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TrippieRedd said:
Campbell and Wolfe should be fine......hopefully, but we have some receivers committed that could also play there if need be and depending on how they grow.
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They are freshmen and we ask our tights ends to block a lot. They will probably need a year to truly fill out. I know they will come in and probably be the best we have, but it would be good to have Beckwith already there to help. I hope Bell stays at tight end too.
 
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Smyrna ATL Vol said:
Lol @ those around the program think JG is still our best option. The only person who thinks that is Pruitt. And Maurer is injured, yet he is the scout team QB and simulated Terry Wilson last week. That means he isn’t injured and they just don’t want to play him. I know VQ is just typing what coach tells them, but I am beyond tired of them trying to paint a picture that JG is our only option. Staff is a joke at developing QBs and handling the QB situation. JG should never take another snap here for his performances.
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I thought I’d never see JG take another snap at UT after Bama last year let alone start, but here we are.
 
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Sometimes, I'm reminded of those oh-so-wise words of the philosophical titans known as Run-D.M.C.

"I said you talk too much. homeboy you never shut up."


Some need to take that message to heart.


:)
 
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Smyrna ATL Vol said:
I agree for the most part. I don’t think anyone wants Pruitt to be fired at all. Everyone wants him to succeed because that will mean Tennessee is succeeding. I am just stating that Fulmer does a lot of the PR stuff and dealing with upset VFL’s. Most of the time the coaches can get a brunt of the negativity, but Fulmer has really helped in that aspect. And like Jacket has said, Pruitt definitely has his favorites but I am sure every coach does. But when one of your favorites is literally causing us to lose games, you have to move on and he isn’t. I don’t believe for one second that Maurer is injured. I just don’t think he wants to play Maurer and he is in the dog house. I have no proof of this but things are not adding up and I do know that Maurer has been playing scout QB. How can you play scout QB if you are injured? Maurer showed the most promise out of any QB last year. He could be reckless with the ball but he didn’t have that many snaps either and was thrust into action. My only complaint for Pruitt is him not moving on from JG and getting another QB ready.
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on maurer...you answered your question when you said "he's reckless with the ball". so is shrout. so is jg.....lol.

that, and Maurer's limited snap count last season really goes back to the head injury...i think if he makes it thru that game healthy, he may have taken the job last season, cause i do agree, he was the one that looked like he had the most potential, and he definitely looked like the one with the least amount of "deere in the headlights" look.....................dude ain't scared.

as for why he's not playing now, i find it best not to speculate....but he has been practicing, the hamstring/leg deal is a nagging thing at this point apparently, not something that's limited him from activity. plus we don't know if those scout team drills are full live, or shells, walk thrus or a combo of all....i'd wager a combo.

i do think it's safe to say that the leg issue was more prevelant in camp, and that, likely, is the reason his reps were limited in pre season, and Shrouts increased....thus, JG and Shrout are 1-2 going in to the season....i think if you go back to August and September, and how camp had to managed, some of these decisions were simply becuase of the math involed, and not just for QB....you can't justifiably give player x the lion's share of the reps, but as soon as player y comes back, player x sits....sends a bad message to the rest of the team....like what's the point of practice if this guy can come back having far fewer reps, but rolls right back in? goes against what pruitt has said about practice in general, from the beginning. you do get to a point where the guys that havne't practiced, can't play.......and we hit that mark with more than a few guys.......

i don't envy the decisions he has to make right now. he's got 3 qb's he really doesn't 100% trust. and everything he knows about football and QB that says JG should be the guy is turning out to be totally contradictory in his case. cause the on field performance has NEVER matched work ethic, IQ, toughness and practice habits.....

maddening.

and now, maurer, bailey and shrout all getting more reps.....as are other guys in different positions.

i expect we'll see several new-ish faces in and out of hte line up, including QB.....

it does suck to watch it play out in front of us, but there was talk all summer long about how this off season would affect the season....and as we saw it play out with as many kids that were held out due to corona/contact tracing......it presented a unique problem for this roster at an important stage of it's development....

i think what happens in the next two weeks, regardless of the Bama game, are absolutely critical in the development of a lot of guys that missed time. and i think the 2nd half of the season is critical to the percepiton of where this program is headed....is it still in the direction we were in during the 8 game streak? or have we settled back in to what TN has been the past 10-12 years?

opportunity is there to move forward. big games still out there. the back half of the schedule last season gets played down by some because of the opponents....the back half this year, has some quality. improving ARK team on the road. Auburn, who is not great, but for perception, Auburn is viewed as being ahead of TN in teh SEC arms race....aTm...and FL to close.

we know what happens if we tank and suck out loud. we have no idea what we're really capable of with this staff and AD if we actually go out and do something of note...

we need to salvage this season as best we can, if not better...lol...while keeping a very sharp eye on 21.
 
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vol4eva said:
Once again we come into a game with Bama where it feels like we have no shot to win.

I thought we had gotten past that point.
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Almost nobody has a shot to beat Bama..so..

They ran through UGAs defense like a hot knife through butter..Venables might could scheme them down a bit if they play Clemson again...but that's it.

We always were two more classes from legitimately competing with the Have's.
 
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I'm at the point I have to believe other coaches are using the JG debacle to neg recruit us. A blind man could see he's not really our "best option". Our best option to what? Spot the other team 2 TDs? That I could buy. The job of a head coach is to try and figure out how to win. When you keep making the same mistake over and over, it's like you're not even trying. If we lose, we lose, but let's at least not lose in the same fashion as we've lost the last two games.
 
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Weezer said:
I'm at the point I have to believe other coaches are using the JG debacle to neg recruit us. A blind man could see he's not really our "best option". Our best option to what? Spot the other team 2 TDs? That I could buy. The job of a head coach is to try and figure out how to win. When you keep making the same mistake over and over, it's like you're not even trying. If we lose, we lose, but let's at least not lose in the same fashion as we've lost the last two games.
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JG sucks blah blah blah blah. Pruitt is stupid blah blah blah blah blah...I hate JG, and I don't care what happens I never want to see him again blah blah blah blah...Pruitt stupid blah blah blah, JG sucks blah blah blah..
 
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Ulysees E. McGill said:
JG sucks blah blah blah blah. Pruitt is stupid blah blah blah blah blah...I hate JG, and I don't care what happens I never want to see him again blah blah blah blah...Pruitt stupid blah blah blah, JG sucks blah blah blah..
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I'm sorry honesty hurts your feels.
 
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jakez4ut said:
on maurer...you answered your question when you said "he's reckless with the ball". so is shrout. so is jg.....lol.

that, and Maurer's limited snap count last season really goes back to the head injury...i think if he makes it thru that game healthy, he may have taken the job last season, cause i do agree, he was the one that looked like he had the most potential, and he definitely looked like the one with the least amount of "deere in the headlights" look.....................dude ain't scared.

as for why he's not playing now, i find it best not to speculate....but he has been practicing, the hamstring/leg deal is a nagging thing at this point apparently, not something that's limited him from activity. plus we don't know if those scout team drills are full live, or shells, walk thrus or a combo of all....i'd wager a combo.

i do think it's safe to say that the leg issue was more prevelant in camp, and that, likely, is the reason his reps were limited in pre season, and Shrouts increased....thus, JG and Shrout are 1-2 going in to the season....i think if you go back to August and September, and how camp had to managed, some of these decisions were simply becuase of the math involed, and not just for QB....you can't justifiably give player x the lion's share of the reps, but as soon as player y comes back, player x sits....sends a bad message to the rest of the team....like what's the point of practice if this guy can come back having far fewer reps, but rolls right back in? goes against what pruitt has said about practice in general, from the beginning. you do get to a point where the guys that havne't practiced, can't play.......and we hit that mark with more than a few guys.......

i don't envy the decisions he has to make right now. he's got 3 qb's he really doesn't 100% trust. and everything he knows about football and QB that says JG should be the guy is turning out to be totally contradictory in his case. cause the on field performance has NEVER matched work ethic, IQ, toughness and practice habits.....

maddening.

and now, maurer, bailey and shrout all getting more reps.....as are other guys in different positions.

i expect we'll see several new-ish faces in and out of hte line up, including QB.....

it does suck to watch it play out in front of us, but there was talk all summer long about how this off season would affect the season....and as we saw it play out with as many kids that were held out due to corona/contact tracing......it presented a unique problem for this roster at an important stage of it's development....

i think what happens in the next two weeks, regardless of the Bama game, are absolutely critical in the development of a lot of guys that missed time. and i think the 2nd half of the season is critical to the percepiton of where this program is headed....is it still in the direction we were in during the 8 game streak? or have we settled back in to what TN has been the past 10-12 years?

opportunity is there to move forward. big games still out there. the back half of the schedule last season gets played down by some because of the opponents....the back half this year, has some quality. improving ARK team on the road. Auburn, who is not great, but for perception, Auburn is viewed as being ahead of TN in teh SEC arms race....aTm...and FL to close.

we know what happens if we tank and suck out loud. we have no idea what we're really capable of with this staff and AD if we actually go out and do something of note...

we need to salvage this season as best we can, if not better...lol...while keeping a very sharp eye on 21.
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We can’t afford to tank this season. We need to show some progress. That is why I think you give Bailey and Maurer all reps. Say bye to Shrout. Keep JG on the bench as a back up just in case of a total melt down or injuries. Luckily Auburn is not very good like you said and it would be a good look to beat them. And I think we can handle Arkansas with two weeks to prepare. They have played better but hey caught a lot of those teams at a bad time. Especially Ole Miss. We need to finish the season 4-1 or 3-2 at worst and finish with a top ten class. Gonna be tough.
 
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Ulysees E. McGill said:
Almost nobody has a shot to beat Bama..so..

They ran through UGAs defense like a hot knife through butter..Venables might could scheme them down a bit if they play Clemson again...but that's it.

We always ARE two more classes from legitimately competing with the Have's.
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FYP. That story hasn't changed in 15 years.
 
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Smyrna ATL Vol said:
I agree for the most part. I don’t think anyone wants Pruitt to be fired at all. Everyone wants him to succeed because that will mean Tennessee is succeeding. I am just stating that Fulmer does a lot of the PR stuff and dealing with upset VFL’s. Most of the time the coaches can get a brunt of the negativity, but Fulmer has really helped in that aspect. And like Jacket has said, Pruitt definitely has his favorites but I am sure every coach does. But when one of your favorites is literally causing us to lose games, you have to move on and he isn’t. I don’t believe for one second that Maurer is injured. I just don’t think he wants to play Maurer and he is in the dog house. I have no proof of this but things are not adding up and I do know that Maurer has been playing scout QB. How can you play scout QB if you are injured? Maurer showed the most promise out of any QB last year. He could be reckless with the ball but he didn’t have that many snaps either and was thrust into action. My only complaint for Pruitt is him not moving on from JG and getting another QB ready.
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Maurer was hurt for all Spring practice. Watch for him to get a shot soon. I think you're right to some degree, Shrout may have shown more maturity. He has to hold on to the ball.

At some Pruitt does have to make a choice and stick with a qb, then develop them.
 
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