This is year 0, again.

[JohnWardForever]

Here’s the narrative, more head coaches in the last decades than wins over Florida, Georgia, or Alabama. Not an elite program right now.

Liberty, Marshall, Cincy, Memphis, Houston, UCF, Louavil, would likely beat UT Today. How's that for Progression? Some got all fuzzy about an 8 game win streak, that was against fluff. Would UT want to play Ga St and Byu again? Ponder that.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Tennessee ain't beating Arkie, A&M, and maybe not even Auburn. Vanderbilt will play lights out; having smelled Blood in the water. This Tanker is leaking oil.

Vandy sucks, though they did play TAMU pretty tough.

Auburn will depend on which Auburn team shows up; if Malzahn loses to Pruitt 2 times in 3 years that may be the final nail for him.

 

[PEPPERJAX]

Heck no!

1) JG is a great kid and he's always true to himself.

2) Everyone (including me) wants him to go play somewhere else, but he's like "make me" .

3 It's so representative of where the program is. Like: win or lose we're where we at; "eff it"!

I vote Avi switch to Daniel Lincoln.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Liberty, Marshall, Cincy, Memphis, Houston, UCF, Louavil, would likely beat UT Today. How's that for Progression? Some got all fuzzy about an 8 game win streak, that was against fluff. Would UT want to play Ga St and Byu again? Ponder that.

Georgia St.? Probably.

BYU? Definitely not.

 

[rnouredd]

Here’s why. After the 2017 debacle and coaching search mess, 2018 was year zero for Pruitt. Last year was year one, where we got to a bowl game. However, with the pandemic and an all SEC schedule, 2020 got reverted to year zero again because of a lost offseason. I don’t think any program can be successful until year three, so I wouldn’t expect anything great from the Vols until 2023. Program is too fragile for all of this outside stuff to constantly derail it.

Can't tell if serious...

 

[74charger]

Here’s why. After the 2017 debacle and coaching search mess, 2018 was year zero for Pruitt. Last year was year one, where we got to a bowl game. However, with the pandemic and an all SEC schedule, 2020 got reverted to year zero again because of a lost offseason. I don’t think any program can be successful until year three, so I wouldn’t expect anything great from the Vols until 2023. Program is too fragile for all of this outside stuff to constantly derail it.

Stupid

 

[cncchris33]

Here’s why. After the 2017 debacle and coaching search mess, 2018 was year zero for Pruitt. Last year was year one, where we got to a bowl game. However, with the pandemic and an all SEC schedule, 2020 got reverted to year zero again because of a lost offseason. I don’t think any program can be successful until year three, so I wouldn’t expect anything great from the Vols until 2023. Program is too fragile for all of this outside stuff to constantly derail it.

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[UTP69]

To be fair to him, no elite QB is coming here right now for any reason

Yep

 

[igotworms]

Sir, I’m very serious. I personally am not holding them to high expectations until 2023.

I'll let the staff know

 

[igotworms]

Here’s why. After the 2017 debacle and coaching search mess, 2018 was year zero for Pruitt. Last year was year one, where we got to a bowl game. However, with the pandemic and an all SEC schedule, 2020 got reverted to year zero again because of a lost offseason. I don’t think any program can be successful until year three, so I wouldn’t expect anything great from the Vols until 2023. Program is too fragile for all of this outside stuff to constantly derail it.

Now do Missouri and ole miss
They are able to score points and move the ball and make changes to qb when needed.
I know ole miss threw 13 picks Saturday but they can still score
And haven't been blown out

They are in their legit year 0

 

[Gandalf]

ummmmmmm..................sorry, I am generally in the support Pruitt camp but the SEC is not an "everybody gets a trophy" league. This is NOT year 0. I would agree this is not a fair assessment of his 3rd year tho as the pandemic has played havoc on the QB issue and in helping training up all the new talent that is much needed.

So no, get outta here with this 2023 idea - this is not our year perhaps due to many items but we should expect solid results by next year's final game - with a new QB.

 

[photovol]

So keep our expectations low and we won’t be disappointed?

indeed, haven’t you learned anything in the last 20 years?

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Wow seems like we were just having this "year zero" conversation about Butch Jones.

 

[OrangeTsar]

Sorry, not year zero at all. We have went and reversed all the way into the negatives. We are in BC territory now.

 

[volman128]

Every year is year 0 for UT. It's Groundhog Day in an endlessly insane loop because we keep hiring incompetent, overpaid coaches.

 

[feathersax]

Sheez,Louise! This thread is full of mindless garbage.

 

[Smartvol17]

Expecting to beat the GA states, Vanderbilt's, kentucky at home (at least not get steamrolled) and be somewhat competitive with the real teams is too high of expectations.

Good to know.

Yes, bad programs tend to lose to those teams.

 

['Boro-vol]

Yes, bad programs tend to lose to those teams.

...or bad coaches do.

 

[JoAllan]

Yes, this program has died one too many times to be relevant again any time soon.

I was think more like Diablo 3 on super hard mode. And like Tennessee gots murdered Saturday.....so now by rule they have to start all over again.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Sheez,Louise! This thread is full of mindless garbage.