for the tailbacks later in the period. The tailback rotation today was Ty Chandler, Eric Gray, Tim Jordan and then Carlin Fils-Aime and Aaron Beasley.

For the second straight day, Jerrod Means was at receiver. Jeremy Pruitt will likely update the move after practice. The switch is interesting considering the Vols moved means to cornerback because of depth concerns and nothing has changed on that front — in fact they’ve actually lost a body with Terrell Bailey’s transfer.

Senior linebacker Daniel Bituli (knee) was dressed but only watched drills next to QC Kevin Simon. Again, Pruitt will address the latest there but Bituli doesn’t look like someone who will play Saturday. The rest of the ILB rotation was the same as its been, Will Ignont and Henry To’oto’o paired together, followed by Shanon Reid and Jeremy Banks.

Derrick Ansley spent a whole period with the safeties working on calls and communication. BYU runs a lot of formations with plenty of shifts and motions.

At defensive line, Tracy Rocker was not happy with the fundamentals from several players in his group, calling out specifically Matthew Butler, Ja’Quain Blakely and Kurott Garland. With Darel Middleton, John Mincey and Latrell Bumphus working with Chris Rumph, the DL rotation went Greg Emerson, Aubrey Solomon, Garland, Savion Williams, Butler and Blakely. During 11-on-11 work as we left practice, the front-four was Darrell Taylor, Emerson, Solomon and Bumphus.

The routes on air period consisted of lots of red zone work and two-man route combinations. For the first time that I’ve seen, former Maryland transfer quarterback Kasim Hill took reps during the pass-skeleton drill.
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InstrumentalVol said:
Hey guys, I havent been on here in a while and don't plan to stay but I have two extra tickets to the game this weekend that I cant use (I got one in the front row of the 50 yard line for cheap.)

If anyone wants them, shoot me a message, email or something and id be happy to sell them to one of yall. Thanks.
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I’ll take them if you still have
 
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McGeesPub said:
Gundy would have been just fine any of the 13 times we pursued him. I still think Fuente is a hell of a football coach, but he may not have it to lead a big program. Evidence is mounting against Kelly, but he does have some past success that makes me think he MIGHT (50/50) get it going. The rest are replacement level or worse.
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Fuente can't recruit.
 
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I leave for 4 hours and look what happens...

As I posted previously, social media should be made off limits to players until the culture is redeveloped. Yes - it can be monitored. The athletic department has admin assistants that can be assigned the duty along with trusted player leaders on the team. But is it going to be a point of emphasis by CJP? So far - no. That's a failure on his part. Fulmer can make it a priority.

JJ taking over player relations is a point of emphasis approved by CJP. That's a strong positive. Murphy being gone is a strong positive. If there are others, and we know there are, that need to be gone. Maybe Bailey was one. But what we saw during the game indicates there are many more since we saw 67 players on the field and many of them did not even try to do what they were trained to do. Like JG. He was trained to pre-snap read, make adjustments at the line, read coverages, change plays, and make plays to win. He did exactly what he has done for going on 3 seasons. What he is doing is making a national mockery of the coaching staff and team. So CJP sending him out there to start time after time is a major failure. Playing so many players and combinations while never establishing a first team before your first game is a major failure. Playing guys who are not aggressive is a major failure. There is no room for any betas in football. So why is CJP recruiting any betas and why are Botch's still on the team? Why is CJP acting like a beta in the public now? That's a failure.

No get out of free jail cards for CJP and staff after Saturday. Win and faith can be restored. Lose and we hire a new coaching staff. Tired of stupidly losing. Sometimes you get beat with honest, full go effort. Can live with that. But not with what I have seen since the end of last season.
 
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