Vols Practice thread #1

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Volquest Staff (@Volquest_Rivals) | Twitter :

From @Brent_Hubbs,
Jeremy Pruitt likes the Vols start on Day 1, happy with more practice field to work with.

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We’re talking about TN football with @JesseReSimonton from @Volquest_Rivals. The Vols opened Fall camp today.

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Pruitt says newcomer DBs Bryce Thompson, Kenneth George flashed “promise” and “good footwork” on first day of practice.
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On the offensive line: “We’ve got to develop some depth, but we do got numbers there.”

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Pruitt positives on Day 1: Communication, QBs huddling, vets retaining info from the spring.
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Jeremy Pruitt excited about the extra practice field, thought it really helped on Day 1.

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* Chance Hall hasn't played football in more than a year but the OT moved well Friday.
* Shawn Shamburger worked at S.
* Newcomers DWA, Kenneth George, Kingston Harris & Emmitt Gooden are on the "looks the part" team.
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Jeremy Pruitt is the HC at Tennessee, but it's in his blood to coach DBs. He was very hands-on with the corners in the first practice of training camp.

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Tennessee's newest TE Dominick Wood-Anderson certainly looked the part on Day 1 of fall camp.

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@Chance_A_Hall looks more lean and honestly really solid coming off surgery from this spring where the recovery is supposed to be 6-9 months!
 
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The only REAL thing I'm hoping for is a vastly improved O line, we get that and a lot of doors will open for playmakers. We had the NFL rookie of the year in 17' and even he struggled mightily so that says a lot. I think we have a lot of talent hidden away we weren't able to utilize under Intern Jones.
 
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VolNExile said:
If cornbread were sweet, how on earth would you make dressing at Thanksgiving? View attachment 161730 (because of course, we all know that dressing is made with cornbread)
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Maybe those northerners make their dressing with Duncan Hines yellow cake. Who knows. I think they call it “stuffing” up there though, and it’s probably not made with cornbread like it’s supposed to be.
 
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Heck yeah.. season is here!! Thanks Fingers !!
 
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Shamburger I still believe will be one to watch.... he’s got everything he needs to be successful... Hips, good tackler, speed, length... physical guy... perfect for Star/safety role.... think he will be a player
 
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VoLBall86 said:
The only REAL thing I'm hoping for is a vastly improved O line, we get that and a lot of doors will open for playmakers. We had the NFL rookie of the year in 17' and even he struggled mightily so that says a lot. I think we have a lot of talent hidden away we weren't able to utilize under Intern Jones.
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I think the OL were poorly coached. CBJ coached them to just hang back on their heels and try to stop the DL from penetrating. They need to be playing more aggressively and looking to pancake some mofs.
 
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VoLBall86 said:
The only REAL thing I'm hoping for is a vastly improved O line, we get that and a lot of doors will open for playmakers. We had the NFL rookie of the year in 17' and even he struggled mightily so that says a lot. I think we have a lot of talent hidden away we weren't able to utilize under Intern Jones.
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Alvin had just under 2,000 yards from scrimmage, 7 yards per touch and 23 touchdowns while being severely under utilized here for 2 seasons. I get your point of wanting to see a vastly improved OL...I do too. But Kamara didn’t “struggle mightily” in any shape, form or fashion while at UT.

And again, while I agree with your wanting to see a much better OL, I’d rather see a much improved DL and defensive secondary myself.
 
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Chance Hall just had surgery this spring? Why did it take him so long to get surgery when we didnt play all last year?
 
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KBVol said:
Alvin had just under 2,000 yards from scrimmage, 7 yards per touch and 23 touchdowns while being severely under utilized here for 2 seasons. I get your point of wanting to see a vastly improved OL...I do too. But Kamara didn’t “struggle mightily” in any shape, form or fashion while at UT.

And again, while I agree with your wanting to see a much better OL, I’d rather see a much improved DL and defensive secondary myself.
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Fair point, I think what I meant in my mind was that while still quite good, I imagine he would have been able to rival the likes of GA's or Bama's RB's given our OL had been given proper coaching.
 
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VolInDayton said:
Chance Hall just had surgery this spring? Why did it take him so long to get surgery when we didnt play all last year?
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I know that CJP made some changes to the medical staff if not a complete overhaul. I think the way Chance's surgery was done had an impact on the decision to get other Drs. The wait never made any sense to me either.
 
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VolInDayton said:
Chance Hall just had surgery this spring? Why did it take him so long to get surgery when we didnt play all last year?
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You may have provided the answer asked in another thread a month back about why Pruit had the team doctors changed out. I don't know but Hall's medical handling, along with our steady stream of injured players before Pruitt's arrival, could be one of the reasons why. Ya know sort of like when the pit boss in Vegas keeps changing the dealer on you to cool you off if you've been winning too much. Pruitt changed doctors to force a change. So far, it's worked.
 
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K-town Vol Fan said:
I think the OL were poorly coached. CBJ coached them to just hang back on their heels and try to stop the DL from penetrating. They need to be playing more aggressively and looking to pancake some mofs.
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Absolutely! I think we'll see a much improved line and, as a result, improved offense.
 
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Negan said:
Maybe those northerners make their dressing with Duncan Hines yellow cake. Who knows. I think they call it “stuffing” up there though, and it’s probably not made with cornbread like it’s supposed to be.
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It’s not.

It’s not bad but I always make my own Cornbread Dressing every year. Because that’s the best
 
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