Taking the year off?

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I have often wondered if the coaches and players look at this as a wasted year due to covid and are not giving 100%. The NCAA has already given them a waiver on their eligibility so risking injury in their minds is just not worth it. I hope i'm wrong but it doesn't feel like we are getting the attitude and effort. Go ahead and blame coaching and CJP but i think this is visible across the board.
 
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vol4220 said:
I have often wondered if the coaches and players look at this as a wasted year due to covid and are not giving 100%. The NCAA has already given them a waiver on their eligibility so risking injury in their minds is just not worth it. I hope i'm wrong but it doesn't feel like we are getting the attitude and effort. Go ahead and blame coaching and CJP but i think this is visible across the board.
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Every Saturday I see other teams playing just as hard this year as they do others.

We are just a poorly coached team with little drive or discipline.
 
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Boston Vol said:
Most other programs don’t seem to be “taking the year off.” We’re just not very good.
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Correct! If that is true, it is even more reason to fire the whole staff. Other programs seem capable of fielding a competent team and players that seem interested in winning
 
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The biggest problem we have is a lack of belief. It seems that our players and coaches just don't believe they can win games they aren't supposed to win against the best teams. It shows in player aggressiveness/execution and play calling from the coaching staff. This season was worse because we have lacked that belief against teams that we were supposed to beat. This mentality is really hard to overcome. It starts with the coaching.
 
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BigOrangeMojo said:
Why would players who have invested thousands of hours not try when they are auditioning for a chance to get drafted by a NFL team and make millions?
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In a sane world this would always be true, but players' maturity levels are often not where they should be, given the stakes. We have seen many make very childish, short-sighted choices that significantly harmed their future prospects.
 
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Bighorn67 said:
The biggest problem we have is a lack of belief. It seems that our players and coaches just don't believe they can win games they aren't supposed to win against the best teams. It shows in player aggressiveness/execution and play calling from the coaching staff. This season was worse because we have lacked that belief against teams that we were supposed to beat. This mentality is really hard to overcome. It starts with the coaching.
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I would agree with that sentiment if they hadn’t quit against UK and Ga. State
 
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vol4220 said:
I have often wondered if the coaches and players look at this as a wasted year due to covid and are not giving 100%. The NCAA has already given them a waiver on their eligibility so risking injury in their minds is just not worth it. I hope i'm wrong but it doesn't feel like we are getting the attitude and effort. Go ahead and blame coaching and CJP but i think this is visible across the board.
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I can speak that it has impacted every other aspect of life.

How many of y’all have kids in 100% virtual learning. As a teacher, I can safely say that nobody was prepared for this and we’re building the bike while it’s moving....
 
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We would’ve been better off taking 2020 off. We had a freebie year and all we did was was our staffs inability to develop players at key positions. Each unit has regressed since Pruitt’s first year. Not one position had improved, not one unit on our team is better then when he took over. This is why I’m so adamant that he can’t and won’t ever be a successful head coach. His decisions and direction has resulted in what we see on the field.
 
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Boston Vol said:
Most other programs don’t seem to be “taking the year off.” We’re just not very good.
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Yep. There are a handful of other programs that, based on how they are playing, you could argue are taking the year off. But they are definitely in the minority.

This year has been really strange in a lot of ways, and it definitely isn't a normal season. However, if your response to it not being a normal year was to say "I'm gonna take the year off, it doesn't matter" then that's a bad mentality to have to begin with.
 
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vol4220 said:
I have often wondered if the coaches and players look at this as a wasted year due to covid and are not giving 100%. The NCAA has already given them a waiver on their eligibility so risking injury in their minds is just not worth it. I hope i'm wrong but it doesn't feel like we are getting the attitude and effort. Go ahead and blame coaching and CJP but i think this is visible across the board.
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sadly no. we probably have had fewer opt-outs than any other SEC program. this is pruitt's A-team.
 
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vol4220 said:
I have often wondered if the coaches and players look at this as a wasted year due to covid and are not giving 100%. The NCAA has already given them a waiver on their eligibility so risking injury in their minds is just not worth it. I hope i'm wrong but it doesn't feel like we are getting the attitude and effort. Go ahead and blame coaching and CJP but i think this is visible across the board.
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I would say this maybe happened after 2nd half at GA. Not before
 
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I used to go through mental gymnastics to make myself feel better about the situation but why bother anymore. Pruitt sucks, it is what it is. We will continue to suck until he is fired and replaced then we will see who they hire. I think pretty much everyone at this point has given up on the administration if not the program.
 
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DaddyChad said:
I used to go through mental gymnastics to make myself feel better about the situation but why bother anymore. Pruitt sucks, it is what it is. We will continue to suck until he is fired and replaced then we will see who they hire. I think pretty much everyone at this point has given up on the administration if not the program.
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Exactly....why bother. We've seen this miserable product for nearly 20 years with a few short glimmers of hope, but at this point, everyone knows what to expect...every...single....year. Make a bama-like move/hire and show you're committed to winning. Until then, I'll find much more enjoyable things to spend my money and time on. Didn't miss UT playing yesterday at all. Spent the day on the water fishing with family. Life went on. Until the BOT/admin give a damn, why should fans?
 
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CAVPUT said:
Exactly....why bother. We've seen this miserable product for nearly 20 years with a few short glimmers of hope, but at this point, everyone knows what to expect...every...single....year. Make a bama-like move/hire and show you're committed to winning. Until then, I'll find much more enjoyable things to spend my money and time on. Didn't miss UT playing yesterday at all. Spent the day on the water fishing with family. Life went on. Until the BOT/admin give a damn, why should fans?
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I’m in the same mindset. I think it’s worse than the admin doesn’t care. I think at this point we just don’t have the intelligence to fix football in the administration.
 
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