This is how I see it and why I like what I see from Pruitt

[livefaith]

I love coach Pruitt, love the way he breaks down tape on his show, love the way he is NEVER satisfied and always sees room for improvement. I think he will bring our program back to competing for SEC titles, which is the way into the playoffs. He is the real deal.

Saw my 1st thing about him that i do not like today. I have been defensive about him when other posters criticize him for his Bama background. While j love his no nonsense approach, Bob asked him what he thought about running through the Power T for the 1st time...Bob said " man, thats something isnt it!" And coach deadpanned with absolutely zero excitement or emotion "yeah, its different." Zero. Zero excitement. To be a lifelong Vol fan who like many played HS football and dreamed my entire childhood of JUST 1 TIME being able to run out through that Power T in front of 100,000 fans...to be a guy who has been to Neyland since i was a little boy and felt the excitement build as the T opens up and the drum major leans waaaaaaay back and runs through that T as 100,000 fans scream their heads off and "Its FOOTBALL TIME IN TENNESSEE!!!!"

I am not down on coach, i believe. But if that feeling in his chest doesnt change soon when he runs out through that T...he doesn't have a pulse. Hes already dead. I hope he figures out soon how special that is...and there are thousands of guys and little boys that dream about doing what he gets to do 6 or 8 times a year. If it doesnt come to mean something to him, i dont think he will be here long. He will leave for Bama or another job after he returns us to prominence. JmO tifwiw HUBANegas

I'd love to run through that T too. But, no need to question him for responding that way. People handle things differently according to their own style.

Thinking any less over this is like what happened 3 years ago when Rick Barnes said he wouldn't wear the orange blazer. The orange coat and T are nothing in context. We need a real football coach just like we have in hoops.

 

[rusty11]

I think he's just really reserved with his emotions, especially personal ones such as this (running through power T). Watching him on the sideline; he rarely shows emotion, good or bad. I think that's a good trait as the other team's players/coaches will have a very hard time reading him: Is he freaking out, or composed and has a great game plan and not worried, or has no idea and is bluffing, or is scared $h*tless and trying to act calm? It's hard to read someone who is good at showing little to no emotions.

The less emotion he shows in interviews or even on the field, the better (although not what I'm used to I think it's in his benefit and personality.) That's why we don't hear dumb catch phrases and bricks and etc. It's about winning football to him.

Unlike freaken Muschamp. That dude looks like he's gonna blow a gasket way too often!

 

[Johnnyreb#VFL]